Month: May 2022

Berlin clan seeks vigilante revenge after member stabbed to death, fears of a clan war grow

Relatives of Mohammed R., who was killed on May 1 in Berlin, have begun looking for the perpetrator themselves, raising fresh fears of a clan war.

The 25-year-old Mohammed R. identified as Mohammad Rabieh by German newspaper Bild, was stabbed to death in Volkspark Hasenheide during the folk festival on May 1. Since his killing, a photo showing the alleged perpetrator is circulating in relevant clan circles, and members of the clan are reportedly scouting out the suspected residential area of ​​​​the perpetrator in Kreuzberg.

During the May Day Festival, there was a dispute between Mohammed R.’s clan and another clan in front of a lottery booth. Mohammed R. is said to have pulled a gun during the argument. What happened after that is unclear, despite the large number of visitors to the folk festival. So far, only five people have responded to a police call for witnesses, but only gave general information. According to the police, it is certain that Mohammed R. was killed with multiple stab wounds.

Brother was also killed

In a sign of the high-profile nature of the murder, Rabieh has been identified as the younger brother of another clan member, 36-year-old Nidal R., killed in September 2018 at Tempelhofer Feld in an alleged can feud. The shooter in that case has never ben apprehended.

“We still cannot say anything about possible perpetrators and motives,” said the spokeswoman for the Berlin prosecutor’s office, Mona Lorenz. She did not want to confirm a dispute between hostile clans. “We do not participate in speculation about clan disputes as a background.” Mohammed R.’s older brother, Nidal R., was already the victim of alleged family quarrels three years ago.

Nidal R. is a previously convicted serial offender who was hit by several bullets and died a little later in the hospital. The act may have been an act of revenge after Nidal R. allegedly threatened and hit another criminal at a wedding party, prompting his clan to threaten retaliation.

A moment of silence

A moment of silence was broadcast from government authorities in the neighborhood of Neukölln, according to Berliner Zeitung.

“Today at 3:00 p.m., the May Days fesitival will observe a minute’s silence in memory of the person killed last night. #Neukoelln”

City councilor Falko Liecke, of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) said the minute of silence for a clan member with a gun is inappropriate. “I don’t think that’s a good thing in terms of the number of people killed,” he says. “No normal person goes to a folk festival with a gun.”

Suspect is on the loose

The suspect in the stabbing death of Mohammed R. and his accomplices escaped apprehension. The stolen getaway vehicle was later found burned out. It is unclear whether there is a connection with the shooting death of the Nidal R. Mohammed R.’s lawyer, Kristina Beulich, was concerned. “It’s bad for the mother that she has lost her second son by force,” she told Berliner Zeitung. Of the two brothers, he was the “more reflective and considerate.”

https://rmx.news/germany/berlin-clan-seeks-vigilante-revenge-after-member-stabbed-to-death-fears-of-a-clan-war-grow/

German Interior Minister: Citizens should start hoarding emergency supplies

Against the background of the Ukraine war, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser advised citizens to take survivalist precautions in the event of a crisis. In 2019, mainstream Christian Democratic Union members who supported survivalist networks, were however denounced as “neo-Nazis”.

“Think, for example, of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure,” the SPD politician told German business daily the Handelsblatt.

“If the power goes out for a longer period of time or daily life is restricted in some other way, then it definitely makes sense to have an emergency supply at home.” In this context, Faeser referred to a list published by the Federal Office for Civil Protection.

At the same time, the minister emphasized the importance of civil protection, to which she gave “high priority”. “The turning point is clearly showing us that we have a considerable need for improvement when it comes to civil protection,” stressed the Minister of the Interior.

And she is evidently expecting things to go south quite soon: “We have to get up to speed here in order to be able to cope with the various crises – pandemics, the consequences of climate change, the dangers of war.”

