Saturday, October 10, 2015
Marine Le Pen Attacks EU Project and Angela Merkel (October 7, 2015)
WND Exclusive: Nationwide Protests Against Islam Catching Heat
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| Jon Ritzheimer, a U.S. Marine who fought in [the] Iraq, at rally in Phoenixin June against Shariah law. |
Groups planning nationwide protests Saturday against the importation of Muslim refugees are being vilified by Muslim civil rights groups and major media outlets.
The “Global Rally for Humanity” has included calls by some organizers for protesters to show up Saturday in front of mosques, armed.
While the protests are in most cases targeting specifically the U.S. government’s refugee resettlement program, which involves refugees hand-selected by the United Nations and imported directly from the Third World into more than 175 U.S. cities and towns, the establishment media are portraying the protests as “anti-Muslim” with little or no mention of the refugee program and how it works. » | Leo Hohmann | Friday, October 9, 2015
Swedish Church Removes Crosses to Make Muslim Migrants Feel Welcome
They're even marking the direction to Mecca! Like German chancellor Angela Merkel, this bishop hates her own culture and history so much she wants to hand it over to invaders without a fight.
This Swedish bishop is also a lesbian. Doesn't she know what Muslim fundamentalists do to women like her? The bigger question is, Isn't anybody prepared to defend the West any more?
Turkey Terror Attack: Many Killed in Ankara Blasts
At least 30 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in a terrorist attack on a peace rally in the centre of the Turkish capital, according to reports.
Twin explosions outside Ankara’s main train station on Saturday morning appear to have targeted hundreds of people who had gathered to protest against violence between authorities and the Kurdish separatist group, the PKK.
Turkish government officials said the explosion was a terrorist attack and are investigating the claim that a suicide bomber was responsible. Turkey’s prime minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, is to hold a meeting with government officials and security chiefs in response to the attack, his office said.
The country’s interior ministry confirmed 30 people were killed in the blasts and 126 were wounded. A Reuters reporter at the scene saw at least 20 bodies covered by flags, with bloodstains and body parts scattered on the road.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemned the double bombing, saying the attack targeted the country’s unity and peace. » | Staff and Agencies | Saturday, October 10, 2015
US Complicit in Saudi Bombing of Yemeni Civilians ‒ Human Rights Activist
Germany: Bavaria's Seehofer Demands German Government Limit Influx of Migrants
Geert Wilders: Anti-Islam Activist's Australian Visa Granted
The founders of the Australian Liberty Alliance (ALA) had feared the far-right politician may be unable to attend the launch due to visa delays.
The party, which is inspired by that of Mr Wilders, wants to ban full-face coverings in public spaces and calls for a 10-year moratorium on resident visa applications by people from Islamic countries.
In a tweet, Mr Wilders said he was looking forward to visiting Perth.
The Immigration Department confirmed in a statement that Mr Wilders' visa had been granted. » | Lauren Day | Thursday, October 8, 2015
US Muslim Leaders Brace for Protests with Potentially Armed Demonstrators
Muslim leaders of mosques in some 20 cities in the US, including Phoenix and Oklahoma City, are preparing for anti-Islam demonstrations scheduled for Friday and Saturday by a loose group of potentially armed rightwing protesters.
Various Facebook pages are promoting the protests and calling on followers to go to any mosque, Muslim establishment or Islamic organization and voice their opinion on Saturday, 10 October.
“We are not canceling our prayer services for Friday and Saturday but we will have Phoenix police officers here in case the protestors get violent, especially because we have been hearing that some of the protestors will be armed,” said Usama Shami, the president of the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix (ICCP), the largest mosque in Phoenix that hosts more than 800 people for Friday prayers.
Phoenix police confirmed that they would have a presence at the event, with the caveat that it is legal in Arizona to openly carry guns.
