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Saturday, December 5, 2020

Al Jibberish and Mark LeVine





                                               The looming Götterdämmerung


The astute reader will quickly note that this article by Mark LeVine was written in Al Jazeera back in August, which makes it outdated, especially since it was about the US presidential election and was penned prior to said election. But then again, everything the above writer does is outdated as soon as it is written. 

I am referring, of course to Mark LeVine, UC Irvine Professor, part-time rocker, and multi-holder of Campus Watch's "Howler of the Month" award. 

In this Twilight of the Gods piece, LeVine bemoans the fact that he and his fellow progressives have nobody good to vote for in the still-to-be-held election. 

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/8/29/voting-for-your-enemy-in-the-us-elections/

In his "introduction", LeVine refers to one of the true Illuminati of American society-Ice Cube- to tell us what Mr. Cube thinks of all this.

"American rapper Ice Cube has never shied from offering blistering critiques of American racism and the political and economic system that it has fostered. From seminal hits like Straight Outta Compton (1988) and F*** Tha Police (1988) with hip-hop group NWA, to his solo efforts such as Black Korea (1991) and I Wanna Kill Sam (1991), where he literally predicted the LA Riots of 1992 in the song’s lyrics, while calling for the “ultimate drive-by” against a United States government that has rarely let up on its unremitting war against African Americans."

And what does "NWA" stand for, you ask? You don't wanna know.

LeVine continues by quoting the melodious prose of Mr Cube:

What I didn’t hear [at the DNC] is, what’s in it for us? What’s in it for the Black community besides the same old thing we been getting from these parties? […] They just pulled $3 trillion out of they ass and gave it to their friends […] Where’s our f******* bailout?” […] Democrats don’t seem like they got a plan. Republicans don’t seem like they got a plan for us. So how the hell you gonna vote for them?”

Then LeVine gets to the point. To his way of thinking, there's not much difference between the Trump-Pence ticket and the Biden-Harris ticket. 

"For progressive Democrats – particularly supporters of former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders – and those on the front lines of social and racial justice struggles, the Biden-Harris ticket cannot but be a great disappointment. On so many of the most important issues, from judicial and penal reform and Medicare for All to the Green New Deal and foreign policy, a large number of Democratic voters are far closer to the Sanders wing than to the party’s neoliberal leadership."

The Green New Deal is one of the most important issues? Outside of the fairy tale world of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Mark LeVine, very few people take that seriously. Ditto for Medicare for All. As for judicial and penal reform, given the recent activities of groups like Antifa, I would suggest some behavioral reform is in order.

LeVine then follows up on his quotation of Ice Cube by shining the spotlight on noted "thinkers" like Bernie Sanders, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, and (perhaps, most powerfully), Michelle Obama.

"To forestall this possibility, Bernie Sanders used his DNC speech to warn his young followers that “the future of democracy is at stake […] The future of our planet is at stake. We must come together [to] defeat Donald Trump.”

Even further to the left, Noam Chomsky warned of the existential threat posed by four more years of Trump, urging people to vote for Biden-Harris and then “haunt his dreams”.

Angela Davis urged progressives to vote for Biden and Harris, arguing that they were the candidates who “could be most effectively pressured into allowing more space for the evolving anti-racist movement”. Perhaps most powerfully, former First Lady Michelle Obama warned Americans to “vote like your lives depend on it”.

But there is more.

"All these figures have painted Trump, rightly so, as a mortal threat to democracy and even the future of humankind. And most, if not, all believe, as Chomsky points out, that whatever their faults, the candidates and the Democratic platform, in fact, signal a progressive step forward beyond any tandem or policies that came before. But given how the last two Democratic administrations reinforced rather than transformed the very forces that have enabled the disasters of the Bush and now Trump presidencies, it is hard not to join Ice Cube’s sarcastic refrain and ask “What’s in it for the rest of us?” if the Democrats win, except a brief respite from more Republican Sturm und Drang?"

Donald Trump is many things, but he is not a mortal threat to democracy. You may not like his executive orders, but then again, I didn't like Obama's. You may not like his challenges to the election and refusal to concede, but at the end of the day, either his legal challenges will run out or massive electoral fraud will be proven. If it is the former, he will leave office. If it is the latter, that will be the real threat to our democracy. Trump's tenure has, like all other administrations, been limited by the balance of power and the Constitution/courts. At this moment the real threat to American democracy is the very real possibility that we have had a stolen election, centered in Atlanta, Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee. That is what should concern us even more than who won or lost the election.

Nor is Trump a mortal threat to the future of humankind. He didn't invade Iraq, Libya or Syria. He didn't involve us in any new wars. What he did was beef up our military force to drive ISIS from its "caliphate" in large swaths of Syria and Iraq. That was a positive. ISIS, to be sure, is a threat, but more so now as a terrorist group as opposed to an army. Trump has also pushed Arab nations like the UAE, Bahrain, and Sudan to normalize relations with Israel. That is also a positive, but you won't hear any praise from the LeVines of the world. To answer Mr. Cube's "sarcastic refrain", more peace and security, that's what's in it for us-not more Sturm und Drang

And like in a Wagnerian opera, the storm clouds gather over LeVine's pen and paper.

"On the one side, we have a ruthless narcissistic authoritarian with no checks on his executive power and a Supreme Court almost entirely his who is permanently enshrining a feudal oligarchy that disenfranchises and disinherits the majority of Americans, and blowing past any survivable CO2 limit, thereby threatening the survival of humanity and a million more species within a few decades. Trump 2.0 will unleash the full weight of the federal government, including white nationalist-infiltrated federal security forces, and tens of millions of heavily armed, fanatical and increasingly apocalyptic followers onto the streets violently to crush any remaining opposition to the quest, quite literally, to usher in the End of Days."