It must be checked which protective measures would become necessary. This not only affects technical issues, “but also supplies for food, medicines or medical supplies”. There are still 599 nuclear shelters in Germany. There are also some that are used differently today. “It makes sense to reactivate some of them,” Faeser said.

At the same time, the minister warned of increased cyber attacks due to the war in Ukraine. “Hackers are obviously looking for vulnerabilities in order to install malware.” The protective measures against it were “significantly strengthened”. The Bundeswehr ‘s cyber defense center is responsible for this.

Preppers in Saxony for example were ridiculed not long ago – in 2021 – by the UK’s Economist as conspiracy theorists. When Robert Möritz, a member of the mainstream CDU’s executive committee in Anhalt-Bitterfeld, confirmed that he was a member of Uniter, a private prepper network for active and former soldiers and security personnel, leftists indignantly called him a “neo-Nazi”.

https://freewestmedia.com/2022/05/04/german-interior-minister-citizens-should-start-hoarding-emergency-supplies/

Eurabia: In its ” Inspirational Guide to Celebrate the European Diversity Month”, the European Commission depicts a woman with a prominent religious sign, an Islamic veil

Guide d’inspiration pour célébrer le mois européen de la diversité (PDF)
Let’s build a more inclusive society together!

European Diversity Month is taking place across the EU in May. We are calling on businesses and organisations across Europe to join us, the European Commission, in highlighting the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and society through events and activities throughout the month of May.

Building bridges in 2022

This year’s theme is “Building Bridges”. Build bridges between organisations and policy areas that address inclusion and diversity (ethnicity, gender, age, etc.).

We encourage you to build partnerships with NGOs, government institutions, other businesses or civil society to work together to promote diversity. We would also like you to build bridges between the different aspects of diversity and ensure that your strategies and activities are more intersectional. […]EUdiversity2022.eu

https://www.fdesouche.com/2022/05/03/guide-dinspiration-pour-celebrer-le-mois-europeen-de-la-diversite-la-commission-europeenne-met-en-scene-une-femme-portant-un-signe-religieux-ostensible-un-voile-islamique/

Imam enslaves his wife bought in Morocco in Italy: “This is our culture”

He took away all freedom from his wife by restricting her to stay in the house: She was not allowed to go out with her friends or wear western clothes, and when she had guests, she was not allowed to sit at the table with the others, but had to eat in a separate room. She couldn’t even decide what to watch on TV or what to prepare for dinner. When she tried to rebel, she was beaten and insulted by her husband. Now the man, a 40-year-old Moroccan imam who is very attached to the ancient customs of his country, has been sentenced in Italy to two years and three months in prison. For the judges, his behaviour constitutes the offence of ill-treatment in the family.

Prosecutor Barbara Badellino had asked for a sentence of two years: In the indictment, she had stressed that it was a “case in which the cultural and religious aspect plays a predominant role”. We are confronted with behaviour that may seem normal in Arab culture, but not in our country. In short, the judge said, it was a case of “conduct relevant to criminal law”. The Moroccan, who is being defended by lawyer Federico Schettini, is accused of abusing his wife and children, especially the eldest child, aged 11, who is said to have been beaten several times. The victim, now 47, was 30 years old when her family “arranged” her marriage to the accused: The wedding took place in Morocco in 2005, then the couple moved to Italy. In the courtroom, the woman described the deprivations, humiliations and insults she had suffered during her marriage.

Then the prosecutor pointed out that “she had no say, was not given autonomy and was forced to wear shapeless clothes and a veil. Her husband always imposed his will and beat her with slaps and punches”. During the trial, several witnesses, mostly friends of the accused, tried to play down the situation by describing the archaic customs of their country. VoxNews

https://unser-mitteleuropa.com/imam-versklavt-in-marokko-gekaufte-frau-das-ist-unsere-kultur/

Can Germany feed itself? War in Ukraine leads to worries about empty supermarket shelves

A knock-on effect on European consumers of the crisis unfolding in Ukraine is the now short supply of products such as flour and sunflower oil on German supermarket shelves.

