Showing posts with label Pride. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pride. Show all posts
Sunday, August 02, 2026
State Of Pride
Rekord-CSD in Hamburg – Gedenkminute für Berliner Anschlagsopfer
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Rund 300.000 Menschen haben in Hamburg am CSD teilgenommen – so viele wie nie zuvor. In Berlin ist am Abend eine Mahnwache für die Opfer des Anschlags vor einer Woche geplant.
Dieses Bild stammt aus diesem Artikel. | 300.000 Menschen nahmen am CSD Hamburg teil. | © Mika Grunwaldt/epd
Rund 300.000 Menschen sind am Samstag beim Christopher Street Day (CSD) durch die Hamburger Innenstadt gezogen. Sowohl der Veranstalter Hamburg Pride als auch die Polizei nannten diese Zahl. Laut Hamburg Pride handelt es sich um die höchste Teilnehmerzahl, die jemals bei einer CSD-Demonstration in der Hansestadt erreicht wurde. Im vergangenen Jahr waren nach Polizeiangaben etwa 260.000 Menschen gezählt worden, erwartet worden waren diesmal ursprünglich rund 250.000 Teilnehmer.
Gedenkminute für die Opfer von Berlin
Die Kundgebung stand unter dem Motto „Solidarisch queer. Haltung zeigen - für eine Zukunft ohne Angst“. Zum Auftakt der Demonstration hielten die Teilnehmer eine Gedenkminute für die Opfer des Anschlags beim Berliner CSD ab. Die Veranstalter aus Berlin nahmen mit einem eigenen Truck an der Demonstration in Hamburg teil, an dem ein Banner mit der Aufschrift „We will dance again“ (Wir werden wieder tanzen) angebracht war. Auch Berlins Sozialsenatorin Cansel Kiziltepe (SPD) war vor Ort. Nach dem Anschlag „geht es jetzt darum, an der Seite der queeren Community zu stehen“, erklärte sie. „Der Anschlag darf nicht dazu führen, dass sich queere Menschen aus Angst zurückziehen oder weniger sichtbar werden.“ » | Stephanie Lehner | Sonntag, 2. August 2026
Rund 300.000 Menschen sind am Samstag beim Christopher Street Day (CSD) durch die Hamburger Innenstadt gezogen. Sowohl der Veranstalter Hamburg Pride als auch die Polizei nannten diese Zahl. Laut Hamburg Pride handelt es sich um die höchste Teilnehmerzahl, die jemals bei einer CSD-Demonstration in der Hansestadt erreicht wurde. Im vergangenen Jahr waren nach Polizeiangaben etwa 260.000 Menschen gezählt worden, erwartet worden waren diesmal ursprünglich rund 250.000 Teilnehmer.
Gedenkminute für die Opfer von Berlin
Die Kundgebung stand unter dem Motto „Solidarisch queer. Haltung zeigen - für eine Zukunft ohne Angst“. Zum Auftakt der Demonstration hielten die Teilnehmer eine Gedenkminute für die Opfer des Anschlags beim Berliner CSD ab. Die Veranstalter aus Berlin nahmen mit einem eigenen Truck an der Demonstration in Hamburg teil, an dem ein Banner mit der Aufschrift „We will dance again“ (Wir werden wieder tanzen) angebracht war. Auch Berlins Sozialsenatorin Cansel Kiziltepe (SPD) war vor Ort. Nach dem Anschlag „geht es jetzt darum, an der Seite der queeren Community zu stehen“, erklärte sie. „Der Anschlag darf nicht dazu führen, dass sich queere Menschen aus Angst zurückziehen oder weniger sichtbar werden.“ » | Stephanie Lehner | Sonntag, 2. August 2026
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Berlin Pride Alleged Attacker Was Unwilling to Deradicalize, Expert Tells DW | DW News
July 29, 2026 | The alleged Berlin Pride killer showed no willingness to deradicalize, according to the organization that attempted to counsel him. DW spoke to Cornelia Lotthammer, director of the Violence Prevention Network, the court-appointed NGO handling the case of 21-year-old Abdul B. Days before he allegedly attacked Berlin’s LGBTQ+ parade, Lotthammer’s team had already decided he was unfit for counselling. She says a court could have decided to send him to deradicalization training in prison.
