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Seville city council has withdrawn the building permit for a planned mosque and Islamic cultural centre in the city’s Polígono Sur district, pending technical and legal reports on objections raised by the right-wing Vox party.

The item had been due before the executive committee of the municipal planning office on July 10. Instead it was pulled from the agenda after Vox submitted a written challenge to the project on Victoria Domínguez Cerrato street.

Planning councillor Juan de la Rosa said the reports were needed to weigh the observations Vox had lodged. He said the council would decide whether to take the matter into consideration only once those reports were on the table.

De la Rosa played down the delay, saying that withdrawing an item to study it in more detail was nothing new and had been done with other files.

The scheme, promoted by the private Fundación Mezquita de Sevilla and designed by architect Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra, includes a prayer hall, ablution rooms, a courtyard and a 30-metre minaret alongside social and cultural facilities.

Vox argues that the file describes a specific orientation as a requirement for the prayer hall, indicating that worship is the principal use of the building rather than an ancillary one. On that reading, the group says a different article of Seville’s 2006 general urban plan should apply, one that caps complementary uses at 40 per cent of floor space.

The party’s municipal spokesman, Gonzalo García de Polavieja, welcomed the withdrawal and called on the mayor to open a public consultation. He said Vox would not permit the islamisation of the city’s neighbourhoods.

He said residents of the district and neighbouring areas did not want a mosque, and that the area needed a metro line, health and education facilities, security and street cleaning first.

Mayor José Luis Sanz, of the People’s Party, said on July 9 that the private promoters had followed the normal permit procedure, having applied less than a year earlier. Ideologies did not stand above the law, he said.

The foundation has maintained that the permit must be granted in law, and that refusing it would amount to an administrative anomaly. Its vice-president, Jalid Nieto, told Europa Press that planning officials had reviewed the project and found no grounds for refusal.

Nieto said the foundation would appeal through administrative channels, and to the courts if necessary, should the permit be delayed further or refused.

The dispute has spread beyond city hall. Manuel Gavira, Vox’s most senior figure in Andalusia, raised the project in the regional parliament, while the government commissioner for the Polígono Sur has said he sees no objection to it.

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by Eric Utter

The EU recently announced that its new “life-saving systems” for vehicles have gone into effect as of July 7th.

This mandates that all cars and vans meet requirements for expanded safety glass, new tests for worn tires, emergency brake detections, and most notably, an “advanced driver distraction warning system to keep drivers focused.”

What is this warning system, you ask? Welcome to eye-tracking cameras. These ADDW systems are required to monitor where the driver is looking at all times.

According to official EU documents, “The presence of the driver’s gaze shall be monitored by the ADDW system in the areas of interest.”

Areas of interest? To whom?

The new rules define “distraction” areas as: the driver’s lap, the center console, and behind the driver’s seat, among others.

 Republicans recently argued against similar technology being made mandatory in the U.S., including both passive and active monitoring tools, some of which can be powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Some officials have been lobbying for these infrared cameras that track a driver’s eye movements and pupil dilation, and also for “cockpit-embedded sensors” that would estimate a driver’s blood alcohol levels via that person’s breath or skin contact.

What could go wrong?

EU official:

Where are your eyes looking? Hey, over here! Back on the glass directly in front of you! Your hand has been in your lap for 45 seconds now, what’s up with that? Whoa, what’s going on in the back seat! And what are you drinking?

Like COVID-19 lockdowns and gun control measures, this is not about safety. It is not about where the drivers’ eyes are looking. It is about the government’s eyes on the drivers. You and I. As with Flock cameras, imbedded chips, digital currency, etc., etc. How does it feel knowing Big Brother is focused on you?

We have already gone way too far down a road that ought not have been travelled.

The authorities have every moment of that trip on film. And we weren’t happy about it. They could see it in our eyes.

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A Christian café in Germany had to close down due to continuous attacks by left-wing extremists.

The Protestant Zeal Church had to permanently close its café “Stay” after 26 attacks by leftist terrorists over the course of about three years.

While the city of Leipzig had previously not admitted that these attacks were an infringement on religious liberty, in an interview with Junge Freiheit in June, a spokesperson of the city said: “The numerous attacks in the past are shameful and intolerable. What makes matters worse is that these attacks constitute violations of the religious freedom guaranteed by the German Constitution [Grundgesetz].”

Pastor René Wagner, who leads the Zeal Church together with his wife, opened the café in 2023 in the Reudnitz district of Leipzig. According to Wagner, there have since been two incidents of broken windows—including an attack involving “78 hammer blows”—as well as numerous paint attacks and two attacks involving butyric acid.