While energy has become noticeably more expensive and reached previously unimaginable heights, another key consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been seen on the world market for necessities such as wheat and maize.

Ukraine is a crucial exporter of agricultural products and the country covers 11.5 percent of wheat exports and 17 percent of maize exports globally.

However, the question then becomes, what can German agriculture do to mitigate this crisis. Environmental protection measures as well as restrictions on the application of fertilizer have placed burden’s on the country’s agricultural sector, which means the country can export less and has to import more.

On the other hand, the productivity of agricultural land has increased massively in the past few decades. In the 1950s, 2.6 tons of wheat was produced per hectare of cultivated land — today, the national average is 8.1 tons in the same area.

Nevertheless, the increase in productivity is currently stagnating, and the technical possibilities for further increasing yields seem to have been exhausted for the time being. The population has increased from 69.5 million in 1950 to 83 million in 2020, which has subsequently increased the demand for agricultural products. Productivity may have initially increased, but this is offset by a sharp decline in agricultural land. Between 1992 and 2021 alone, the farming area in Germany fell by around 1.45 million hectares. That corresponds to a reduction from 54.8 to 50.6 percent. Figuratively speaking, this is roughly the area of ​​the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, the Junge Freiheitnews outlet has reported.

In the same period, the degree of self-sufficiency in the federal republic of all food produced fell from 98 to 88 percent. The scale shows how much domestic agriculture can meet the population’s needs. Nature conservation and compensation measures are not the primary reasons for the constant loss of land, but the expansion of settlement and traffic areas or renewable energies and infrastructure are.

Germany is a net importer of agricultural products

Today, the daily loss of agricultural land is around 52 hectares per day — that corresponds to almost 73 soccer fields. The Federal Government’s unambitious “German Sustainability Strategy” envisages reducing the daily loss of land to 30 hectares by 2030. Compared to the growing global demand for agricultural products, this value is set too low. With a degree of self-sufficiency of 144 percent, the state can still cover the demand for potatoes, corn, and grain, however, this figure is 19.9 and 37 percent for fruit and vegetables.

Except for the potato, the production of arable crops over the German population’s requirements is significantly low, especially given unforeseen events. The drought summers of 2018 and 2019 provided a lesson in Germany’s limitations when grain production fell by 10 percent.

Germany is already a net importer of agricultural products — imports, therefore, exceed exports. Currently, the difference between the import and export of products is €14 billion. That is already €4 billion more than in 2010.

From 2023 there is a risk of further tightening

The situation will probably worsen further from 2023 onwards. The EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform prescribes a 4 percent flat rate set aside. The only exceptions to this are small farms which cover an area of ​​fewer than 10 hectares. Smaller farms of that size only account for around 2 percent of agricultural land in Germany and therefore this figure is not significant.

Even without unforeseen damaging events, the supply of the Federal Republic could no longer be guaranteed to a large extent by German agriculture alone. Dependence on agricultural imports will increase as a result.

The constantly growing world population and an increase in extreme weather conditions make arable farming increasingly difficult in many parts of the world, and thus the daily loss of agricultural land must be reduced as quickly as possible. Germany has excellent arable land and climatic conditions that ensure high-yield harvests. However, a rising population and efforts to reduce Germany’s farm land present significant risks going into the future.

https://rmx.news/article/can-germany-feed-itself-war-in-ukraine-leads-to-worries-about-empty-supermarket-shelves/

Germany: North Africans spray pepper spray and beat passers-by with telescopic batons

A total of four unknown men approached a group of people standing in front of a hotel on Karolinenplatz square in Darmstadt on Sunday night ( May 1st) at around 4.15 a.m. One of the men then abruptly sprayed pepper spray into the group. Two other attackers hit a 23-year-old man with telescopic batons, injuring him. The 23-year-old man had to be treated for his injuries. In total, eight women and men aged between 20 and 24 suffered minor injuries. The attackers then fled on foot in the direction of the Herrngarten. An immediate manhunt has so far been unsuccessful. The police are now investigating for dangerous bodily harm.

