Month: November 2022
Great Britain: Shaima Dallali is sacked as president of the country’s largest student union after an investigation proves her anti-Semitism. Her response: “I always knew it would be difficult being a black and Muslim woman”
Shaima Dallali has been sacked as president of the National Union of Students (NUS) after a months-long independent investigation into allegations of antisemitism, the NUS has confirmed.
After being suspended from her role at the end of August, it is understood that the organisation has decided to dismiss her for gross misconduct.
In a statement, the student organisation said: “Following the independent KC-led investigation into allegations of antisemitism, specifically into the then-President Elect under the NUS Code of Conduct, an independent panel has found that significant breaches of NUS’ policies have taken place. As per this finding, we have terminated the President’s contract.”
The NUS added: “We are sorry for the harm that has been caused and we hope to rebuild the NUS in an inclusive way – fighting for all students as we have done for the past 100 years.”
It is thought to be the first time in the 100-year history of the national student organisation that a president has been suspended or fired.
In a statement, the Union of Jewish Students said: “UJS respects the decision of the National Union of Students to dismiss their President. Antisemitism in the student movement goes beyond the actions of any one individual and this case is a symptom of a wider problem.
“Jewish students across the country will be asking how an individual deemed unfit for office by NUS was elected in the first place. We await the findings of the substantive inquiry into NUS’ treatment of Jewish students.”
Chloe Field, VP of Higher Education, will step up as acting chair of the NUS UK Board and will push for more support for students amid the cost of living crisis, the NUS confirmed.
Robert Halfon, a government minister in the Department for Education, tweeted: “Antisemitism is abhorrent and I welcome this verdict from the NUS.
“However, this is only the first step in addressing antisemitism allegations within the organisation and am very keen to see further action that they are taking concerns from Jewish students seriously
Dallali, 27, was elected to lead the NUS for a two-year term from July after being elected by delegates at the organisation’s national conference in March.
It then emerged that Dallali had posted provocative comments such as “Khaybar Khaybar O Jews… Muhammad’s army will return Gaza” – a reference to a 628 massacre. She has apologised for the 2012 tweet, saying she was now “a different person”.
In material passed to the JC earlier this year by researchers at Labour Against Antisemitism, it was revealed that she had labelled a cleric critical of Hamas a “dirty Zionist” and posted a video of anti-Israel protesters calling for an intifada.
And in a 2018 article, she praised Muslim Brotherhood cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi – who was expelled from Britain, America, France and Germany – calling him the “moral compass for the Muslim community at large”.
The JC revealed in May that government ministers were demanding an investigation after it emerged that Dallali’s election may have been invalid because she failed to commit to the International Holocaust Remembrance Association (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
Facing huge public pressure, the NUS then announced in May that it had appointed Rebecca Tuck KC to conduct an independent investigation into Dallali, as well as allegations of institutional antisemitism at the organisation.
In an interview with the Guardian, Dallali said she welcomed the independent investigation, saying it was “the right thing to do. I know quite a few Jewish students feel alienated. This is the first step to start bridging the gap and reaching out to Jewish students and ensuring that Jewish students feel like they have a place in NUS.”
Just hours after her suspension as president on 24 August, Dallali posted on Twitter: “Don’t ever believe that an organisation is ‘progressive’ or cares about justice before finding out how they treat women of colour and/or Muslim women. Many enable oppression and Islamophobia. They will punish us for daring to be political and make us believe it’s our fault.”
Two weeks later, Dallali posted a lengthy thread on Twitter: “I always knew it would be difficult being a Black, Muslim woman in the public eye but the racist and Islamophobic abuse I have been subjected to and death threats I have received since becoming NUS president are not ok.
“I came into this role with so much hope and enthusiasm to build on the amazing work of the student movement and to serve students across the UK. Instead, I’ve been subjected to the most horrifying attacks on my character, my faith and my identity.
“No doubt, these attacks have taken a toll on my mental & physical health. But what keeps me going is the thousands of incredible students who elected me with an overwhelming majority. I was elected by them with the promise of serving them & that I would never give up on them.”
She went on to allege that “There are those working tirelessly to make sure that women who look like me never feel welcomed or safe in public positions. I’m also working hard to make sure that no Black, Muslim women who assume this role in the future has to ever experience what I’ve experienced.
“I am proud to be Black. I’m proud to be Muslim and I’m proud to be serving students across the country who are facing some of the most difficult challenges that students have ever had to face.”
The union has been engulfed by an antisemitism crisis with Jewish students citing a climate of fear on campus.
