Month: September 2020

An all-inclusive club for terrorists? The Karlau prison in Graz, Austria

The conditions in the Graz-Karlau prison are almost unbelievable from the point of view of a law-abiding taxpayer.Nobody wonders anymore why Austria is an extremely popular destination for serial criminal immigrants. An Islamist terrorist had the opportunity to conduct terrorist attacks from prison and to carry out Islamist propaganda via cell phone.The security precautions in the Karlau prison in Graz give reason to be astonished. A 21-year-old Islamist terrorist had the opportunity to secretly build a terrorist cell with two fellow prisoners.Head of the terrorist cell was Lorenz K., who established a terrorist organization with the so-called “Palestinian” Abu H. (30 years old) and the Islamist Sergo P. The “Palestinian”, a member of the left-wing terrorist organization Hamas, is serving a life sentence for planning the mass murder of Jews. He wanted to throw hand grenades into a crowd.Left-wing radicals describe the verdict on their Internet pages as an unjust verdict and even held rallies for the man’s release.Together with this murderous buddies, Lorenz K., who had sworn loyalty to the Islamic state, managed to organize cell phones, electronic parts and even cartridge cases from prison. While he used the telephone to incite Islamists who were at large to commit terrorist attacks and to send plans for the construction of explosives and bombs, he apparently also tinkered with an explosive device in prison itself.Sergo P. belongs to the group of perpetrators who planned a series of attacks in Austria. Among other things, a bomb was supposed to detonate at the Christmas market on Vienna’s Stephansplatz. He shared a cell phone with Lorenz K., which they used for active terror propaganda. Thus, execution videos of the Islamic state but also photos from the prison were distributed. On one of these photos, a flag of the Islamic state was also supposed to have been seen, the possession of which apparently caused no further stir in the prison. According to the newspaper Heute, this flag was always visible on the wall of his cell. In addition, an oath of allegiance to the leader of the IS was allegedly recorded and sent out to Internet chat partners via Instagram and Telegram to incite terrorist attacks in Germany or Austria. They should “attack the kuffar undercover”.Lorenz K. also sent a photo of a nail bomb. This is supposed to be the type of bomb with which he planned an Islamist suicide bombing together with his wife, who was 16 years old at the time, before his arrest. Contact persons outside the prison had paid for the Islamists’ constant access to cell phones. One of them cost 800 euros and would have been smuggled into the prison in a piece of bread. The defense attorney for the main perpetrator, Wolfgang Blaschitz, sees the suspicion as “far-fetched”. His client would commit “notoriously naive acts”. He had already attracted attention in the initial proceedings against Lorenz K. because of his great creativity. The Islamist would be “a disoriented youth who needs to be reintegrated into society”.The public prosecutor’s office seems to have a different approach here. According to the daily Standard, investigations are currently underway “for attempted murder and attempted deliberate use of explosive devices, both committed as terrorist offences”. The original prison sentence of 9 years is likely to be extended considerably in the end. Freedom Party Styria state leader Stefan Hermann already asked the only appropriate questions via press release on August 12: “How an imprisoned IS terrorist in prison can access a smartphone is incomprehensible to the Freedom Party. The present case in the Graz-Karlau prison reveals the enormous potential danger posed by radical Islam.Even already convicted and imprisoned terrorists are not discouraged from making every effort to plan attacks and have them carried out by IS sympathizers throughout Europe. There is no question that these extremists represent a massive threat to our population. The only question is whether these terrorists will actually receive the punishment they deserve. Obviously they still have too many freedoms in our prisons. How else can it be that an imprisoned jihadist can get to a smartphone with which he can continue to engage in terrorist activity? Islamists must expect the harshest punishments – stricter criminal law provisions against radical Islam are the order of the day,” Mr. Hermann demanded specifically.

