Author: Šejla Ahmatović

A now-deleted video published on X by Bavaria’s interior ministry has drawn comparisons to Nazi-era propaganda for its depiction of an ethnic minority. The cartoon video, which purports to warn against the Islamic Salafi movement, shows a Muslim woman watching an explainer video about whether Muslim women are allowed to wear make-up. She eventually falls into the mouth of a maniacally laughing man, who is shown wearing a skullcap — headgear worn by some Muslims — in an apparent metaphor for her falling victim to radicalization. “What unbelievable racist garbage,” former member of the German Bundestag Niema Movassat said of the clip,…