In May, the government announced it was cutting ties with NUS in the wake of accusations of “antisemitic rot at its heart”.
Announcing the move, the Department for Education cited “allegations of antisemitism, which have been well-documented and span several years”.
It noted that the allegations had caused “a feeling of insecurity amongst Jewish students across the country and a worry systemic antisemitism within the organisation is not being properly addressed”.
More and more German students are illiterate as mass immigration rises, schools ‘overwhelmed’
German students in the fourth grade are increasingly worse off in mathematics and German, with the negative trend playing out in every single German state, according to a new study published by the government. However, this drop-off in performance, which has hit its worst levels ever, is most dramatic among children with an immigrant background.
The “IQB Education Trend for 2021,” presented by the Institute for Quality in Education (IQB), shows that more and more elementary school students are failing to achieve even the minimum standards set by the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs in German and mathematics, which could have serious consequences not only for Germany’s education system, but also for the country’s future social and economic prospects.
Although the study does not attribute any one cause to the precipitous drop-off in standards, it points to immigration and coronavirus lockdown policies. The study also acknowledges that the worst results are from students with an immigrant background. An astounding 38 percent of all children in elementary schools in Germany have migrant backgrounds, pointing to the massive demographic shift already underway in the country. In cities like Hamburg, the majority of students have a migrant background.
The country’s radical immigration policy in place since 2016 has resulted in millions more migrants in the country, and many of those migrants have either brought their children or had children since they arrived in the country. Proponents of mass immigration once claimed that these new arrivals would be future “specialists,” such as doctors, lawyers, and engineers. However, the reality is that many of them arrived in Germany illiterate even in their own languages. In turn, many of them have children who also suffer from illiteracy.
Data from 2018 showed that nearly half of all migrants taking language tests for intermediate proficiency ended up failing, and the number of failures was increasing at the time. As Remix News previously reported, the data from the German government shows that many of the migrants who arrived in 2015 and 2016 featured incredibly low skill-sets, and the majority of them remain long-term unemployed or “looking for work” in 2022. Even among the former migrants who are employed and subject to social security contributions, 43.3 percent did not graduate high school. The proportion employed in low-skilled jobs is correspondingly high: 50.1 percent. This share has increased by 6.6 percentage points since January 2016, while the share of skilled workers, specialists, and experts continues to decline.
Given the circumstances, teachers struggle to teach children with a migrant background basic educational concepts, and even if the parents are engaged, they are often unable to provide their own children much in terms of educational aid. While native ethnic German children also are performing worse than they did five years ago, children with an immigrant background are performing even worse in relation to the five-year benchmark. This has led to a widening educational gap between both groups over the last five years.
The coronavirus crisis is also being fingered as a factor in the drop in student abilities, daily Die Welt writes. According to the paper, “the decline in skills in Germany overall since 2016 corresponds to a reduction in learning time of about one-third of a school year in reading, half a school year in listening, one-fourth of a school year in spelling, and one-fourth of a school year in math.”
Data was collected from 26,844 students between April and August 2021, just after the Corona-related lockdown, with IQB chief Petra Stanet saying there is some evidence the Covid-19 lockdowns and remote learning standards played a role in “unfavorable trends.”
Overall, almost 19 percent of students failed to meet the minimum standard in reading on average across Germany, including 30 percent in spelling. In mathematics, 22 percent of students did not meet the minimum standard.
Morocco: Controversy after an Islamist preacher was arrested while fornicating with a divorced woman in a car
Another sex scandal for the bearded members of Al Adl Wal Ihsane. The first Jamaâ in charge of the Fes-Meknes region was arrested in a neighbourhood of the Ismaili capital while making love to a divorced woman.
According to informed sources, the criminal investigation department of the city of Meknes arrested the first leader of Al Adl Wal Ihsane for the Fes-Meknes region yesterday, late in the afternoon of October 31, 2022.
The accused, according to the same sources, was caught having sexual intercourse with a divorced woman in his car in a secluded place in one of the districts of Meknes.
Under the supervision of the competent public prosecutor’s office, the accused have been detained for the purpose of investigation until the judiciary will decide on their fate depending on the charges against them.
Al Adl Wal Ihsane, led by its Secretary General Mohamed Abbadi, has operated in Morocco for forty years. Founded by Abdeslam Yassine, the Islamist movement focuses mainly on preaching and proselytising.
To be continued…
Germany: Azerbaijani kills woman by shooting her in the head in the street in front of her son
Did he plot the gruesome act while travelling 590 kilometres by car from Chemnitz to Heide?
Shock in the idyllic North Sea town: A separated wife (37) was executed in front of her son (13)!
In the middle of the street in Heide in the district of Dithmarschen, a man (54) killed his wife with a shot to the head at 2.22 pm on Monday afternoon.
The 37-year-old woman from Chemnitz was walking with her 13-year-old son on the pavement in Klaus-Groth-Straße in Heide when a Skoda suddenly stopped next to her, the passenger got out and abruptly shot at her.
The woman collapsed and lay lifeless on the pavement. The shooter got back into the car, but a short time later he was driven to the police station and turned himself in. He is the 54-year-old husband and father of the 13-year-old. The spouses were currently separated.
The family from Azerbaijan had been living in Chemnitz. After the separation, mother and son moved to Heide in September.
On Monday, the husband drove from Chemnitz to Heide in a car with an acquaintance, probably with the cruel intention of brutally murdering his wife.
An eyewitness immediately rushed to the victim who was lying on the ground and could hardly recognise her face. The pensioner said : “There was blood everywhere. I approached the woman, held her hand and told her that if she can understand me, she should press. She did not press.”
The woman was taken to the West Coast Hospital in Heide by an alarmed emergency doctor, where she died as a result of her severe injuries. The 13-year-old son suffered a shock and is currently still being treated in hospital. The Youth Welfare Office is involved and is clarifying the further care of the child.
A police spokeswoman confirmed to the newspaper BILD: “This was a relationship crime.”
After dropping the shooter off at the police station, the driver (33) drove off again. However, police officers were able to stop him and also took him to the police station for questioning.
The killer will be brought before the magistrate and is in custody. Homicide unit K1 from Itzehoe is investigating the husband. The murder weapon was seized.
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Pedobook
Austria’s anti-immigration, anti-sanctions Freedom Party now tied for 1st place in polls
As Europe faces the twin challenges of an economic and immigration crisis, parties across Europe known for their strong stance against mass migration are seeing a massive boost in popularity, and Austria is no different. Now, a new poll shows the conservative Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) tying for the top spot for the first time since 2017.
This summer, the left-wing SPÖ was still leading in all the polls by up to 8 percentage points, but the party is currently suffering a substantial drop in support, according to a wave of new polls, including one from the Lazarsfeld Society which shows the FPÖ party, led by Herbert Kickl, is now tied for first place with the SPÖ at 26 percent. In second is the conservative ÖVP at 21 percent, which currently rules the country in a coalition with the Green Party, which is at 11 percent.
It is also not the only poll showing the FPÖ jumping in popularity, with Politico’s poll of polls putting the FPÖ within two points of the SPÖ.
As Remix News previously reported, the left-wing SPÖ performed poorly in regional elections in Tyrol, while the FPÖ outperformed, with the results there serving as a bellwether for the rest of the nation. However, since that vote last month, the immigration crisis facing the country has only worsened, and the parties in power have shown that they have few solutions to halt uncontrolled immigration into the country.
“Austria is currently heavily burdened by illegal migration. The contribution that we are making in Europe is disproportionately high. The EU’s migration policy has failed. There is still no strong protection of the European Union’s external borders, and the reality of the problem is being ignored,” the ÖVP leader, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, said earlier this month to Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung.
Austria had already received more than 56,000 asylum applications as of August and experts expect a new record of applications this year, even dwarfing the refugee crisis in 2015 and 2016.
FPÖ is only major party against Russia sanctions
However, it is not only the migrant wave that is driving support for the FPÖ. The party has been aggressively calling for an end to sanctions on Russia, even demanding a referendum on ending all sanctions be held.
“It’s finally time to appear in the EU and say: These sanctions harm us much more than Putin. Our people have to foot the bill for them,” said deputy FPÖ chairwoman Dagmar Belakovich in the plenary session of the National Council.
The party’s leader, Herbert Kickl, has also pointed to the absolute necessity of Russian energy for Austria’s households and businesses. Inflation surged to 10.5 percent in September, mostly due to soaring energy prices.
“If you were honest, you would have to say to the population: We can’t do without this Russian oil and gas for a long time,” said Kickl. “We need this cheap energy for households, for heating, for cooking, for hot water, for manufacturing companies.” He has argued that the government cannot compensate for this.
In another worrying sign for the ruling government, 40 percent of Austrians want new elections, with only 20 percent of those surveyed currently considering the government’s cooperation to be “stable and good.”
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Germany has seen a similar bump in its polling numbers over the same issues of migration and sanctions, although its rise has not been as quite as dramatic. The FPÖ ultimately faces fewer obstacles to power in Austria, with far more support from the populace as well as a history of governing in coalitions in the past.