Germany: Angela Merkel-She's Baaaack!

Angela Merkel giving a hearing to an asylum-seeker

Angela Merkel, the former German chancellor who opened her country to hundreds of thousands of Syrians in 2015 and persuaded other EU countries to do the same, is back opining on the topic of mass migration. Now that millions of Syrians, Afghans, and countless others have swarmed into Europe, causing a dramatic rise in crime, acts of terror, and social costs. Speaking in a Syrian restaurant in Berlin before an audience of refugees, she lectured the present government of Germany on how to handle the problem that she largely caused. According to Merkel, every person who shows up on Germany's border is entitled to a legal hearing. Multiply that by a few million throughout Europe, and you see the enormity of the problem.

The article below from today's Berliner Morgenpost is translated by Fousesquawk. 

Merkel criticizes Merz: Whoever claims asylum, must get a proceeding"

June 30, 2025 13:38

Caption: Merkel distances herself from the coalition on TV. A person who asks for asylum has the right to a legal proceeding-even at the border.

Berlin: The former chancellor only has limited support for the migration policy. She insists on the rule of law-The (CDU) Christian Democratic party disagrees.

Almost a decade after her famous phrase, "We can do this", Angela Merkel returns to the German migration debate-and with emphasis. In a WRD (West German Broadcasting) discussion format with refugees, the former chancellor criticized the current asylum policy of the CDU-led Federal Republic under Chancellor Friedrich Merz. She called for legal proceedings, even at the border. "When someone (asks for) asylum, he must get a proceeding," Merkel said. That is her understanding of European law. 

In this, she positioned herself clearly against the line of the Federal Interior Ministry under CDU Minister Alexander Dobrint, which is based on a restrictive practice. This provides for turning back asylum-seekers right at the German exterior border-even if they are denied a proceeding in Germany. A decision by the Berlin Administrative Court had recently classified the rejection of three Somalis from Poland as unlawful. The Ministry calls it an individual case ruling.

Refugee policy: Merkel warns of a change of course under AfD (Alternativ fuer Deutschland) influence

At the same time, Merkel appealed to the Democratic parties not to allow themselves to be driven by the AfD. "I cannot speak constantly about the AfD and adopt their agenda," she said. Instead, it is about thinking about migration in a European manner and accomplishing both limiting the number of illegal entries, without throwing away our own values.

What is crucial is who really needs protection and who doesn't, those who reach the country through smuggling networks. Merkel also spoke of economic aspects. In the management of legal immigration, the migration policy must be more strongly oriented to skilled workers, for example.

Afghanistan deportations: Merkel's appeal to Foreign Office

Merkel was especially clear with a view to local Afghan workers, who, after the withdrawal of the Bundeswehr (German military) in 2021, had been promised admission by the federal government under her leadership. Many of them had worked in service to the Bundeswehr or German institutions and are still waiting for the promised entry into Germany- over two years after the overthrow by the Taliban. Merkel reminded the Foreign Office of their responsibility. "The Foreign Ministry knows that promises were made." 

Merkel also spoke about repatriations. Denials of asylum requests must have consequences, though humane treatment must be ensured. Whoever is sent back must be safely sent back to their country of origin. That also applies to Afghanistan.  

Asylum law and rejections: CDU Government defends border policy.

The Federal Government reacted immediately to the remarks of the ex-chancellor. On ARD (German Broadcasting Company), the chief of the Chancellor's Office, Thorsten Frei (CDU), stressed that the basic law and asylum law give clear guidelines: Whoever comes to Germany through safe third countries, and has already applied there, in principle, has no claim to further proceedings in Germany.

At the same time, Frei defended the once much-discussed phrase, "We can do this," but he placed it in a historical context. "When the head of a government says, 'We can do something', that's the right attitude." But today, says Frei, the conditions are different. In 2019- still under Merkel-they reacted to the changed situation with a comprehensive migration package. Included in it was the so-called Repatriation Improvement Law. 

The conversation between the former chancellor and refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and Iran took place in a Syrian restaurant in Berlin. The event was put on by WDR-Format WRD for you, which is aimed at people with refugee and migration experience. The occasion was the upcoming 10th anniversary of Merkel's decision in 2015 to open the borders for hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria. Snippets have already been shown on the ARD Morning Magazine (show).

Germany: 4 Syrian Men Charged With Sexual Abuse of 9 Girls in Public Pool

I know I gave it away in the title, but if I asked you to guess what recently happened at a public pool in Germany, and you answered that a group of Syrians, or Afghans (or other migrants)  sexually abused a group of girls, you would have won the jackpot.

That's because last Sunday, 4 Syrian men between the ages of 18-28 were arrested at the public pool in Gelnhausen (Hesse) after they allegedly sexually abused 9 girls by touching them all over their bodies. A 5th suspect reportedly left the pool before police arrived, and he is being sought.

Gelnhausen

This is hardly an isolated incident. Cases like these have happened numerous times, at least in Germany and Austria. This will forever be a part of the legacy of Angela Merkel, who, as chancellor in 2015, opened the floodgates to Syrians and so-called "refugees" from other countries. Millions of them, overwhelmingly young men, have flooded into Germany and several other EU countries.  In terms of crime and social costs, the results have been a disaster.

The below article from Junge Freiheit is translated by Fousesquawk.

Public pool in Gelnhausen

4 Syrians abused at least 9 girls in a public pool

Germany/ 28 June 2025

At the Barbarossa Pool in Gelnhausen on Sunday, 9 girls were abused by a group of Syrians. The perpetrators touched the girls all over their bodies in the pool. 4 suspects were arrested, and one other is being sought.

Gelnhausen: Last Sunday, June 22, 2025, at the Barbarossa public pool in Gelnhausen (Hesse), at least 4 Syrians abused at least 9 girls. According to the police, at least 9 underage girls, ages 11-17, were abused in the pool, particularly in the whirlpool area, by a group of men who touched them all over their bodies. The incidents were reported by the girls involved around 5 pm to pool personnel, who immediately informed the police.