Abdul B., a German-born citizen, had been convicted for acts of extremism, including attempting to join the so-called Islamic State. In May 2026, a Berlin court sentenced him to almost two years in prison, but released him on preliminary probation. On July 25, he allegedly drove a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations and then attacked people with a blade, killing one person and injuring 29 others. A day later he was tracked down and shot dead by police.
DW’s Pablo Foley Elias spoke to Cornelia Lotthammer about Abdul B.’s case, the causes of extremism, and how it needs to be addressed.
These people get themselves into a hell of a mess with this because they don't understand the root of the problem: Islam! Forget Islamism! These so-called Islamists are in love with Islam and their prophet. A so-called "Islamist" is merely a devout, practising, fundamentalist Muslim following uncompromisingly the precepts and tenets of his faith. When will these people get it? How many more people will have to be killed before they give up on their airy-fairy notions? And of course, this person was unwilling to deradicalize, for to concede to deradicalization would be tantamount to giving up on his faith!
Germany is never going to be able to solve its problems of homophobia in the Muslim community with this 'artsy-fartsy' outlook and talk! Don't confuse and conjoin the radical problems found in other groups with the "Queerfeindlichkeit' found in the Muslim community, otherwise you will never find solutions to the problem. The radicalization caused by the so-called hyper-masculinity trend is something quite different, and has to be treated quite differently. — © Mark Alexander
Abdul B., a German-born citizen, had been convicted for acts of extremism, including attempting to join the so-called Islamic State. In May 2026, a Berlin court sentenced him to almost two years in prison, but released him on preliminary probation. On July 25, he allegedly drove a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations and then attacked people with a blade, killing one person and injuring 29 others. A day later he was tracked down and shot dead by police.
DW’s Pablo Foley Elias spoke to Cornelia Lotthammer about Abdul B.’s case, the causes of extremism, and how it needs to be addressed.
These people get themselves into a hell of a mess with this because they don't understand the root of the problem: Islam! Forget Islamism! These so-called Islamists are in love with Islam and their prophet. A so-called "Islamist" is merely a devout, practising, fundamentalist Muslim following uncompromisingly the precepts and tenets of his faith. When will these people get it? How many more people will have to be killed before they give up on their airy-fairy notions? And of course, this person was unwilling to deradicalize, for to concede to deradicalization would be tantamount to giving up on his faith!
Germany is never going to be able to solve its problems of homophobia in the Muslim community with this 'artsy-fartsy' outlook and talk! Don't confuse and conjoin the radical problems found in other groups with the "Queerfeindlichkeit' found in the Muslim community, otherwise you will never find solutions to the problem. The radicalization caused by the so-called hyper-masculinity trend is something quite different, and has to be treated quite differently. — © Mark Alexander
Nach CSD-Anschlag: Wegner fordert Islamunterricht an Schulen
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Der Regierende Bürgermeister sieht den Unterricht als sinnvolle Präventionsmaßnahme. Die CDU Berlin legt zudem ein Maßnahmenpaket auf den Tisch.
Dieses Foto stammt aus diesem Artikel der Berliner Zeitung. | Bei dem Anschlag auf den CSD Berlin wurde eine Frau getötet und 29 Menschen teils schwer verletzt. | © Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa
Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister hält Islamunterricht an Berlins Schulen als Präventionsmaßnahme gegen Radikalisierung für sinnvoll. Nach dem islamistisch motivierten Terroranschlag auf den CSD Wochenende, bei dem eine Frau getötet und 31 weitere Menschen teils schwer verletzt wurden, positioniert sich sich Kai Wegner (CDU).
Seine These lautet: Wer Religion an der staatlichen Schule lernt, gerät seltener an gefährliche Prediger. „Religionsunterricht an staatlichen Schulen könnte einen großen Teil dazu beitragen, Jugendliche vor solchen Beeinflussungen zu schützen. Dazu gehört, dass auch der Islamunterricht an Schulen stattfindet, der dadurch staatlicher Kontrolle unterliegen würde“, sagte Wegner. » | Eva Maria Braungart | Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2026
Was für ein Unsinn! Was für eine Absurdität! Was könnte man von einem solchen Lehrplan auch ernsthaft erwarten? Nicht die Schüler müssen etwas über den Islam lernen, um dem islamischen Terrorismus ein Ende zu setzen; vielmehr sind es die Terroristen und andere Muslime selbst, die lernen sollten, wie man in einer multikulturellen, weltoffenen und toleranten Gesellschaft lebt!