                          Gee golly, willickers, Lois. Not even Superman can save us now."

Imagine having a president with dementia with Kamala Harris waiting in the wings. That's what I call the End of Days.

And a salute to "The Squad".

"And this enemy has already been infiltrated by upwards of 100 agents of change through the Congressional Progressive Caucus, at least half a dozen of whom are among the most well-known and powerful young politicians in America. While it will take at least a decade for the “Squad” and other young progressives to achieve institutional power, if their numbers grow by even a dozen members, the Democratic Party will have been conquered from within by progressives in the same way Republicans were conquered by the Tea Party."

And as the Fat Lady waddles out onto the stage, Mark builds up to his crescendo of a conclusion. 

"Just as clear is what will happen if this opportunity is not taken. As a Facebook friend from a Midwestern battleground state described his Trump-loving neighbours after Jacob Blake’s shooting: “You can feel it building, they hate you and they are going to vote.”

If those votes are not matched by a similarly motivated Democratic electorate, the End of Days might arrive a lot sooner than we think."


LeVine has been writing this jibberish for the Qatar-based Al Jazeera for years. You wonder why the Arab world has such a confused take on America. But then again, Al Jazeera is a propaganda arm of the anti-Israel, anti-West world view. They are always happy to give a platform to American bellyachers like LeVine.

Of course, I remind the reader that all this was written before the election on November 3. One can only wonder what LeVine thinks about the shenanigans in Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania. I am hoping that in the end, we will learn that the result was actually honest even though I didn't vote for Biden. We have survived mediocre and bad presidents before. If it turns out, however, that our elections are no longer honest, that is the real Sturm und Drang because our democracy cannot survive that. 

It is also unfortunate that this is the kind of drivel that our kids are being exposed to in our universities. No, it's not all LeVine's doing. After all, he is just another dime a dozen fish in the vast sea of academia. There is nothing exceptionable about LeVine. You can stumble drunk into most any classroom on any university campus in America and hear this gloom and doom about our country.

Which, while far from perfect, just happens to be the freest, richest, and greatest country on the planet-notwithstanding the sarcastic refrains of Mr Cube.






Friday, December 4, 2020

The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe

 Hat tip Carel Brendel.NL



This is the latest in our series of European articles translated from the original regarding the presence and the activity of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Europe. This article (mostly in Dutch) is by the Dutch journalist Carel Brendel, who has written numerous articles on the MB. Translation (of the Dutch)  by Fousesquawk.

http://www.carelbrendel.nl/2020/11/26/organisatie-europese-moslimbroeders-noemt-femyso-als-eigen-instelling-in-document-uit-2020/


Organization of European Muslim Brothers mentions FEMYSO as its own institution in 2020 document

-Carel Brendel, 26 November 2020

In the beginning of this year, a report (pdf) was posted on the Facebook page of the Council of European Muslims (CEM), since last year, the new name of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe (FIOE), giving an oversight on the most important institutions of the European Muslim Brothers. The Arabic-language report on the origin, history, and aims of the organization is dated 31 January 2020. It mentions, among others, the Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organizations (FEMYSO), where Green-Left Parliamentary candidate Kauthar Bouchallikht functioned as vice-chair-person until December 1, as one of the FIOE/CEM institutions.

On 14 April 2020, I copied the report on the following link. On 17 April, I posted a  "Twitterwire" on the Facebook report, which confirmed earlier conclusions by investigators regarding the Muslim Brothers. At the end of April 2020, the info-document disappeared from the Facebook page of the Council of European Muslims.

Researchers and intelligence services, including the AIVD, consider the FIOE (now CEM) as the umbrella organization of the Muslim Brothers in Europe (Muslim Brotherhood). Institutions created by the FIOE/CEM are:

European Institute for Human Sciences, established in 1990,  theological education, with branches in France, Germany and Great Britain.

FEMYSO, established in 1996.

European Council for Fatwa and Research, (established in 1997), a council of clergy, for a long time under leadership of Yusuf al-Qaradawi, spiritual leader of the MB. Most members come from the circle of the MB, as well as in recent years, clergy from Milli Görus and the Turkish government organ, Diyanet.

Europe Trust (established in 1997), the real estate branch of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The European Forum of Muslim Women (established in 2006), which like FEMYSO, has good access to European institutions, but they do not advertise their connections with FIOE/CEM.

The European Assembly of Muslim Imams and Spiritual Guides (established in 2012). In 2019 this institution was revived under the name European Council of Imams.

In April, I based my tweets on Google Translate. Due to the question surrounding the candidacy of Green-Left Kauthar Bouchalliikht, I asked a (certified) translator of Arabic to look over the text again. He confirmed that the CEM considers itself as a continuation of the FIOE. According to him, my list of institutions created by FIOE is correct.

Below is the translation in English of the relevant paragraphs.

(Note: The below two paragraphs are from Brendel's article in English and not translated by Fousesquawk.)

After appreciated efforts of coordination and communication for five years, the “Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe” (with this name at the time) was established, as it was officially registered in November 1989, and with the establishment the features of the idea of gradual settlement (inburgering, red) started to become clear to the leaders of Islamic action, whether at the central level or in European countries. And with it emerged the challenge of the European identity of Muslims in Europe. After the establishment, these leaderships were actively seeking to formulate the directions, policies and goals from which to serve their vision of European Islam and direct various efforts and energies to consolidate this idea and spread it among Muslims in Europe in general and among those working in Islamic institutions and to define it at all levels.

