The Belgian state wants to expel a radicalised hate preacher based in Maaseik (Limburg) because he poses a “threat to society”. However, the Council for Foreigners’ Affairs has opposed this, as reported by the Mediahuis Group newspapers on Thursday.
OCAM and State Security reports describe Abdallah Ouahbour as a hate preacher with a high threat level.
The person is said to be one of the main leaders of the “Masseik group”, which is linked to the Casablanca and Madrid attacks that killed 250 people in Spain in 2003 and 2004. A latest report by the State Security Service also refers to his ideological and financial support for the Islamic State terrorist group.
Last year, the Immigration Service initiated proceedings to deport Abdallah Ouahbour, who is married and has two children. In June, the State Secretary for Asylum and Migration, Sammy Mahdi (CD&V), decided that the 48-year-old man, who has Moroccan nationality but was born in Belgium and has lived there since 1990, had to leave the country.
Mr Ouahbour had opposed his deportation because, according to him, he suffers from post-traumatic stress syndrome and fears being arrested in Morocco.
The Council for Foreigners’ Affairs decided to reject the application for expulsion on the basis of other factors. According to this body, the OCAM and State Security reports do not provide a “solid basis” to expel anyone. The allegations are “too vague” and “too general”. The Council believes that the State Security Service should formulate more concrete statements. The Council also points out that the analyses were carried out in connection with a conviction for terrorism, although this should not play a role.
The Council for Foreigners is considering whether to appeal to the Constitutional Court.Sud Info
A planned documentation center on religious bullying in schools in the Berlin district of Neukölln has provoked strong criticism among those who believe it will stigmatize Muslims, it has emerged.
The Association for Democracy and Diversity in Schools and Vocational Training wants to set up a place where teachers can report cases of religious bullying and receive help in dealing with it.
As reported by Junge Freiheit news outlet, behind the plan is a study by the association, which caused a great stir at the end of last year. According to the paper, nine out of ten schools in Neukölln reported religious bullying. Above all, the respondents complained about the growing influence of Koran schools and mosques on the students.
A woman of Turkish origin reported that she could not wear a short dress in the summer. “I seriously have to be careful what I wear,” she said.
One choir leader stated that only Arabs are allowed to play football. In several cases, teachers of a Muslim origin were forced to wear headscarves.
“And then they want to cut Israel out of the atlas and paint over it. That happens again and again,” a headmistress complained.
The Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women, and Youth had approved a three-month evaluation of the association, the Neukölln district office and the funding for this “reviewing of confrontational religious expressions in Neukölln.”
Several SPD, CDU, FDP, and AfD politicians called for permanent support for the contact and documentation center. However, the Greens and Left Party rejected this and warned against the disparagement of Muslim youths.
Several scientists and educators have now also spoken out. They criticized alleged errors in the listing or criticism of the planned contact point. The educational researcher at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Ellen Kollender, warned in an online event on Tuesday of a possible “stigmatization” of Muslims.
CEO of the Ufuq association, which advises teachers and authorities, Götz Nordbruch, warned that it was wrong to focus only on “rigid religious ideas.” According to the DPA news agency, Nordbruch added that it made more sense to devote resources to addressing the problems of young people who experienced racism and who often did not get any answers to religious questions at school.
If 90 percent of the students in some schools have a foreign origin, they would have to find out whether they were ready “to reflect this diversity in everyday school life.” For example, when it comes to creating space for Islamic festivals in addition to Christmas celebrations.
Islamic scientist, Susanne Schröter, praised the plans of permanent support of the documentation center. “Demonstrating the alleged superiority of Islam and creating pressure on secular Muslims, as can be observed in the confrontational manifestations of religion, are part of the settled repertoire of Islamist actors,” she wrote in an evaluation report.
According to the Frankfurt Research Center on Global Islam’s chief, such behavior is also accepted because it is “associated with strength and superiority.” Where Islamist ideologies dominate, school peace is at risk and the chances of participation for students, especially from disadvantaged families, are severely impaired. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the problem and develop countermeasures.
It had been ” pilloried” by the broadcast “Zone interdite”, which aired on M 6 on Sunday. The restaurant Le Familial in the city centre of Roubaix (northern France) was closed by the prefecture on Wednesday, reports La Voix du Nord. The programme described the restaurant as providing booths where veiled women could have lunch or dinner, protected from onlookers. The official reason? “Non-compliance with regulations regarding hygiene and traceability of food”.