According to Bild, the police have now announced that the 4 arrested suspects are Syrians between the ages of 18-28. Another suspect reportedly left the pool (prior to the arrests).  Criminal charges have been filed against all of them, and investigations are being conducted to clarify the exact course of events and individual responsibility. 

CDU (Christian Democrat party) mayor speaks of "the first incident of this kind"

Mayor Christian Litzinger (CDU) explains that this is the first incident of this kind at the Barbarossa pool this year. Last year, there were 4 cases of people being banned from the pool, which, however, involved theft or minor assault. The director of the pool, Nils Tischer, pointed out that with higher visitor volume, such incidents are not always immediately recognized, and that the personnel are reliant on tips from the guests. He emphasized the seriousness of the attacks and, in perspective, promised a decisive reaction.

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Angela Merkel

"Wir schaffen das."

(We can do this.)

"New York, New York"

This article first appeared in New English Review. 

Zohran Mamdani

Once again, New York City is back in the news for all the wrong reasons. Now everybody is talking about the man who will be the Democrat candidate for mayor. Zohran Mamdani defeated Andrew Cuomo in the Democrat primary this past week. Given Mamdani's positions as a socialist who would basically give everything away and his record of opposition to Israel and inflammatory statements in support of the Palestinians, the shock waves are being felt all over the country. One can only draw the conclusion that the Democrat party is increasingly radical and increasingly anti-Semitic.

 For example, the day after the horrific Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, Mamdani, a Muslim, was attacking Israel, not Hamas. Shocking? Keep in mind that as a student at Bowdoin College in Maine, he co-founded a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter. SJP is a brown shirt organization with chapters in well over 100 universities. They regularly engage in tactics of disruption, intimidation, and disorder to promote the anti-Israel agenda. They disrupt Jewish events on campus (some of which I personally witnessed at the University of California at Irvine), and harass and bully Jewish students. SJP was co-founded by UC Berkeley professor Hatem Bazian, a Palestinian immigrant with a long history of inflammatory anti-Semitic rhetoric. This organization is anti-Semitic to the core-even though they deny it, and even though some members are misguided, leftist Jewish students.

In short, all signs point to Mamdani being a total anti-Semite.

Mamdani was born in 1991 in Uganda to Indian parents. After moving to South Africa briefly, the family immigrated to the US when Mamdani was 7. He was reportedly naturalized in 2018. Some Republicans in Congress have called for Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported. I doubt that will go anywhere. We basically have to hope and pray that he is defeated by Eric Adams, the current mayor, in the upcoming mayoral election.

But Mamdani is just one element of what I see as a scary trend going on in New York City. With Columbia University, its sister college, Barnard, and New York University being very prominently in the news the past two years with pro-Hamas demonstrations and occupations that have become increasingly violent, now coupled with anti-ICE protests, everyday life in the city looks hellish, at least to an outsider. The protests, with all their Palestinian and/or Mexican and Central American flags, have become more aggressive, more brazen, and more obnoxious than ever. 

I don't claim to be intimately familiar with the city.  I have been there several times, almost always in my work as a DEA agent, going there for cases and to testify in federal trials. It's never been my favorite city, and I've never gone there for personal reasons. I must add here that while New Yorkers appear to be impatient and brash on the outside, I came to know quite a few in DEA. Once you get to know them, you come to like them. (They are great storytellers.) So this piece is no indictment of New Yorkers as people.

But what I have seen in the news over the last couple of years has been downright ugly. I can't imagine what it must be like for the NYPD, night after night, having to stand there in the streets and take verbal and physical abuse from hundreds of knuckleheads, to say nothing of all the other crime they have to deal with. Add to that the fact that under the previous mayor, Bill de Blasio, they got virtually zero support from the city leaders. Not surprisingly, de Blasio is a supporter of Mamdani. I firmly believe that the NYPD, which has great enforcement capabilities, could effectively protect Jewish citizens if it were not handcuffed by the politicians.

New York City has the nation's largest Jewish community. The implications for them if Mamdani is elected are enormous and troubling. Already being targeted on the streets for attacks, their situation can only get worse under Mamdani as mayor, especially for the highly visible Hasidic community.

Given the Trump administration's battles against state and local politicians like Governors Gavin Newsom of California and Janet Mills of Maine, not to mention the cutting off of federal funding to out-of-control universities, it will be interesting to see what happens if Mamdani is elected. It would tickle me pink if federal funding were cut off or reduced.

I would hope that if Mamdani is elected, we would see a mass exodus of people and businesses from the city with the resultant loss of tax revenue. Whether that would happen is another matter. While I am no fan of Eric Adams, I sincerely hope he wins running as an independent in a heavily Democrat city. In addition to de Blasio, Mamdani is also supported by New York congressional members, Jerry Nadler and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. If you are wondering how those two could ever get elected to office in New York, don't be surprised if Mamdani pulls it off.

Old Joe Coming to San Diego

"Join SHRM for an engaging conversation with the former president on workplace transformation."

😂

You can't make this up. Some HR organization called SHRM, apparently an acronym for (magic) mushrooms, is having a convention this week in San Diego, and their headline speaker is none other than.....Old Joe.

This promises to be a real stemwinder. Imagine Old Joe giving the audience a few pointers on how to run an office, including tips on how to prepare for a debate, how to hire the best people, how to set boundries borders, how to make a few bucks on the side, and knowing when it is time to retire.

And more...much more.

And while you're there, pick up a copy of Joe's NY Times bestseller, ghostwritten by a member of his staff. Here's a sneak peek:

Italy: Deported Imam Spouts His Venom at Italy

We have previously reported about Zulfiqar Khan, a Pakistani imam in Bologna who was deported last year due to his non-stop attacks against the West and his open support for Hamas. Well, he hasn't gone quietly. He is in the news again in Italy for his recent menacing sermon from Pakistan in which he attacked Italy and the conservative Lega party, including Matteo Salvini and European Parliament Deputy, Anna Maria Cisint, who as mayor of Monfalcone in northeastern Italy from 2016-2024, was frequently at odds with the local Muslim community, mostly consisting of Bangladeshis. In the video, Khan also attacked the Jews.