The idea of specialization emerged as a working tool and a necessary and effective approach to achieving the goal of settlement, so the contribution and initiative was to establish a group of specialized institutions, the most important of which are: the European Institute for Human Sciences (1990), then the Federation of European Institutes for Islamic and Human Sciences (2007), and the Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student Organizations (1996) The European Council for Fatwa and Research (1997), Europe Trust (1997), the European Forum Of Muslim Women (2006), the European Assembly of Muslim Imams and Spiritual Guides (2008), which in 2019 became the European Council of Imams…”

According to the Arabic translator I engaged, the (meaning) did not go well after that, but it finished the list of institutions with the European Center for Research and Leadership Qualification (established in 2012), a lesser-known established institution in Switzerland.

Below follows the Arabic text.

مجلس مسلمي أوروبا – Council of European Muslims

@eumuslims.org

مجلس مسلمي أوروبا… في سطور…
مجلس مسلمي أوروبا – Council of European Muslims·Vrijdag 31 januari 2020·
في البداية…
”مجلس مسلمي أوروبا“ (سابقا “اتحاد المنظمات الإسلامية في أوروبا”) هو مؤسسة إسلامية أوروبية مستقلّة جامعة، تضمّ في عضويتها مؤسسات في أنحاء القارّة الأوروبية، وهو منظمة مدنية من منظمات مسلمي أوروبا تسعى للمشاركة في الشؤون المجتمعية على تعدّدها، وتعتمد أسلوب التعاون مع غيرها قدر الإمكان.
إنّ ”المجلس“ وإن كان يطمح إلى المساهمة في بلورة وقيام منظومة مشتركة للعمل الإسلامي الأوروبي قوامها تعدّد المسارات والتفاعل الايجابي مع المجتمع وفضاءاته والتحرّك ضمن الحريات المتاحة فإنّه لا يقدّم نفسه ناطقا باسم الإسلام، كما لا يقدّم نفسه بأيّة حال خصما لأي مقاربة أخرى يختلف معها في قراءة تجربة العمل الإسلامي الأوروبي أو في استشراف مستقبله.
في السياق التاريخي:
بدأ العمل الاسلامي في أوروبا الغربية على وجه الخصوص في بداية الخمسينات من القرن الماضي من خلال بعض الطلاب والعمال الوافدين من مختلف الدول العربية والاسلامية والذين استقر بهم المقام في بلاد الغرب. ولقد تصدّر هؤلاء، وخصوصا الطلاب منهم، تنظيم العمل الاسلامي في أوروبا من خلال عدة تشكيلات وجمعيات على مستوى البلدان الأوروبية مثل فرنسا، ألمانيا، اسبانيا، بريطانيا وهولندا وغيرها، حتى سنة 1984 حيث تداعى عدد منهم الى عقد ندوة في العاصمة الاسبانية مدريد، كانت منطلقا الى تأسيس عمل إسلامي أوروبي ينطلق من فكرة استقرار الوجود الإسلامي ويبني على استحقاقتها ومقتضياتها. وبعد جهود مقدّرة من التنسيق والتواصل طوال خمس سنوات كان تأسيس “اتحاد المنظمات الإسلامية في أوروبا” (بهذا الإسم أنذاك) حيث سُجــّـل رسميا في نوفمبر 1989، ومع التأسيس بدأت تتضح معالم فكرة التوطين تدريجيا لدى قيادات العمل الاسلامي سواء على المستوى المركزي أو في الدول الأوروبية المختلفة وبرز معها تحدي الهوية الأوروبية للمسلمين في أوروبا. بعد التأسيس كان سعي هذه القيادات حثيثا لصياغة التوجهات والسياسات والأهداف التي تنطلق منها لخدمة رؤيتها لإسلام أوروبي وتوجيه مختلف الجهود والطاقات لترسيخ هذه الفكرة ونشرها بين المسلمين في أوروبا عموما وبين العاملين في المؤسسات الإسلامية والتعريف بها على كافة المستويات. كما برزت فكرة التخصص كأداة عمل ومنهج ضروري وفعال لتحقيق هدف التوطين فكانت المساهمة والمبادرة الى إنشاء مجموعة من المؤسسات التخصصية أهمها: المعهد الاوروبي للعلوم الانسانية (1990) ثم اتحاد المعاهد الأوروبية للعلوم الاسلامية والانسانية (2007)، منتدى المنظمات الشبابية والطلابية الأوروبية الاسلامية (1996)، المجلس الأوروبي للإفتاء والبحوث (1997)، الوقف الأوروبي (1997)، المنتدى الأوروبي للمرأة المسلمة (2006)، التجمع الأوروبي للأئمة والمرشدين (2008) وأصبح سنة 2019 المجلس الأوروبي للأئمة، المركز الأوروبي للابحاث والتأهيل القيادي (2012)، إضافة إلى العديد من المؤسسات والجمعيات الاجتماعية والثقافية والمراكز والمساجد المنتشرة في ربوع أوروبا. وقد ساعد بروز هذه المؤسسات في مختلف الدول الأوروبية في انتشار فكرة الهوية الأوروبية لدى العاملين في الحقل الإسلامي واتساعها بين أبناء المسلمين في أوروبا. ولقد تتالت الخطوات في هذا الاتجاه إلى أن جاءت ندوة إسطنبول في شهر سبتمبر 1995 لتضيف إلى هذه التجربة وتجعلها أكثر عمقا وتساهم بدورها في تمتين الأسس التي يقوم عليها ”المجلس“ سواء على المستوى الفكري أو الاداري، وقد أعطى ذلك دفعة قوية للعمل الاسلامي الأوروبي الذي اتسعت رقعته لتصل إلى 20 دولة أوروبية بما فيها دول شرق أوروبا عام1998 ، وتصل بعد ذلك إلى 28 دولة خلال العشرية الأولى من القرن الحالي.