In the first attack, in early 2025, the perpetrators injected the acid through the keyholes. In the second, on Christmas Eve 2025, they drilled a hole in a window and poured “at least 1.5 liters of butyric acid” into the café. The police have not been able to identify a perpetrator for any of the 26 attacks.

The consequences of the two butyric acid attacks alone cost the congregation 35,000 euros, Wagner said. Following the butyric acid attacks, the café remained closed for a total of three months. “We simply ran out of money. We can still pay our employees this June, but after that it would no longer have been possible. As a church, we’re left with 150,000 euros in debt from the café,” Wagner explained.

In anonymous letters posted on the far-left platform Indymedia, the attackers accused Zeal Church of homophobia because the church does not perform weddings or blessings for same-sex couples.

Wagner denied the accusation of homophobia and said that “we stand by our theology and ethics which supports marriage between a man and a woman and the traditional family.”

Wagner pointed out that similar incidents targeting Christians are rarely noticed by the public. In May, there was already the third paint attack in four years on the “House for Life” of the Kaleb Pro-Life Association in Chemnitz. Also in May, shots were fired at a Catholic church in Hanau during a Sunday Mass.

“One reason for this is that Christians are not perceived as a minority by the general public—even though professing Christians, that is, those who regularly attend church services, are an absolute minority in Germany. Politicians must recognize this and protect us as a minority,” Wagner demanded.

The executive director of OIDAC Europe, a monitoring organization for discrimination against Christians, expressed her horror in a statement given to Tichys Einblicke. “It is appalling that a Christian institution in Germany has to close due to repeated extremist-motivated violence,” Anja Tang said.

Despite the closure, the congregation intends to remain true to its mission, Wagner said: “We will not retaliate with violence, we will not throw stones back, and we will not march in demonstrations where we hurl insults at our opponents.”

The Zeal Church intends to continue reporting every single attack to the authorities. Wagner cited the right to freedom of religion enshrined in the German Constitution. “We Christians must exercise this right and protest loudly wherever it is violated,” he said.

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The New Culture Forum pays tribute to Ann Widdecombe, the victim of an horrific murder. Tribute delivered by NCF Senior Fellow Rafe Heydel-Mankoo

Devon and Cornwall Police have just announced that a 26-year-old man has been arrested in Newton Abbott this afternoon on suspicion of murdering Ann Widdecombe.

Police have launched a murder investigation over the death of veteran British politician Ann Widdecombe, who they now say was found to have “sustained serious injuries” at her home in Devon, England.

Devon and Cornwall Police are conducting “extensive enquiries” over the death of 78-year-old Ann Widdecombe, a giant of the British social conservative political scene going back to the Thatcher era. Officers said there were road closures and police cordons in place around Widdecombe’s home on Dartmoor, Devon, after she was discovered at the property on Thursday morning.

In a statement, the force said Widdecombe had been “located deceased within the property. She had sustained serious injuries” and police are seeking “the person responsible who we believe to be a white male.”

A spokesman said: “Our murder enquiry is in its early stages but moving at a significant pace. We are deploying all of the necessary resources to find out exactly what has happened… I would appeal to anyone who may have information about this incident, however insignificant it may seem, to come forward and speak with us. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the vicinity.”

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— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) July 10, 2026

Per now-normal police practice, the force told the public not to speculate on events.

British newspaper The Sun states it is believed Widdecombe was first discovered at her home by her carer and that she had suffered “a serious head wound”. An ambulance was then summoned, and the ambulance crew called police to the scene on Thursday.

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London is again in chaos after unruly fans launched riots following Morocco’s defeat to France in the World Cup.

The Buda Castle district in Budapest once again saw a major demonstration, this time called by the largest opposition party in Hungary, right-wing conservative Fidesz.

On the evening of Thursday, July 9th thousands gathered in front of and around the Sándor Palace, the official residence of the presidents of the Republic, in solidarity with President Tamás Sulyok, who is about to be removed by the incumbent government via what many denounce as an unlawful amendment to Hungary’s Basic Law. The protest, publicized with the hashtag #StopTyranny (#StopÖnkény) was also organised to call out other tampering with the country’s constitution, including amendments that limit the term of prime ministers to 12 years, the years elected parliamentarians can serve also to 12 years, and which introduce an age limit of 70 for constitutional justices—except the ones who are to turn 70 after the amendment is passed.

The crowd that gathered in front of a stage outside the Sándor Palace brandished Hungarian flags and banners with images and texts that mostly mocked the Tisza prime minister, Péter Magyar, with several recalling that he had been a servile adorer of Viktor Orbán for 14 years until his political U-turn due to personal grudges.  