The article below from Il Tempo is translated by Fousesquawk. The article contains a video segment of Khan's sermon, which is in Urdu, but contains a few phrases in Italian, two of which are referring to Jews. In the video of Khan speaking in Urdu, at the 3:35-3:39 mark, he says, ".....the Jews can lie to the Christians"....... in Italian. At the  4:02 -4:05 mark, he says in Italian, "....the name of God is not profaned.....". At the 4:41-4:44 mark,  he says in Italian, "....the Jews have to cheat the Christians....".  I am unable to make out the context since it is in Urdu.  At the 2:34-2:36 mark in the video, he says in Italian, " ....evil persons, evil persons"......, preceded by a reference to "radicalized-fundamentalists" in Italian. Again, there is no translation of the Urdu, so I cannot make out the context (though I can guess).

We are in the process of providing English subtitles for the Italian parts of the sermon.

Islam, shocking video of Bologna imam. "Satanic Lega and threats to Cisint

-Giulia Sorrentino

The imam of Bologna, expelled on grounds of national security and for his open support of jihad and Hamas, Zulfiqar Khan, doesn't stop attacking the representatives of the Lega (political party) and European Parliament Deputy, Anna Maria Cisint, who he called "satanic", accusing them of being enemies of Islam and threatening: "We have not forgotten Monfalcone". Responding is Cisint who emphasizes how "the violent attack against me, my party, and the Federal Secretary, Matteo Salvini, by the imam, who, among other things, makes even more clear the words spoken by his follower, Omar Mamdouh, (and) tells us we are on the right side of history".

The imam's speech, which is opened with an apparently ritual formula, quickly is transformed into an ideological and personal attack that leaves little doubt as to his true intentions: to frighten, intimidate, to strike. Today, his successor at the helm of the IQRRA Mosque in Bologna, Mamdouh, is, in fact, continuing to stir controversy by way of his attacks on our roots, on our culture, and he tells of a vision of women that is incompatible with Western values. And that is why Cisint is asking that there be "immediate and resolute action. We need strong countermeasures, now, before the fundamentalist vision promoted by Khan and by those who think like him takes root elsewhere, in other mosques in Italy and Europe. Before the words of hate translate into concrete action. Before the radicalization already in progress in our country accelerates and becomes what the recent French report denounces as a real attempt at subversion of democracy. We will not take one step back."   

Some passages from the sermon

"The Koran knows how to give the answers, read it, when you read it, you will find the response. Today, there is a woman, Anna Maria Cisint, and we know what happened at Monfalcone, what she did. These people, those belonging to the Lega party, are not honest, not with their own country, nor with their own religion. Their leader, Salvini, the other day, went and shook the hand of Netanyahu, saying,  'He is a friend of Italy'. But the ex-premier, Conte, said, 'He is not a friend of Italy; he is your friend.'"  

"And this Anna Maria Cisint has recently posted videos and has said something against the fundamentalist Muslims. We have already responded in Italian to deliver the message. And now we are giving this message also to you, so that you can speak and find the way to respond. When she uses words like 'radical fundamentalists', we have to say that not all the radicals or fundamentalists are evil; some are also good. But those from Lega, yes, those are evil persons. There is something satanic in them. Why do they go and shake the hand of one who represents evil and say that he is their friend (and) embrace him?" 

"These people are ignorant; they have no education. The same words that I am saying in Urdu, I have also said them in Italian-it is not that I am hiding something. The same words: They are ignorant people. And this Anna Maria (Cisint); this poor woman, who knows if she has ever opened the Koran, Let alone read it-who knows if she has ever even touched it. And she talks about shariah, but doesn't even know what shariah means. And the Bible? When was the last time she touched it, let alone read it?"

Germany: Police Shoot Afghan Knife Attacker to Death

Today in Germany, there was yet another case of an Afghan asylum-seeker trying to kill someone with a knife. Unfortunately for the Afghan, his intended victims were police officers who arrived at his home to take him into custody to begin a jail sentence for a previous attack. One officer was seriously injured, and the Afghan was shot dead.

The incident occurred in the southwestern town of Wangen (Göppingen District.) in Baden-Württemberg. As a personal note, I spent 2-3 months stationed in the town of Göppingen in 1966 as a military policeman with the 404th MP Company before being transferred to a detachment in Erlangen.

The below article in Welt is translated by Fousesquawk. The article contains a video which we are in the process of adding English subtitles.

Knife attack

Police shoot asylum-seeker in Wangen-Officer seriously injured

Posted 16:29 (June 26, 2025)

Caption: Police shot a man during an operation in Wangen in Göppingen District. He had allegedly threatened the police officers with a knife. A police officer was seriously injured in the incident.

Source WELT TV

The police are going to pick up the asylum-seeker on a warrant when the situation escalates. In the end, a police officer is apparently seriously injured, and the attacker from Afghanistan is dead. 

During an operation in Wangen in Göppingen  District, east of Stuttgart, a 27-year-old man was shot by police. According to information from the State Police (LKA) in Stuttgart, he had attacked the officers with a knife.

There was a warrant for the Afghan asylum-seeker (issued) by the State prosecutor's Office in Ulm. The man was to begin serving a sentence for assault with bodily injury. The police officers were going to pick him up. They found him at his home address. Then the man pulled a knife. The exact sequence of events is still to be investigated. The LKA has taken over the investigation into the use of firearms by police.

According to information from the police union, it is already the 7th time in 2025 that police in Baden-Württemberg have used firearms. In mid-April, police killed a man who had gone after them with an axe with several shots in Hilzingen near the Swiss border. A few days earlier, an officer in Schramberg, southwest of Tübingen, shot a 48-year-old who pointed a firearm at police and would not drop it after several commands.

Last year, police in Baden-Württemberg shot as many people as in several (previous) years-even though the number of cases is very low. According to information from the Interior Ministry, in 2024, police used their weapons 13 times against people. Three were killed and nine were injured.

The last time so many people were fired upon in the Southwest was 2020, when three of them also died. In the years 2021, 2022, and 2023, fewer cases were recorded.