Although the prefecture makes no connection with the broadcast of “Zone interdite”, the timing raises questions. According to La Voix du Nord, the police check, carried out by the Direction départementale de la protection des populations (DDPP), was conducted two days after the M 6 report was broadcast. The restaurant was not named, but was easily recognisable to those who knew it.
According to the closure order, which La Voix du Nord has been able to consult, the restaurant is accused of “insufficient cleaning and maintenance of the premises and equipment”, “lack of traceability of raw materials and preparations”, “equipment intended for staff hygiene and insufficient staff clothing” or even “insufficient knowledge of good hygiene practices”. In order to reopen, the restaurant must correct the deficiencies identified by the DDPP, otherwise it must remain closed. The restaurant owner can also appeal within two months.
Already on Sunday evening, the Prefecture of the Department of the North had had to react to an association that had also been denounced in “Zone interdite”. “Checks by the state authorities have revealed that the AIR association offers Arabic courses of a cultural nature,” it wrote on Twitter, adding that state subsidies for this association were suspended on March 1, 2021. The prefecture also announced that it had “demanded the repayment of the subsidies paid” and had made a “report to the Lille public prosecutor’s office”.Le Parisien
Four German chemistry professors have sent a list of questions to BioNTech founder Ugur Sahin. They are concerned about a possibility of defective products.
The four are: Jörg Matysik, Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Leipzig; Gerald Dyker, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Ruhr University Bochum; Andreas Schnepf, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Tübingen; Martin Winkler, Professor Materials and Process Engineering at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
The professors sent a letter to Sahin, seen by the Berliner Zeitung. “We find the possibility of stabilising mRNA so that it can be used for vaccinations very exciting. We understand that this biotechnological innovation can open up very significant new possibilities in medical practice.”
They are “interested in both general public health and a successful chemical and pharmaceutical industry”, the professors said. But Matysik explained in an interview with the Berliner Zeitung: “As chemists, we don’t have the impression that this product can be used as a mass vaccine at the moment.”
A central question facing the researchers at BioNTech arises from an observation that there is something strange in the vials: “The vaccine is a white to grey-white dispersion. How does this significant colour difference come about; virtually all the substances used are colourless, so white would be expected. Where does the shade of grey come from? Are these impurities?”
Andreas Schnepf explained the problem: “It may well be that a pill, a liquid or a dispersion is coloured. But the colour grey, i.e. a ‘diluted black’, is hardly created in a process that would be expected. We need to know if it is an impurity. If a pill is not white, there is a suspicion that something has gone wrong. We need clarification from BioNTech on this.”
In their letter, the professors specifically ask: “How is a uniform product quality ensured, or rather how can you ensure that the mRNA to be packaged is present in the lipid nanoparticles and to what extent? How do you continue to control the concentration of mRNA active ingredient in each batch, and how do you control the concentration of active ingredient in the lipid nanoparticles relative to that outside the particles?”
A second issue of concern to the chemists is the “components used in the vaccine that are not approved for human medicine”. This concerns “the components ALC-0159 and ALC 0315 used to form the lipid nanoparticles”, which are “not directly approved for use on or in the human body”. The safety data sheet for ALC-0315 describes “that ALC-0315 irritates both eyes and skin or mucous membranes”. Schnepf sees a problem here: “If it can irritate the eyes or skin, what about the relationship to tissue? Here we need clarity.”
The added: “Are there any further planned or ongoing studies to determine the toxicological effects of the substances or their biological degradation?”
Finally, the scientists are concerned with reports of side effects. They are concerned because there are apparently different side effects with different batch numbers and wanted to know whether “the side effects are correlated with a small number of batch numbers”.
Specifically, they ask in their letter: “How can this circumstance be explained and what distinguishes these batches from the others, and are efforts underway to investigate this important aspect in more detail, especially with regard to quality assurance? Are there or are clinical studies planned to investigate the side effects and their causes as well as to increase the safety of the new Covid vaccines?”
