From latest radio reports:

Message to Islamophobes,  this guy turns out to be - an Islamophobe, in fact an 'escapee' from Saudi Arabia over a decade ago,  who despises Islam (probably understandable, given the nature SA Islam...).   

But he is so f*cked in the head he is even to the Right of Germany's RW AfD party, and is angry with Germany for allowing Islam into the country.

Poor Germany, can't win a trick, either way...

Taleb Al Abdulmohsen, the 50-year-old who killed 5 people and injured 200 at a Christmas market in Germany isn't an ex-Muslim, claim other ex-Muslims, some of whom have known him for years. They say the Saudi attacker was using the Islamic concept of taqiyya to hide his identity, and warn of a bigger conspiracy.

An attacker ploughed a black BMW into a crowded Christmas market in the German town of Magdeburg, killing five people and injuring 200 others. As 100 of the critically injured were battling for their lives, information trickled in about the attacker, Taleb Al Abdulmohsen or Taleb Abdul Jawad. A 50-year-old Saudi Shia refugee, Taleb worked as a doctor and claimed to be an ex-Muslim atheist. The information didn't add up for many and a large section of ex-Muslims are claiming that Taleb wasn't an ex-Muslim at all, and it was a big conspiracy.

The ex-Muslims are claiming that Taleb was a Shia extremist who carefully nurtured this atheist image over the years to hoodwink everyone, using the concept and licence of taqiyyah to further his Islamist goals.

Taleb's curious case has taken experts by surprise.

“After 25 years in this business you think nothing could surprise you any more. But a 50-year-old Saudi ex-Muslim who lives in East Germany, loves the AfD (Alternative for Germany) and wants to punish Germany for its tolerance towards Islamists — that really wasn’t on my radar,” says Peter Neumann, a German terrorism expert.

"If anything, the Magdeburg attacker Taleb A was far right: a self-declared Islam-hating, ex-Muslim atheist, who despised German society not for being against Islam but facilitating its spread," says Neumann.

Is Taleb really an ex-Muslim doctor backing the anti-immigration AfD and a fan of right-wing Tesla boss Elon Musk? Or is this what the attacker wants us to believe he is?

Would it be an ex-Muslim or an Islamic extremist who would target a Christmas market, and in effect Christians, ex-Muslims are asking. They are also asking if Taleb had put on the ex-Muslim garb just to facilitate his asylum or was it part of some bigger devious plan.

Some of the biggest critics of Islam have now emerged from among the ex-Muslims, who have gone and questioned the clergy on certain religious practices. Ex-Muslims support one another and have built a big community, thanks to the anonymity and safety provided by the internet.

Millions of ex-Muslims have renounced their faith clandestinely and live a double life even without letting close family members into this secret.

For Taleb, claiming to be an ex-Muslim might have helped.

FOR TALEB, BEING CALLED EX-MUSLIM HELPED

Taleb, the Christmas market attacker, is a Shia Muslim who fled Sunni-majority Saudi Arabia and sought asylum in Germany in 2006.

There were charges of terrorism, rape and smuggling girls from the Middle East to EU countries against Taleb in Saudi Arabia, according to reports.

Taleb said he was an ex-Muslim atheist, a factor that could get him persecuted in Saudi Arabia. He was given refugee status in 2016.

There were dozens of people, including ex-Muslims, claiming that Taleb used the ex-Muslim tag to get asylum.

"Taleb Al Abdulmohsen is not an atheist. He is a Shia extremist. Just because a Muslim self identifies as an atheist or claims to have converted to Christianity doesn't mean it's the truth," said Mahyar Tousi, founder of Yousi TV, an online alternative news platform.

Despite requests by Saudi Arabia for Taleb's extradition, Germany refused to hand him over to him, fearing for his wellbeing there. This, even as Taleb repeatedly kept attacking Germany and its police force on social media.

Though he interacted with the mainstream media, he declined interview requests from Brother Rachid, a popular ex-Muslim Christian influencer, twice in 2018 and 2020.

Brother Rachid has been interviewing ex-Muslims for two decades and is known to ask tough questions.

"Each time, he cited a temporary medical condition, claiming his face was swollen as the reason he could not appear," said the TV host and author.

A section of ex-Muslims, including those who interacted with Taleb, alleged that the Saudi attacker used the atheist image to hide his nefarious actions.

"He acted ex-Muslim on the outside, while in DMs he threatened ex-Muslims, especially Saudi women who had fled," said Ali Utlu, a Germany-based ex-Muslim atheist.

Utlu said that Taleb had also repeatedly attacked him "because I wanted nothing more to do with him after 2018" and that he blocked him on X in May.

Yasmine Mohammed, a Canada-born ex-Muslim activist and author, said she knew Taleb for years from online interactions, and he didn't seem "stable" to her.

"He [Taleb] obsessively went after an ex-Muslim Saudi woman. He wanted my help in ‘exposing’ her and turned aggressive when I wouldn’t comply. Friends have shared with me that he was targeting other Saudi female activists as well," said Yasmine Mohammed, a Canada-born ex-Muslim activist and author.

"There is suspicion now that he was actually working with Saudi authorities to bring down Saudi female activists.