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After attack by suspected Islamist: From Sunday on, a security service will guard the Berlin church

In the wake of the violent attack on a priest and his brother during Holy Mass in the Berlin church of St. Joseph, a security service is to be set up there starting next Sunday. This is reported by the “Catholic News Agency” (KNA) with reference to the press spokesman of the diocese of Berlin, Stefan Förner. This should make clear that the archdiocese takes the incident seriously, said Förner.According to Förner, a security concept for the church already exists – but no security service was present during the attack last Sunday. The brother of the clergyman who was knocked down by an unknown person during the sermon, Mr. Holger Doetsch, had previously called for a security service in the churches in an interview with the newspaper Tagespost. The priest in question is an employee of the Apostolic Nunciature.When asked about his condition, Doetsch replied to the Tagespost: “Not good, you take that seriously. It has become deeply engraved in my mind.I was remembering the incidents of Taizé and the attack on Brother Roger and the murder of the French priest Jacques Hamel. According to his perception, it was “a planned attack on the church. And this must have consequences”.

As KNA further reports, the concern of the archdiocese of Berlin is the health of the priest concerned, his brother and the altar girl standing directly next to him, as well as the attendant faithful.”The visible physical consequences are – thank God – not serious for the attacked men, the uncertainty on the other hand, which the aggressor caused, will remain”, so diocese speaker Förner.St. Joseph’s Church is currently used as a replacement for St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, which is currently under reconstruction. Clergymen of the Pope’s embassy and the military bishop’s office regularly celebrate services in the Berlin Cathedral.

https://www.die-tagespost.de/kirche-aktuell/aktuell/nach-angriff-ab-sonntag-sicherheitsdienst-in-berliner-kirche;art4874,211644

Germany: Afghan on a train carrying forbidden weapons

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These weapons were confiscated by the Federal Police, Photo: Federal Police Directorate Sankt Augustin

Yesterday, Wednesday evening, a train attendant of a regional express called the federal police. One passenger refused to leave the train. He also did not comply with the request of the police officers and had to be brought to the station under duress.

In Aachen, a 34-year-old man boarded the Regional Express 1 to Cologne. When a German Railroad company train attendant in Langerwehe noticed that he did not have a valid ticket, he asked him to leave the train. However, the passenger ignored the employee’s order. The federal police were then called, and they took him to Cologne Central Station. The Afghan only left the train under duress.He behaved extremely violently and unreasonably towards the emergency services. In the police station, the officers found a black “nunchaku” while searching his backpack. He also carried a hidden knife on his wrist. Both weapons were confiscated. Since he had no identity documents, he was arrested. The federal police initiated an investigation for illegal residence, violation of the weapons law and fare evasion. Further investigations will be conducted by the Cologne police.

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Berlin politicians now completely Islamized: Senator of Justice allows future female prosecutors to wear headscarves in court

For a crime taken to court – and the prosecutor wearing a headscarf? Suspected criminals, whether atheist, Jew or Christian, must now prepare themselves for this in Berlin. What was previously considered impossible, because the state is obliged to neutrality, is to come true in Berlin.

Responsible for this: Senator of Justice Dirk Behrendt (Greens). He causes thereby an éclat in the Red-Red-Green coalition. Wednesday, early evening in the Legal Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, incredulous amazement from the Social Democrats and the Opposition: Behrendt commented on the latest decision of the Federal Labor Court in Erfurt on the Berlin Neutrality Law.

A Muslim woman was awarded 5,129 euros in compensation for discrimination because she was not hired into the teaching profession in the state of Berlin because of her headscarf.

The Erfurt judges criticized: If a prospective teacher is rejected because of a headscarf according to the Berlin law, it must be justified more clearly, why the headscarf disturbs the school peace – an individual case decision.Senator for Schools Sandra Scheeres does not rule out filing a constitutional complaint against the latest ruling of the Federal Labor Court. She said this during question time in the Berlin House of Representatives on Thursday. “It is important to me that we have a neutral situation in the Berlin schools so that no conflicts are carried into the schools. We must do everything possible to ensure that we have a peaceful environment for the students,” said Scheeres. As soon as the verdict is available in writing, the next steps will be considered.She was “not satisfied” with the verdict. It was about a ban on religious signs as a whole, not just the headscarf. Scheeres emphasized that this was important in order to maintain peace at school. “If there are conflicts with a teacher, this has an impact on the pedagogical work of the entire college. I receive daily letters from teachers and school administrators that we should stick to this line.