Among the groups organizing the events, dubbed the Global Rally for Humanity, are the Oath Keepers, a group that advocates for open carry of guns and has been described as a “fiercely anti-government, militaristic group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Zainab Chaudry, outreach manager of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) in Maryland and a key organizer of the community alert to the mosques all over the US, said “this is one of the most massive anti-Islam protests in recent history ... even in post-9/11 we didn’t see the kind of Islamophobia that we see now”. » | Halima Kazem in San Francisco and Tom Dart in Houston | Friday, October 9, 2015
Friday, October 09, 2015
CrossTalk: Targeting All Terrorists
Jihad-Drohungen gegen Russland
Das russische Eingreifen im Syrien-Krieg zugunsten des Assad-Regimes hat über 50 Kleriker in Saudiarabien zu einem dramatischen Aufruf veranlasst. Es ist ein Aufruf zum Heiligen Krieg gegen die syrische Regierung und ihre Verbündeten. Gemeint ist vor allem Russland, aber auch der Iran. «Sie führen einen Krieg gegen die Sunniten, ihre Länder und ihre Identität», heisst es im Pamphlet der Kleriker. «Die heiligen Krieger in Syrien verteidigen die gesamte islamische Nation. Unterstützt sie.» Die sunnitischen Extremisten beschimpfen die schiitischen und alawitischen Muslime, und sie kritisieren Russlands Kampfeinsatz in Syrien als «christlichen Kreuzzug». » | Vincenzo Capodici, Redaktor International | Freitag, 9. Oktober 2015
Russian Orthodox Church Supports Putin's 'Holy War' in Syria to Protect Christians
"Russia took a responsible decision to use military forces to protect the Syrian people from the woes brought on by the tyranny of terrorists," Russian Orthodox Church's Patriarch Kirill said in an official statement.
The Patriarch said Russia's armed intervention became necessary since "the political process has not led to any noticeable improvement in the lives of innocent people, and they need military protection."
Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, a spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church, which has 150 million members worldwide, pointed out that President Vladimir Putin's decision to send Russian forces to Syria has the approval of parliament and is "consistent with international law, the mentality of our people and the role that our country has always played in the Middle East," the Interfax news agency said as reported by the International Business Times.
Chaplin said Russia cannot turn its back on Christians and other minority groups being wiped out by Islamic State militants and other extremist forces. » | Hazel Torres | Friday, October 2, 2015
US Scraps Syria Rebels Training Program - Report
Jean-Claude Junker: 'European Policies Must Not Be Dictated by Washington'
Gauland: Wir schaffen das, sagt Frau Merkel. Nein, wir wollen das gar nicht schaffen!
Merkel: "Ich habe einen Plan"
Flüchtlingskrise: Nie gefragt, ob wir Einwanderungsland werden wollen
'Stop Messing with Australia and Its Society', Grand Mufti Hits Out at Islamic Extremism
Just a week ago a 15-year-old left the Parramatta mosque in Sydney's west and walked to the New South Wales police headquarters where he shot and killed a police employee.
With anti-Islam protests looming in several cities, the Grand Mufti of Australia, Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, says violent extremism is a rare but serious problem.
Speaking through a translator, he says the root cause has to be examined and addressed by all Australians.
IBRAHIM ABU MOHAMED (translated): Number one, we say to those who supported that, stop messing with Australia and its society. Generally speaking and utterly, we refuse and reject any form of terrorist activities whether this, if it's proven to be a terrorist activity or any other one.
It is not just a religious problem that may have led to these things. It's a religious, ideological, social and other factors that may have contributed to this kind of motivation, and therefore any remedy should include all the factors, all the ingredients of this mix for us to have a proper remedy, not just focusing on the religious part of the story. (+ Audio) » | Rachael Brown | Friday, October 9, 2015
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Officials Conclude Iran Deal Violates Federal Law
At issue is a passage tucked away in ancillary paperwork attached to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, as the Iran nuclear deal is formally known. Specifically, Section 5.1.2 of Annex II provides that in exchange for Iranian compliance with the terms of the deal, the U.S. “shall…license non-U.S. entities that are owned or controlled by a U.S. person to engage in activities with Iran that are consistent with this JCPOA.”
In short, this means that foreign subsidiaries of U.S. parent companies will, under certain conditions, be allowed to do business with Iran. The problem is that the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act (ITRA), signed into law by President Obama in August 2012, was explicit in closing the so-called “foreign sub” loophole. » | James Rosen | Friday, October 9, 2015
Refugees Take Charge of Danish Newspaper for a Day
Refugees facing hostile politicians and press in Denmark were given the run of a daily newspaper on Friday to present a radically different picture of the thousands of asylum seekers knocking on Europe’s door.
“For politicians, refugees are just a problem to be solved as quickly as possible, and most prefer to do it without looking them in the eye,” said an editorial in Dagbladet Information, an independent liberal daily, in a special issue written entirely by refugees who are also professional journalists. “Today it is the refugees who speak to us.”
The paper assembled a dozen refugees, most of whom are recent arrivals in the country, giving them full editorial control and help with research and translation.
“This is a chance to show the Danish people a different picture – we are giving them a new kind of story made by refugees,” said Dalam Alasaad, a Syrian journalist from Palmyra who came to Denmark via Turkey last year. » | David Crouch in Gothenburg | Friday, October 9, 2015
Italy: First Asylum Seekers Flown to Sweden as Part of EU Refugee Relocation Plan
Italy: EU Warns of Refugee Deportation as Relocation Policy Gets Underway
EU in Crisis as Slovakia Threatens to Leave over Controversial Refugee Quota
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| Mr Fico has blasted the quotas in the past |
Robert Fico warned that his country will head for the exit if the EU fails to impose a policy to deal with the influx of refugees entering Europe.
The EU is currently confused on how to deal with the record numbers of refugees, with policy makers left undecided on how to best tackle the situation.
The fed-up prime minister claimed he is ready to propose "a discharge of his country from the European Union" if they are forced to keep taking refugees from the Middle east [sic]. » | Jake Burman | Friday, October 9, 2015
Saudi Arabian Employer Accused of Chopping Off Indian Maid’s Hand
An Indian maid has claimed her employer in Saudi Arabia cut off her hand in punishment for poor work, after months of mistreatment in the kingdom.
Kashturi Munirathinam, 55, is being treated in a hospital in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, her family told Indian media.
Munirathinam travelled to Saudi Arabia from her home in a rural district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu three months ago to take up a job as a cleaner in a household in the eastern city of Dammam and then in Riyadh. She was to be paid about £150 a month.
“When she tried to escape harassment and torture, her right hand was chopped off by the woman employer. She fell down and sustained serious spinal injuries,” her sister, S Vijayakumari, told local media. » | Jason Burke in Delhi | Friday, October 9, 2015
Deutschland: Höcke: Ich liebe meine Heimat von ganzem Herzen
Refugee Crisis: Germany Creaks Under Strain Of Open Door Policy
The realities of shouldering Europe’s refugee crisis are coming home to Germany, amid daily reports of clashes in asylum seeker homes; bureaucrats overwhelmed by a backlog of registration claims and deep divisions within chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative ranks over how to manage the enormity of the challenge.
Just weeks after Merkel responded to the refugee crisis with the declaration: “Wir schaffen es – We can do it” – the euphoric mood has been replaced by a more sombre response with the realisation that the newcomers are here to stay, with all the consequences that entails.
School authorities are calling for at least 25,000 new teaching recruits to cope with the large numbers of new pupils, police officers are being brought out of retirement in their thousands, and the nation is being scoured for suitable accommodation as winter approaches.
“The welcome parties in Munich, Berlin and elsewhere were great,” said the Munich-based Süddeutsche Zeitung in a recent editorial. “They showed a generous and open Germany of which we can be very proud, headed by a chancellor who seemed to surprise herself with her response, (and) tens of thousands of volunteers ... but now we’re in the stark light of day which consists of overcrowded refugee centres and local authorities and police stretched to their limits.”
Arson attacks on refugee shelters continue on an almost daily basis. Reports of refugees being greeted at the doors of their new homes by neo-Nazis humming Third Reich songs or being pelted with banana skins are not uncommon. There are mounting concerns that elements of the far-right have found new oxygen in the crisis by tapping into ordinary people’s fears that Europe’s largest economy may be unable to cope with the decision to allow so many to take refuge within its borders. » | Kate Connolly in Berlin | Thursday, October 8, 2015
Thursday, October 08, 2015
Now EU Says Putin's OBLITERATION of ISIS Will Force Millions of Refugees to Flee to Europe
Russian warships fired 26 cruise missiles into the war-torn country yesterday as Vladimir Putin cranked up his assault on the twisted militants.
But according to Donald Tusk, president of the EU Council, "another three million potential refugees may come from Aleppo and its neighbourhood".
Russian jets hit two towns in the northern province of Aleppo earlier this week, Syrian state television said.