في السياق الثقافي والتوجه الفكري:
يتحرك ”المجلس مسلمي أوروبا“ ضمن تيار الوسطية والاعتدال في أوروبا المنبثق عن المنطلقات والتوجيهات والمقاصد الإسلامية بما تقتضيه من الالتزام بالقيم والمبادئ الأخلاقية، وبما يُنشئ آصرةً جماعية منفتحة على المجتمع والعصر، قوامها روح الأخوّة في السعي إلى العمل الصالح المشترك، وروح التعارف التي تحترم خصائص التنوّع والتعددية في الواقع الإنساني وتستثمرها.
كما يمثل ”المجلس“ اليوم بما يحمله من مبادئ تجسد البعد الإنساني في الإسلام، رصيدا لا يستهان به على الساحة الأوروبية، ليمثل إضافة نوعية لهذه الحضارة التي طالما نهلت من معين الحضارة الإسلامية واستفادت من علومها لتتبلغ بها عصر النور الأوروبي. وفي سياق التنظم وضع ”المجلس“ دستورا صاغ فيه منهجه كمؤسسة إسلامية أوروبية تتوق لخدمة المجتمع الأوروبي بما يحقق له الأمن والرفاه، عبر التعاون مع بقية مكونات المجتمع لترسيخ مبادئ العدالة الاجتماعية، وترسيخ مبادئ التعايش. ولم تتوقف جهود ”المجلس“ باعتباره أكبر منظمة إسلامية على مستوى أوروبا، في السعي لكسر حاجز الخوف من الوجود الإسلامي في الغرب، الذي يغذيه جانب من الإعلام، وبعض القوى السياسية التي تعتمد خطابا عدائيا ضد الأقلية المسلمة، بل تجاوزتها الى وضع مشاريع وبرامج من خلال مؤسساته تخدم الصالح العام وتبشر بثقافة التعايش. وقد توجت هذه الجهود بإعلان ”ميثاق مسلمي أوروبا“ في العاشر من شهر يناير 2008 بالعاصمة الأوروبية بروكسل، الذي جاء ليؤكد أن الوجود الإسلامي يمثل إضافة نوعية، وثراء ثقافيا لأوروبا.
رؤية الاتحاد ورسالته
يتخذ ”المجلس“ من شعار “مسلمون أوروبيون” رؤية له. وهذه الرؤية تستبطن الانتماء الديني وما يتأسس عليه من خلفية فكرية وثقافية والتزام أخلاقي وقيمي، والانتماء الجغرافي وما يرتبط به من التزام بعقد المواطنة واحترام لمقتضياتها في التعايش المشترك وخدمة الصالح العام. ويحدد ”المجلس“ رسالته في “التعريف بالإسلام وتشجيع مسلمي اوروبا ومساعدتهم على ممارسة شعائرهم الدينية والإسهام الفاعل في مختلف جوانب الحياة في إطار من الفهم الوسطي وضمن منهج إصلاحي تجديدي”
ولتمثل هذه الرؤية وتحقيق هذه الرسالة حدد ”المجلس“ الاهداف الاستراتيجية التالية:
1) العمل على مساعدة المسلمين في ممارسة شعائرهم الدينية وحفظ هويتهم الدينية ورعاية شؤونهم الاجتماعية والدينية وإقامة المؤسسات التي تساعدهم على ذلك
2) تعزيز التعارف والتعاون مع المؤسسات والهيئات الإسلامية الرسمية والمجتمعية على الصعيد الأوروبي والعالمي في إطار من المصالح المشتركة
3) دعم أعمال التعريف بالإسلام وقيمه وفقاً لمقتضيات وخصوصيات الواقع الأوروبي
4) دعم وتوسيع الحوار بين المسلمين وأصحاب الأديان والعقائد والأفكار الأخرى للتفاعل الإيجابي وتوطيد السلام والعدل الاجتماعي
5) المساهمة في الجهود الرامية لحماية الحريات والدفاع عن حقوق الانسان وكرامته ونبذ كافة أشكال الميز

Rashida Tlaib, "From the River to the Sea", and Anti-Semitism

Hat tip JNS and Times of Israel


"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free"


As is always the case with controversial people, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) has been in the news a lot lately. No, she didn't call President Trump a "motherf-----" (at least, not that I know of). Tlaib raised eyebrows just days ago when it was revealed that she was slated to appear December 15 on a virtual panel with three other controversial individuals-Israel haters all- to discuss the topic of anti-Semitism.

Julius Streicher and Hitler were unavailable. 


"From the Oder to the Rhine, Germany will be Judenrein"


https://www.jns.org/tlaib-and-others-peddling-anti-jewish-rhetoric-to-speak-on-panel-about-anti-semitism/

Of course, people like Tlaib and her ilk have their own slant on what anti-Semitism is all about. Tlaib, of course, denies that she is anti-Jewish; after all, being of Palestinian stock, how could she possibly be?

