Shams Ul Haq (journalist)
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Shams Ul Haq Qudoos | |
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| Citizenship | German |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
Shams Ul Haq Qudoos (born 1985) is a German-Pakistani journalist and author. He currently works as an Asia correspondent for N24 (WELT).[1]
Early life
[edit]Ul Haq was born in Jhang District in Punjab, Pakistan to a Kashmiri street vendor and watermelon seller. In 1990, at the age of 15, he came to Germany as an unaccompanied minor asylum seeker and with the help of a scholarship he moved to Bad Marienberg.[2][3] After training as a welder, he worked for various companies. He was granted German citizenship in 2001, moved to Offenbach and ran a cell phone shop with a postal agency in Frankfurt-Nordend.[4][5]
Career
[edit]Ul Haq started his career in 2007 at Die Weltt where he interviewed Benazir Bhutto. His main area of journalism is Islamic radicalization and terrorism with a focus on the middle east.[6][7][8]
In 2016, he spent several months living in 35 refugee camps in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland to investigate the conditions of these camps.[9][10][11][12][13] In his book, "Die Brutstätte des Terrors", he detailed his findings and experiences and claimed that inadequate living conditions and lack of opportunities to indulge in religious practices, and long waits for asylum decisions were leading to the radicalization of refugees by Islamists. He also claimed that refugees were also being forced into prostitution.[14][15][16][17] In an interview with the Berliner Morgenpost, Ul-Haq said that refugee shelters in Germany were becoming "a breeding ground for Salafists and terrorists", and that the country was not just importing terrorists, but also breeding them itself.[18][19][20]
Haq also conducted undercover reporting work in European mosques investigating Islamic radicalization. He published his findings in his book "Eure Gesetze interessieren uns nicht!" which was published in October 2018.[21][22][23][24]
In 2020, Haq and his colleague Susana Santina produced a behind the scenes documentary about deradicalization centres in Pakistan and the former militants who were kept at these camps.[25]
He reported from Afghanistan in the aftermath of the NATO and US forces evacuation from Afghanistan.[26][27][28][29][30]
References
[edit]- ^ "Journalist schleust sich als Asylbewerber in Unterkünfte ein". www.op-online.de (in German). 27 October 2016. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Einst selbst Flüchtling: Shams Ul-Haq kam 1990 aus Pakistan nach Bad Marienberg". www.rhein-zeitung.de (in German). 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Prügeleien, Kälte, Bürokratie: Der Mann, der sich als Flüchtling ausgab". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Interview mit Shams Ul Haq zum Anschlag in Hanau". dbate - Videos. News. Debatte. (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Shams Ul-Haq: Flüchtlingsheime sind Nährboden für Salafismus - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 4 December 2016. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Wieder das Spessartviertel in Dietzenbach". www.frankfurt-live.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Die neue Strategie des Islamischen Staats". stern.de (in German). 13 June 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ ""Jedem Flüchtling ein Haus": Pakistanischer Journalist Shams Ul-Haq entlarvt Merkel & Co. - Unzensuriert" (in German). 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Milostivaya, Alexandra (2018). "Undercover Reporting on Refugees in European Union: Diegetic Narration". SHS Web of Conferences. 50: 01108. doi:10.1051/shsconf/20185001108. ISSN 2261-2424.
- ^ "Gewalt, Drogen, Islamismus: Reporter Undercover im Asylzentrum Kreuzlingen". Watson (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ ""Das Islamisten-Netzwerk ist so gross, dass es über Jahre hinweg bestehen bleibt"". Der Landbote (in German). 17 October 2016. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Balke, Ralf (2018-11-22). ""Es wird gegen Juden gehetzt"". Jüdische Allgemeine (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Enthüllt: So rekrutieren Salafisten in Austro-Moscheen". www.oe24.at (in German). 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Ul Haq, Shams (2018). Die Brutstätte des Terrors : ein Journalist undercover im Flüchtlingsunterkünften (1. Auflage ed.). Waiblingen (Germany). ISBN 978-3-946686-81-1. OCLC 1030303587.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Wie ein Flüchtling die Not lindert". www.fnp.de (in German). 31 October 2015. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ karl.oberascher (2017-01-11). "Undercover im Flüchtlingsheim: "Wir züchten Terroristen heran"". kurier.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Undercover-Journalist: Seine Erlebnisse in 35 Flüchtlingsheimen". www.merkur.de (in German). 5 January 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/shams-ul-haq-das-erlebte-ein-undercover-reporter-in-35-fluechtlingsheimen_id_6452348.html
- ^ Kraetzer, Ulrich (2017-01-05). "Undercover: "Wir züchten Terroristen selbst heran"". www.morgenpost.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Deutschland, RedaktionsNetzwerk (20 December 2016). ""Es gibt Schläfer des IS in Tempelhof"". www.rnd.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Vom Jäger zum Gejagten". www.frankfurt-live.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Nachrichten, Salzburger (2018-11-20). "Undercover-Journalist warnt vor Radikalisierung in Österreichs Moscheen". www.sn.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Undercover-Journalist in Grazer Moscheen: "Wir müssen aufpassen"". Tiroler Tageszeitung Online (in German). 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "ZDFzoom: Hass aus der Moschee". www.zdf.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Ein Leben nach dem Terror - Pakistan und die Ex-Taliban". www.zdf.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Germany, Abendzeitung (2021-08-26). "Kabul-Journalist Shams Ul Haq berichtet: 'Hier spielen alle mit dem Leben der Menschen'". www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ "Terrorexperte Ul-Haq: Taliban lassen weitere Ausreisen zu - Politik-Nachrichten - Reutlinger General-Anzeiger". gea.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ ""Helfen Sie uns!"". www.frankfurt-live.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Fritz, Günter (2021-08-23). ""Hunderttausende werden das Land verlassen"". news.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
- ^ Germany, idowa, Straubing (17 December 2022). "Journalist in Kabul: Hier spielen alle mit dem Leben der Menschen - idowa". idowa.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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