In the middle of the political debate about the fight against Islamist terror, an Afghan threatened to kill Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP). The handcuffs have now clicked for the man in Tyrol. The 28-year-old is in custody, as the newspaper “Krone” has learned.
The threat came a few days ago as a direct message on Instagram. “Change or I’ll come to parliament and kill you,” wrote the 28-year-old asylum seeker. The Afghan has also been convicted of other criminal offenses. He was originally arrested for roughhousing in Telfs in Tyrol.
The suspect was then investigated by the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in close cooperation with regional police units and taken into custody because of his threat against the Chancellor. His explanation that the devil had written the message was of no use to him.
Nancy Faeser Photo: @NancyFaeser on X, 7 October 2023
Left-wing German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser does not intend to resign despite suffering a humiliating court defeat. The government-critical right-wing magazine Compact, which she banned last month for “inciting hatred” and “aggressively propagating the toppling of the political order,” has been allowed to resume its activities following a court ruling on Wednesday, August 14th.
The court claimed it had found evidence of the publication “violating human dignity” but said upholding a free press took precedence.
At a press conference on Thursday, August 15th, Faeser, responding to a question about whether she would resign, as demanded by some politicians, said her defeat in court was a “completely normal process” in a “state governed by the rule of law.” This was an interesting choice of words by the minister who, according to constitutional law experts, completely disregarded the rule of law by arbitrarily banning a publication without presenting any evidence of criminal violations.
Speaking of her actions, she said it is important to use instruments of a well-fortified democracy “against its enemies,” and that she would “continue to resolutely oppose the enemies of the constitution.” Similar rhetoric has been used against the second strongest force in German politics, the anti-globalist AfD party which has been designated as a “suspected extremist organisation” by domestic intelligence agency Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz.
The verdict by the court means that many mainstream politicians, who had rejoiced at the news of the ban, must now feel pretty embarrassed. Conservative publication Apollo Newscompiled a list of some of the lawmakers who had expressed their satisfaction with the ban.
Katja Mast, chief whip of the left-wing Social Democrats (SPD) in parliament, for instance, said: “Once again, Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser shows that she is taking action.” Apollo News commented that in a state governed by the rule of law, one cannot simply “take action,” but must adhere to the law and fundamental rights.
„Worten folgen Taten und Compact ist ein zentrales Sprachrohr der Rechtsextremen in Deutschland. Dahinter steckt ein großes Netzwerk, das seit Jahren strukturell daran arbeitet, unsere Demokratie zu zersetzen", begrüßt @KatjaMast das #Compact-Verbot durch Nancy Faeser. pic.twitter.com/6NZj9IdFWr
Another SPD politician, Andy Grote, interior minister for Hamburg, said he was very grateful to Faeser for “no longer having to endure this right-wing extremist hate paper.” He added: “The successful strike against Compact is a clear signal from the rule of law against its enemies.”
Konstantin von Notz, deputy leader of the Green party’s Bundestag group, said “we assume” that the authorities responsible have “very intensively” “examined and weighed up” the questions surrounding media law before they made their decision on banning Compact. Von Notz has—unsurprisingly—not yet commented on the ban being overturned by the court.
Even figures who are supposed to be responsible for upholding the law and protecting the constitution, like Stefan Kramer, president of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Thuringia, welcomed the ban, saying “it shows the resilience of democracy against its enemies.”
Politicians from the centre-right CDU also expressed feelings of euphoria, with Michael Stübgen, interior minister of Brandenburg, thanking the authorities for their “meticulous investigative work that contributed to the ban.” His party colleague, Roman Poseck, interior minister of Hesse, said “our constitutional state has today sent a clear signal against right-wing extremism, hostility to democracy and humanity.”
On today’s #NCFDeprogrammed, NCF Director Peter Whittle, Senior Fellows Rafe Heydel-Mankoo and Dr. Philip Kiszely and Amy Gallagher of Stand Up to Woke discuss the shocking stifling of free speech in Britain and the reaction of Elon Musk. Also, millions of Britons are now economically inactive and a net drain on the state.
