Immigration Wave: Will Europe Still Be Europe?

Migrants are continuing to pour into Europe by the hundreds of thousands. But what if the migrant surge doesn't stop?

Islamic Extremists 'Trying to Recruit Syrian Refugees in Germany'

German Salafist preacher Pierre Vogel

THE TELEGRAPH: Islamic extremists in Germany are trying to recruit Syrian refugees to their cause, warns country’s domestic security service

Islamic extremists in Germany are trying to recruit Syrian refugees to their cause, the country’s domestic security service has said.

The warning came as one of Germany’s best known Islamist preachers published a list of suggestions for his followers on how best to approach refugees.

Pierre Vogel, a former boxer and convert to Islam who has been described as “Germany’s most influential Salafist preacher”, a puritan branch of Sunni Islam, called on his followers to seek out new recruits at government refugee shelters.

The preacher told his followers to take gifts and donations with them, and to volunteer to help staff with the influx. If the offer was refused, they should seek out newly arrived refugees at nearby mosques where they would go to pray, he said. » | Justin Huggler in Berlin | Thursday, September 10, 2015

Europe Faces Political War On Two Fronts As Backlash Builds

A migrant group walks between the railroad tracks near
Roszke village on the Hungarian-Serbian border

THE TELEGRAPH: The EU's Eastern states shocked to lose their sovereignty over borders, just as southern Europe lost economic sovereignty by joining the euro.

The European Union is fracturing along multiple lines of cleavage, torn by an emerging Kulturkampf over migrant flows before it has overcome the bitter conflict at the heart of monetary union.

“The bell tolls, the time has come,” said Jean-Claude Juncker, the head of the European Commission, in his State of the Union speech.

"We have to look at the huge issues with which the European Union is now confronted. Our Union is not in a good situation,” he said.

Perhaps it would be churlish to point out that the cause of this near existential breakdown is a series of moves that have his fingerprints all over them: » | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Germany Faces Massive Anti-migrant vs Pro-migrant Standoff

Germany is once again in the midst of massive anti-immigration rallies, which are often met with counter-marches, dividing the country in two. The latest demonstrations saw thousands of right-wing protesters expressing anger over the influx of refugees.