"Once again a knife," complains the union

The latest attack on the police again shows how violence against police officers continues to rise," said the state chairman of the German Police Union (DPoliG), Ralf Kusterer. "More and more, we are the victims of violence. Once again, a knife."

The politicians appear to be helpless or not ready to take the proper measures. "We are tired of political (expressions) of dismay, condolences, and wishes for recovery. When will the Interior Minister address the problems of those who carry knives on them?" said Kusterer.

Germany: Updated Charges for Accused Bielefeld Stabber

The arrest

N-TV

Last month, a suspect identified only as Mahmoud M., a Syrian "refugee", went on a stabbing spree outside a bar in Bielefeld, Germany, leaving 4 victims seriously injured. He was arrested the next evening near Dusseldorf.

Now, additional charges have been filed against the suspect based on information that he joined ISIS in Syria no later than December 2014 and that the stabbing attack was a religiously motivated crime against the free and democratic basic law in Germany.

The article below in Tagesschau is translated by Fousesquawk.

Federal Prosecutor's Office

New arrest warrant after knife attack in Bielefeld

June 25, 2025 at 16:57

After the knife attack on patrons at a bar last month in Bielefeld, the Federal Prosecutor's Office has obtained a new arrest warrant against the alleged perpetrator. The Syrian reportedly joined the ISIS terror organization before the act.

In the case of the alleged attack in front of a bar in Bielefeld, the Federal Prosecutor's Office has obtained a new arrest warrant against the suspected Syrian. Mahmoud M. is accused of membership in a foreign terrorist organization, attempted murder, and dangerous bodily injury, the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe announced.

According to recent findings, the suspect may have joined the terror organization, "Islamic State" even before the crime. M. reportedly joined ISIS no later than December 2014 in Syria. Up until spring 2016, he allegedly worked for the organization as a border guard.

After his entry into Germany, M. decided, in the name of a so-called holy war, to kill as many people for ISIS  as possible, who would be randomly chosen. The investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice ordered his continued (pre-trial) detention.

Knife attack on football (soccer) fans

On May 18, M. allegedly deliberately stabbed patrons at a bar who were celebrating their football team's promotion there. Four people were critically injured. According to earlier reports, the victims defended themselves by hitting the attacker and injuring him in the process.

After the crime, M. fled and was arrested near Dusseldorf late in the evening of the next day. He was already in pre-trial custody based on the arrest warrant of the District Court in Bielefeld.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office took over the investigation on May 20  due to the suspicion that the crime was a religiously motivated attack on the free and democratic basic law.

Temporary residence status

The Syrian has a temporary residence status. He was living in an accommodation in Harsewinkel in Guetersloh District. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees granted him residence status with subsidized protection in December 2023, according to reports from the North Rhine-Westphalia State Government.   

Accordingly, he received a temporary residence permit from the immigration authorities in Guetersloh District (valid) to February 2027. According to the latest investigation, the man traveled to Europe via Turkey.

California Politics

It's no secret that California is in a mess due to decades of Democratic-dominated politics. So much of it has garnered national news-at least from conservative news sites. Here in the Golden State (where I reside), we basically have one-party government. Not only is Gavin Newsom the governor, but the state government in Sacramento is dominated in both houses by the Democrats. Result? They can do whatever they want. The Republican Party in California is basically irrelevant.

But those of you in other states may not be aware of a couple of incidents that have just happened that perfectly illustrate what we are dealing with in California.

First of all, let's introduce the vice mayor of Cudahy, California, a community located in the greater Los Angeles area. Her name is Cynthia Gonzales, and with all the ICE activity and protests going on in Los Angeles, Ms. Gonzales has produced a video urging the local criminal gangs to get involved in defending the local turf from immigration authorities.  You can see her video here, courtesy of KESQ News. Gonzalez specifically addresses her comments to two notorious street gangs in Los Angeles, the 18th Street gang and Florencia 13 gang, both Mexican-American criminal gangs in Los Angeles with a history of violence.

And get this: Gonzalez is running for a seat on the Los Angeles Community College Board!

Meanwhile, in Sacramento, Republican Assembly Member Carl DeMaio was speaking against a resolution in favor of the LGBTQ pride agenda. DeMaio, who is gay, was objecting to certain provisions in the resolution that supported biological males participating in women's sports and "gender-affirming" provisions, which he termed as being divisive rather than supporting the LGBTQ community. As he spoke, he was interrupted 4 times by the speaker of the speaker pro tempore of the Assembly, Josh Lowenthal (D-Long Beach), who decided it was more important to congratulate certain members on their birthdays. Here it is.

Such a sad state of affairs in California.

The Muslim Brotherhood in Belgium (3)

As previously reported, the recent release of a French intelligence document describing the threat of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in France has led neighboring countries to reexamine their own problem with the presence of the MB in their own countries.

The article below from RTL Info (Belgium) describes the problem of MB infiltration in Belgium, naming 4 associations tied to the MB.

This is the latest in our series of translations of original European articles describing the activities of the MB in Europe and the third such article on Belgium. It is translated from French by Fousesquawk.

"Their ultimate aim is the worldwide caliphate.": How does the Muslim Brotherhood infiltrate itself into Belgium?

Posted May 22 at 19:57 by RTL (Belgium) Info with Laxmi Lota and Charline Peeters

A French report puts the spotlight on the infiltration of the Muslim Brotherhood in Belgium via NGOs, mosques, and (political) parties.

The Muslim Brotherhood organization was born in Egypt in 1928. The movement has been penetrating Europe since the 1960s.

What is their ideology? "Everything will be ruled by Islamic laws," responds Fadila Maaroufi, director of the Fundamentalism Observatory. "Their ultimate plan and their ultimate goal is the worldwide caliphate."

Outside of Europe, the Brotherhood uses violence. Here, however, the Brotherhood employs another means of propagating their idea of political Islam: Entryism.

A strategy of infiltration

What is "entryism" exactly? "It is a strategy of infiltration of public institutions, of political parties," explains Islamologue, Mohamed Fahmi. "They will never tell you, at least publicly, 'I am a Muslim Brother'. There are elected officials and deputies who are close to people who are found in the movement, " he claims.

According to the French report on the Muslim Brotherhood, 200 people are (located) in Belgium. The sites infiltrated by the movement are NGOs, mosques, political parties, and universities.

Four associations are singled out in Brussels. The League of Muslims in Belgium, FEMYSO, the Collective for Inclusion and Against Islamophobia in Belgium (CIIB), and the Federation of Islamic organizations in Europe. All are reportedly tied to the Muslim Brotherhood.

A danger to social cohesion

What are the risks for Belgium? The report says very clearly, (that) it is ( a risk) to social cohesion," Mohamed Fahmi tells us. The Muslim Brotherhood is a reactionary movement. They will promote a form of homophobia. They will promote a form of misogeny. They will promote community withdrawal and gender-segregated spaces. 

The CIIB is a revival in Brussels of an association banned and dissolved in France. The Minister of Interior acknowledges the problem. If we take a measure somewhere, and in effect, the problem is displaced, that doesn't help," Bernard Quintin tells us in response. "We are going to proceed as soon as possible. I hope to be able to come up with a bill before the end of the year."

The minister wants to put in place a law that will allow the banning of dangerous, radical organizations. Meanwhile, state security (agencies) are monitoring the concerned persons.

 

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Georgetown Professor Jonathan AC Brown

 Georgetown professor Jonathan AC Brown is back in the news again. For those who don't know, Brown has been associated with Georgetown University's deceptively-named Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. He is a Muslim convert and the son-in-law of deported terrorist supporter Sami al-Arian, a former professor at the University of South Florida.

Brown has previously stirred controversy over remarks which appeared to justify slavery under Islam.

Now, in the wake of the US strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, Brown has reportedly  posted words on social media hoping that Iran will strike a (US) base (symbolically). His post appears below

Wow. Does this character really want to see Iran, a terrorist nation, attacking a US base-even symbolically?

Well, I'm not an expert either, but I would think that Georgetown University should be seriously considering whether they want to have this man representing their university (even symbolically).

Sweden: Foxtrot Criminal Network Reportedly Being Pressed by Iran to Carry out Attacks Against Israeli and American Interests in Europe

Rawa Majid

In the wake of fighting between Israel and Iran, Swedish media are reporting that the criminal gang, Foxtrot Network, based largely in Scandinavia, and its leader, Rawa Majid, are being pressed by Iran to carry out attacks against Israeli and US interests in Europe. 

Swedish authorities are aware that the Foxtrot Network, led by Rawa Majid, has carried out past attacks against Israeli interests in Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium. Majid is a fugitive believed to be in Iran. He is of Kurdish-Iraqi parentage.

The below article from SVT (Sweden) is translated by Fousesquawk. The article has a video, and we are preparing English subtitles.

Caption: Hear sources within the Foxtrot Network on how the Iranian regime uses them to carry out attacks against Israeli targets.

Information: Rawa Majid heavily pressured by Iran to carry out attacks against Israel and the USA

Updated yesterday at 22:39. Posted yesterday at 18:28

Investigation assignment

The criminal network, Foxtrot, and its leader, Rawa Majid, are now being heavily pressured to carry out new attacks against both Israeli and American interests. This is a result of the increasingly escalating war between Israel and Iran.

According to SVT sources, the Network is actively seeking perpetrators against targets in Sweden, Denmark, and Germany. 

In recent days, these people have contacted several criminals from Sweden and demanded that they help find people who can carry out attacks, now not just against Israeli (interests), but also American interests.

Those who did not want to be involved have reportedly been threatened and also made aware that they would henceforth come to be seen as Rawa Majid's enemies if they did not stand behind the gang leader. 

Among Swedish authorities, since Israel's attack against Iran, there is a growing worry that the Iranian government will activate its criminal proxies to carry out attacks, as Investigation Assignment reported in the series, "Once upon a time, Brother".

Earlier attacks connected to Foxtrot

In the series, at least 7 completed and planned attacks against Israeli interests in Sweden, Denmark, and Belgium could be connected to Rawa Majid's Foxtrot Network.

Sources within Foxtrot testified that Rawa Majid, through his network, carried out attacks against enemies of the regime in return for being allowed to stay in Iran.

"He has nothing to lose because he has nowhere to go," says a source loyal to Foxtrot.

The latest attack was directed against the Israeli weapons company, Elbit Systems, in Gothenburg, whose entrance was fired upon on October 10, 2024.  Since then, no further attacks have been reported.

Malmer Stenergard (M)*: Extremely serious

Information that Rawa Majid is now being pressured by Iran to carry out new attacks is new for Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M).

"What we can say is that Iran is an unbelievably destructive force, which we know has acted through gang criminals in Sweden, and it is something we see as extremely serious," she tells SVT.

 

Caption: Police outside the Israeli weapons company, Elbits, office after shooting in October last year.  The attack, according to reports, was carried out by Foxtrot Network on the orders of Iran.

*(M) Moderate Party

*Update: We are posting the aforementioned video in the SVT article with English subtitles. Hat tip RAIR Foundation USA, Vlad Tepes, and Gates of Vienna for the subtitling. 

 Note: The written words at the end (not subtitled since there was no audio) reads:  "Here is your answer (in English)- Shut up." (in Swedish).

France: 17-Year-Old Arrested for Planning Attacks for ISIS

Hat tip Francois Desouche

French authorities have announced the arrest of a 17-year-old "youth" who was allegedly planning to carry out terror attacks on behalf of ISIS. The arrest was apparently carried out in the town of Allones in the Department of Sarthe in Northwestern France. According to the French Interior Minister, Bruno Retailleau, he sees a troubling increase in the number of Islamic youth being radicalized on social media. He stated that in over 70% of the recent attacks that have been thwarted in France, the arrestees are under the age of 21.

The below article in Le Point is translated by Fousesquawk.

Sarthe: A 17-year-old youth arrested for "plans to attack" in the name of the Islamic State

By Lola Dhers for Le Point

Published June 22, 2025 at 21:03

Caption: Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior, on June 2, 2025

"The terrorist menace never stops." The Minister of Interior announced on Sunday, June 22 on LCI*, the arrest in Sarthe, last Friday, of a "17-year-old youth who wanted to prepare attacks against places of worship, particularly synagogues, against sex shops, and festive events."

The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor's Office (Pnat) has taken charge of the investigation. The youth has been charged with conspiracy to commit terrorism through crimes against persons and has been placed in provisional custody, a Pnat source tells Le Point. 

A source close to the case indicates that it concerns a plan of violent action-that the perpetrator was not at the point of carrying out the act. The suspect "was not at the point of committing an attack but was in the process of preparing," stated Bruno Retailleau on LCI.

Affiliated with Islamic State

Arrested by DGSI (General Directorate of Internal Security), the adolescent claimed an affiliation with the Islamic State (Daesh), the Minister of Interior also explained. According to a source close to the case, the youth was living in Allones in the Sarthe. He was known to the police for small crimes. He was trying to procure arms, and the synagogues that he researched were located in Paris.

This arrest illustrates once again the question of the growing involvement of minors in jihadist conflicts since the end of 2023. The Minister of Interior deplored the effect of social media on young people, which, according to him, contributes to their radicalization. "We see that clearly in more than 70% of the recent attacks that have been thwarted, it is youths under the age of 21, 22 years," he concluded.

* LCI: La Chaine Info (TV 1)

Germany: Stabbing in Asylum Center in Apolda (Thuringia)

Apolda, Thuringia 1903

In happier times

Last Monday (June 16), a 68-year-old man was stabbed outside an asylum center in the Thuringian town of Apolda. He is in critical condition. His attacker, allegedly a 21-year-old asylum seeker, who is reportedly a Turkish citizen, turned himself over to police and is in custody. It has been reported by various sources that the Turkish government has refused to issue the man a passport (which he does not possess).

The incident has reminded Apolda of the case of Tarik J., a Moroccan citizen who was residing in the area since 2014, was arrested for numerous crimes, and was ordered deported in 2017. Morocco had initially refused to issue him a passport, and it took until 2024 before this man was deported back to his country.

The below article in Bild (Germany) is translated by Fousesquawk.

He was once a district administrator

Pensioner (68) stabbed in front of asylum center in Apolda

Caption: In front of the asylum center on Lessingstrasse, the former administrator was stabbed (Archive photo)

June 17, 2025 at 22:53

Apolda (Thuringia)

He stabbed and seriously injured a pensioner in front of the asylum center. Now, new details are known on the knife attack in Apolda. According to information from Thuringer Allgemeine, the perpetrator had long been considered dangerous, but he could not be deported.

On Monday morning, a 21-year-old resident of the refugee center on Lessingstrasse in Apolda stabbed a 68-year-old passerby in front of the asylum center. The man, who was once an office manager in the district administrative office of the city, remains in a life-threatening condition.  The circumstances of the knife attack are still not completely clear. As the Thuringer Allgemeine further reports, the former office head was on his way to the district archives office, where he occasionally worked even as a pensioner.

The perpetrator surrendered himself to police shortly after the attack. An arrest warrant was issued against him for attempted manslaughter with serious bodily injury. According to research by the Thuringer Allgemeine, he is reportedly a Turkish citizen but does not possess a valid passport. That's why he could not be deported.

The district administrative office reported the 21-year-old as being dangerous a year ago. He is reportedly under investigation for property damage. 

Chuck Todd and Jake Tapper:Two Hypocrites

This article first appeared in New English Review.

Jake Tapper

CNN host Jake Tapper has recently come out with his "blockbuster" book, accusing the Biden White House inner circle of misleading the American public (and the press) about former President Biden's cognitive decline. We also have former host of NBC's Meet the Press, Chuck Todd, stating in his podcast discussion with journalist Mark Leibovich that White House insiders, desperate to jump ship on Biden during the 2024 campaign, deliberately exposed him to a presidential debate with Donald Trump in June, hoping that would give the Democrats enough time to put forth another candidate (Kamala Harris).  Todd, as he did in April, refused to lay any blame on the press for going along with the cover-up. Todd also attacked Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for refusing to admit the truth, just as he did in May while appearing on CNN. For Chuck Todd, it was solely the Democrats around Biden who hid the truth from the public, not the news media. Anybody who says different is spreading right-wing disinformation.  

Chuck Todd

Going back to the fateful debate between Trump and Biden, I vividly recall watching it and thinking as it progressed that while Biden was performing predictably awful, I fully expected the post-debate analysis on Fox, CNN, and MSNBC to follow the usual partisan lines. Fox would point out Biden's deficiencies (which were real and there for the world to see) while the other network talking heads would claim that Biden was victorious, that he "knocked it out of the park", and would point out key moments where Biden had made Trump look foolish, etc. etc. etc.

Instead, the mainstream networks, as soon as it was over, acted like they were shocked that Biden had looked so bad, and that, perhaps, he was indeed going downhill cognitively. It was virtually unanimous. The mainstream media basically reacted the same as Fox. The only difference was that Fox had been saying it for years. In fact, anybody with half a brain had seen the decline in Biden during the 2020 campaign when his team virtually confined his public appearances to his basement. Did anybody really need these "revelations" from the mainstream media immediately following the 2024 debate? The entire world had been watching Biden decline for 4 years while the Democrats and the media were complimenting the emperor's new clothes. 

My impression watching the post-debate analysis that evening was that it was as if someone in the DNC had texted all the networks halfway through the debate that it was time to jump ship and go to Plan B (Kamala Harris), and the dutiful media followed the order to a T. While I don't believe in conspiracy theories, if you want one, there it is. Not credible? Perhaps, but what is also not credible is so-called journalists like Jake Tapper and Chuck Todd coming forward after all these months and pointing fingers at others. Not that I am defending or absolving the DNC, Schumer, or White House insiders, but I find it incredibly hypocritical for Tapper and Todd to play the role of whistleblowers, for lack of a better word, while all along, they were part of this total denial of what was so obvious.

When did they ever come out and say (prior to the debate) that Biden was clearly in cognitive decline and should drop out of the race? Remember back in October 2020 when Tapper took Lara Trump to task on TV when she mocked the explanation about Biden's supposed stuttering issue?  Stuttering! We have been watching Biden in Washington for 5 decades. Did anybody detect any stuttering? Biden has consistently been wrong over his political career, but he wasn't senile until recent years. Anybody who has watched him over the decades could see the decline. If he ever suffered from stuttering in his younger years, it has not been a factor in his cognitive decline. 

While I am happy that people like Todd and Tapper are exposing the Democrat leaders and Biden White House insiders for what they are, they refuse to own up to their own roles in this fraud conducted against the American people. They are acting like the proverbial rats jumping off the sinking ship. The fact remains that the mainstream media (with the notable exception of Fox and conservative talk radio) refused to report or admit that the country-and the world- had a major problem on their hands. We had a president who was drifting into senility while the world was burning. All the while, we had a media so desperate to defeat Donald Trump that they spent 4 years ignoring the fact that the emperor had no clothes.

Austria: Arabs Fighting Turks in Vienna

-Heute

As we have previously reported, it seems that Austria's migrant communities don't get along all that well. The Chechens, Afghans, Turks, and Arabs (mostly young boys) all seem to be fighting it out, mostly on the streets of Vienna. On Tuesday of this week, some sort of disagreement broke out in Vienna between two groups of teenage Turks and Arabs-with an Afghan boy thrown in for good measure. Someone pulled out a baton and things went downhill from there. When it was over, police had arrested 6 youths with weapons drawn no less!

One of Austria's biggest crime problems these days is the so-called "teenie gangs", boys around the ages of 12-17 from migrant communities as listed above.

The article below from Heute (Austria), which, admittedly, is not written all that clearly, is translated by Fousesquawk. The article features a video of the arrests.

Arabs against Turks

Police arrest teenie gang with drawn weapons

In Vienna on Tuesday, police arrested a gang of youths in the middle of the street. A dispute between migrant groups preceded the fight.

By Maxim Zdziarski and Robert Cajic-  June 20, 2025

Caption: On Tuesday, around 8:30 pm, there was a fight in Mortara Park between a group of youths of Turkish origin and a group of teenagers of Arab origin. 

Spectacular scenes played out on Tuesday around 8:30 pm on the Allerheiligengasse (street) in the Vienna 20th District: Right next to the Lorenz-Boehler Hospital, 5 teenagers were brought to the ground by police-and with drawn weapons! Before that, the gang reportedly beat and chased a young boy.

Arabs chased teenager through the district

In the nearby Mortara Park, the police operation was preceded by a fight between a group of youths of Turkish origin and a group of teenagers of Arab origin. Bystanders tried to break up the altercation, (but) it then completely escalated. 

Initially, one of the youths of Arab origin-a 14-year-old Syrian- suddenly pulled out a long object. According to witnesses, it was a machete. The machete turned out to be a telescope baton-with this, the attacker chased and struck his victim. 

Attacker hit victim with baton

Then the perpetrators and his 5 friends -all 14-16-year-olds from Syria and Afghanistan- fled. Witnesses called the emergency number. Based on the detailed description, the officers were able to stop the group near the scene of the crime. A Lesereporter video shows the police operation.

In fact, the telescope baton was found in bushes near the location of the arrest-it is assumed that this is the weapon, the object described by the witnesses as a machete. The entire group of 6 youths was charged with suspicion of bodily injury, the 14-year-old was also charged with possession of the baton under the weapons law.

Disgusting Pro-Iran Rally in New York

This article first appeared in Times of Israel Blogs.

-Jerusalem Post

Not much good is happening these days in New York City (outside of the Yankees and Mets), but on June 16, things really got disgusting with a pro-Iran, anti-Israel, anti-US rally. The Jerusalem Post has the details here.

A couple of observations: First, I seriously doubt that most Iranians in the US today support the current regime. Those that do don't belong in this country. There is no need for me to go into detail about the evil history of the Islamic Republic under the mullahs, nor the clear threat they pose to the region, to Israel, to America, and the free world in general. I'm not going to bother going into detail about Iran's nuclear program. It is a threat to the entire world, particularly Israel right now, and America as well. Israel is well within its rights to take out Iran's nuclear capabilities, and I fully support their efforts in this current conflict.

The idea that certain people would walk down an American street waving the Iranian flag and cheering for that evil regime makes my head want to explode.

It takes me back to the Iranian hostage crisis when, in 1979, our embassy in Tehran was seized and our diplomats held hostage for 444 days. To this day, we have yet to repay Iran for that humiliation. To this day, the Iranian regime has been the largest state sponsor of terrorism and a prime source of evil in this world. 

During the hostage crisis, I recall vividly just how outraged the American people were. I was one of them. I confess that at the time, I would get angry just at the sight of an Iranian in the US. (Over the years, I have overcome that negative feeling against the Iranian people.) 

I recall when the Iranian diplomats were expelled from the United States, and as they were catching their flight at Dulles airport, people came and threw eggs at them.

I remember an incident in Los Angeles when supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the Iranian regime announced that they were going to hold a march in Los Angeles. The city refused them permission, but they proceeded anyway. Hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans showed up to express their anger. Many of the demonstrators were attacked and beaten. Most of those arrested in the melee were the Iranians supporting the ayatollah and the holding of our hostages.

I remember the same period, being a DEA agent in Los Angeles and confronting a wave of cases of Iranian students, now cut off from Iranian government support for their studies in the US, resorting to smuggling hashish from Iran, often concealed in portraits of Khomeini. Our enforcement group arrested several of them, and I took great inner satisfaction in it while maintaining my professionalism. 

In recent years, however, I also remember attending a pro-Israel rally in Irvine, California that was co-organized by local Iranians opposed to the current regime. They are our friends and allies, and the bitterness in me towards Iranians due to the hostage crisis has subsided- but not when it comes to the Iranian regime.