Bad news for bathers. The commune of Eaunes in the Haute-Garonne department has been forced to close its new water playground, reports Actu. The municipal council announced that the site would have to be closed on Wednesday August 14 and Thursday August 15 due to the ‘current weather conditions and inappropriate behaviour and aggression towards staff’. Holidaymakers who wanted to cool off there would exceptionally not have access. (…) Le JDD
(…) closed its doors for 48 hours due to disorderly behaviour. Some visitors did not abide by the rules. The mayor agreed to close again (…).
Since the opening of this water playground in 2021, which is free and open to the public, the number of disorderly acts has steadily increased. The mayor denounces ‘people who come from outside the municipality, why not, but they should stick to the rules!’ (…).
He points the finger at visitors who enjoy the pleasures of water and splashing around dressed from head to toe.
‘That’s unhygienic and against the rules. I also think I recognise religious clothing, which goes against our principle of secularism. That’s intolerable,’ says the mayor of Eaunes, almost getting angry. He also can’t stand it when people attack his staff, ‘often young people of good will’, as he says. These young people also try to enforce compliance with the age limit of three years.
It’s complicated,’ says Erine, ’parents sometimes bathe their children in their own nappies. If you point this out to them, they sometimes get very angry. By the time tempers have calmed down, the temporary closure order will have had its effect. The reopening day this Friday went smoothly. Let’s hope it stays that way… La Dépêche
Following a dispute, a baker in Vénissieux announced that he would no longer produce pork products. Although Alexandre Dallery respects the fact that people do not eat pork, he criticised the event for being ‘too extreme’ in an interview with the newspaper ‘Le Parisien’.
He would have preferred it if the far-right had not adopted his publications. Following an altercation in his bakery in Vénissieux (Rhône), Alexandre Dallery announced on Friday that he would no longer be selling pork products. This decision was played up by the far right with Islamophobic undertones, with some of its representatives speaking of an ‘Islamised’ territory, a ‘caliphate’ or ‘Sharia law’.
Indeed, one of the shop assistants at La Verr’in Dallery Pittie, Alexandre Dallery’s bakery, had suggested a quiche with bacon cubes to two customers very early on Friday morning, as the entrepreneur told Le Parisien newspaper on Friday evening. Several minutes later, the two men returned to the restaurant ‘like furies’ and ‘very violent’ after discovering that their meal contained pork, which they had not been told was forbidden by their religion.
To avoid further mistakes, the bakery owner decided to continue his business without ‘bacon’. He said that while he understood that it could be ‘annoying’ to give Muslims a quiche with bacon, he still felt that ‘it had gone too far’. In a now-deleted comment on Facebook on Friday, Alexandre Dallery had spoken of ‘various pressure attempts for several months to produce Hallal’. Le Parisien
The two men of Muslim faith had settled down on the terrace, but ‘went into the shop, insulted us and threatened to set fire to the bakery. I was at the back baking bread, but I heard them. I immediately intervened and apologised, saying that a mistake could happen. If I hadn’t been there, they would probably have attacked my shop assistant’.
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Alexandre Dallery, an opposition councillor (LR) in Vénissieux, has decided not to press charges, but wants to denounce ‘a taboo subject’ in the town. For good reason, as he will no longer be there in two months’ time.
Following an attempted burglary, a tax audit, an audit by the Urssaf and an administrative closure in February this year for ‘serious breaches of hygiene regulations’, the baker has sold his shop in Vénissi, which alone employed 15 people.
One of these employees will soon take over the management of the business. ‘The other employees will continue to work here or with us in our other shops,’ he said.
The incident on Friday August 16 ‘was the straw that broke the camel’s back’, summarises Alexandre Dallery. Le Progrès
The founder of a local “LGBTQ+ Pride” organisation in England has been charged with a series of child sexual abuse offences, including the rape of a child and making indecent photographs of children.