Es stimmt zwar, dass die Menschen im Westen viel zu wenig über den Islam wissen, und daran sollte etwas geändert werden. Man kann jedoch nicht erwarten, dass ein größeres Wissen über den Islam im Westen das Problem der Feindseligkeit gegenüber queeren Menschen innerhalb der muslimischen Gemeinschaft lösen wird. — © Mark Alexander
Die englische Version:
What nonsense! What an absurdity! What could one seriously expect from such a curriculum? It is not the students who need to learn about Islam in order to put an end to Islamic terrorism; rather, it is the terrorists and other Muslims themselves who should learn how to live in a multicultural, open-minded, and tolerant society!
While it is true that people in the West know far too little about Islam—and something should be done about that—one cannot expect that greater knowledge of Islam in the West will solve the problem of hostility toward queer people within the Muslim community. — © Mark Alexander
Berlins Regierender Bürgermeister hält Islamunterricht an Berlins Schulen als Präventionsmaßnahme gegen Radikalisierung für sinnvoll. Nach dem islamistisch motivierten Terroranschlag auf den CSD Wochenende, bei dem eine Frau getötet und 31 weitere Menschen teils schwer verletzt wurden, positioniert sich sich Kai Wegner (CDU).
Seine These lautet: Wer Religion an der staatlichen Schule lernt, gerät seltener an gefährliche Prediger. „Religionsunterricht an staatlichen Schulen könnte einen großen Teil dazu beitragen, Jugendliche vor solchen Beeinflussungen zu schützen. Dazu gehört, dass auch der Islamunterricht an Schulen stattfindet, der dadurch staatlicher Kontrolle unterliegen würde“, sagte Wegner. » | Eva Maria Braungart | Mittwoch, 29. Juli 2026
Was für ein Unsinn! Was für eine Absurdität! Was könnte man von einem solchen Lehrplan auch ernsthaft erwarten? Nicht die Schüler müssen etwas über den Islam lernen, um dem islamischen Terrorismus ein Ende zu setzen; vielmehr sind es die Terroristen und andere Muslime selbst, die lernen sollten, wie man in einer multikulturellen, weltoffenen und toleranten Gesellschaft lebt!
Es stimmt zwar, dass die Menschen im Westen viel zu wenig über den Islam wissen, und daran sollte etwas geändert werden. Man kann jedoch nicht erwarten, dass ein größeres Wissen über den Islam im Westen das Problem der Feindseligkeit gegenüber queeren Menschen innerhalb der muslimischen Gemeinschaft lösen wird. — © Mark Alexander
Die englische Version:
What nonsense! What an absurdity! What could one seriously expect from such a curriculum? It is not the students who need to learn about Islam in order to put an end to Islamic terrorism; rather, it is the terrorists and other Muslims themselves who should learn how to live in a multicultural, open-minded, and tolerant society!
While it is true that people in the West know far too little about Islam—and something should be done about that—one cannot expect that greater knowledge of Islam in the West will solve the problem of hostility toward queer people within the Muslim community. — © Mark Alexander
Germany’s Leaders Say the Berlin Pride Attack Targeted ‘All of Us’. What Utter Hypocrisy
THE GUARDIAN: The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in public
Screenshot taken from this Guardian article. | People at the Brandenburg Gate, which is illuminated with the message ‘Berlin, city of freedom’, 26 July 2026. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
It feels like a well-rehearsed script. First come the flowers, then the pious statements. One after another, mainstream German politicians have lined up to claim that the attack on Berlin Pride last weekend was an attack on “all of us”, “our values” and “our society”.
Except it was not. This atrocity in which a van was rammed into the crowd was, first and foremost, an attack on queer people. A vulnerable community that has been fighting for its rights for many decades; that, in recent years and all over the world, has increasingly been targeted by conservative forces.
But, of course, the script is comfortable, because it requires nothing, least of all memory. In Germany, under the centre-right coalition led by the conservative chancellor, Friedrich Merz, the queer community has lost more and more resources, spaces and protection, due to decisions made by the very same people who are now expressing solidarity in public.
When Merz made the statement on Sunday that Pride-goers should not be intimidated, and that this attack was intended to divide our society, many queer people and allies wondered: is this the same Friedrich Merz who rejected the suggestion to fly a rainbow flag from the Bundestag during last year’s Pride, with the remark, “The Bundestag is not a circus tent”? » | Fatma Aydemir | Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Even though the Muslim world is replete with gays, just like every other society throughout the world is, Islam itself is extremely homophobic. The precepts and tenets of the faith insist on the adoption of a homophobic stance in order to be considered to be a good, Allah-fearing, prophet-Muhammad-loving and -following, Shariah-abiding, devout Muslim!
When it comes to homosexuality, what you find in many strict Islamic societies is hypocrisy: outwardly the Muslim will be extremely homophobic, but within high walls and closed doors—in secret— a very different picture often emerges. I know this to be so from personal experience. I have witnessed it first-hand. In fact, when I worked in the Middle East as a fresh-faced young man with thick, luxuriant hair—hair is a huge turn-on for very many Muslims, especially young ones—it was often a huge problem for me. At that time, I was still in the closet. To have been out in Saudi Arabia would have been untenable and dangerous. God only knows what would have happened!
I tell you this for one purpose: To show you that I know and understand the mentality of these people. Well! What happened in Germany at the weekend, was not an attack on all Germans; rather, it was a targeted attack on the queer community. Despite homosexuality being widespread in the Muslim community, homophobia is rifer amongst so-called Islamists, or fundamentalist, extremely devout Muslims. So any German politicians failing to recognise this fact is failing the queer community in Germany. The same, of course, applies to politicians in other western countries as well. — © Mark Alexander
It feels like a well-rehearsed script. First come the flowers, then the pious statements. One after another, mainstream German politicians have lined up to claim that the attack on Berlin Pride last weekend was an attack on “all of us”, “our values” and “our society”.
Except it was not. This atrocity in which a van was rammed into the crowd was, first and foremost, an attack on queer people. A vulnerable community that has been fighting for its rights for many decades; that, in recent years and all over the world, has increasingly been targeted by conservative forces.
But, of course, the script is comfortable, because it requires nothing, least of all memory. In Germany, under the centre-right coalition led by the conservative chancellor, Friedrich Merz, the queer community has lost more and more resources, spaces and protection, due to decisions made by the very same people who are now expressing solidarity in public.
When Merz made the statement on Sunday that Pride-goers should not be intimidated, and that this attack was intended to divide our society, many queer people and allies wondered: is this the same Friedrich Merz who rejected the suggestion to fly a rainbow flag from the Bundestag during last year’s Pride, with the remark, “The Bundestag is not a circus tent”? » | Fatma Aydemir | Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Even though the Muslim world is replete with gays, just like every other society throughout the world is, Islam itself is extremely homophobic. The precepts and tenets of the faith insist on the adoption of a homophobic stance in order to be considered to be a good, Allah-fearing, prophet-Muhammad-loving and -following, Shariah-abiding, devout Muslim!
When it comes to homosexuality, what you find in many strict Islamic societies is hypocrisy: outwardly the Muslim will be extremely homophobic, but within high walls and closed doors—in secret— a very different picture often emerges. I know this to be so from personal experience. I have witnessed it first-hand. In fact, when I worked in the Middle East as a fresh-faced young man with thick, luxuriant hair—hair is a huge turn-on for very many Muslims, especially young ones—it was often a huge problem for me. At that time, I was still in the closet. To have been out in Saudi Arabia would have been untenable and dangerous. God only knows what would have happened!
I tell you this for one purpose: To show you that I know and understand the mentality of these people. Well! What happened in Germany at the weekend, was not an attack on all Germans; rather, it was a targeted attack on the queer community. Despite homosexuality being widespread in the Muslim community, homophobia is rifer amongst so-called Islamists, or fundamentalist, extremely devout Muslims. So any German politicians failing to recognise this fact is failing the queer community in Germany. The same, of course, applies to politicians in other western countries as well. — © Mark Alexander
Eren Güvercin: „Queerfeindlichkeit ist eine Realität in muslimischen Communities“
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
En Allemagne, l’AfD en embuscade après l’attentat islamiste de Berlin
LE FIGARO : DÉCRYPTAGE - La polémique se focalise sur les lacunes de l’institution judiciaire alors que plusieurs élections régionales doivent se tenir à la rentrée.
Trois jours après l’attentat contre la Marche des fiertés, qui a coûté la vie à une sexagénaire polonaise et blessé 29 participants, l’Allemagne continue de panser ses plaies. Le recueillement laisse progressivement place à la perplexité et à la colère car les questions qui se posent après cette attaque à la voiture-bélier commencent à trouver des réponses. Comment cet homme de 21 ans, connu des services pour son idéologie islamiste, a-t-il pu préparer et exécuter sans entrave cette attaque ? Et comment l’État peut-il mieux protéger la population sans mettre en péril la liberté et la cohésion sociale ? » | Par David Philippot Berlin | mardi 28 juillet 2026
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Trois jours après l’attentat contre la Marche des fiertés, qui a coûté la vie à une sexagénaire polonaise et blessé 29 participants, l’Allemagne continue de panser ses plaies. Le recueillement laisse progressivement place à la perplexité et à la colère car les questions qui se posent après cette attaque à la voiture-bélier commencent à trouver des réponses. Comment cet homme de 21 ans, connu des services pour son idéologie islamiste, a-t-il pu préparer et exécuter sans entrave cette attaque ? Et comment l’État peut-il mieux protéger la population sans mettre en péril la liberté et la cohésion sociale ? » | Par David Philippot Berlin | mardi 28 juillet 2026
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Berlin's Queer Commissioner on Fatal Car Ramming Attack on LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration
July 28, 2026 | A man drove a minivan into a crowd of people near Berlin's Pride celebrations on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 29 others. Authorities shot and killed the man during an operation on Sunday. The alleged suspect was identified as Abdul Ballout, a 21-year-old German citizen. According to authorities, Ballout tried to join the Islamic State in 2025 and was released from prison in May after being jailed for preparing an attack.
"The far right here in Germany is, of course, waiting for an attack like this one to use it in order to highlight that the foreigners are the problem," says Alfonso Pantisano, LGBTQ affairs commissioner for the Berlin state government. "By doing so, they completely forget and avoid to look at how much queerphobia there is in this country in all various levels of structures."
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"The far right here in Germany is, of course, waiting for an attack like this one to use it in order to highlight that the foreigners are the problem," says Alfonso Pantisano, LGBTQ affairs commissioner for the Berlin state government. "By doing so, they completely forget and avoid to look at how much queerphobia there is in this country in all various levels of structures."
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Auto fährt in Menschenmenge: Interview mit LGBTQI-Aktivist Johannes Kram
Iranian Activist Says Berlin Pride Attack Shows Europe Is ‘Losing the War of Narratives’ | DW News
This lady is exercised. I like that. But she still buys into the false narrative of Islamism as distinct from Islam. An Islamist is merely a devout, practising Muslim. A person who practises Islam uncompromisingly. This lady talks of Islamism being a political ideology. All of Islam is political! As Ayatollah Khomeini used to say… “Islam is politics or it is nothing.” — © Mark Alexander
Sunday, July 26, 2026
Berlin Pride Event Attacker Killed in Police Shootout, Officials Say
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The confrontation with the suspect in what has been described as a likely act of Islamist terrorism occurred as a large-scale manhunt was underway, the authorities said.
Screenshot is from this NYT article. | A day after the attack, grief-stricken people gathered near the Brandenburg Gate. Credit: Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated Press
The police on Sunday evening shot and killed the man suspected of killing a woman and injuring 29 other people near a Berlin gay Pride celebration after he charged at officers with a weapon, the German authorities said.
The man, a 21-year-old German citizen with a family migration history from Lebanon, had been the subject of a protracted nationwide manhunt since the Saturday evening attack. The suspect used a rented van and what appeared to be a machete in the attack, which German officials called an act of Islamist terrorism.
In a brief statement, the police said they had tracked the suspect to an area in a western corner of the city where residents maintain large garden patches. After officers shot him, emergency responders tried to revive him, but he died at the scene, the police said.
The authorities said their investigation into the attack was continuing, even after the death of the man they had singled out as their prime suspect. Earlier in the day, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, and other officials had raised the possibility that more than one person was involved. » | Jim Tankersley | Reporting from Berlin | Sunday, July 26, 2026
The police on Sunday evening shot and killed the man suspected of killing a woman and injuring 29 other people near a Berlin gay Pride celebration after he charged at officers with a weapon, the German authorities said.
The man, a 21-year-old German citizen with a family migration history from Lebanon, had been the subject of a protracted nationwide manhunt since the Saturday evening attack. The suspect used a rented van and what appeared to be a machete in the attack, which German officials called an act of Islamist terrorism.
In a brief statement, the police said they had tracked the suspect to an area in a western corner of the city where residents maintain large garden patches. After officers shot him, emergency responders tried to revive him, but he died at the scene, the police said.
The authorities said their investigation into the attack was continuing, even after the death of the man they had singled out as their prime suspect. Earlier in the day, Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, and other officials had raised the possibility that more than one person was involved. » | Jim Tankersley | Reporting from Berlin | Sunday, July 26, 2026
Berlin Pride Van Ramming Likely an 'Islamist Terror Attack', Official Says | BBC News
July 26, 2026 | One woman is dead and 29 others are injured after a car was driven into a crowd at a Berlin Pride event on Saturday night. Multiple people were then stabbed with a blade that “might have been a machete”.
Police have identified a suspect named Abdul Ballout, a German citizen of Lebanese background who was known to police and previously had “committed a number of crimes”.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says extremists "have no place in our society", vowing to do everything in the government's power to see justice served.
Police have identified a suspect named Abdul Ballout, a German citizen of Lebanese background who was known to police and previously had “committed a number of crimes”.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says extremists "have no place in our society", vowing to do everything in the government's power to see justice served.
Anschlag auf den CSD in Berlin: Die Angst darf niemals über die Freiheit siegen
Der Kontrast könnte härter nicht sein. Ein ausgelassenes Fest, Hunderttausende Menschen feierten am Sonnabend bei schönstem Sommerwetter den Christopher Street Day in Berlin. Eine Stadt voller Regenbogenflaggen und fröhlich tanzender Menschen. Berlin zeigte der Welt mal wieder sein buntestes Gesicht: weltoffen, schillernd, freizügig, queer. Um kurz nach 22 Uhr war diese Welt eine andere.
Ein Anschlag mitten ins Herz der Regenbogen-Hauptstadt. Noch in der Nacht zu Sonntag verdichteten sich die Hinweise, dass es wohl kein Unfall war. Ein mutmaßlich islamistischer Täter raste mit einem weißen Mini-Transporter in die Menge. Eine Frau starb, 29 weitere wurden teilweise schwer verletzt.
Alles deutet auf einen bewussten Anschlag hin. Ein Anschlag auf den Ort, an dem Berlin die Freiheit feiert, wie nirgendwo sonst. Wo Menschen aus aller Welt kommen, weil sie hier genau so sein können, wie sie sind. Dafür ist Berlin bekannt, geliebt, geachtet.
Und von manchen: verachtet.
Menschen, die es nicht aushalten, dass hier leicht bekleidete Frauen Hand in Hand laufen, Männer sich küssen, zu zweit, zu dritt, alles ist erlaubt. Ein Fest der Liebe in all ihren fröhlichen Facetten. » | Ein Kommentar von Anke Myrrhe | Sonntag, 26. Juli 2026
Constantin Schreiber: Terror-Anschlag auf CSD: Versteht ihr jetzt?
Der Westen hat sich im Umgang mit dem Islam und dem Islamismus in eine schwierige Lage gebracht. Eigentlich gibt es so etwas wie Islamismus gar nicht; es gibt nur den Islam. In Wirklichkeit ist ein Islamist ein Muslim, der die korrekten und strengen Regeln des Islam genau befolgt. Nur Nicht-Muslime neigen dazu, von Islamismus zu sprechen; Muslime verwenden diesen Begriff im Allgemeinen nicht. Um es sich einfacher zu machen, haben sich westliche Menschen diese falsche Unterscheidung zwischen den beiden Begriffen ausgedacht. Natürlich gibt es liberale Muslime. Doch sehr oft legen diese liberal gesinnten Muslime ihre früheren liberalen Ansichten ab, sobald sie religiös werden. Dies geschieht häufig mit zunehmendem Alter – also dann, wenn sie sich „ausgetobt“ haben, reifer geworden sind und Buße tun wollen. — © Mark Alexander
Die englische Version:
The West has got itself into a bind with Islam und Islamism. Acrually, there is no such thing as Islamism. There is only Islam. In reality, an Islamist is a Muslim who follows the correct and strict rules of Islam closely. The only people who are inclines to talk about Islamism are non-Muslims. Muslims generally don't use the term. In order to make life easier for themselves, Westerners have come up with this false differentiation between the two. Naturally,, there are liberal Muslims. But very often, those liberal-minded Muslims forget their earlier liberal ideas once they become religios. This often happens with age. That means to say, once the liberal Muslims have sown their wild oats and mature and wish to repent. — © Mark Alexander
Massive Berlin Manhunt after Suspected Attack on Pride Parade Leaves One Dead
Jul 26, 2026 | “There were a couple of hundred thousand people attending the Christopher Street Day parade yesterday in Berlin. So it would presumably be fairly easy for somebody to blend in and escape.”
