Since Corona and the beginning of the Ukraine war, the number of Austrians who are skeptical about the EU and are in favor of leaving the Union has increased significantly. It is becoming more and more apparent that the Eurocrats in Brussels are not helping to solve the current problems, but are exacerbating them or even causing them in the first place.
Austrians are increasingly skeptical about the EU and its actions. Even Paul Schmidt, Secretary General of the Austrian Society for European Policy (ÖGfE) had to admit this on the occasion of the latest survey on EU opinion trends. The number of citizens who are in favor of leaving the EU has risen by a full 19 percent since the Corona pandemic and has therefore more than doubled in the past few years.
At least 27 percent of Austrians are now in favor of an Öxit while 9 percent answered the question with a “don’t know” or did not want to give any information. That is more than a third of the population. By way of comparison: In 2019, only 8 percent voted in favor of leaving – a historic low at the time.
In return, the number of supporters of the European Union has fallen significantly. In 2019 (even before the pandemic) a whole 75 percent were in favor of EU membership, while it is now 64 percent, i.e. not even two thirds.
In the 66 surveys on the matter that have taken place since 1995, the highest number of EU supporters was in 1999 at 82 percent. In 2008, during the financial crisis, their number hit a low of 59 percent “ Pessimism about the future, mixed with loss of prosperity and disenchantment with politics, however, created a despondent mood. A long-lasting war, further escalation in hostilities and concerns about an adequate energy supply are also putting European unity to the test,” Schmidt said in response to the results of the survey.
The EU has effectively shown that a completely failed monetary policy by the ECB together with self-imposed energy sanctions form the basis for massive inflation.
Anti-Semitic attack in the middle of Cologne city centre!
Around 7 pm on Friday, a shop detective confronted a suspected thief ( aged 27) in front of a shop on Schildergasse. He overpowered him, asked passers-by for assistance.
An Iraqi wearing a kippa ( aged 22) came to his aid – at which point one of two Syrian suspects allegedly insulted him with reference to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The other one allegedly hit him in the face with his fist.
The alleged thug was arrested and released on Saturday morning. He is being investigated for assault.
The police are still searching for the second person involved in the crime, who is living in Bremen. The State Security Service is investigating him for insult and incitement of the people.
Karnataka High Court said in case of Muslim girl’s marriageable age, POCSO Act will override personal law (Image: twitter)
Amid the ongoing demand for Uniform Civil Code in the country, the Karnataka High Court has ruled that marriage of a minor Muslim girl is invalid because it violates the POCSO Act, even though the Muslim Personal Law allows the marriage of Muslim girls above 15 years of age. The Karnataka High Court rejected a defendant’s argument in a case involving a minor Muslim girl that suggested a Muslim girl’s marriage upon attaining puberty, i.e. the age of 15 years, will not go against the Prohibition Of Child Marriage Act, 2006. Justice Rajendra Badamikar observed that The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act overrides the personal law. As per the act, the legal age for any woman to get involved in sexual activities is 18 years.
The #KarnatakaHighCourt has REJECTED the argument that a minor Muslim girl's marriage on attaining #puberty will not contravene 'Child Marriage Act'.
"POCSO Act is a Special Act and it overrides personal law. Under #POCSOAct, the age for involving in sexual activities is 18 yrs" pic.twitter.com/R63jZrK1ry
The High Court said that POCSO is a Special Act and it overrides the personal law which is based on Sharia Law. As she was found to be minor, the police filed a case against her husband, and he was arrested.
Seeking bail, the man had contended that he has not violated any law because under Mohammedan Law, girls who have attained puberty are considered eligible for marriage, and 15 years of age is normally accepted as the age of puberty. The man had argued that since the girl has attained puberty, he had violated the Child Marriage Restraint Act.
The case was related to a 17-year-old Muslim girl who had gone to a primary health centre for a medical checkup, where she was found to be pregnant. As per reports, on June 16, 2022, the victim approached Primary Health Care for a medical check-up, where it was found that she was pregnant. She informed the healthcare officials that she was 17 years old. A complaint was filed in the matter by the Sub-Inspector of Police at KR Puram Police Station against the accused.
The counsel of the accused sought bail from the High Court and argued that under Mohammedan Law, puberty is considered while determining the age of the marriage, and normal puberty age is treated as 15 years. Thus, the counsel requested bail stating the girl had attained puberty, and there was no basis for the case under Sections 9 and 10 of the Child Marriage Restrain Act.
The Court was not satisfied with the argument and stressed that POCSO is a Special Act and it overrides the personal law. As per the POCSO Act, the age for being involved in sexual activities is 18 years.
However, after making this observation, the court granted bail to the man considering that the woman is aged 17 years, capable of understanding things, and there was no evidence that she had objected to the marriage.
As the girl was of 17 years when she approached the health care officials and she was capable of understanding things, it was prima-facie clear that she was also a consenting party though she was under the influence of her parents.
The Court said, “Admittedly, the petitioner is the husband of the victim and looking at these facts and circumstances, there is no serious dispute regarding the marriage as the petitioner himself has produced the relevant documents before the Trial.” Bail was granted to the accused on a personal bond for a sum of Rs 1,00,000.
Multiple courts stated that Muslim girls could marry at the age of 15
The Karnataka High Court’s judgement saying POCSO oversides Personal Law is significant because, in the past, several High Courts have ruled that marriage of Muslim girls above 15 years of age or those who have attained puberty is legal as per Muslim Personal Law, which is based on Sharia Law.
In a recent such judgement, the Punjab and Haryana High Court said that a Muslim female aged 15 years and above can legally marry a person of her choice on her own consent and willingness. On October 28, Punjab and Haryana Court reaffirmed that a Muslim girl who reaches the age of 15 can marry whoever she wants, and such a marriage would not violate the Prohibition of Child Marriage (PCM) Act. Notably, according to the personal laws in Islam (Sharia), the age of attaining puberty is 15.
The High Court also reassured that Muslim girls will continue to be governed by Islamic personal laws. The Court had added that such a marriage would not contradict the terms of Section 12 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006.
However, the Supreme Court will be examining the matter on the petition filed by the National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), challenging the said judgement.
In June 2012, Delhi High Court had said in a judgment that a Muslim girl could marry a person of her choice at the age of 15 if she had attained puberty.
In December 2014, Gujarat High Court said that the marriageable age of Muslim girls was 15 years and above.
In December 2021, Punjab and Haryana Court had asked the authorities to provide protection to a 17-year-old girl who had married a 33-year-old Muslim man suggesting that as per Islamic law, a girl above the age of 15 can marry a person of her choice.
Nothing could better symbolize the deflating bubble of green madness that gripped Germany than the following from Lawrence Richard of Fox Business:
A German energy company is dismantling a wind farm to allow for an adjacent coal mine to expand its operations, officials said.
The German coal mine Garzweiler, operated by energy company RWE, admits the situation appears to be “paradoxical” — sacrificing one energy source for another — but defended the decision as necessary to strengthen supplies amid the ongoing energy crisis, Oilprice.com reported.
“We realize this comes across as paradoxical,” RWE spokesperson Guido Steffen said in a statement. “But that is as matters stand.
It’s not “paradoxical” at all, it is practical. Germany needs reliable energy now that the comfortable reserve capacity supplied by massive Russian natural gas imports is no longer available to pick up the slack when the wind isn’t blowing, or is blowing so hard that the windmills need to shut down.
The practical necessity of hydrocarbon-based power (I like to call it “organic power,” not “fossil fuel” because it is based on organic chemistry) is obvious now that freezing to death is in prospect for huge numbers of Europeans this winter. Dr. Johnson’s immortal epigram could be updated to substitute freezing to death for hanging”
“Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to freeze to death in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”
Fox Business continues:
The expansion comes in tandem with a plan to temporarily return three of RWE’s lignite-fired coal units to the market, a decision that was approved by Germany’s cabinet. The units were previously on standby.
,RWE (originally Rheinisch-Westfälisches Elektrizitätswerk) is a giant among public utilities, ranked as the 292nd largest publicly-owned company in the world in 2020. It serves the most populous and most densely-populated German state, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine Westphalia), which includes Western Europe’s fourth-largest metropolitan area, the Rhine-Ruhr.
So far, no one has bothered to estimate how many birds’ lives will be saved by taking down the bird blenders masquerading as somehow green. Wind farms are located on the path of the wind currents that migrating birds follow, making them especially deadly for our avian friends.
Owing to Germany’s fanatical embrace of the green religion, RWE already is Europe’s third-largest producer of renewable power… at least until more wind- and solar-powered installations are dismantled.
As SF’s gay bars closed at 2 am, two gay men met in a bar and went home together. Happens every night in the City by the Bay. Except one of these two men, was married to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
It’s been a rumor for years in SF that Paul Pelosi is gay. David Depape is said to be a Castro Nudist. “The lunatic who allegedly assaulted Paul Pelosi is a Berkeley resident and a ‘Former Castro Nudist Protester’.
Sweden – Five young asylum seekers were arrested by Malmö police on Saturday night when they raped a woman.
At around 11pm on Saturday night, Malmö police received a call reporting that a gang rape was in progress at a playground right next to the Cosmopol casino in Kungsparken in the centre of Malmö.
Thanks to the presence of a patrol on duty in the vicinity while on patrol, four of the perpetrators were caught in the act. The fifth was arrested some time later.
According to court documents, the four alleged rapists are migrants from Syria, while the fifth suspect is a stateless migrant, which is usually synonymous with Palestinian.
Adham Al Sayasneh, born on May 27, 2005, Syrian national. Hussein Mashan, born on June 23, 2005, Syrian national. Tayssir Hedar, born September 16, 2007, Syrian national. Yamen Aldughaim, born January 1, 2006, Syrian national. Amer Tamem, born on October 18, 2004, stateless.
None of the five has a criminal record. However, a young Swedish woman filed a criminal complaint against Yamen Aldughaim in November last year because she had witnessed him as threatening and violent.
No information is available on the condition of the woman who was gang-raped and her injuries. The police are reticent to provide details about the incident, stating that “the investigation is at an early stage”. Samnytt.se