Stephen Ireland, 40, the founder and former director of Pride in Surrey, and a former Pride in Surrey volunteer, David Sutton, 26, were arrested and charged this week by the Surrey Police over a series of alleged child sex abuse crimes.
The pair have been jointly charged with 15 offences, including conspiracy to sexually assault a child, conspiracy to kidnap a child, arranging the commission of a child sex offence, and conspiracy to administer a substance with intent, Police Surrey said in a statement.
Ireland has also been charged individually with a further 22 offences, including the rape of a child under 13, causing a child under 13 to engage in penetrative sexual activity, making indecent photographs of children, possession of prohibited images of children, and distributing indecent photographs of a child.
Meanwhile, Sutton has also been charged individually with a further seven offences, including making indecent photographs of children, possession of prohibited images of children, possession of an extreme pornographic image, and distributing indecent photographs of a child.
According to the police, all the alleged offences are said to have occurred between August 2022 and July 2024.
Pride in Surrey, a pro-LGBTQ+ non-profit based in the London suburb of Woking, states that its “mission” is to “celebrate the inclusion and diversity of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) culture and community.”
The group said that it was first made aware of the allegations on June 12th and that both Ireland and Sutton were “immediately suspended from the organisation” and Ireland was removed as director. They have both since been removed entirely from the organisation.
“Like all of you, we are appalled and horrified at the charges which have been brought against the two individuals. We will fully cooperate with Surrey Police in any way they require to ensure justice can be served,” Pride in Surrey said.
“The alleged victims and their families deserve justice, and our thoughts are with them at what is sure to be an incredibly difficult time.”
One of the things most associated with Great Britain is the pub culture. Seemingly, every novel has a scene in a pub or tavern where the locals gather, not to carouse or drink themselves into a silent, depressed stupor, but, instead, to come together as a community. It is a watering hole offering beer and whiskey—or, as some might say, the very water of life itself. But the UK’s new Labour government is not on board with this ancient culture. And importantly, it’s not waging a war to fight alcohol abuse; rather, it wants to keep Muslims happy.
“I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety.” – William Shakespeare
“There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.” – Samuel Johnson
“A good local pub has much in common with a church, except that a pub is warmer, and there’s more conversation.” – William Blake
Image by AI.
Before getting to the meat of this post, it’s important to make a point about gatherings where people can and do drink versus actually drinking. I’m a teetotaler, not out of principle, but because, having tried alcohol, I find the taste repugnant and the feeling unpleasant. Even though I don’t drink, though, I’ve spent many happy hours socializing with people in pubs, bars, and at parties where others imbibe. It’s entirely possible not to drink around people who are drinking.
That, of course, is not Islam’s way. Muslims have no concept of a free, pluralist society. If Muslims can’t drink, nobody drinks.
Recall the Minnesota taxi drivers in 2007 who refused to drive people carrying closed bottles of alcohol. Back then, the city cracked down on those drivers. I’m pretty sure that if the Muslims in Minnesota were to try the same tactic in 2024, they’d be met with a more accommodating response.
London, like Minnesota, is a very Muslim city. Roughly 15% of the population in 2021 identified as Muslim, and I bet that it’s a lot higher now, given that the Muslim influx hasn’t stopped or even slowed.
Dr. Peter Hammond has pointed out that, by the time the Muslim population is over 10%, it’s proselytized, demanded halal food in markets and public accommodations (they get their halal, but you don’t get your alcohol), pushed the government to implement Sharia laws, and increasingly used violence to force these demands to be met—all while Muslims are actually a very small proportion of the population.
That demand for accommodation seems to be falling on fertile soil when it comes to the UK’s new Labour government, which is headquartered in London. So far, the government hasn’t passed any laws but it is forcing its employees to change their social habits so that Muslims are more comfortable—and that includes changing Britain’s pub culture:
Staff at Britain’s Home Office, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, have been instructed to make every other social event alcohol-free amid concerns over inclusivity. Sources say senior bureaucrats want to make sure “every other social isn’t the pub” at a time when Muslims—who are forbidden to drink alcohol—are becoming an increasingly large share of the population, particularly in London and other urban centers.