If Tlaib's inclusion on such a panel on anti-Semitism wasn't ironic enough, she managed to underline the hypocrisy when she re-tweeted a cute little jingle on the occasion of Palestinian-Something Day (November 29). The jingle goes like this:

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free".

https://www.timesofisrael.com/democrat-tlaib-shares-tweet-alluding-to-israels-elimination/

If you haven't been on a college campus lately, the meaning is simple: From the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, Palestine will be free. Those are the borders of Israel. It means that there will be no more Israel and no more Jews. Only a state called Palestine made up of and run by Palestinians. Oh, people like Tlaib might tell you that such a state could also include Jews in a multi-ethnic society, but we all know that if they were not driven out or slaughtered, they would be forced to live as minority dhimmis under the thumb of the Palestinians. Tlaib knows exactly what it means.

In November, the voters of her district in Michigan, which includes parts of Detroit and Dearborn, had the chance to correct their mistake of 2018 and vote Tlaib out on her can. That they chose to re-elect her says tons about this district.

Thursday, December 3, 2020

After Trier: Refugees, Concrete Barriers and Auto-Jihad

Hat tip Politically Incorrect-Translation by Fousesquawk


The conservative German blog, Politically Incorrect, has an interesting take on this week's carnage in Trier, where a 51-year-old man, whose name has not been released, drove a car at a high rate of speed through a pedestrian zone of the city, killing five, including a 9-week-old baby.  As is so often the case when these incidents occur in Europe, the authorities and the media do not release the name, at least the full name, of the perpetrator. At this stage, all we know about the driver is that he is 51 years old and was born in the Trier area. He is also described as being drunk at the time, and to have a chronic drinking problem. At one point, some German sources partially identified the man as Bernd W., apparently based upon the car registration. That name was later taken down when it was learned the driver was not the registered owner of the car involved. One source gave what might have been a hint when it reported that the driver was often seen drunk in a certain local kabob restaurant. No motive has been reported, and police state there is no known connection to terrorism.

The obvious question given the rash of auto-jihad attacks in Europe is whether this incident is the latest case of auto-jihad. In other words, was the driver Muslim, and was his motive jihad? At this point, we don't know, and unfortunately, the public in Germany and the rest of Europe don't' know if they face an increased risk of this kind of attack. So we must speculate as to the driver's religion. True, that is hardly fair to decent European Muslims who have no thought of running down non-Muslims, but the public at large is being ill-served by hiding the identity of criminals and those who wish to do harm to innocent people.

That is why we are translating the article from PI. The writer, Manfred Black, doesn't know if the driver was Muslim or not, only speculating. It may not be fair, but it is natural that people in Germany are speculating.

http://www.pi-news.net/2020/12/welche-vorbilder-hatte-der-todesfahrer-von-trier/


Graffiti on concrete (barrier): "Thanks Merkel!"

What role models did the death driver from Trier have?

-Politically Incorrect

Caption below photo: In Heidelberg, unknown person(s) sprayed, "Thanks, Merkel" on a concrete barrier on Grossen Karlsplatz a few days ago.

-By Manfred W. Black 

After the deadly driving rampage in the inner city of Trier, the responsible court has issued an arrest warrant against the driver. This is for multiple-homicide, attempted homicide, and dangerous physical injury. The 51-year-old driver is said to have deliberately driven a high powered sport SUV into people in a pedestrian area while drunk on Tuesday. Five people died. In addition, 18 people were injured, six seriously.

Immediately there is talk of a German perpetrator

It is interesting that the media, right after the deadly driving attack became known, identified the perpetrator as "German". Also heard directly after the attack was, "the investigators assumed that the driver "had nothing to do with any organized background". That would mean no connection in this case with Islamic groups.

In other similar driving attacks or after bloody knife attacks, almost all media have attempted to conceal the nationality of the perpetrators as long as possible or completely when it concerns a Muslim attacker. Many of them (attackers)  scream unmistakably, "Allahu Akbar" (God is greater) during their deadly acts. That is also often concealed. 

The media likes to obscure the exact identity of violent criminals when it concerns people officially designated as refugees. Obviously, the leftist journalists want to prevent people who "have lived here a long time" (Angela Merkel) to think about borderless refugee migration, which goes on even in the more than serious Corona times for Germans.

In spite of Corona: The "Refugees" Migration goes on

In October 2020 alone, there were 6,499 "Protection-seekers"-with or without Corona- registered by the authorities. With that come thousands of migrants, who are brought into the country under "family re-unification" through "unaccompanied minor-age refugees", for example, 

It is also noticeable that after the deadly car attack in Trier, even national media reported that among the victims were migrants. Political secrecy no longer applies. The Hamburg Abendblatt specifically mentioned in its December 3 edition that among the dead victims were a father and his little daughter-both being of  "Greek origin".

Before mass migration there were no vehicular attacks

After the auto-murder in Trier, no newspaper in the country dared to write that up to now "refugees" and other people "with a migration background" had carried out similar vehicular attacks in Western Europe. No mainstream media had the courage to recall the deadly "role models" from Berlin, Stockholm, Nice, or Melbourne-with more than 100 dead. "Role models" which the Trier perpetrator unfortunately copied.

No journalist says that these inhuman attacks by Muslims have been, directly or indirectly, initiated by Muslim ISIS- propaganda magazines like "Dabiq". "Auto-jihad" did not exist prior to the "refugee " movement in Western Europe. The journalists of the left-green mass media refuse to admit this. Naturally, (it is the same) for the politicians from the ruling parties. The leftist journalists love and live political correctness. 

