Roland Weißelberg

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Roland Weißelberg (d. October 31, 2006) was a retired Lutheran Vikar who on October 31, 2006 set himself on fire in a German monastery of the town Erfurt as a protest against the spread of Islam and the Protestant Church’s inability or unwillingness to contain it.

Angered and distressed by what he perceived as the threat of the evils of Islam to his country, the German vicar committed suicide by setting himself alight on Tuesday, October 31st, 2006 in protest.

The 73 year old Roland Weißelberg poured petrol over himself and set fire to himself in the Erfurt monastery, where Martin Luther took his monastic vows in 1505. Despite robust efforts by many on the scene who rushed to extinguish the flames, Mr. Weißelberg later died of his injuries.

[edit] See also

• Self-immolation

[edit] External links

• Priest burns himself to death over Islam
• The Islamization of Europe: Vicar Sacrifices Himself. Others Sacrifice Others
• Pfarrer verbrennt sich aus Angst vor dem Islam (German)
• Nach Selbstverbrennung eines Pfarrers übt die Kirche Selbstkritik (German)