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Other departments, including the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS), have similarly been encouraging staff to limit drinking during social events. A DCMS insider mentioned that during all-staff meetings, senior leadership consistently advises against heavy drinking at large social gatherings.
There’s nothing wrong with an employer encouraging employees not to get drunk on the job or at job-related social functions. People don’t make good decisions when they’re drunk. It’s another thing entirely, though, for a government to force a cultural change to accommodate an influx of migrants who object to their new country’s ancient habits.
I’ve long said that the UK is a dead country walking. These new edicts only reinforce my belief that the England of King Arthur, Chaucer, Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, Dickens, and Churchill will soon be gone—and much sooner, I think, than any of us expect.
Original image by ROB KIDD, ODT News. Photo transformed to comply with Fair Dealing, expanded using AI.
A serial child rapist who has been released into the community will remain subject to an Extended Supervision Order (ESO) until at least 2027. A New Zealand Court of Appeal determined that Dundein sex offender Pierre John Parsons, 47, continues to pose a risk of further sex crimes, as evidenced by his lengthy history of sexualizing children.
Parsons, who now identifies as a “woman,” was jailed for three years and 11 months in 1995 for abducting and raping a 12-year-old girl. During the violent abduction, Parsons tied a rope around the girl’s neck after entering the restrooms of a sporting facility. He then dragged the child down a hallway into a changing room where he undressed ad raped her while she was unconscious. Parsons, who was 18 years old at the time, would later admit to stealing the girl’s clothing for erotic crossdressing purposes.
While incarcerated, Parsons admitted to molesting a 4-year-old child and raping a disabled teenager during therapy sessions. However, the police did not pursue an investigation or charges for the incidents.
Parsons has been subject to an ESO, a form of community-based monitoring program, since his conviction in 1995, but has breached the supervision order on several occasions.
Two years after being released from prison on parole in 2003, Parsons was returned to prison after staff at the supervised facility where he was staying found pictures of children in his room. Parsons had also breached the ESO by inviting a prostitute to the care facility.
The following year, in 2006, a decade-long ESO was imposed on Parsons. After the term expired, it was renewed again in 2017. Justice Gerald Nation, who made the decision to extend the supervision order, told the court, “He wants to be living as a woman… in a relationship with a woman who accepts him as transgender.”
Justice Nation also stated, “I am satisfied Mr. Parsons has demonstrated an intense drive, desire or urge to commit ‘relevant sexual offences’, namely sexual offences against a child or young person. There is also evidence that Mr Parsons has an ongoing predilection or proclivity for behaviour which could result in serious sexual offending.”
The judge added that he believed Parsons poses a high risk of reoffending on occasions when he feels that his sexual and crossdressing wishes are being thwarted.
Yet while being monitored under the supervision order, Parsons on at least two occasions approached young girls. In December 2015 the serial sex offender deviated from his typical route to work in order to interact with a 15 year-old girl in a school uniform. He repeated this predatory behavior in May 2016, giving a teen girl his phone number and requesting that she procure feminine underwear for him.
In 2020, Parsons was again sent back to prison after it was discovered that he had made internet searches for illicit sexual material, including one search for a “10-year-old girl and 20-year-old man,” and another seeking pornographic content of schoolgirls. Upon examination of his phone, police found a video of an adult performing oral sex on a toddler. On October 15, he pleaded guilty to possessing an objectionable publication.
Presiding Judge Michael Crosbie called Parsons’ sexual behavior “vile and degrading” and highlighted the harms done to the child seen in the pornographic video.
“Your possession of this video amounts to sexual exploitation of a child – a child of incredibly young and tender years,” he said. Parsons’ defense council argued that he was struggling to answer questions about his sexual arousal.
It is unclear when Parsons began claiming to identify as transgender, but news articles appear to place the time at about 2017.