In addition, it cannot be mentioned anywhere that the present concrete barriers in front of large market places and around most of the Christmas market areas-as preventative measures- are a result of the murderous motor vehicle attacks by "migrants".

Graffiti expression on concrete block in Heidelberg: "Thanks, Merkel"

It is interesting that a few days ago, a person or persons unknown sprayed, "Thanks, Merkel!" on a concrete barrier on the Grossen Karlsplatz (Square) in Heidelberg,  That is a reference to the reigning chancellor, who through by-passing the democratic bodies of her party and the entire Parliament, opened the borders for several million migrants from abroad, who, while being called, "refugees", have mostly lost their identity papers.

After all, the regional "Rhein-Neckar Zeitung" (newspaper) acknowledged that the sprayer(s) wanted to point out a connection between the chancellor's refugee policy and the attacks upon the Christmas markets.

Joe Schwartz, from Heidelberg-Marketing, who is responsible for the square, had the lettering temporarily covered up with placards. Because the paint doesn't wash off. In the meantime, Schwartz commissioned a decorator to place the block in a wooden case re-covered with gold foil.

Are there reports about that in the national press? No, here there is only thunderous silence.

Concrete blocks: Nation-wide "certified barriers" with new safety standards

 Now, after the murders in Trier, local politicians have completely new ideas. The general business manager for the Association of Towns and Municipalities, Gerd Landsberg, spoke out for "certified barriers according to national, unified, and current technical safety standards". In addition to mobile blocks, city development-anchored barriers could be an option for protection of (city) squares, like retractable barriers or benches," he told the "Editorial Network, Germany". 

Landsberg admits that a complete blocking off of pedestrian zones, for example, is not possible. The costly security (measures) of large pedestrian zones will, thus, in the future, (require) more investment of money. Which potential killers do politicians fear today? That, naturally, the Town and Municipality Association doesn't say.





Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Germany: Car Attack in Trier: At Least Two Dead


Trier


Today, a 51-year-old man "with German citizenship" plowed his car at high speed through a pedestrian zone in the town of Trier, near the Luxembourg border. At least two have been killed, including a  small child, and several injured. The man, described by the German press simply as a 51-year-old man of German citizenship who resides in the area as being in custody. No motive is being given as yet. So, as yet, we don't know if this is terrorism. Translations are pending. In the meantime, the Daily Mail (UK) has details and photos.

Trier is the birthplace of Karl Marx.

*Update: The local Trier news describes the driver as a 51-year-old man from Trier who was known to often be drunk, and who often got drunk in a local kebab shop.

*Update (Sueddeutsche Zeitung)  The death toll now stands at four including a 9-month-old baby. (Correction: 9 1/2-week-old baby.).The driver was reportedly drunk. 

The lord mayor of Trier is calling this, "the blackest day in Trier since WW2". (Frankfurter Allgemeine)

*Update: Death toll now stands at five.


Monday, November 30, 2020

Austria: Rabbi Attacked by Knife-Wielding Woman in Vienna

Vienna-Wiener Landstrasse district

On Thursday, a rabbi was attacked on a Vienna street by a knife-wielding woman shouting, "Slaughter all Jews" in German. Though she was unable to stab the rabbi, she knocked his kippa off his head before fleeing. Police have launched a search. 

The below article from Die Presse is translated by Fousesquawk.

https://www.diepresse.com/5904198/antisemitischer-angriff-auf-rabbiner

Anti-Semitic attack on rabbi

During the attack, woman screamed anti-Semitic words

Vienna: an anti-Semitic attack upon a rabbi occurred Thursday in Vienna-Landstrasse (a district in Vienna), the Interior Ministry announced Friday. A woman threatened the rabbi at a bus stop with a knife, tore his kippa from his head, and tried to kick him. At the same time, the attacker screamed, "Slaughter all Jews". The rabbi was uninjured.

Sharp reactions

"Jew hatred and anti-Semitism have no place in our society. My solidarity is with all Jewesses and Jews living in Austria," tweeted Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen. Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz had already reacted, Thursday night: "I condemn the anti-Semitic attack on a rabbi in Vienna in the sharpest terms. We must fight anti-Semitism with all our determination and do everything to enable Jewish life here in Austria to be safe. Because Europe without Jews is no longer Europe," declared Kurz. Interior Minister  Karl Nehammer added: "In addition to strengthened protection for synagogues all measures will be taken to quickly clear up this obviously anti-Semitic-motivated attack. There is no tolerance for anti-Semitism." The president of the Vienna Jewish Religious Community, Oskar Deutsch, described the attack as, "a disturbing incident that has unsettled many."

The attacker is about 50 years old and 170 centimeters tall, and wore a grey coat (Editor). 





Sunday, November 29, 2020

Silvia Sardone Speech at EU

 Earlier this week, we translated an Italian news article (Il Giornale) on the speech by Italian Lega Party delegate to the EU, Silvia Sardone, on the topic of human rights and immigration.  Here is the sub-titled video of that speech. Translation by Fousesquawk.




Saturday, November 28, 2020

France: 18 Months for Threatening to Behead Teacher

In the wake of the recent beheading murder of  Samuel Paty, a French teacher who showed caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in his class, a number of copy-cat threats have occurred in France. In Nice, a 19-year-old man, who threatened a French teacher with beheading, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. The below article from Le Figaro is translated by Fousesquawk.

https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/nice-un-jeune-condamne-a-18-mois-de-prison-ferme-pour-avoir-menace-un-professeur-de-le-faire-mourir-comme-samuel-paty-20201128


Nice: Youth sentenced to 18 months in prison for having threatened to kill a teacher "like Samuel Paty"

A young man of 19, with no record, sentenced for threatening a teacher with death on social media

-by Le Figaro with AFP, published yesterday (11-27-20) at 13:23, updated yesterday at 14:20

A young man of 19 has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for having threatened to kill a teacher "like Samuel Paty", in reference to the teacher decapitated in October in Val d'Oise, the prosecutor of Nice reported Saturday.

