Ben Ali, un exilé très discret en Arabie saoudite

LE POINT: Alors que la Tunisie célèbre ce jeudi les 5 ans de la révolution qui a mis fin au règne de Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, ce dernier vit tranquillement à Jeddah.

Cinq ans après avoir été chassé du pouvoir, l'ex-président tunisien Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, condamné à la prison à vie dans son pays, vit en exil en toute discrétion en Arabie saoudite. Le 14 janvier 2011, après un mois de manifestations violemment réprimées, le dictateur embarque à destination de Jeddah, sur les rives de la mer Rouge. Il est accompagné de sa seconde épouse Leila Trabelsi - l'une des personnalités les plus honnies de Tunisie -, leur fille Halima et leur fils Mohamed Zine el-Abidine. Leur fille Nesrine part quant à elle avec son époux, l'homme d'affaires Sakher El Materi, au Qatar avant d'aller s'installer en exil aux Seychelles. » | Source AFP | jeudi 14 janvier 2016

Al-Qaeda Leader Threatens Saudi Arabia Over Mass Execution

The leader of al-Qaeda has called for attacks on Saudi Arabia

THE INDEPENDENT: The leader of al-Qaeda called the kingdom’s ruling Al Saud family a 'rotten regime'

The leader of al-Qaeda has called for attacks on Saudi Arabia, following the mass execution of 47 people in the Kingdom – many of whom were tied to the extremist group.

Al-Zawahiri, the group's leader, announced the threats in a seven-minute audio recording earlier this week, which was reported by a US terror monitor, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Thursday.

In the recording the Egyptian militant leader urged his followers to launch new attacks against the kingdom’s ruling Al Saud family, which he called a “rotten regime that corrupted your religion”. » | Alexandra Sims | Thursday, January 14, 2016

To Wear or Not to Wear? Anti-Semitic Attacks Spark Debates Over Kippa Wearing

A top Jewish leader in southern France has urged Jews in the region to refrain from wearing traditional headwear “until better days.” It comes after a Jewish teacher was injured in a machete attack by a Turkish teenager.

‘Merkel Is Dependent on Erdogan in Solving EU Refugee Crisis’

Reports emerged in the German media alleging that police were instructed to hush up refugee-related disturbances...RT is now joined live by professor Christian Pfeiffer, a former Minister of Justice of the German state of Lower Saxony.

France: Authorities Flood Channel Tunnel Area to Keep Out Refugees

Eurotunnel have intentionally flooded the area around the Channel Tunnel, Thursday, in an effort to keep refugees from travelling along the tracks.

LIVE: German Chancellery to Receive Refugees Sent by State of Bayern (Bavaria)

Mayor of the Landshut District in Bavaria, Peter Dreier has sent a bus carrying over 50 refugees to the German Chancellery in Berlin on Thursday, January 14.

Höcke will «Zwangsjacke» für Merkel

TAGES ANZEIGER: Auf einer Demo in Erfurt griff der Vorsitzende der rechtspopulistischen AfD in Thüringen, Björn Höcke, die deutsche Kanzlerin frontal an.

Der Vorsitzende der rechtspopulistischen AfD in Thüringen, Björn Höcke, hat Kanzlerin Angela Merkel persönlich scharf angegriffen. Deutschland werde «von Idioten regiert», sagte er am Mittwochabend bei einer Kundgebung in Erfurt.

Merkel müsse in «der Zwangsjacke» aus dem Kanzleramt abgeführt werden, fügte er vor mehr als 2000 Teilnehmern einer Demonstration gegen die Flüchtlingspolitik der Bundesregierung hinzu. » | chk/sda | Donnerstag, 14. Januar 2016

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Streit mit Putin: Russische Behörde lässt Bücher von George Soros verbrennen

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Weil sie angeblich die Jugend gefährden, werden in Russland Bücher vernichtet, die mit Unterstützung von George Soros veröffentlicht wurden. Grund ist wohl nicht der Inhalt - sondern der Streit zwischen dem US-Milliardär und Wladimir Putin.

Behörden in der russischen Nordprovinz Komi haben mit der Vernichtung von Büchern begonnen, die mit Unterstützung des US-Milliardärs George Soros veröffentlicht wurden. Das geht aus einer Antwort des regionalen Bildungsministeriums auf eine Anfrage des lokalen Nachrichtenportals "7x7" hervor. Mehrere hundert Publikationen wurden demnach bereits aus Beständen örtlicher Hochschulen in der Stadt Workuta entfernt.

Als Grund heißt es in einer entsprechenden Anordnung, die Bücher würden unter Jugendlichen "der russischen Ideologie fremde Vorstellungen" verbreiten, sie führten auch zu "verzerrter Wahrnehmung der vaterländischen Geschichte". » | Von Benjamin Bidder, Moskau | Donnerstag, 14. Januar 2016

Deutschland: Waffenkäufe aus Angst: Aufrüsten am Rande der Legalität

Chomsky Hits Back at Erdoğan, Accusing Him of Double Standards on Terrorism

THE GUARDIAN: US academic says Turkish president – who has condemned leftwing critics for ignorance – has been aiding Isis, which he blamed for bomb attack on Istanbul

The leftwing US academic Noam Chomsky has hit back at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after the Turkish president accused him of ignorance and sympathising with terrorists.

Hours after Tuesday’s bomb attack on a tourist area of Istanbul, Erdoğan delivered a sneering criticism of Chomsky and “so-called intellectuals” who had signed a letter calling on Turkey to lift its siege against Kurdish towns and cities in the south-east of the country.

He invited Chomsky to visit the area in a defiant televised speech to a conference of Turkish ambassadors in Ankara.

Chomsky has now rejected the invitation. In an email to the Guardian he said: “If I decide to go to Turkey, it will not be on his invitation, but as frequently before at the invitation of the many courageous dissidents, including Kurds who have been under severe attack for many years.”

Chomsky also claimed Erdoğan was operating double standards on terrorism. » | Matthew Weaver | Thursday, January 14, 2016

Close The Borders: Angela Merkel's Own Party Turn On Leader's ‘Open Door’ Refugee Policy

EXPRESS: GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing another mutiny in her own party after politicians demanded Germany closed its borders to asylum seekers.

More than 40 politicians in Merkel’s Christian Democrat Party signed a petition to close its doors to refugees following the sex attacks in Cologne.

The chancellor has come under intense pressure to change her “open-door” policy after it was revealed asylum seekers were among suspects in the vicious New Year’s Eve attacks.

More than 650 women have now come forward to file criminal complaints over the attacks, around 45 per cent of them for sexual assault. » | Charlie Peat | Thursday, January 14, 2016

Björn Höcke (AfD): Merkel ist schuld an Köln Silvester Chaos

Brownshirts Are Back: Muslim Sharia Police Patrol German Streets

Ezra Levant of TheRebel.media reports on the Muslim theocrats patrolling Wuppertal, bullying people into following sharia law. No drinking, no music, no breaking Mohammed’s laws, just like they do in Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Germany & Sweden: Two Countries on the Verge of Islam [Top Hats and Brain Drain]

In this video, both Islam and the Regressive Left take one for the team. Well, they would - but since they're basically the same team, it's hard to tell who is who. More honestly speaking, I explain to you why both Germany and Sweden are engaging in cultural suicide, why Islam must be opposed at every point, and why people defending Islam are just as guilty of the European cultural decline as are those who are actively seeking its destruction.

A Stricter Islam Displaces Old Ways in Malaysia

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: Conservative Wahhabi doctrines are redefining the way Islam is practiced; some rituals have been banned

KUALA LUMPUR—Kelana Indra Sakti is one of Malaysia’s most successful shamans. Framed testimonials from his customers hang from his office walls. In the driveway of his house he keeps a stretch Mercedes-Benz limousine given to him by a grateful client. His name, meaning “Adventurer, Heavenly Magic,” was bestowed on him by one of Malaysia’s wealthy sultans.

Lately, though, Mr. Kelana has supplemented his consultations with readings from the Quran.

“People just expect it these days, so I do it,” said the 70-year-old shaman.

Islam in Malaysia, and Southeast Asia, is taking a more conservative turn. The Muslim faith, brought here by Arab traders hundreds of years ago, has coexisted for generations with Malay customs such as shamanism, other forms of traditional medicine and the country’s sizable Buddhist, Christian and Hindu communities.

But more recently, conservative Wahhabi doctrines, often spread by Saudi-financed imams, are redefining the way Islam is practiced and, for some, eroding the tolerance for which the country has been known. » | James Hookway | Thursday, January 14, 2016

Al Jazeera America to Shut Down

USA TODAY: Al Jazeera America, the American cable news outlet owned by Qatar-based Al Jazeera, plans to shut down less than three years after its much-ballyhooed launch, unable to overcome low ratings, operational problems and a lack of advertisers. » | Roger Yu, USA Today | Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Opinion: State of Disunion

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: The beginning of the end to a divisive presidency.

“I stand here confident that the State of our Union is strong,” President Obama summed things up last night. To which one might have puckishly responded: Strong maybe, but what union?

The invited audience at the annual address included many human symbols of national division: culture-war conscientious objectors Kim Davis and the Little Sisters of the Poor; Jim Obergefell, victor in the Supreme Court battle that occasioned Davis’s objection; representatives from Black Lives Matter and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. There were even empty seats to show disrespect for the Second Amendment and opposition to abortion.

The president acknowledged the country’s divided state in the most interesting line of his address:

It’s one of the few regrets of my presidency—that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. There’s no doubt a president with the gifts of Lincoln or Roosevelt might have better bridged the divide, and I guarantee I’ll keep trying to be better so long as I hold this office.

Likewise, there’s no doubt our column would improve if we wrote as well as Shakespeare: We thank God for our humility.

It would have been more interesting—and shown real self-awareness—if the president had acknowledged his political talents are in some respects wanting when compared not with the universally acknowledged great presidents but with the successful presidents of his own lifetime. We’re thinking here of Reagan and Clinton, who like Obama held office during fractious (if not quite as fractious) periods under divided government. In terms of both compromising with the opposition and emerging victorious from confrontations with it, Reagan and Clinton each enjoyed considerably more success than Obama. » | James Taranto | Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Merkel spricht Unsinn! Angela Merkel über die Angst vor einer Islamisierung Europas 03.09.2015

Bei der Überreichung ihres Ehrendoktortitels, den Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel am 03.09.2015 von der Universität Bern entgegennahm, bezog sie Stellung zu Fragen aus dem Publikum. Auf die Frage hin, wie sie Europa vor einer Islamisierung schützen möchte...

French Imam Mohamed Khattabi Discusses "Man-Made" French National Anthem: The Quran Is Our Anthem, Our Identity, Our Constitution

Taharrush: Muslim Gang Rape Custom SWEEPING Europe

Ezra Levant explains "taharrush" -- the Muslim custom of swarming and gang raping women -- and shows shocking video of these mobs in action. Trudeau’s Liberals MUST halt plans to bring in thousands of Syrian refugees to Canada.

UK Government Accused of Selling Weapons to Saudis, Admits Helping Choose Targets in Yemen

The British government has admitted that its military is helping choose targets for the Saudi-led coalition's air strikes in Yemen.

Angela Merkel Faces New Rebellion Over Refugees

THE TELEGRAPH: More than 40 MPs from Angela Merkel's Christian Democrat party sign petition calling for Germany's borders to be closed to asylum seekers

Angela Merkel is facing a fresh rebellion over her refugee policy, with more than 40 politicians from her Christian Democrat party reportedly signing a petition to close Germany's borders to asylum seekers.

The rebels plan to call for a vote on the proposal at the next party meeting on January 26.

Mrs Merkel has come under intense pressure to change her “open-door” refugee policy since it emerged that asylum seekers were among the suspects in the New Year’s Eve sex attacks in Cologne.

More than 650 women have now come forward to file criminal complaints over the attacks, around 45 per cent of them for sexual assault. » | Justin Huggler in Berlin | Wednesday, January 13, 2016

DrB spricht über die Lage in Deutschland: Wie geht's weiter?

Die Hoffnungen auf eine positive Lösung der Flüchtlingskrise rücken immer weiter in die Ferne

Ezra Levant Show: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to Introduce New Hijab Uniform

Ezra Levant of TheRebel.media reports that the RCMP is bringing in an official women’s police uniform featuring a Muslim hijab.

Sign the petition here

Rhetoric Shift: Germany Imposes Stricter Rules on Refugees after Cologne Sex Assaults

Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to discuss the string of mass sexual assaults on New Year's Eve in cities across Germany, when she speaks in parliament later on Wednesday. The attacks are suspected of being carried out by migrants. Following those assaults, the government is now set to change its deportation laws. RT’s Daniel Bushell has more.

USA: Germans Are Going to Riot, Overthrow Merkel – Trump Talks Cologne in Iowa

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a rally at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Saturday, using a parable to hit out at German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policies, and the events that struck Cologne on New Year’s Eve.

The West's Terminal Radical Islam Denial Syndrome

TOWNHALL.COM: Last year, there were 452 suicide terror attacks across the world. Four hundred and fifty of them were committed by Muslims. Last month, Muslims pledging allegiance to ISIS murdered 14 people in San Bernardino, California. Last week, thousands of Muslims around Europe, from Germany to Sweden to Switzerland, sexually assaulted hundreds of young women on New Year's Eve. Just days ago, a Muslim man shot a Philadelphia cop at point-blank range and declared that he did it in the name of Islam.

In response, Hillary Clinton declared, "Muslims are peaceful and tolerant people and have nothing whatsoever to do with Islam." She agreed this week that "white terrorism and extremism" are just as much a threat to Americans as ISIS and radical Islam, and then proceeded to blame "gun violence." The mayor of Cologne, Germany, told young women not to walk within "arm's length" of young Muslim men, and leftist commentators explained that the wave of sexual harassment resulted from some generalized, nonspecific religious patriarchal attitudes. The mayor of Philadelphia said that the attack on the police officer had nothing to do with "being a Muslim or the Islamic faith," and that instead, we ought to focus our attention on the pressing issue of gun violence: "There are just too many guns on the streets, and I think our national government needs to do something about that."

If the West keeps this up, there won't be any West of which to speak. » | Ben Shapiro | Wednesday, January 13, 2016

State of the Union: Obama Regrets Era of 'Rancor' and Ponders Divided America

President says it’s biggest regret of presidency but appeals to America’s better self in calling for rejection of hostile rhetoric: ‘We can’t afford to go down that path’

Read the Guardian article here | David Smith and Dan Roberts in Washington | Wednesday, January 13, 2016

In PM Justin Trudeau, "Canada Just Elected an Idiot"

Denmark to Force Refugees to Give Up Valuables under Proposed Asylum Law

THE GUARDIAN: UN warns that bill requiring refugees to pay for accommodation while applying for asylum will fuel fear and xenophobia

Denmark is set to force refugees to hand over their valuables in order to pay for their accommodation while applying for asylum, in a move the UN has warned may fuel fear and xenophobia. The Danish government has secured a parliamentary majority in favour of legislation that will severely curb the rights of refugees, and is expected to pass the legislation in parliament on Wednesday.

The bill states that asylum seekers who arrive with more than 10,000 kroner in cash “will have to [use] the surplus above 10,000 kroner to pay for their stay”, Danish government spokesman Marcus Knuth told the Guardian.

After criticism of an earlier draft of the law, refugees will no longer have to give up items of sentimental value, such as wedding rings, or items deemed as essential, such as watches. Gold bullion could still be seized, but Knuth said that in the case of any dispute of sentimental value, the asylum seeker would have the final say.

Responding to comparisons between the new law and the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust, Knuth said the claim was “ludicrous” because similar laws apply to Danish citizens on welfare benefits. “We’re simply applying the same rules we apply to Danish citizens who wish to take money from the Danish government,” he said. » | Patrick Kingsley Migration correspondent | Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Sister of Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Arrested and Jailed in Same Prison

Samar Badawi received the 2012 International Women of Courage
award for her efforts to promote women's equality in Saudi Arabia.

THE GUARDIAN: Samar Badawi believed to have been arrested Tuesday for posting to Twitter account used to advocate for release of former husband Waleed Abu al-Khair

Samar Badawi, a prominent Saudi human rights advocate – and the sister of jailed blogger Raif Badawi – has been arrested and is being held in the same prison as her brother, according to activists and family members.

In a series of tweets Raif Badawi’s wife, Ensaf Haidar, said Samar had been arrested and transferred to Dharhan central prison after four hours of questioning.

According to Haidar, Amnesty International and the Raif Badawi Foundation – a Canadian advocacy group – Samar is believed to have been arrested Tuesday for posting to a Twitter account used to campaign for the release of her former husband, Waleed Abu al-Khair, and for publishing of photo of him in jail.

Abu al-Khair is a Saudi human rights lawyer currently serving a 15-year sentence, in part for defending Raif Badawi.

In a statement, Amnesty called Samar’s arrest “the latest example of Saudi Arabia’s utter contempt for its human rights obligations and provides further damning proof of the authorities’ intent to suppress all signs of peaceful dissent”. Read on and comment » | Jessica Murphy in Ottawa | Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Germany: Sexual Assaults 'Not a Totally New Phenomenon in Germany' - Interior Minister

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière addressed the events of New Year's Eve in Cologne, during a press conference in the city on Monday.

Germany: PEGIDA and AntiFa Supporters Clash in Munich

Several arrests were made after clashes erupted between PEGIDA-supporters and anti-PEGIDA counter-protesters in the Bavarian city of Munich, Monday, on the one-year anniversary rally of the Munich branch of PEGIDA.

Kanzlerin der Schande

Syrian Mothers Urge UK Women Not to Take Their Families to War Zone

In this video released by the Metropolitan police, Syrian refugee mothers speak directly to women in the UK, and urge them not to take their families to their war-torn country. The number of girls and women travelling from the UK to Syria is increasing – 56 are believed to have fled to the war-torn country in 2015

Opinion: Cologne Attacks on Muslims Show Incompatibility of Cultures

DEUTSCHE WELLE: Cologne’s xenophobic assaults on Muslims are disgraceful. But DW's Shamil Shams feels that they just show how Germans feel increasingly threatened by a culture that is not compatible with their norms.

As a Pakistani journalist working in Germany, I have been very skeptical about the German government's decision to allow thousands of refugees into the country without much scrutiny of their backgrounds.

Of course, I am empathetic towards the plight of the people who are fleeing war-torn countries like Syria, who are facing immense oppression and violence at the hands of Islamic militants as well as President Bashar Assad. I understand their woes, the pain of losing their loved ones, their homes and livelihoods in a civil war that continues to ravage the once peaceful country.

But at the same time, I was sure that the migrants' influx would ultimately disturb the harmony and balance of German society. I feel that Islamic culture and European norms are not compatible.

Most Germans have responded to the refugee crisis with exemplary humanism. My European friends got angry when I warned them against Chancellor Merkel's migrant-friendly policy. I found it very naïve that many Germans believed that all Middle Eastern and South Asian refugees would conform to their way of life and values. I told my friends that their understanding of the Muslim world was limited and flawed. They didn't pay much attention to my arguments. » | Shamil Shams | Monday, January 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton Slowly Inching to Deep Legal Trouble?

Jan. 11, 2016 - 5:19 - With new allegations that she directed an advisor to send classified info in a non-secure setting and the FBI expanding its probe, will GOP presidential candidate soon find her in legal hot water? 'On the Record' breaks it down

Rep. Mike McCaul Addresses Latest Threats to the US

Jan. 11, 2016 - 4:17 - New concerns Philadelphia gunman may be part of a larger radical group; Lawmaker sounds off on 'The Kelly File'

ISIS Burns Fighters Alive for Letting Ramadi Fall

Read the FoxNews article here

Germany 'Out of Control' Syrian Teens Arrested for Rape of Girl in Pool amid More Attacks

EXPRESS: A TEENAGE girl was surrounded and attacked in a swimming pool in the latest of a series shocking sex assaults emerging from Germany.

Police said they have detained migrants in three more cases - one of which was traced to an asylum centre.

Tensions in the country are at breaking point as protests and counter-protests over the New Year’s Eve attacks in Cologne spark riots.

Yesterday, a masked group of 200 barricaded buildings and smashed shop windows as they demanded action from authorities in the city of Leipzig.

And vigilante groups have attacked foreign migrants as 'revenge' for the sex assaults.

Three teenagers aged 15 from Syria have been arrested for rape after a 17-year-old girl was attacked in a public swimming pool in Munich on Saturday. » | Zoie O’Brien | Tuesday, January 12, 2016

EXPRESS: Now even Merkel says ENOUGH: Germany sends hundreds of migrants 'back to Austria' EACH DAY: ANGELA Merkel has made a huge U-turn in her immigration policies after it emerged Germany has sent 300 migrants back to Austria each day in the last month. » | Katie Mansfield | Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Polish Press Invokes Nazi Imagery as War of Words with EU Heats Up

THE GUARDIAN: A popular Polish weekly news magazine has depicted EU leaders including Angela Merkel wearing Nazi uniforms

Relations between Brussels and Poland’s hardline Eurosceptic government have deteriorated further after a Polish magazine published a cover portraying five leading EU politicians – including the German chancellor, Angela Merkel – in Nazi uniforms beneath the headline These people want to control Poland again.

The photoshopped image on the front of popular weekly Wprost showed Merkel, the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, European parliament president Martin Schulz, EU commissioner Günther Oettinger, and Guy Verhofstadt, the former Belgian prime minister, leaning over a map, echoing wartime photographs of Adolf Hitler and his generals.

In a post on his Facebook page, Verhofstadt, who heads the liberal Alde group in the European parliament, described the image as “outrageous”, adding that the EU was a “community of values” and that it was “the duty of all of us – commissioners, chancellors or not, to raise our voice when a government is endangering these principles and attacking democratic institutions”. » | Jon Henley | Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Sexuelle Übergriffe in Schweden

Rechte Ausschreitungen in Leipzig: Oberbürgermeister spricht von "Straßenterror"

SPIEGEL ONLINE: In Leipzig warfen 250 rechte Hooligans Scheiben ein und zündeten Autos an. Leipzigs Oberbürgermeister Burkhard Jung verurteilt die Gewaltexzesse im Stadtteil Connewitz scharf.

Leipzigs Oberbürgermeister Burkhard Jung (SPD) hat die Ausschreitungen von rechtsextremen Hooligans als "Straßenterror" verurteilt. "Es ging um nackte Gewalt, sonst nichts", erklärte Jung. Das müsse nun klare und deutliche Konsequenzen haben.

Zeitgleich zur Versammlung der fremdenfeindlichen Legida-Bewegung in Leipzig hatten am Montagabend rund 250 vermummte Hooligans im linksalternativen Stadtteil Connewitz randaliert. Sie zündeten Feuerwerkskörper, warfen Scheiben von zahlreichen Geschäften ein und versuchten, Barrikaden zu errichten. Die Polizei nahm 211 Rechte vorübergehend in Gewahrsam. Fünf Polizeibeamte wurden verletzt. » | cht/AFP | Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016

Leipzig Unrest: Hundreds Rally at LEGIDA Anniversary, Football Fans Get Wild

Demonstrations attended by hundreds of people celebrating the one-year anniversary of right-wing PEGIDA’s local Leipzig branch were marred by violence, as dozens of hooligans thrashed foreign-owned shops, while massive counter-protests were staged nearby.

German Police Arrest 211 after Far-right Riot in Leipzig

THE GUARDIAN: Hundreds of extremists break away from anti-refugee Pegida rally to smash windows and set fires in leftwing area of city

More than 200 far-right extremists have been arrested after they went on a rampage during a xenophobic rally in the German city of Leipzig, setting cars on fire and smashing windows.

Many of the extremists were already known to police as football hooligans and wrought chaos on Monday in an area known to be left-leaning, while thousands of supporters of the anti-migrant Pegida movement held an anti-refugee demonstration elsewhere in the city, authorities said.

A total of 211 arrests were made after the Connewitz district of the eastern city was attacked, police confirmed. » | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday, January 12, 2016

‪CSU-Rebell gegen Merkel-Politik‬

Ein CSU Rebell, der unter anderem den "Konservativen Aufbruch" mitbegründet und ist ein dezidierte Gegner von Merkels offene-Grenzen Politik. Seehofer scheint aber trotzdem nur Signale auszusenden, ohne Taten sprechen zu lassen.

‘Chaos’: Far-right Thrives in Cologne Attack Fallout

Unknown assailants attacked and injured several immigrants in two districts of Cologne on Sunday evening. One of the attacks took place near the city train station, where mass assaults on women happened on New Year's Eve.

LIVE: LEGIDA Holds One-year Anniversary March in Leipzig

The Leipzig chapter of Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of Europe (PEGIDA) marks its one-year anniversary with a march through Leipzig city centre today.

Stoibers Brandrede gegen wahnsinnige Merkel-Massen-Einwanderungspolitik

The Biggest Political Story in America

Jan. 04, 2016 - 10:25 - 'The O'Reilly Factor': Bill O'Reilly's Talking Points 1/4

Robert Spencer on Fox News on Philadelphia Jihad Shooting and Cologne Muslim Sex Assaults

Jihad Watch director Robert Spencer appeared on Fox's America's HQ with Uma Pemmaraju on January 9, 2016 to discuss the jihad shooting of a Philadelphia policeman, the mass sex assaults by Muslims in Cologne, Germany and other cities on New Year's Eve, and the authorities' denial of the jihad motive.

Shocking Treatment of Women and Girls We’re Importing to the West

Germany Just Can't Get It Right

GATESTONE INSTITUTE: How can you explain why Germany, which in the 20th century had such a gigantic anti-Semitism problem, would import so many people from those areas of the world which now have the same gigantic anti-Semitism problem? / The police water cannons were not in evidence on New Year's Eve to break up the migrant gangs committing violent crimes against women. Instead they were used to break up a lawful demonstration of people opposed to such violent attacks on women.

The late Robert Conquest once laid out a set of three political rules, the last of which read, "The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies." This rule comes in handy when trying to understand the otherwise clearly insane and suicidal policies of Chancellor Merkel's government in Germany. These policies only make sense if the German government has in fact been taken over by a cabal of people intent not on holding Germany together but on pulling it entirely apart. Consider the evidence.

There can be few other explanations for why Chancellor Merkel's government last year let in more than one million people (about 1.5% of the current German population) without having any idea of who they were, where they came from or what they think. No democratic leader could possibly push through such a startling measure. How else can you explain why a country that in the 20th century had such a gigantic anti-Semitism problem, would import so many people from those areas of the world which, in the 21st century, now have the same gigantic anti-Semitism problem? » | Douglas Murray | Monday, January 11, 2016

Terror in Cologne - Germany Becoming a Failed State

Pegida Köln: 09 01 2016 Rede Tommy Robinson

Prince Mohammed bin Salman: Naïve, Arrogant Saudi Prince Is Playing with Fire

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is the powerful
29-year-old favourite son of the ageing King Salman

THE INDEPENDENT: German intelligence memo shows the threat from the kingdom’s headstrong defence minister

At the end of last year the BND, the German intelligence agency, published a remarkable one-and-a-half-page memo saying that Saudi Arabia had adopted “an impulsive policy of intervention”. It portrayed Saudi defence minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman – the powerful 29-year-old favourite son of the ageing King Salman, who is suffering from dementia – as a political gambler who is destabilising the Arab world through proxy wars in Yemen and Syria. » | Patrick Cockburn | Sunday, January 10, 2016

Gutfeld: The Latest Incarnation of Islamophobia-phobia

Jan. 10, 2016 - 2:42 - Fox News host accuses leaders of denying facts for fear of appearing bigoted

Scheinbar ist Frau Merkel nicht mehr so geliebt in Deutschland ! Stephanie Schulz - "politisches Irrenhaus Deutschland" ! Teil: 12

Stephanie Schulz redet "KLARTEXT" über Köln !

Germany: Cologne Counter-demo Meets PEGIDA Protest against NYE Assaults

Supporters of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) rallied outside Cologne's main train station on Saturday. A counter-protest took place simultaneously, with the two groups being kept apart by the police.

Gunman Shoots Philadelphia Police Officer 'In the Name of Islam'

CNBC: A gunman claiming allegiance to Islamic State militants shot and seriously wounded a Philadelphia police officer, saying he ambushed his patrol car "in the name of Islam," the city's police commissioner said on Friday.

Edward Archer of Philadelphia approached Officer Jesse Hartnett, 33, shortly before midnight and fired 11 rounds, three of which hit the officer in his arm, authorities said.

Police released still images from surveillance video that showed the gunman dressed in a long white robe walking toward the car and firing, eventually getting close enough to shoot at point-blank range through the window. » | Reuters, with CNBC.com | Saturday, January 9, 2016

Paris Police Station Attacker Lived in German Refugee Shelter

THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Revelation raises futher questions about country's liberal stance on refugees

A man who attacked a Paris police station last week had lived in a centre for asylum-seekers in Germany, German investigators say, a finding likely to fuel criticism of Chancellor Angela Merkel's liberal stance towards war refugees.

The individual was shot dead by French police on Thursday after he tried to storm a police station in northern Paris, brandishing a meat cleaver and wearing a fake suicide vest.

The assault took place exactly one year since the start of a series of jihadist attacks in France, marked by the killing of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine on January 7 2015.

On Saturday, German investigators assisting the probe into the police-station attack raided an apartment at a shelter for asylum-seekers in Recklinghausen, in the west of the country.

Their statement gave no other details except to say no indications were found that other attacks had been planned.

A source close to the matter told AFP that the suspect had been registered as an asylum-seeker. » | AFP | Sunday, January 10, 2016

Pat Condell: Let's Blame the Jews

Deutschlands Niedergang. Ein General redet Klartext!

Iran : la soeur jumelle du dernier Shah est morte

LE POINT: Pionnière controversée des droits des femmes dans son pays, la princesse Ashraf Pahlavin est décédée jeudi 7 janvier à l'âge de 96 ans.

C'était une pionnière controversée des droits des femmes dans son pays. Mais c'était surtout la soeur jumelle du dernier Shah d'Iran. La princesse Ashraf Pahlavin est décédée jeudi 7 janvier à l'âge de 96 ans, a annoncé son conseiller. Selon les médias officiels iraniens, la princesse est décédée chez elle à Monte-Carlo. Considérée comme une diplomate de talent, la princesse Ashraf a conduit la délégation iranienne de l'Assemblée générale de l'ONU pendant plus de dix ans, a précisé le conseiller de la princesse, Robert Armao. Elle était aussi une porte-parole importante de son frère, dont elle a conduit plusieurs missions diplomatiques, comme en Chine. Considérée comme une pionnière en matière de droits des femmes en Iran, elle fut la première à y apparaître en public sans voile, ce qui lui a valu d'être la cible des extrémistes religieux iraniens. En exil, elle a beaucoup participé à la promotion de l'héritage culturel, artistique et littéraire de l'Iran. » | Source AFP | samedi 9 janvier 2016

Germany after the Sex Attacks: Fences Are Going Up and the Mood Is Ugly

THE GUARDIAN: ‘Cologne’ has become a byword for all the fears, prejudices and – let’s face it – real problems associated with mass immigration

Women are sniggered at, insulted, and find men’s hands down their tops and between their legs. Dark corners are dangerous; girls who are drunk and alone are chased and raped. Security and police are nowhere to be seen. Welcome to Oktoberfest, Munich’s annual beer saturnalia. The worst, say barmaids, are Brits and Italians.

Cut to New Year’s Eve in Cologne. Crowds of people, mostly young men in various stages of inebriation, gather on the square between the cathedral and the station to let off fireworks and let themselves go. The crowd, about 1,000 strong, is watched by around 200 police, worried about youths throwing fireworks at each other.

But something more sinister is going on. Women and girls are surrounded, poked and jeered at as “whores” and “cunts”; their blouses are ripped and their underwear torn off. “I had mens’ hands on every body opening,” a distraught girl told the police. More than 100 women file sexual molestation charges against men “of north African or Arab origin”. Yet the station is not cleared, few arrests are made and, the next morning, the police report a “quiet night”. It takes almost four days for Germany to wake up to what happened. » | Alan Posener | Saturday, January 9, 2016

Dr. Berg: Maßstab ist nicht das Wohlbefinden von Merkel sondern das des deutschen Volkes

Mehrere tausend Teilnehmer haben am heutigen 18.11.15 in Erfurt wieder Flagge gegen die gescheiterte Asylpolitik der Altparteien gezeigt. Die Veranstaltung stand im Zeichen der islamistischen Terroranschläge von Paris. Deswegen hatte die AfD Thüringen im Vorfeld dazu aufgerufen, aus Solidarität mit den Opfern mit Trauerflor zu erscheinen.

PEGIDA Rally & Counter-protest in Cologne Following New Years Eve Assaults

Supporters of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) are rallying outside Cologne’s main train station. A counter-protest is taking place at the same location. The demonstrations come in the wake of mass assaults against women that took place during New Year's Eve celebrations.

Too Little, Too Late! Germany: Merkel Backs Stronger Deportation Laws After Cologne Sexual Assaults

German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed stronger deportation laws in regards to prosecuting those suspected of committing sexual assault in Cologne on New Year's Eve during a presser in Mainz, Saturday, stating that even those asylum seekers who have been given suspended sentences should leave Germany.

LIVE: PEGIDA Rally to Meet Counter-protest in Cologne Following Sexual Assault Allegations

Supporters of the Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West (PEGIDA) are set to rally outside Cologne’s main train station on Saturday, January 9. A counter-protest is due to take place at the same location on the same day.

Both actions come in the wake of alleged mass sexual assaults against women in the same area during New Year's Eve celebrations. Cologne’s police have said the culprits are believed to be men between 18 and 30 years old with ""origins in the North-African and Arabic region.""

The allegations are expected to heighten tensions around the question of migration and cultural integration, as Germany accepts nearly one million refugees and migrants, mostly fleeing conflict in the Middle East.

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Europe In Crisis over Sex Attacks by Migrants amid Calls for Emergency EU Meeting

(Left), Police arrest men around the main station in Cologne.
(Right), A note found by police on two suspects.

THE TELEGRAPH: Political tensions over influx of migrants boil over as leaders from central and eastern states declare death of multicultural Europe and call for borders to be sealed

Europe was in crisis on Friday night as mounting fury over sex attacks by Middle Eastern and North African migrants threatened to divide the continent east from west.

Political tensions caused by allowing more than one million migrants to enter Europe in 2015 boiled over on Friday, as leaders from central and eastern countries announced the death of liberal Europe and called for the continent to seal its borders.

“The idea of multicultural Europe has failed,” proclaimed Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, calling for an extraordinary summit of EU leaders next week to discuss fresh reports of migrant-led sex attacks emerging from Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria and Finland. Bohuslav Sobotka, his Czech counterpart, immediately echoed the call.

“The migrants cannot be integrated, it's simply impossible,” Mr Fico added, citing a “clear link” between the sex attacks and the influx of refugees that has swept through Europe from the failed states of Syria and North Africa.

As Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, promised to step up deportation of immigrants who broke the law, Belgium’s immigration minister tried to calm popular fears over the sex attacks by ordering new migrants to face mandatory “respect for women” courses.

But Hungary’s hardline conservative leader, Viktor Orban, dismissed such measures, calling for a complete halt to migration into Europe and the establishment of a new “European defence line” on Greece's northern borders with Macedonia and Bulgaria. » | Peter Foster, Europe Editor, Justin Huggler in Cologne and Richard Orange in Malmö | Friday, January 8, 2016

Cologne Police Chief Fired But What About Others In German Rape Cover Up?

Ezra Levant reports: The police chief of Cologne, Germany has been suspended. On New Year’s Eve, 1,000 Muslim migrants sexually assaulted German women. But what about all the other members of the German establishment involved in this growing scandal?

Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ On Sale in Germany for First Time Since WWII

An annotated edition of Adolf Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ (‘My Struggle’), the book, illuminating the origins of Nazi ideology, is on sale for the first time in Germany since World War II. RT’s Peter Oliver has more.

Cologne NYE Assaults: Women Buying Pepper Spays, Fearing Refugees

The chaos took place in Cologne, Germany, on New Year's Eve when over a hundred women were reportedly assaulted by asylum seekers. Now there is an enormous rise in the demand for self-defence products, as women react to the mass assaults on December, 31. 22 asylum seekers are among the suspects.