During court proceedings which saw the ESO placed on him extended, Parsons expressed his desire to start medically ‘transitioning’ and said he wanted to be supported by the state in the process. Recent reports now refer to Parsons as “female” and utilize feminine pronouns for the convicted pedophile.
You might already have heard what happened to Fr Paul F Murphy outside Renmore army barracks yesterday. But the first thing to say is we all hope and pray that he makes a full and speedy recovery from this ordeal.
People attend the Christmas service at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan, December 25, 2018. Murtaza.Ali / Shutterstock
Another Christian in Pakistan has been attacked by Muslims after she was accused of desecrating a Quran, an accusation she denies but has been charged with under the country’s Islamic blasphemy laws.
On August 7, a Muslim mob in Kathore village, in Pakistan’s Punjab Province, assaulted and attempted to kill Saima Masih, a 32-year-old mother of two children, following accusations by Muhammad Haider that she desecrated the Quran, attorney Akmal Bhatti toldChristian Daily International-Morning Star News.
“The mob would have lynched Saima if the police had not reached there on time and rescued her,” Bhatti, chairman of the Minorities Alliance Pakistan (MAP), told the outlet. “The mob also reportedly attacked some other Christian residents of the village, forcing them to flee their homes and hide in the fields to save their lives.”
Haider and his family had notified local residents about reportedly torn Quran pages, causing a mob of about 250-300 Muslims to blockade the main highway in protest, Bhatti explained.
“We contacted our sources in the village, and they informed us that the Muslims had beaten up some Christians, raising fears of violence against the community,” Bhatti elaborated.
“Our sources in the village have told us that Saima denied desecrating the Quran,” Bhatti testified.
“She reportedly said that her neighbor, Haider, had asked her for an empty sack, which she gave him. However, after some time Haider returned with some other Muslims and accused her of placing defiled pages of the Quran in the sack, which she repeatedly denied.”
Bhatti speculated that the accusation against Saima could stem from personal grievances from her Muslim neighbors.
Saima was charged under Section 295-B of the blasphemy law and arrested by Sadar Police, according to reports by Pak Christian News. Bhatti added that the Gojra Saddar police registered a First Information Report (FIR No. 924/24) against Saima, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Based on the police report, Haider alleged that he saw Sonia disposing of a bag of waste paper into a plot next to his home. When Haider opened the bag, he claimed he found pages of the Quran, including a sapara no. 3 (chapter) with the name Emma Gill and a phone number written on it. After confronting Saima at her house, Haider claimed that he was received by a rude response.
“The police saved Saima’s life but registered a blasphemy case against her under the pressure of the mob, which is very unfair,” Bhatti said. “The poor woman will now have to suffer in prison for years while her two children will be deprived of her love and care.”
Bhatti stated that the lack of action by the Pakistani government against abuses of the country’s blasphemy laws was encouraging Muslim extremists to easily accuse religious minorities in Pakistan for blasphemies.
In response to the allegations against Saima, Naveed Walter, the president of Human Rights Forum Pakistan (HRFP), said in a statement dated August 7, that “Christians don’t feel safe and secure in their own country just because they are a minority,” and that “being a minority should not deprive anyone of their rights.”
Walter voiced worries over the false accusations against the Masih sisters and all other Christians in Pakistan.
“New incidents are up because previous cases have been occurring for too long without any resolution,” Walter insisted.
Various cases of attacks on minorities have happened in Pakistan with perpetrators escaping scot-free despite their actions, Walter continued.
“The government needs to prioritize the protection of minorities,” an issue that has been neglected for years, Walter stated.
The authorities were “letting the perpetrators go unpunished while unfairly punishing innocent individuals,” he added.
Pakistan currently outlaws insults to Islam and the Prophet Muhammad with life and death sentences. Various Muslims and non-Muslims have been charged and arrested for reportedly transgressing, but as of yet, none have been sentenced to death.
Critics of the country’s laws warn that they are often abused to settle personal vendettas and harass innocent people, and have urged for the repeal of the law, according to UCA News.