Justice senator Behrendt draws completely different conclusions in contrast to Scheeres – although the Federal judges did not explain the law itself explicitly for unconstitutional. And although the neutrality act continues to apply in the state of Berlin.

In the future, female legal trainees of Muslim faith will be allowed to read the bill of indictment in court wearing a headscarf. This was announced by Justice Senator Behrendt in the Legal Affairs Committee. The only restriction: In addition to the woman wearing the headscarf as prosecutor, the respective instructor is also to sit.And it must be clear to everyone in the courtroom: The prosecutor with head scarf is in training and is accompanied by a training public prosecutor, as Behrendt said. And in the same way also the representatives of Social Democrats (SPD) and Christian Democrats interpreted him.In the left-wing coalition, Behrendts decision is seen as arbitrary and as an affront. Social Democratic Party (SPD) legal expert Sven Kohlmeier told the Tagesspiegel newspaper: “Here we as a coalition must find a unified line. Dirk Behrendt’s going it alone is not good”.

Christian Democratic legal expert Sven Rissmann accuses the Senator of Justice of “wanting to create facts”. A headscarf for civil servants, especially in the core area of state power in the judiciary and police, is politically and socially unwanted.

In the Social Democratic Party (SPD) the fear of the consequences of the Behrendt-decision is spreading: Can a public prosecutor be banned from wearing a headscarf in the future if she was already allowed to wear a headscarf during her preparatory service as a prosecutor and as a civil servant on probation?Also the opposition factions of Free Democratic Party (FDP) and AfD say: Behrendt tears down legal and institutional firewalls on his own. In the currently heated debate between the Left and Right, the decision could lead to additional radicalization.The Red, Red and Green government coalition is divided anyway after the decision of the Federal Labor Court. The Social Democratic Party (SPD) insists on the state’s obligation of neutrality – especially in court or with the police. The Social Democrats fear that the political floodgates could open.The Greens, on the other hand, see teachers wearing headscarves as a sign for the future in multicultural Berlin – so that children learn to “deal with diversity and difference”. This includes a “diverse faculty” in the schools. The realities at the schools are intended to create acceptance “in society as a whole”.For the Greens and the Left, the previous neutrality act goes against the grain. After the Erfurt ruling, they are demanding an amendment – because of the goal of anti-discrimination. Also senator of justice Behrendt had criticized the law repeatedly. “In the multi-religious society it must be about what someone has in his head and not on his head,” he twittered.Curiously, while parts of the left and the Greens are celebrating the verdict of the federal labor judges, other parts of the two parties are complaining about the return of religion in the state. Especially since Christianity is losing influence in Berlin. Not even a quarter of the citizens of Berlin belong to one of the two Christian churches. In contrast, Islam is gaining influence.Civil servants in the civil service are required to uphold neutrality in their job – politically and ideologically-religiously. Therefore Behrendts initiative also deals with the question: Should civil servants be allowed to openly display their faith to citizens? Or rather, to put it more bluntly: Is it still possible to place a judge with a headscarf in the courtroom despite the obligation of neutrality? Or a policewoman with a headscarf in employment? So far, this is not allowed.

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Germany: Syrian greengrocer sets his own store on fire and accuses alleged xenophobes for having done so

A food retailer has to spend three years in prison. The district court of Hagen considers it proven that the 35-year-old set fire to his store in Wetter in 2018 to get insurance money and donations.The apparent fate of Mohammad Moussa A. caused a stir in Wetter in 2018. An arson attack on a Syrian greengrocer. Before that, he had received threatening letters, the grocer claimed at the time.