And the Mayor of Cologne has accused the police of withholding information from her.

Hungary Says Migrant Influx to Europe Must Be Stopped Altogether

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán

THE TELEGRAPH: Hungarian prime minister calls for fences to be built on Greece's northern border to stem flow of refugees

Hungary’s prime minister on Friday said that the flow of refugees and migrants pouring into Europe must be halted altogether, not just reduced, and called for new border fences to be built in northern Greece.

Viktor Orban, who has maintained one of the hardest lines of any European leader against the unprecedented influx, called for the building of what he called a “European defence line” on Greece’s borders with Bulgaria and Macedonia.

He told Hungarian state radio that stopping the flow of migrants - the biggest refugee crisis in Europe since the Second World War - would be “the decisive issue of 2016”. » | Nick Squires, Rome | Friday, Janury 8, 2016

The Crusades: Episode 1: Holy War

Dr Thomas Asbridge re-examines the story of the Crusades. He traces the epic journey of the first crusaders as they marched from Europe to recapture the city of Jerusalem.
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Is Angela Merkel Stupid?: Germany: Cologne Assaults: 31 Suspects Identified, 18 of Them Refugees

Just a week after mass assaults against women by a group of Arab and North African men in the German city of Cologne, the authorities are cracking down on hate speech against migrants. Germany has reached a deal with social media giants to remove any offensive comments deemed to be targeting asylum seekers.

Pat Condell: ‪The Invasion of Europe‬

The EU is breaking the law to import rape and jihad.

Paris Being Destroyed by Islam

Pat Condell: Goodbye to the First Amendment

Its days are numbered. 41% of Americans want to criminalise “hate speech”

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Heiko Maas hat kein Problem mit Vollverschleierung

WESTDEUTSCHE ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Berlin. Minister Maas kritisiert die CDU für ihren Beschluss gegen die Vollverschleierung. Dafür fordert er einen engeren religiösen Dialog.

Bundesjustizminister Heiko Maas (SPD) hat den Parteitagsbeschluss der CDU gegen eine Vollverschleierung muslimischer Frauen kritisiert. „Ich bin dagegen, einzelne Themen zu dramatisieren“, sagte der Minister. Sicherlich müsse man in den muslimischen Gemeinden deutlich sagen, dass jede Einzelne selbst eine Entscheidung treffen kann, wie sie sich der Öffentlichkeit zeigt. „Solange das der Fall ist, habe ich kein Problem damit, wenn jemand ein Kopftuch trägt oder sich verschleiert“, betonte Maas. » | epd | Samstag, 26. Dezember 2015

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Reports Across Germany Of Organized Sexual Assault Attacks

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Recordings Reveal Qaddafi Foretold Rise of Radical Islam, Euro Invasion

FOX NEWS: Doomed Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi delivered a prophetic warning in 2011, saying Islamic terror would spread across North Africa and hit Europe if he was removed from power, newly released phone transcripts revealed Thursday.

Speaking to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Qaddafi said "[jihadists] want to control the Mediterranean and then they will attack Europe," British media reported.

A British foreign affairs committee investigating the Qaddafi ouster released the transcripts of two phone calls to Blair, both of which reportedly took place on February 25, 2011. Qaddafi fled the Libyan capital city of Tripoli that summer, and rebels killed him in October. » | FoxNews.com | Thursday, January 7, 2016

Tommy Robinson on Cologne – New Years Eve Attacks

Tommy Robinson speaks about the New Years Eve sexual assaults in Cologne, Germany.

Deutschland als Recht-s-Freier Staat

Die Kölner Silvester Exzesse kommen nicht unerwartet sondern passen genau ins Bild dessen, was sich 2015 bereits als Trend etabliert hat. Es ist die Fortsetzung der Vergewaltigung deutscher Grundwerte und Kultur.

Die sexuellen Übergriffe von Köln und Hamburg haben das Vertrauen der Deutschen in den Staat untergraben. Sicherheit, Recht und Ordnung. sind durch die gesetzwidrige Grenzöffnung ebenso weggefallen. Die langfristigen Folgen dieser Politik zeigen jetzt zum ersten Mal ihre hässlichen Auswirkingen.

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German Women Report String of Sexual Assaults by 'Arab and North African Men'

THE TELEGRAPH: Mayor of Cologne to investigate "outrageous" series of New Year's Eve attacks on women by large gangs of men “of Arab or North African appearance”

Police in Germany are investigating an alarming series of sexual assaults on women trying to celebrate the New Year by large groups of single men “of Arab or North African appearance”.

Authorities in the city of Cologne are to hold a crisis meeting on Tuesday after police described a group of some 1,000 men who took over the area around the main station on New Year’s Eve.

Women were robbed, groped, and had their underwear torn from their bodies, while couples had fireworks thrown at them.

Police have received 90 criminal complaints, around a quarter of them for sexual assault, including one case of rape.

Police in Hamburg say there was a series of similar incidents in the city’s Reeperbahn red-light area. Witnesses described groups of five to 15 men of who “hunted” women in the streets.

In Cologne, the attacks took place around the main station, opposite the cathedral, a traditional gathering spot to see in the New Year. » | Justin Huggler, Berlin | Tuesday, January 5, 2015

Fatwa in der Türkei: Flirten verboten

SPIEGEL ONLINE: Verlobte sollten in der Öffentlichkeit nicht Händchenhalten, flirten oder "anderes Benehmen" an den Tag legen, das "nicht im Islam gebilligt" werde. Das untersagte jetzt die oberste Religionsbehörde der Türkei. Und noch mehr sollten Verliebte besser nicht tun.

Eine Fatwa, ein islamisches Rechtsgutachten, sorgt in der Türkei für Diskussionsstoff: Das Amt für religiöse Angelegenheiten, bekannt unter dem Namen Diyanet, will Verlobten vorschreiben, wie sie sich zu verhalten haben. Zum Beispiel sollten sie nicht in der Öffentlichkeit Händchen halten oder als Paar alleine sein.