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have already travelled to Europe, sparking the continent's biggest migration crisis since World War Two. » | Tom Parfitt | Thursday, October 8, 2015
Les députés arabes défient Netanyahu
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| Benjamin Netanyahu veut interdire l'accès à l'esplanade des Mosquée à des députés arabes. |
«Ni Netanyahu ni la droite ne pourront nous empêcher d'entrer dans notre mosquée d'Al-Aqsa», qui se trouve sur l'esplanade à laquelle elle donne souvent son nom, a dit dans un communiqué le député arabe Ahmad Tibi.
La décision de Benjamin Netanyahu est «insensée et illégale», a-t-il ajouté, à la veille de la grande prière du vendredi. «Demain, nous serons tous à la mosquée al-Aqsa, parce que c'est notre mosquée». Les députés arabes sont 13 sur un total de 120 au parlement. Continuez à lire et ajouter un commentaire » | ats/nxp | jeudi 8 octobre 2015
France: Hollande Warns of "Total War" If Syrian Crisis Is Not Ended
Police Use Water Cannon against Anti-austerity Protesters in Brussels
Nato Ready to 'Defend' Turkey as Russia Strikes Syria
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| Jens Stoltenberg speaks at a press conference at the Nato headquarters in Brussels. |
Nato is ready to send troops to Turkey to defend against threats on its southern flank, the head of the alliance has said following violations of Turkish airspace by Russian jets conducting airstrikes in Syria.
Moscow’s growing military involvement in the Syria conflict – which on Wednesday involved its jets backing an offensive by ground troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad – is expected to be high on the agenda of a meeting of the alliance’s defence ministers.
“Nato is ready and able to defend all allies, including Turkey against any threats,” Jens Stoltenberg, the organisation’s secretary general, told reporters before the Brussels meeting on Thursday. » | Kareem Shaheen in Beirut and agencies | Thursday, October 8, 2015
Steve Bell on Cameron's Legacy: 'Dave, Who Put His Cock in a Pig'
Saudi Housewife Could Be Put Behind Bars for Posting Online Video of Her Cheating Husband
A Saudi woman who posted footage online of her husband cheating on her with a family maid has been warned that she may face jail for "defamation".
The housewife used her mobile phone to secretly film her partner as he made advances to a female servant in the kitchen of the family home.
The video shows a man, dressed in traditional white robes of a Saudi male, apparently trying to kiss the maid as she attempts to pull away from him.
The wife uploaded the footage to YouTube, alongside the caption "the minimal punishment for this husband is to scandalise him".
The footage drew widespread support for the unnamed housewife, but Saudi legal experts have warned that it could be the wife who ends up in jail. Read on and comment » | Colin Freeman | Thursday, October 8, 2015
Twitter: #SaudiWomanCatchesHusbandCheating »
Iran Shuns Frankfurt Book Fair Over Salman Rushdie Invitation
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| Salman Rushdie was made subject of a fatwa calling for his killing in 1988, after his novel The Satanic Verses allegedly depicted prophet Muhammad irreverently. |
Iran has announced that it will boycott next week’s Frankfurt book fair after organisers invited the author Salman Rushdie, whom Iranian scholars said should be killed, as a guest speaker. The foreign ministry said the fair had, “under the pretext of freedom of expression, invited a person who is hated in the Islamic world and create the opportunity for Salman Rushdie ... to make a speech”.
It said the Islamic republic “strongly protests” Rushdie’s appearance and had decided against participating in the fair, which is one of the world’s largest such events. The ministry called on other Muslim nations to join its boycott.
For his part, deputy culture minister Abbas Salehi said: “Fair officials chose the theme of freedom of expression, but they invited someone who has insulted our beliefs.” » | AFP in Tehran | Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Wednesday, October 07, 2015
Back an Integrated EU or Quit, François Hollande Warns Britain
Britain must back deeper integration of the European Union or quit altogether, Francois [sic] Hollande, the French president, declared on Wednesday night.
During furious exchanges with Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, Mr Hollande said British voters who do not like the idea of a “strengthened” EU must take the “logical path” of Brexit.
It came as he spelled out France’s support for a series of radical new institutions to cope with the continent’s multiple crises, including a common defence policy, a share asylum system, a coast guard and powerful new eurozone institutions. » | Matthew Holehouse, Brussels | Wednesday, October 7, 2015
David Cameron Speech at Conservative Party Conference
Merkel et Hollande veulent plus d'Europe face aux crises
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| Angela Merkel et François Hollande se sont tour à tour exprimés devant le parlement européen ce 7 octobre à Strasbourg. |
François Hollande et Angela Merkel ont réclamé mercredi un renforcement de l'intégration européenne pour faire face à la multiplication des crises. Se limiter à l'Etat-nation condamnerait, selon eux, l'Europe à l'impuissance et au déclin.
«Le débat n'est pas entre plus d'Europe et moins d'Europe, mais entre l'affirmation de l'Europe et la fin de l'Europe», a lancé le président français devant le parlement européen à Strasbourg. Le président français et la chancelière allemande se sont exprimés 26 ans après un exercice du même type mené par François Mitterrand et Helmut Kohl après la chute du Mur de Berlin.
François Hollande a cité la formule «le nationalisme, c'est la guerre», utilisée par François Mitterrand en 1995 devant la même assemblée pour l'un de ses derniers discours. Il a ajouté: «le nationalisme, c'est le déclinisme».
Le président français a insisté sur l'objectif «d'une fédération d'Etats-nations qui doit rester notre horizon», une idée défendue par Jacques Delors il y a 26 ans. «Rien n'est pourtant plus vain que de chercher à se sauver seul, à se dérober, à s'abriter quand des événements majeurs se produisent dans le monde entier», a-t-il ajouté. » | afp/nxp | mercredi 7 octobre 2015
Jailed Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Wins PEN Pinter Prize
Mr Badawi is serving a 10-year sentence in Saudi Arabia and is due to receive 1,000 lashes.
He shares the prize with British poet and journalist James Fenton.
Accepting the award for Mr Badawi, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said the British government should "show moral leadership" and seek his release.
"Raif should have been honoured for founding a website that allowed healthy public discourse in Saudi Arabia; he should not have been held behind bars, facing flogging," he added. » | Tuesday, October 7, 2015
WIKI: PEN Pinter Prize »
Bericht aus Berlin: Angst vor einem Verlust der Werte
Breaking Video: Russian Warships Attack ISIS Positions in Syria from Caspian Sea
Asylum Shelters in Germany Struggle with Violence
Two men are waiting for their lunch inside a drafty airport hangar -- one is an 80-year-old from Pakistan, the other an 18-year-old Albanian. A throng of people are waiting and the line can take up to an hour, but the young man has run out of patience. He climbs over the barrier and pushes forward, gets his food and then sits down at a table. A short time later, the elderly man addresses him angrily.
A dispute that began banally enough on Sunday, Sept. 27, ended in a mass brawl after the young Albanian hit the old man in the face. A security guard intervened and was able to pull the two apart, but three hours later, 50 to 60 Pakistanis stormed into the hangar and threatened the young Albanian with aluminum rods they had taken from their cots. The police moved in and were initially able to restore peace. Come dinner time, though, 300 angry Albanians had turned up. Some attacked the Pakistanis, benches were thrown, men struck each other with clubs and used pepper spray.
Police estimate that more than 350 of the 1,500 refugees staying in the emergency shelter at the Calden Airport near the city of Kassel became involved in the fight. The incident resulted in 14 injuries, including police officers. Two weeks prior, another altercation at Calden left 60 people injured. Read on and comment » | Matthias Bartsch, Markus Deggerich, Horand Knaup, Ann-Katrin Müller, Conny Neumann, Barbara Schmid, Fidelius Schmid, Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt and Steffen Winter | Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Looming Doubts : Merkel's Grip on Refugee Crisis May Be Slipping
Sometimes, distance is good for perspective. For Angela Merkel, that perspective came in New York.
The week before last, the German chancellor flew to the Big Apple to address the United Nations summit on sustainability, women's rights and climate change. But what she took home with her was the surprising realization that Horst Seehofer actually has a lot in common with Ahmet Davutoglu and Nawaz Sharif.
Seehofer is the governor of Bavaria and the head of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party to Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU); Davutoglu is the prime minister of Turkey; Sharif the prime minister of Pakistan. All three have recently conveyed the same message: Merkel must get tougher in the refugee crisis.
