We are familiar with the phenomenon of Western politicians defending Islam and insisting that it has nothing to do with terrorism in the wake of every jihad massacre. But Till Steffen has gone them one better: he interfered with an active investigation and hindered police efforts to catch Anis Amri, for fear that publishing pictures of the jihad murderer would lead people to dislike Muslims.

Till Steffen should not only resign; he should apologize personally to Anis Amri’s victims, and pay reparations to them. His actions show the effect of all the trumped-up hysteria about “Islamophobia”: people are left in greater danger of being killed by Islamic jihadists than they need to be, because protecting Muslims from the danger they’re supposedly in from “racists” and “Islamophobes” is the paramount concern.

“‘He’s more concerned about Facebook comments than catching a terrorist’: German politician faces resignation calls after preventing police sharing image of Berlin truck killer,” by Dave Burke, Mailonline, December 23, 2016: