Udo Ulfkotte was a German journalist and former editor for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He studied jurisprudence and politics at Freiburg and London and was an advisor to the Kohl government. Ulfkotte lived predominantly in Islamic states between 1986-1998 and won the civic prize of the Annette Barthelt Foundation in 2003. He publishes a magazine called 'Whistleblower' which reports on topics not covered by the German media. Ulfkotte was associated with Pax Europa, a German right-wing organization, and was a driving force behind a protest in Brussels titled 'Stop the Islamization of Europe'. He was born into a Christian family, converted to Islam while living in Herat, Afghanistan, and later became a reborn Christian.