Four attacks within a span of four weeks have rocked German people to the core. On 19th July, an afghan man attacked with a knife and an axe in Wuerzburg that severely injured four people. On Friday, June 22nd, David Ali Sonboly, an 18-year-old German-born with Iranian origin in Munich attacked killed nine people and injured many. On Sunday, June 24th, a Syrian refugee killed a pregnant woman and injured two more with a machete in Reutlingen. On the very same day, 27-year-old Syrian man killed himself and 12 others after setting off an explosive device outside a music festival in the German town of Ansbach.

It is very unfortunate but true that all these attacks are somehow linked with immigration and Islam and the fact is that it won’t be overlooked. Germany has granted temporary or permanent asylum to more than a million immigrants, many of whom needed genuine support and shelter as they fled war-torn regions just to survive. However, it can’t be ruled out that some are here disguised as refugees, who could be Islamic State attacker or a follower or a lone revenge plotter. These revenge seekers can’t really be blamed. Think of a situation, where you lost your families due to the allies’ bombing of Muammar Gaddafi or Saddam Hussain, an attack that may have killed the person’s children then, what is he left with, nothing but rage.

Ms. Merkel’s initial gesture of shelter to the refugees was noble and righteous but it had also brought elements of Islamic militancy, which could finally lead to an end to the Merkel era. Next year’s reelection will be the most difficult one she ever faced.