Davutoglu asked Merkel in New York for her support for a buffer zone along the Syrian-Turkish border, where anywhere between 100,000 and 300,000 refugees from the civil-war torn country are to be accommodated. Sharif, for his part, engaged the chancellor about the escalating situation in his country and in neighboring Afghanistan. He demanded that the chancellor send Pakistani refugees back home. Read on and comment » | SPIEGEL Staff | Tuesday, October 6, 2015
David Cameron on Saudi Arabia, Isis and Welfare
Jon Snow Challenges David Cameron over Deal with Saudi Arabia: Read the Transcript of the Interview in Full
David Cameron repeatedly refused to explain the British government’s deal with the Saudi Arabian authorities during an embarrassing interview with Channel 4’s Jon Snow. » | Rose Troup Buchanan | Wednesday, October 7, 2015
'Muslim Merkel' German TV Image Causes Outrage
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| ARD television broadcast a mocked-up picture of Mrs Merkel wearing a chador |
An image of Angela Merkel wearing a traditional Iranian Islamic headscarf has caused controversy in Germany.
ARD television was inundated with complaints after it broadcast a mocked-up picture of Mrs Merkel wearing the garment, known as a chador, against a backdrop of the Reichstag surrounded by minarets.
The image was shown during a debate on the refugee crisis on Report from Berlin [Bericht aus Berlin], a Newsnight-style programme, and was intended to be satirical, the broadcaster claimed.
But many viewers accused the programme-makers of Islamophobia, and said they were deliberately provoking anti-Muslim sentiments. » | Justin HUggler, Berlin | Tuesday, October 6, 2015
N24: Plötzlich war die Kanzlerin verschleiert » | abo, N24 | Montag, 5. Oktober 2015
Tuesday, October 06, 2015
Diskussionsveranstaltung: Sind Islam und europäische Werte miteinander vereinbar?
Erdogan präsentiert in Brüssel "Mutter Merkel" seine Forderungen
Erdogan Warns Russia Against Losing Turkey's Friendship
"If Russia loses a friend like Turkey with whom it has a lot of cooperation it is going to lose a lot of things. It needs to know this," Erdogan said in Belgium at a press conference alongside Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel broadcast on Turkish television.
In his toughest remarks yet against Russia in the current crisis, Erdogan accused Moscow and its ally Iran of working to maintain the "state terror" of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
His comments came after Russian warplanes twice violated Turkish airspace at the weekend during Moscow's bombing campaign in Syria aimed at bolstering the Assad regime.
"It is of course not possible to remain patient about this," said Erdogan, referring to the incursions into Turkish air space. » | Agence France Presse | Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Saudi Opposition Clerics Make Sectarian Call to Jihad in Syria
Although the clerics who signed the online statement are not affiliated with the government, their strong sectarian and anti-Christian language reflects mounting anger among many Saudis over Russian and Iranian involvement in Syria's war.
Russia last week started airstrikes against Syrian opposition targets that it describes as aimed at weakening ISIS, a move Riyadh has denounced. The clerics' statement compared it to the Soviet Union's 1980 invasion of Afghanistan, which prompted an international jihad.
"The holy warriors of Syria are defending the whole Islamic nation. Trust them and support them ... because if they are defeated, God forbid, it will be the turn of one Sunni country after another," the statement said. » | Reuters | Monday, October 5, 2015
Activist Mark Arabo on Syria: ‘This Is a Full-blown Christian Genocide’
Why Is Saudi Arabia On UN Human Rights Panel?
The Lip »
Should Saudi Arabia Be On The U.N. Human Rights Council? - Newsy
Merkel Under Fire from Germans after Warm Welcome for Refugees
German Anti-Islam Group Vents Fury at Merkel over Refugee Welcome
With Europe's top economy expecting to take in up to a million people fleeing war and poverty this year, anger has flared among anti-foreigner groups and members of the anti-Islam PEGIDA movement ("Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident").
"Merkel is guilty, commits ethnocide against the German people," read one banner at the rally in Dresden, the historic city in the former communist East where PEGIDA emerged about a year ago and, after a lull, is now looking to swell its ranks.
Waving flags, the agitated crowd cheered on co-founder Lutz Bachmann, 42, who was charged last week with inciting racial hatred by labelling asylum-seekers "animals", "trash" and "filthy rabble".
"It won’t stop with 1.5 or two million" arrivals, he said.