“A full-blown manhunt” involving over 2,000 police officers is underway across Berlin, police have identified the suspect as "Abdul B", an individual known to authorities with links to the city's “Islamist scene”, says Berlin based reporter, Matthew Karnitsching.
“A full-blown manhunt” involving over 2,000 police officers is underway across Berlin, police have identified the suspect as "Abdul B", an individual known to authorities with links to the city's “Islamist scene”, says Berlin based reporter, Matthew Karnitsching.
One Dead and Several Injured, as Car Driven into a Crowd at Berlin Pride Event | BBC News
July 26, 2026 | One person is dead and 16 others are injured after a car was driven into a crowd at a Berlin Pride event, police say.
An intensive manhunt is taking place in the German capital of Berlin, officers say.
The mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, has called the incident, "an attack on our free and open-minded society"
BBC LIVE on this terror attack here.
An intensive manhunt is taking place in the German capital of Berlin, officers say.
The mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, has called the incident, "an attack on our free and open-minded society"
BBC LIVE on this terror attack here.
Berlin Car Ramming Kills At Least One in Pride Event | ABC NEWS
July 25, 2026 | One person is dead, and at least 15 people are injured after a car ploughed into a crowd near the route of a pride march in the German capital of Berlin.
Authorities have cancelled the LGBT event known as Christopher Street Day at the city’s Tiergarten Park.
German police spokesperson Florian Nath says a search is underway.
Authorities have cancelled the LGBT event known as Christopher Street Day at the city’s Tiergarten Park.
German police spokesperson Florian Nath says a search is underway.
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Mamdani Joins the New York City Pride March during LGBTQ+ Pride Month
‘Love Who You Want to Love’: PM Mark Carney Speaks about LGBTQ+ Rights at Toronto Pride
Love whomsoever you want to love. A radical concept? Maybe! An enlightened concept? Certainly! Coming from a great prime minister? Definitely! Should other countries take note? You bet! Are Canadians lucky to have such a great prime minister? Without a doubt! — © Mark Alexander
Saturday, June 27, 2026
Hungary Holds First Post-Orban Budapest Pride March
DW: Tens of thousands packed Budapest's streets despite scorching heat. Former right-wing leader Viktor Orban tried to ban the march last year as part of a wider LGBTQ+ crackdown.
Tens of thousands braved the scorching temperatures to celebrate the Budapest Pride parade on Saturday, the first since the election defeat of Viktor Orban, who tried to ban the event last year.
"I think the situation is getting better and better, mainly because of the change in government," 18-year-old Petra Toth, who was attending her first Pride with her girlfriend, told AFP.
In April, pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar and his Tisza party won a landslide victory, ending Orban's 16 years in power.
Orban's government was widely regarded as having some of the European Union's most restrictive LGBTQ+ policies. » | Emmy Sasipornkarn with AFP, AP, Reuters | Saturday, June 27, 2026
Hungarians turn out in thousands for first Pride march since Viktor Orbán was voted out: Far-right former prime minister had sought to outlaw event among other anti-LGBTQ+ policies »
Tens of thousands braved the scorching temperatures to celebrate the Budapest Pride parade on Saturday, the first since the election defeat of Viktor Orban, who tried to ban the event last year.
"I think the situation is getting better and better, mainly because of the change in government," 18-year-old Petra Toth, who was attending her first Pride with her girlfriend, told AFP.
In April, pro-EU conservative Prime Minister Peter Magyar and his Tisza party won a landslide victory, ending Orban's 16 years in power.
Orban's government was widely regarded as having some of the European Union's most restrictive LGBTQ+ policies. » | Emmy Sasipornkarn with AFP, AP, Reuters | Saturday, June 27, 2026
Hungarians turn out in thousands for first Pride march since Viktor Orbán was voted out: Far-right former prime minister had sought to outlaw event among other anti-LGBTQ+ policies »
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