However, the analysis of the results shows that certain population groups are very susceptible to anti-Semitic prejudice. Men and French people over the age of 65 are overall more inclined to harbour prejudices against Jews – all population groups that are otherwise more susceptible to racist and homophobic ideas. The prevalence of anti-Semitic prejudice is also more widespread on the far left and far right. For example, the statement that “the Jews have too much power in the economic and financial spheres” is shared by 33% of respondents in the electorate of Jean-Luc Mélenchon and by 34% of those close to the La France insoumise party, as well as by 39% in the electorate of Marine Le Pen and by 33% of those close to the Rassemblement National party, compared to 26% in the population as a whole. However, there is an important development: Among La France insoumise supporters, agreement with the idea that “the Jews have too much power in the economic and financial spheres” is at the same level in 2021 (34%) as we measured in 2014 (33%), while this idea declines significantly among Rassemblement National supporters, from 50% in 2014 to 33% in 20211.
Hatred of Israel is widely seen as the main source of anti-Semitism. However, the accusation of “double loyalty”, which is that Jews are more loyal to Israel than to France, is more likely to be seen as a legitimate criticism (39%). There are as many French people who consider it legitimate to accuse Jews of being responsible for Israel’s policies (33%) as there are French people who consider this to be an anti-Semitic opinion (34%) or French people who are not sure (33%), which testifies to the difficulties of grasping the phenomenon of this “new anti-Semitism” in the context of hatred of Israel, the causes of which are indeed complex.
Furthermore, it is worth highlighting that 49% of French people have a positive image of Israel (compared to 22% who have a negative image), with the notable exception of those close to La France insoumise, who are significantly more likely than average to have a negative image of Israel (38%, while 37% of respondents close to La France insoumise say they have a positive image of Israel). 30% of La France insoumise voters (compared to 16% of French people overall) believe that using old anti-Semitic prejudices to describe Israelis is a legitimate criticism rather than an anti-Semitic opinion; 43% (compared to 33% of French people overall) believe that accusing Jews of being responsible for Israel’s policies is also more likely to be a legitimate criticism. Moreover, 70% of La France insoumise voters opposed bans on rallies in support of the Palestinian cause (compared to 40% of French people overall) because of the risk of riots with an anti-Semitic background. (…)
The general perception that there is too much coverage of anti-Semitism, while less and less shared by all French people, is persistent among certain groups of the population: those who inform themselves via blogs or internet forums are the most likely to think that there is too much talk about anti-Semitism (27%, compared to 15% on average for the population as a whole), as are voters for La France insoumise (22%), the Rassemblement National (20%) and sympathisers of the anti-vaccine movement (22%).
According to our data, 15% of Muslims say they feel antipathy towards Jews, which is 10 percentage points higher than in the French population as a whole. Even more, the divergence from the general public is most spectacular when it comes to agreeing with prejudice. The idea that Jews dominate the media (54%, +30 points compared to the total French population) or the economy and finance (51%, +27 points) is shared by more than one in two Muslims. The detailed analysis of the results refutes the hypothesis that anti-Semitism is due to socio-economic reasons. In fact, the level of agreement with the prejudices is very high even among executives or people with a university degree.Anti-Semitic views are also common among both Maghreb and sub-Saharan African Muslims. As we had found in our 2014 survey, agreement with prejudice is related to the intensity of worship attendance: For example, 61% of Muslims who attend mosque weekly believe that “Jews have too much power in business and finance”, compared to 40% among non-practitioners.2 Most Muslims who attend mosque believe that Jews have too much power in business and finance. Among Muslims, however, it can be observed that certain anti-Semitic prejudices are less prevalent among the new generations. For example, 60% of Muslims over 50 believe that “the Jews have too much power in the media”, compared to 40% among Muslims aged 18-24. Similarly, 59% of Muslims over 50 think that “the Jews have too much power in business and finance”, compared to 34% among 18-24 year olds.
An in-depth analysis of the results makes it possible to better understand the logic underlying this anti-Semitism. The qualitative study AJC-Fondation pour l’innovation politique, conducted by Ifop in 2017, showed that a part of Muslims spontaneously expressed the feeling of being discriminated against by the media and public authorities3. Some of those interviewed in semi-direct interviews stated that Jewish French people received “preferential treatment”, which according to these people was due to the fact that the media and public authorities expressed their indignation with greater zeal when anti-Semitic acts were committed than when Muslims were attacked. The survey results provide at least a partial measure of how strongly such opinions are weighted among France’s Muslim population. More than a third of respondents believe that anti-Semitism is talked about too much (36%), a result far above the figure measured for the French population as a whole (15%).Furthermore, it is interesting to note that the relationship to the Sarah Halimi case differs quite significantly in the two samples: While the court decision is very largely met with incomprehension and disapproval by the French public as a whole (72%), respondents of Muslim faith share this incomprehension and disapproval significantly less often (56%).