"They will have their wives come, and one, two, three children. It is an impossible task to integrate these people." » | Coralie Febvre | Monday, October 5, 2015
Monday, October 05, 2015
Op-Ed: Greece’s Fascists Are Gaining
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| Nikos Michaloliakos greeting supporters at a pre-election rally in Athens last month. |
Within hours, Mr. Kamenos was fired, making his tenure one of the shortest in Greek political history. What’s most worrying about the incident is not his racist tweets, but the fact that reactionary views have gained popularity in crisis-ridden Greece, especially in areas where migrants are arriving in large numbers. And there is real risk that the popularity of these views will increase.
In Kos and Lesbos, the epicenters of the refugee crisis, the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party doubled its share of the vote, exceeding 10 percent in some places. The absence of functioning government institutions in Greece — and the total lack of a collective European Union policy to address the crisis — have created the conditions that hateful ideologies need in order to grow. While the local authorities were waiting for the central government to react, and as the Greek government waited for the European Union to make up its mind about the growing waves of immigration that flooded the islands, the neo-Nazis took advantage of the situation to spread their hate. » | Matthaios Tsimitakis | Sunday, October 4, 2015
Media Ignores Bernie Sanders Support Surge
ISIS Blows Up 2,000 Year Old Arch of Triumph in Palmyra
Syrien: Gewaltherrscher in bester Laune
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| Baschar Al Assad in seinem Interview mit dem Iranischen Sender Kabar TV |
Der syrische Gewaltherrscher gibt sich bester Laune. Am Wochenende nutzte er ein Interview mit dem iranischen Sender Khabar TV, den Verbündeten in Teheran und Moskau für die Waffenhilfe zu danken und deren Loyalität zu beschwören. Baschar al Assad schmähte seine Feinde und zeigte sich entschlossen, den Krieg in seinem Land bis zum Ende fortzusetzen. Er werde keine Einmischung von außen in syrische Angelegenheiten dulden, sagte Assad laut der Abschrift des Gesprächs, welches die amtliche Nachrichtenagentur Sana verbreitete. Er zeigte sich sicher, dass der Kampf weitergehe, bis der „Terrorismus“ besiegt sei – oder gesiegt habe. Und sollte die neue Koalition, also das Bündnis unter russischer Führung, scheitern, dann werde die gesamte Region zerstört. Im Westen, der überwältigt von einem Gefühl des Scheiterns in Syrien sei, machte Assad Verwirrung aus.
Sein derzeitiges Selbstbewusstsein hat der Diktator nicht zuletzt dem Kreml zu verdanken. Die russische Luftunterstützung für die demoralisierte und ausgelaugte Armee des Regimes dauert trotz der scharfen internationalen Kritik an. Das Verteidigungsministerium in Moskau meldete am Montag, es seien 25 Angriffe binnen 24 Stunden geflogen worden. Sie hätten sich gegen Einrichtungen der Terrormiliz „Islamischer Staat“ (IS) in den Provinzen Homs und Latakia gerichtet. » | Von Christoph Ehrhardt, Beirut | Montag, 5. Oktober 2015
Les incursions aériennes russes en Turquie très «dangereuses»
Les 28 pays de l'Alliance atlantique, réunis en urgence lundi après-midi à Bruxelles, ont aussi exprimé leur «grave préoccupation» face aux frappes aériennes de la Russie en Syrie, en particulier à Hama, Homs et Idlib, «qui ont fait des victimes civiles et ne visaient pas Daech (acronyme arabe du groupe Etat islamique)». «Les Alliés appellent la Fédération russe à immédiatement cesser ses attaques contre l'opposition syrienne et les civils», selon ce texte commun. » | afp/nxp | lundi 5 octobre 2015
Syrie : la déconfiture d'Obama
Il ne s'est pas écoulé 48 heures entre le moment où, en marge de l'Assemblée générale des Nations unies, Barack Obama s'est félicité du retour des Russes dans la lutte contre Daesh et celui où Vladimir Poutine l'a ridiculisé en lançant ses bombardiers Sukhoï, non pas dans des opérations de pilonnage des djihadistes de l'État islamique mais en bombardant des forces d'opposition au président syrien, dont certaines avaient été entraînées et armées par les Américains. Le maître du Kremlin ne pouvait pas plus clairement affirmer que la priorité de ses avions et de ses missiles en Syrie était avant tout de défendre Bachar el-Assad. Et accessoirement, mais accessoirement seulement, d'affaiblir les islamistes. » | Par Michel Colomès | lundi 5 octobre 2015
PM Orbán: Europe’s Demographic Problems Shall Not Be Solved by Immigration
Germany Faces 1.5 Million Asylum Claims This Year - Report
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| At Sebnitz near the Czech border a big crowd urged Germany to keep Muslim migrants out |
The German government has not confirmed the new estimate, which comes from an internal official report cited by popular daily Bild.