The suspects are all between 15 and 20 years old and, according to the witnesses, have a North African appearance. One of the attackers was wearing a black jacket with a fur collar, another is said to be corpulent and wearing light-coloured clothes.

Anyone who can provide relevant information is asked to contact the police in Darmstadt (police station 43) by calling 06151/969-0.

https://www.presseportal.de/blaulicht/pm/4969/5210387

Supreme Court decision deals historic blow to America’s pro-abortion lobby

According to a leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion, the nation’s top judges are preparing to strike down the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision and the subsequent 1992 Parenthood v. Casey decision, which guaranteed federal constitutional protections to abortion rights across the U.S.

A so-called draft majority opinion written by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, published by the news portal Politico, indicates the court has reached an initial majority against these historic rulings, and will repudiate them once the ruling is published. The decision can only take effect after its official publication, which is expected within two months.

Alito writes that “Roe and Casey must be overruled… It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” The draft opinion also states that “Roe’s survey of history ranged from the constitutionally irrelevant to the plainly incorrect,” and its reasoning was “exceptionally weak, and had damaging consequences.” Judge Alito concludes by saying that “a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions.”

It is not entirely clear if the leak by Politico represents the final decision of the court, but if published, this would without doubt cause a constitutional earthquake in the U.S. The ruling would, in practice, mean that every state could draft their own abortion legislation and these could not be overturned on a federal, constitutional basis. Analysts believe that although this would continue to permit abortions to any state whose elected legislature choose to do so, it would immediately lead at least some of the states in the south and Midwest to introduce bans and strict restrictions on abortion. Some Republican states recently moved towards stricter abortion laws, and are planning to ban all abortions after six weeks. The ruling by the Supreme Court would help them fend off new challenges to these restrictions. However, if this comes to fruition, in theory any state can introduce a flat ban on abortions.

After the document was leaked, some 200 people gathered in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. Hillary Clinton went on to complain on Twitter, calling the decision “outrageous.”

“This decision is a direct assault on the dignity, rights, & lives of women… It will kill and subjugate women even as a vast majority of Americans think abortion should be legal. What an utter disgrace,” the unsuccessful former Democratic presidential candidate wrote. Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar also wrote that “they’re literally stripping the women of this country of their rights. There are going to be state by state fights. There are going to be repercussions like never before.”

Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren went as far as calling the U.S. Supreme Court “extremists.”

“An extremist Supreme Court is poised to overturn #RoeVWade and impose its far-right, unpopular views on the entire country… We’re not going back — not ever.”

The industrial-scale abortion giant Planned Parenthood, which operates abortion clinics around the country, waded in to the debate, calling the decision “outrageous.”

“Tonight’s report makes clear that our deepest fears are coming true. We have reached a crisis moment for abortion access. We don’t have a moment to spare — we must act now,” they wrote. The abortion clinic has performed over 6 million abortions since 2000, and despite efforts of pro-life groups to defund the organization, they received $618.1 million in government funding in FY2020. In fact, the organization’s aggressive self-promotion is so pervasive that one typing “planned” into Google’s search engine will get the name of the organization as the first option.

Judging by the extreme reactions coming from the American far left, judge Alito was correct in saying that “Far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have inflamed debate and deepened division.”

Some also point to the fact that according to polls, some 70 percent of Americans are against overturning Roe v. Wade. Yet, these opinions ignore the fact that the mentioned poll was conducted in 2019, well before the power-grab of the U.S. radical left through the Biden administration, which has managed to use the issue of abortions for its sectarian political battles, and to divide and polarize society into sharply opposed factions.

https://rmx.news/usa/supreme-court-decision-deals-historic-blow-to-americas-pro-abortion-lobby/