It was he himself who publicly declared that the attack was xenophobic. The people believed him and so there has been a great wave of helpfulness in Wetter since April 2018. Many schools and clubs donated to the family of the trader. Volunteers helped rebuild the store.

Civil society had sent out clear signals against xenophobia with numerous events, and politicians were also present: Mayors and the entire city council came across party lines to express their solidarity with the man.

The sad truth was that the Syrian who fled to Germany in 2015 had set the fire himself. The Hagen district court is convinced of this and sentenced him to three years in prison: Faking a crime, fraud, minor and grievous bodily harm, according to the verdict.

The investigators found out about him because he claimed to have been in Gelsenkirchen at the time of the crime. In fact, however, he was at the scene of the crime before the fire department and carried propane gas bottles from his burning store.In addition, it was striking that a fuse had been turned off, thus switching off the lights and video surveillance. – The man finally got entangled in more and more contradictions. To make matters worse, he had obtained social benefits amounting to several tens of thousands of euros by fraud and threatened and also beat other people.

In Wetter many are shocked since the judgement. For example, local resident Rilana Avranidis. She lives on the second floor directly above the former greengrocer’s store. In 2018 she was surprised by the fire at night. She and her two children suffered smoke poisoning and had to be taken to hospital. Later she helped the trader with the reconstruction.

Today, the mother of two realizes: The man was obviously not concerned about the life of her family when he set fire to his store. The district court in Hagen speaks of a “selfish motivation”.

The case is also a bitter disappointment for the civic association “Wir in Wetter”. The association had organized many campaigns for the Syrian and for more cosmopolitanism after the fake attack.

And fell for a swindler who misused his ethnicity to stage himself as the victim of a xenophobic attack. Not only did he collect the insurance sum of more than 30,000 euros. He also collected donations of several thousand euros.The association “Wir in Wetter” wants to continue with its work for more cosmopolitanism. Now more than ever, they think. So that the case of the fraudster and arsonist does not harm others who really need help.

https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/syrer-wetter-lebensmittelhaendler-prozess-urteil-100.html

” Mediterranean man” knocks down priest during the service and shouts “Whore Maria” in Berlin, Germany

My God, now the German mainstream media is even disguising anti-Christian violence as “anti-religious” as if this most likely Muslim attacker had also desecrated a mosque.This is what the tabloid BILD reports about the attack on a priest during the service:

What kind of godless man is this, who knocks down a priest with his fist during mass?

In the St. Joseph Church in the street Müllerstraße (Berlin district Wedding) the service last Sunday was already being held for about 30 minutes, when a man, who until then had been sitting quietly, got up and spat into the church. “Afterwards he is said to have walked purposefully to the altar room and in the meantime loudly expressed himself hostile to religion,” the police reconstructed after witness statements.”Whore Maria”, he is said to have yelled. Arriving at the front, he knocked down the 61-year-old priest, holder of the papal honorary title, ” Monsignore,” with a fist punch.Immediately afterwards, the unknown man grabbed the Bible and tore out several pages from it. The 56-year-old brother (of the priest, Ed.) rushed to the aid of the beaten man. The attacker knocked him down with the Bible and then fled from the church.According to the police, the attacker is a Mediterranean type of man, about 30 to 40 years old. Strong figure, about 1.80 meters tall. The State Security is investigating.

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Germany: Afghan man sexually harasses 13-year-old girl

Police officers arrested yesterday, Monday, a 26-year-old man suspected of sexually harassing a 13-year-old girl. The suspect approached the girl around 7:20 a.m. in the Sommerrain district of Stuttgart and suddenly grabbed her breast. The 13-year-old girl then changed sides of the street, whereupon the 26-year-old followed her and grabbed her breast again.The girl ran home and told her mother what happened.The suspect could be investigated. Police officers arrested him at his home address around 08.45 a.m. In the course of today’s Tuesday, the 26-year-old Afghan was brought before the judge in charge, who issued and executed the arrest warrant requested by the public prosecutor’s office in Stuttgart.

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