The report warns that services helping refugees will not be able to cope.
Separately, a centre-right regional minister put the expected total at 1.2-1.5 million for this year.
The German government previously estimated the number of asylum claims this year to reach 800,000 to one million in total.
Many are refugees fleeing the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, but there are also many economic migrants from the Balkans, Asia and Africa.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has warned that Europe, in dealing with the migration crisis, is engaged in a "battle of compassion versus fear, and of tolerance versus xenophobia".
Speaking in Geneva, he said the world was facing the highest levels of forced displacement in recorded history and the principle of asylum must remain sacrosanct.
He urged Europe to defend "its founding values of tolerance and openness by welcoming refugees of all religions".
The leaders of Hungary and Slovakia have said the influx of Muslims is a challenge to Europe's "Christian" identity. » | Monday, October 5, 2015
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It was meant to be the happiest day of their lives – a celebration of modern multicultural Britain at the biggest Sikh gurdwara (temple) in the Western world. On 7 August 2015, in west London, a British Sikh bride and her Polish Christian groom sat together and absorbed the religious blessings at their wedding ceremony. She wore a cream and red dress, while he wore a red turban, in keeping with Sikh traditions.
But that morning, 20 uninvited men were determined to put a stop to the wedding. They stormed upstairs to the main hall and demanded that the priests end the ceremony, hurling insults at people who objected. One of them told a priest that, if their demands weren’t met, he would get 1,000 of his friends to come to the temple within the hour. The police were called and eventually the couple were forced to proceed into a hurried ceremony, while the protesters watched and took pictures of them to publish online. » | Sunny Hundal | Sunday, October 4, 2015
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Islamic State militants have destroyed the Arch of Triumph in the ancient city of Palmyra, a monument that dates back to the Roman empire, Syria’s chief of antiquities told the Guardian.
Maamoun Abdulkarim said sources in the city, which was conquered by Isis after a week-long siege in May, had informed him the arch was destroyed on Sunday in the latest act of vandalism against Syria’s cultural heritage perpetrated by Isis.
“It’s a crime in every sense of the word,” he said in a telephone interview from Damascus. “All we can do is share the sadness.”
The arch was built in commemoration of a visit by the emperor and his entourage when Palmyra was a Roman colony. Isis’s puritanical interpretation of Islam deems the preservation of ancient artefacts and monuments to be a form of idolatry. (+ video) » | Kareem Shaheen in Beirut | Monday, October 5, 2015
Syrian Crisis: Assad Warns of Mid-East Destruction
Mr Assad also criticised the US-led coalition and its air strikes in Syria and Iraq as counter-productive, saying that terrorism had only spread.
Meanwhile, Russia has carried out more air strikes in Syria it says targeted so-called Islamic State (IS) positions.
Syrian activists say the raids appear to have focused on other rebel groups.
In an interview with Iranian state television, reported by the Syrian presidency Twitter feed, President Assad said Syria, Russia, Iran and Iraq were united in battling terrorism and would achieve "practical results", unlike the US-led coalition. (+ BBC videos) » | Sunday, October 4, 2015
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Das Feuer in einer Notunterkunft für Flüchtlinge im thüringischen Friemar bei Gotha geht nach Einschätzung der Polizei auf Brandstiftung zurück. Ein fremdenfeindlicher Hintergrund könne nicht ausgeschlossen werden, teilte eine Polizeisprecherin in Gotha mit. Nach ihren Angaben brach das Feuer am frühen Sonntagmorgen an mobilen Toilettenhäuschen aus, die an einer Turnhalle aufgestellt waren. Die Flammen griffen auf die Fassade des Gebäudes über, in dem zwei Familien mit insgesamt zehn Personen untergebracht waren. Sie hätten sich selbst in Sicherheit bringen können und seien unverletzt geblieben, sagte Bürgermeister Steffen John (CDU). „Sie waren geschockt und verängstigt.“ » | Quelle: dpa | Sonntag, 4. Oktober 2015
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