In the last twenty years, there have been increasing reports from history teachers of growing difficulties in teaching the memory of the Holocaust. Questions of remembrance are at the centre of the return of anti-Semitic discourses, as evidenced by the career of the comedian Dieudonné or the indigenist movements. The satirist has gradually become an avowed anti-Semite, blaming “Zionists” and the “Jewish lobby” since 2005 for his inability to obtain subsidies for a film on the slave trade. We have therefore tried to understand the importance of these disputes in the context of the ” competition of memories ” within the French population. The idea that commemorating the Holocaust prevents other historical destinies from being taken into account resonates with a third of French people (35%), but is much more prevalent among French people of the Muslim faith (59%).
Waltenhofen has a lot planned for the day care centre in Hegge. Last March, it bought the building from the church, thus opening up the possibility of expanding the day care centre. As reported, the existing building is to be renovated and a day nursery is to be built on the property opposite. In the course of the change of ownership, a new application for building insurance had to be made. The annual premium is high at 5,000 euros. Treasurer Udo Merk informed about this during the budget discussions in the main committee and also mentioned the reason: next door is the Rosenstüble, a shared accommodation for refugees. Waltenhofen, like many municipalities in the region, is insured with the Versicherungskammer Bavaria. From the municipality’s main office, which is responsible for insurance, it is said that the insurer had initially calculated the premium for the building insurance at about 900 euros.
In the corresponding contract, which was then sent to the municipality, it had to be stated whether certain buildings, including asylum shelters, were in the vicinity. The amount was significantly increased by the fact that the Rosenstüble is less than ten metres away, according to an employee of the main office.
In the corresponding contract, which was then sent to the municipality, it had to be stated whether certain buildings, including asylum shelters, were in the vicinity. The amount was significantly increased by the fact that the Rosenstüble is less than ten metres away, according to an employee of the main office. (Read also: The annual park ticket for Niedersonthofener See will cost twice as much in future). The current fee is almost 3,800 euros – more than four times as much. The day-care centre building is divided into two parts. For the part that is not directly next to the Rosenstüble, a regular fee of about 1200 Euros has been set. Taken together, this amounts to 5000 euros, which are included in the budget. Currently, about 50 refugees live in the accommodation in Hegge, among them many families.
The former owner of the day-care centre building, the diocese of Augsburg, apparently paid significantly less for the building insurance, which includes coverage for fire damage, for example. However, the insurance carrier was also the Bayerische Versicherungskammer. In response to an enquiry from our editorial office, the diocese’s press office informs us: “The building was previously covered by the collective contracts of the diocese of Augsburg. Due to the large number of buildings owned by the diocese, the insurer can grant more favourable conditions.”
The Bavarian Versicherungskammer does not want to give any further details about the day-care centre building in Hegge. “We are only allowed to give information about concrete contract contents to our policyholder,” it says in a written statement. In general, the insurance rate is always determined according to the respective risk for the building. The surrounding buildings are important here, as is the loss rate. “The price of a building insurance policy increases, for example, if a riding stable, a restaurant or a discotheque is adjacent. The risk of a major fire in a riding stable is higher because it contains straw and hay.
Regarding the situation with asylum shelters, the Versicherungskammer refers to the German Insurance Association (GDV): “The origin of the people is irrelevant for insurance cover,” the insurer quotes. However, the claims expenditure is significantly higher if houses are only occupied by changing people for a short period of time. This applies equally to tourists, assembly workers, students or refugees. “For example, the fire claims for hotels and guesthouses collected over decades are almost five times as high as for residential buildings.”
Leftism truly hates the Bible. Their creed is inconsistent with the Bible’s commitment to the worth of the individual, its focus on justice, and its insistence on moral standards. In the old days, leftists imprisoned clerics and destroyed houses of worship. Now, though, they have a new technique for Christianity, which they still view as their greatest enemy: They are trying to silence the Bible through LGBTQ-based hate-speech charges and they are insisting that Jesus was transgender and that the church must embrace the LGBTQ spectrum. Both these things have really taken off in Europe and Canada.