"In dieser Phase ist es nicht ungewöhnlich, dass Paare sich treffen und miteinander reden, um sich kennenzulernen", heißt es in dem Gutachten. "Gleichwohl könnte es unerwünschte Ereignisse geben, ob mit oder ohne Wissen der Familien." Dazu zählten "flirten, das Zusammenleben, ohne verheiratet zu sein, oder als Paar unbeobachtet zu sein". Dies fördere Tratsch und Gerüchte. Auch das Händchenhalten in der Öffentlichkeit gehöre zu den Dingen, die sich demnach nicht mit dem Islam vereinbaren ließen. » | Momtag, 4. Januar 2016

Obama to Close Background Checks Loophole on Gun Show Sales

THE GUARDIAN: President to set out plan on Tuesday that will prevent firearms from being sold at gun shows and on the internet without having to go through necessary checks


Thousands of unlicensed gun shows and online dealers will be forced to conduct customer background checks for the first time in a fresh effort by Barack Obama to tackle America’s epidemic of deadly shootings.

In measures aimed at circumventing political deadlock in Congress that will inevitably set off a fierce battle in the courts, the president is due to close a loophole in the current system as well as call for greater spending on enforcement and new technology that could prevent unauthorised gun use.

“The gun lobby may be holding Congress hostage, but they can’t hold America hostage,” Obama said in a tweet that accompanied an official preview of the announcement due on Tuesday. “We can’t accept this carnage in our communities.” Read on and comment » | Dan Roberts in Washington | Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Is This Ex-bouncy Castle Salesman the New Jihadi John? Sister of Anjem Choudary Follower Who Skipped Bail to Join ISIS in Syria Admits British Executioner 'Sounds Just Like Her Brother'

MAIL ONLINE: WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT / British spies race to identify masked jihadi who spoke with English accent / Claims circulate he is British fanatic Siddhartha Dhar, aka Abu Rumaysah / He was arrested in 2014 for supporting radical cleric Anjem Choudary and the banned militant group Al-Muhajiroun / Taunted police after fleeing to Syria with his wife and family while on bail / For more news on the latest ISIS video visit www.dailymail.co.uk/isis / If you recognise the boy or man, email simon.tomlinson@dailymail.co.uk or call 0203 615 1926

Speculation was mounting today that the ISIS executioner dubbed the 'new Jihadi John' is a British fanatic who skipped police bail to join the terror group in Syria.

British security agents are racing to identify the masked militant who spoke with a clear English accent in a sickening new execution video in which he is seen shooting an alleged British spy.

Reports have been circulating that he could be Siddhartha Dhar, a British militant who went on the run with his pregnant wife and family while under investigation by Scotland Yard in 2014.

Dhar's sister also fuelled speculation after saying she believed the ISIS gunman sounded very much like her brother.

The father-of-four from Walthamstow was one of nine men detained on suspicion of encouraging terrorism and supporting radical cleric Anjem Choudary and the banned group Al-Muhajiroun.

The former bouncy castle salesman later posted a picture of himself cradling his baby while brandishing an assault rifle to taunt security services whose blunders allowed him to escape. » | Simon Tomlinson for MailOnline | Monday, January 4, 2016

Sweden and Denmark Crack Down on Refugees at Borders

THE GUARDIAN: Danes step up controls at German border after Swedish move to impose identity checks on people travelling from Denmark

Sweden and Denmark have moved to drastically reduce inward refugee flows, as Scandinavian countries compete with each other to shed their reputations as havens for asylum seekers.

For the first time since the 1950s, from midnight on Sunday travellers by train, bus or boat have needed to present a valid photo ID, such as a passport, to enter Sweden from its southern neighbour Denmark, with penalties for travel operators who fail to impose checks. Passengers who fail to present a satisfactory document will be turned back.

“The government now considers that the current situation, with a large number of people entering the country in a relatively short time, poses a serious threat to public order and national security,” the government said in a statement accompanying legislation enabling the border controls.

Hours after the Swedish checks were introduced, Denmark announced it had stepped up border controls on its southern boundary with Germany.

Sweden’s move marked a turning point for the ruling coalition of Social Democrats and Greens, which earlier presented itself as a beacon to people fleeing conflict and terror in Asia and the Middle East.

“My Europe takes in people fleeing from war, my Europe does not build walls,” the Swedish prime minister, Stefan Löfven, told crowds in Stockholm on 6 September. But three months and about 80,000 asylum seekers later, the migration minister told parliament: “The system cannot cope.” » | David Crouch in Copenhagen | Monday, January 4, 2016

Iran's Leader Warns Saudis of 'Divine Vengeance' over Execution of Shia Cleric

THE GUARDIAN: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei renews attack on Saudi Arabia over killing of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, saying the ‘political error’ will be punished


Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has renewed his attack on Saudi Arabia over its execution of a leading Shia cleric, saying that politicians in the Sunni kingdom would face divine retribution for his death.

“The unjustly spilled blood of this oppressed martyr will no doubt soon show its effect and divine vengeance will befall Saudi politicians,” state TV reported Khamenei as saying on Sunday. It said he described the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a “political error”.

“God will not forgive... it will haunt the politicians of this regime,” he said. » | Reuters and Agence-France Presse | Sunday, January 3, 2016

Saudi Execution of Shia Cleric Sparks Outrage in Middle East

THE GUARDIAN: Iranian government and religious leaders say killing of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr will have serious repercussions for royal family

The Iranian government and religious leaders across the Middle East have condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shia cleric and warned of repercussions that could bring down the country’s royal family.

In a serious escalation of religious and diplomatic tensions in the region, councils and clerics in Iran, Yemen and Lebanon said the killing of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr would prompt widespread anger.

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Hossein Jaber Ansari, accused Riyadh of hypocrisy. “The Saudi government supports terrorists and takfiri [radical Sunni] extremists, while executing and suppressing critics inside the country,” he told the Iranian state news agency. » | Nicola Slawson | Saturday, January 2, 2016

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The German Chancellor’s New Year’s Address: Neujahrsansprache Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel

In her New Year’s address Merkel pointed to the „magnificent civic engagement we have seen and the comprehensive concept covering the political steps to be taken“. Angela Merkel thanked all voluntary helpers and full-time workers.