Judged in an immediate appearance, Friday 27 November, the defendant defended himself, according to an account of the hearing published by the daily, Nice-Matin, explaining that it was a "joke" only intended to show off in front of  (another) young high school student.

This young man, holder of a professional baccalaureate and presently finished with school, had gotten wind on social media of an incident that had happened in one of the teacher's classes. The latter, a  teacher for some 30 years, had asked certain pupils for an explanation, who were suspected of having cheated during a "white" baccalaureate test. 

The defendant had then succeeded in obtaining the private account address of the teacher on another social media, in order to be able to threaten him with a similar death to that of Samuel Paty, a teacher killed by a young man after having shown caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad to his pupils during a course on freedom of expression.

"My client has lived through two very difficult weeks," explains Julien Darras, lawyer for the civil part (of the case-representing the victim). This teacher was forced to stop his courses and remove his name from his mailbox, while the police were identifying the author of the threats.

The defendant, with a clean record, faced up to 7 years of imprisonment for public support of terrorist acts by electronic means and death threat. He has ten days to file an appeal of this judgment accompanied by an immediate custody warrant.

Since the attack that struck the faithful of a Nice church on 29 October, more than 20 cases for (verbally) supporting terrorism have been conducted by the prosecutor's office of Nice, stated Xavier Bonhomme, national prosecutor. One man had already been sentenced to 18 months in prison for having threatened people in the proximity of this religious edifice, the magistrate added,.

Since the murder of Professor Samuel Paty on October 16, acts of (verbally) supporting terrorism and death threats have multiplied. A resident of Roubaix, 21 years of age, convert to Islam, was sentenced on November 19 in Lille to 18 months of prison, including 12 months probationary suspension for supporting terrorism on social media. In Var, at the end of October, another young man was sentenced to 18 months in prison with a committal warrant, for similar acts of supporting terrorism. According to Franceinfo, 187 cases have been opened in France for "threats", "Provocation to commit violent infractions," or "supporting terrorism", since the death of  Samuel Paty


Friday, November 27, 2020

The November 2 Terror Attack in Vienna: Intended Target Was Church


-RTL.de



On November 2, a jihadist terrorist opened fire in the heart of Vienna killing four and wounding 23 before being shot and killed by police. Today, it is being reported that the actual intended target of the terrorist was a group of youths holding a prayer service in a Catholic Church. The below article from Krone.at is translated by Fousesquawk.

 https://www.krone.at/2285793


Terrorist had Catholic Youth Group in Sights


The background of attack warnings on local churches is frightening: Because the ISIS-killer wanted to cause a bloodbath during an evening prayer of the Catholic Youth group in the Ruprecht Church on the night of terror in Vienna. The Islamist failed (to get through) the closed door, however, due to a timer lock...........

As reported, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer (ÖVP)  in connection with Advent and the Christmas season, strengthened the protection of local churches. The details behind the security alarm are-despite the silence of the prosecutor's office- shocking: Because according to "Krone" investigation, 17 children, specifically, the Catholic Youth Group, escaped catastrophe by a hair! 

Terrorist wanted to cause a massacre in the church

While they were holding a-not public-prayer hour in the Ruprecht Church in the heart of Vienna, the ISIS-killer wanted to break in with an assault rifle and pistols. However, he failed- due to a time-locked entrance. Seconds later, the attacker, was "taken out" with one shot by WEGA agents in front of the oldest church in the city. The "Investigative Group 2 November" interviewed the shocked women and children.

Meanwhile, it has been announced that the interim report of the Commission on the possible breakdowns investigated by anti-terror forces will be made public before Christmas.

Archdiocese spokesman: "You reacted with presence of mind"

The spokesman of the Vienna Archdiocese, Michael Prüller, on Friday afternoon, described the situation on the evening of the terror attack. The 17 youths escaped the attacker by turning off the lights when the first shots were fired. "You reacted with presence of mind and hid," Prüller further reported. The youths stayed hidden in the darkness until 2:30 am on Tuesday. Then the police gave the all-clear that the 17 girls and boys could go home.

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Fousesquawk comment:

Make no mistake. From the murders of French priests to the desecration of Christian statues and churches themselves in countries throughout Western Europe, Christianity in Europe is under attack by Muslim migrants, asylum-seekers, refugees, or whatever you call them. And as long as these new arrivals are there, the problem is not going to go away. Only by chance were 17 children saved from a massacre only because they were Christians.




Thursday, November 26, 2020

Italy: Palestinian Refugee Beheads Madonna (Virgin Mary) Statue Near Venice

 Hat tip Vlad Tepes: Translation by Fousesquawk.


A 31-year-old Palestinian is in custody after cutting off the head and hands of a statue of the Madonna (Virgin Mary) in the northern Italian town of Marghera near Venice. The suspect arrived in Italy from Belgium, where he was classified as a refugee.


-A3 News Veneto (IT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KoU9p9XOQY

Along with a myriad of other crimes (not to mention terrorism), this is just the latest in a series of attacks against churches and Christian statues by these so-called refugees. 