The first line of attack against the Bible is that it’s hate speech. Most Christians aren’t going aren’t calling for witches to be burned but devout Christians are wont to say that homosexual behavior is sinful in the Bible and that transgenderism runs counter to the belief that God created man and woman, not “it” or 122 variants of “it.” (Those who claim it-ness are making gods of themselves, a very dangerous thing to do.)
In England, street corner preachers have often been arrested for saying homosexuality is sinful. (The most recent example is described here.) However, the two biggest recent attacks on Christianity have taken place in Canada and Finland.
Canada’s Bill C-4 went into effect early this month. The bill ostensibly bans what’s called “conversion therapy.” By that, you’re meant to think of happy gay men being kidnapped in the dark of night by their fanatic Christian parents, locked in a dark, fetid cell, and then harangued for days or months to give up the sin of homosexuality.
In fact, the bill is written so broadly that it means that no one, including parents, can even mention to an LGBTQ+++ person the sanctity of the male-female relationship. Moreover, the law explicitly describes the bible as a “myth.” Matt Walsh explains it well:
Although the bill doesn’t name only Christianity, we all know that Canada’s government won’t go after the small number of synagogues or the burgeoning number of mosques.
In Finland, the government has put on trial a Member of Parliament and a Lutheran Bishop for “hate speech” because they publicly stated the Bible’s stance on sex and marriage. The prosecution’s evidence was to read from the Old Testament. It’s noteworthy that Christianity is Finland’s official religion and one of Helsinki’s biggest tourist attractions is Temppeliauko Church, a literally sunken church. Sunken, indeed! Several Republican Senators and Housemembers have publicly weighed in on Finland’s attacking the Bible.
Meanwhile, in England and Germany, priests are insisting that Christ was transgender. In England, a priest announced that Christ “transgenders himself” several times in the Bible.
For example, said the preacher, Christ was being a woman when he is described as “lamenting after Jerusalem, longing to gather Jerusalem as a mother hen gathers her chicks.” The preacher, apparently, is unfamiliar with similes. Likewise, when Christ washed people’s feet, which the preacher claimed was a woman’s job, that too meant Christ was being a woman. The concept of Christ showing humility seems foreign to this man of the cloth. To a hammer, everything is a nail:
But that was just one priest. In Germany, over 100 Roman Catholic priests and other church employees officially came out as gay, lesbian, or non-binary and demanded recognition of the “queer” Body of Christ:
More than 100 Catholic church officials in Germany came out as LGBT, queer or non-binary on Monday, adding to calls for reform within the crisis-hit church.
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The 125-strong group, which includes priests and workers in education and administration, published a statement demanding an end to the “discrimination and exclusion” they had experienced.
“I don’t want to hide my sexual identity any more,” Uwe Grau, a priest in the diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, was quoted on the group’s website as saying.
“We are part of the church,” added Raphaela Soden, who works in pastoral care for young adults and identifies as queer and non-binary. “We always have been. It’s time to finally make it clear that we exist and how wonderfully queer the body of Christ is.”
I am not a religious person, but I strongly believe that the Judeo-Christian tradition, especially as practiced in America before the leftists began challenging those norms, created the best possible country for the greatest number of people. No wonder leftists hate it—and with the LGBTQ+++ movement, they think they’ve found the tip to the spear attacking Christianity.
A 53-year-old anti-vaccine demonstrator died after a police intervention. The tragic incident happened at protests near Berlin. A demonstrator allegedly tried to break through a police cordon. The police then took down his personal details. Shortly afterwards the man collapsed. He was taken to hospital and died there.
That is the official version according to the police. A video circulating on Telegram however showed what had really happened. It shows a police officer forcibly pushing a man to the ground.
On Monday, “walkers” took to the streets across Germany against the unspeakable Corona policy. Hundreds of participants strolled through the streets of Wandlitz, 25 km north of Berlin, to protest against the Corona regime. In this case, the demonstration was stopped by the police. Personal details were taken.
The 53-year-old man allegedly collapsed shortly after the police intervention, and a “medical emergency” was reported. Police officers are said to have rushed to the man’s aid as first responders until the ambulance arrived to take him to hospital. Shortly afterwards, the individual died in hospital.
“This was not a medical emergency, this was a death by police violence. And the responsibility for this violence is borne by all the politicians who have been demanding or ordering a ‘tougher stance’ against peaceful strollers for months,” the Telegram channel of Freie Sachsen commented on this unspeakable incident.
