Overview

• On June 3, Nicole Höchst shared an image on X mocking Islamic dietary laws with a caption claiming all Muslim food is “fertilized with pig manure.”
• AfD faction leaders ordered the post deleted on June 4, with a party spokesperson calling it “completely unacceptable.”
• Höchst initially declined to comment but her office has since promised to issue a written statement later in the day.
• The episode has highlighted internal discord within the AfD and prompted public outrage over growing Islamophobia.
• Höchst, who has around 25,000 followers on X, previously stirred controversy in 2018 with a parliamentary inquiry linking migrant consanguineous marriages to higher disability rates.