Switzerland Terrorist Stabbing in Lugano




On November 24, in the Swiss city of Lugano, near the Italian border, a 28-year-old Swiss woman stabbed another woman in a department store and attacked a second woman. Investigation has revealed that she had attempted to travel to Syria in 2017 to join a jihadist fighter she had met online. The below report from Corriere del Ticino is translated from Italian by Fousesquawk.

 https://www.cdt.ch/ticino/lugano/la-donna-si-era-innamorata-di-un-combattente-jihadista-HN3483494

The woman was in love with a jihadist combattant

Attack at Manor: She had met him on social media and had tried to join him in Syria- Suffered from psychiatric problems

-25 November 2020

Translation of below notice from Fedpol Switzerland:

New updates from Fedpol (Federal Police) regarding the 28-year-old who stabbed a woman and attacked another on the 5th floor of Manor (department store) in Lugano yesterday afternoon. From police cases worked in 2017, it emerged that the person in question had fallen in love on social media with a jihadist combattant located in Syria. The woman had tried to join him, but was arrested by Turkish authorities at the Turkish-Syrian border and subsequently repatriated to Switzerland. At the time, the woman was suffering from psychiatric problems. On her re-entry she was placed in a psychiatric institute. From 2017, the woman no longer appeared in Fedpol files connected to terrorism. 







Wednesday, November 25, 2020

EU Priorities: Taking Care of Migrants and Fighting Islamophobia

Hat tip Jihad Watch

Silvia Sardone


The below article from the Italian daily, Il Giornale, concerns the priorities of the European Parliament in assisting migrants and fighting "Islamophobia". It also features remarks by Italian delegate to the European Parliament from the Lega Party, Silvia Sardone.  Sardone, who is from Milan, was recently threatened with rape because she had opposed the construction of a mosque in Milan. 

The below article is translated by Fousesquawk. The article includes a video of Sardone's remarks at the European Parliament. We are working on English sub-titles.

 https://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/priorit-delleuropa-sui-migranti-assicurar-loro-casa-e-lavoro-1905393.html

Europe's priority on migrants: housing and jobs for those who disembark here

The new plan on integration into the EU revealed: Space and social inclusion projects and new housing for migrants. Meanwhile, the report on civil rights arrives in the European Parliament: No mention of terrorism, priority given to the fight against racism and Islamophobia

-Mauro Indelicato, 24 November 2020

Crucial days at Brussels, between sessions in the European Parliament and commission meetings. It was to be expected given what is happening in all of Europe, between the pandemic and the resulting economic crisis.

Still, the on-going arguments have nothing to do with recovery or recovery plans. On the contrary, they talk about migrants and civil rights.

The EU plan on integration

In these days, for example, placed at the top of the work agenda of the European Commission is the new plan for integration of migrants. These are multi-year projects, with which the EU is trying to give precise directions on the issue. In the last hours, the plan, which will substitute that approved in 2016, and which should last for a period of time including (the years) between 2021 -2027, was announced by the  European Commission itself.

It is based on four principal pillars: Education, work, access to health care, and adequate housing. The responsible principals of social policies are the member states, but the EU has the possibility to coordinate the policies and give specific directions. And according to the institutions of Brussels, in the coming years, the various governments must always commit themselves to inclusion, with investments and spending relative to more adequate accommodation for the migrants present in (EU) territory.

The first point concerns inclusion in the world of education: "There is a need to commit to education and training that are inclusive from early infancy to higher education," the commission plan reads, "concentrating on the facilitation of recognizing qualifications and on continuous learning of the languages, with the support of EU funds" The second point, however, concerns the work world, where all migrants "and women in particular," the plan further reads, must receive the support to express, "their full potential".

Then there is the third point, concerning the health sector. "In addition to specific financing of the EU, " the document states, "the action plan looks to guarantee the people are informed as to their rights and recognize the specific challenges faced by women, in particular during and after pregnancy." Finally, the fourth pillar calls for, "adequate and convenient finances through the European Fund for regional development, the  European Social Fund Plus, the Asylum Fund, and Migration and Invest EU," to find better housing for migrants.

Investments and priorities that could cause-and not a little- (those) outside the EU institutions to wrinkle their nose. Especially because for the moment, in the countries hardest hit by the Corona virus pandemic, there are no clear indications as to funds that the EU will make available to re-start the economy. Whose eventual collapse, not so remote through anti-contagion measures, could involve everyone, from citizens to migrants.

Report on fundamental rights

Also because then, if on the one hand, the commission is giving importance to the plan on integration, on the other, the EU Parliament, at this time, is discussing the report on the state of fundamental rights in 2018-2019, And here, according to the EU institutions, the priority is to stop the spread of racism and Islamophobia: "Instead of confronting the actual situation, it seems the program of a party of the extreme left, with passages that are biased and embarrassing," commented Lega deputy Silvia Sardone in her remarks in the European Parliament. "It talks of a European Parliament that has helplessly witnessed the spread of racism, of Islamophobic sentiments, of hostility and intolerance against Muslims, while (saying) nothing about terrorism, victims of attacks, about those who hate Europeans, our way of life, our culture, our values."

Scrolling down the report, it speaks, in effect, of measures to take against the spread of policies that lead to discrimination and, in which a presumed "criminalization of solidarity" would emerge, with clear reference to the tug-of-war in the last years between the Italian government of the yellow-green (alliance) and the NGOs. The priority, that of the EU, (is) quite far from a reality where, on the contrary, millions of people await a concrete response on the economic and health front.