Sooner or later, the world is going to have to deal with that government. As far as I am concerned, Israel is doing the world a great service. NATO and the entire free world should be standing with Israel.

I want to turn here to the Neturei Karta, a radical offshoot of Judaism. In brief, they object to the founding of the state of Israel due to some religious idea that it is premature in time. As a result of this theological dispute, they have been marching in lockstep with the very people who want to wipe Israel off the face of the map, as well as every Jew in the world. They align themselves with the Palestinians, and they align themselves with Iran. They are despicable.

And there they were, as always, on the streets of New York on June 16, joining in the calls for Israel's destruction and cheering the Islamic Republic of Iran while trashing the US.

The most prominent spokesman for Neturei Karta is the New York-based "rabbi" Yisroel Dovid Weiss, who is a true nut case. I say that because when I was teaching at the University of California at Irvine, I attended two of his speaking appearances in 2011 and 2016. Both times I engaged him during q and a, and on one occasion, he approached me after the event to continue the debate. Keep in mind that this is a man who has actively collaborated with the Iranian regime against Israel's interests. Though we have not been formally at war against Iran (yet), this man and his followers have aided and abetted one of our most dangerous adversaries. Weiss has actually traveled to Iran and consorted with former leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He has ignored how the regime treats its religious minorities, like Jews and Baha'i-not to mention homosexuals.

While I support the right to peacefully protest, I also have the right to condemn the positions taken by these protesters. The June 16 rally in New York may have been peaceful and lawful, but it was disgusting. British pundit Douglas Murray recently stated in the UK that he resented having to share his country with such people (referring to foreign-born troublemakers). Well stated. 

Italy: Clandestine Mosques and the Indoctrination of Children

Milan

I have written several articles on what is happening in Milan, Italy, these days. From 1982-1987, I lived and worked in Milan. If you have never been to Milan, it is Italy's second-largest city and its industrial and commercial capital.  Beyond the iconic Duomo Cathedral, Milan is a huge city, mostly consisting of large apartment buildings holding many families. Entry to the apartment complexes is generally controlled by a gate, which (theoretically) can only be accessed by residents. Basements are usually dedicated to storage areas for occupants to keep their things.

Now imagine dozens of outsiders being able to access your apartment complex and gather in the basement areas for meetings at all hours of the day and night. In this case, we are talking about clandestine mosques operating without a license and without permission of the apartment managers-let alone the residents. Imagine being a resident in one of those buildings and having these unknown people threaten to kill you if you say anything about it.

Milan has been dealing with this for years, thanks to a feckless city leadership that cares nothing for the welfare of its citizens. I have written about this before.

The below article appeared in Il Tempo on May 1`9, 2025, and is written by Giulia Sorrentino. The article also talks about schools in northern Italy taking their children on school trips to mosques without the permission of the parents. The article is translated by Fousesquawk.

Islam conquering the North. Imam giving a lesson in school. "This is how they colonize Italy."

By Giulia Sorrentino  May 19, 2025

The Muslims want to take over Italy, and they say it themselves without any fear, knowing that with the support of a certain left, they won't have many problems. But the citizens are afraid, and it is the Mediaset- Fuori dal Coro, transmission, hosted by Mario Giordano, that reported on a service at a clandestine mosque on Via Padova in Milan: "I live above the mosque, they have already threatened me with death two times because when you look out from the balcony and they don't want you to. Here you never know who enters, who leaves," a woman says to their microphones, who wants to remain anonymous out of fear, (interviewed) just before Ramadan.

In the same service, the journalist succeeds in entering the religious site, and a man says to her: "It is written in the Koran that we are chasing the Jews away. There are so many Muslims, will they conquer the world? Yes, and the first will be Italy because it is very close to Islam." Only he who pretends to not want to see can deny this reality. A reality that is generating fear among the population, given the elevated number of crimes committed by Muslims in our country. It's like experiencing a nightmare, with the desire to build new mosques, children being taken to Islamic worship sites, and attempts at indoctrination. And to underline this is the Lega (party) deputy to the European Parliament, Anna Maria Cisint: "Confronted by increasingly radicalized imams and a Europe incapable of reacting, paralyzed by a misunderstood multiculturalism, and from a single thought, the project is clear: Take up as much space as possible within our society. They are doing it with a clear hunger for occupation, in various ways:  With births, clandestine mosques disguised as associations, without any respect for our laws."   

Yet, it is not only Milan. Recently, we reported the case of Paderno Dugnano, a municipality of about 50,000 residents in the province of Milan, where the Jehovah's Witnesses temple on via Filippo Meda was sold to an Islamic association, "The House of Muslim Culture". And it was the vice premier and leader of the Lega, Matteo Salvini, who recalled that, "as long as the Islamic religion does not sign an agreement with the Italian Republic, as with the other religions who are committed to respecting our laws, we should not leave them even a half square meter of space." 

Yes, because it is in the name of integration that the worst atrocities are committed. We justly fight to recognize equality between men and women, for equality from every point of view, and then we support a religion that considers the female sex as a witch, an accessory ready for use whenever necessary? A religion that does not exclude polygamy? That forces women to cover themselves almost entirely so as not to arouse sexual interest in other men?

Denouncing another episode that occurred in Lombardy, specifically in Crema, Lega deputy and group leader on the Culture, Science, and Instruction Commission, Rossano Sasso, is asking for clarification in the case of the primary school of Santa Maria, where an imam held a class on Islam. "In the coming hours, I will present an urgent inquiry to Minister Valditaro. The latest episode after that, (in which) the school in Pioltello closed for Ramadan, and the institute in Treviso, in which, during a school excursion, some children were made to kneel in a mosque. The progressive drift underway in the schools, as desired by mayors and leftist teachers, is canceling our symbols, our traditions, our belief, and allows those who profess a religion full of hate and contempt towards the "infidels" to initiate and put into action the "submission", starting right in the school."

 In the midst of AI-generated videos imagining a Milan in 25 years, completely occupied by Muslims and terrified Italians, the left remains silent and sides with everybody except the Italians, forgetting the substantial difference between welcoming and submission.