Speakers included Fidesz MP Gábor Szűcs, a young and up-and-coming lawyer and former influencer who also served as the rally’s MC; influencer and right-wing activist Elizabeth Tóth, a young mother whose main message was the lack of transparency about Magyar’s agreements with Brussels regarding Hungary’s migration policy. Tóth said she has proof that the Magyar government intends to bring migrants to Hungary and said she would make the evidence public in the near future. She was followed by Bertalan Havasi, the spokesperson of the former PM, Fidesz president Viktor Orbán. Havasi called on conservative Hungarians to unite, stand up for themselves, pledged that Fidesz will not let them down, and called on President Tamás Sulyok “not to let Hungarians down” and not go down without a fight.

In his remarks, Catholic parish priest Zoltán Osztie, a well-known figure on Hungary’s right-wing conservative scene, denounced the climate of fear being created by the Tisza party and the government, and the instigation of hatred and violence against all dissenters.

The last speaker was former president of the Republic and veteran Fidesz politician János Áder, who, a lawyer by profession, dissected the Tisza-proposed constitutional amendments, holding them up as violations of the principle of constitutionality and legality.

Besides booing whenever Magyar was mentioned, repeated chants that were heard from the crowd in response to the various speeches included “Traitor of the homeland,” “Dictator,” “We will not allow it” and “Democracy!”, and the usual-on-the-right “Ria, Ria, Hungária!,” co-opted from sports competitions, as well as “Viktor, Viktor” whenever  the former prime minister was mentioned.

One hilarious moment came when it was announced from the stage that Péter Magyar took to social media to comment on the protest, and said—dismissively—“there are 150 people there.” The number was more likely in the thousands, as the writer of this article who was there, can confidently assert.

The event concluded with the singing of the national anthem, and the crowd peacefully dispersed.

Later in the evening, Viktor Orbán thanked his followers for attending and in a somewhat enigmatic phrasing, accompanied by a ‘wink’ emoji, said “See you soon!”

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The backlash against the saturation of the public square with “pride” propaganda continues — this time in the United Kingdom. In Norfolk, the new Reform administration, which surged from two to 40 seats on the Norfolk County Council in the May 7 elections, put forward a ban on “pride” displays and events at libraries in Norfolk.

According to the BBC, “The new Reform administration at County Hall has informed staff across all 47 libraries not to exhibit any material or stage presentations or events which promote political messaging.”

The council directive did not explicitly refer to LGBT content, but LGBT activists and their allies immediately interpreted the move as an attack on their cultural dominance. “Erasing LGBT+ visibility doesn’t make people equal, it makes people invisible,” South Norfolk Labour MP Ben Goldsborough stated angrily. He demanded that the directive be repealed.

However, senior Reform councilor Scott Hussey stated that the directive came at the behest of families who use the libraries who complained about public spaces being used to promote specific ideologies and emphasized that the directive was intended to establish “genuinely neutral safe space” in public libraries.

“Public buildings funded by Norfolk taxpayers must not be used to advance any political agenda or promote the interests of any campaign group, however well-intentioned,” Hussey told the press. “We have heard from residents who feel that hasn’t always been the case, particularly with regard to materials aimed at children. As such, we welcome the steps Norfolk County Council has taken to ensure its library and museum spaces are inclusive and politically neutral for all visitors.”

Goldsborough, predictably, rejected the concerns of parents outright. “Dressing it up as ‘protecting children’ or ‘family values’ repeats the same tired homophobic tropes that have been used for decades to marginalize LGBT+ people,” he vented on Facebook. “For many young people struggling to understand who they are, seeing a Pride display or finding an LGBT+ book can be the reassurance that they are not alone.”

Goldsborough, who describes himself as an “openly gay member of Parliament,” has essentially affirmed the concerns of families rather than addressed them. Parents who do not want their children introduced to the false idea that they can change sexes; that gender is fluid; that there are many different genders; or that the LGBT lifestyle is desirable are, in his view, “homophobic.” He puts scare quotes around “family values” and “protecting children” for a reason — he wants other people’s children to see materials that promote his ideology and his lifestyle, and he is open about that fact.

Brian Watkins of the Liberal Democrats concurred with Goldsborough, claiming to be “extremely alarmed” by the directive; the eastern regional organizer of Unison Jamie Smith insisted that libraries should be “genuinely open, welcoming and inclusive spaces for all residents, whatever signals councilors are trying to send.” Apparently, libraries cannot just stick to Paddington or Winnie the Pooh or A Secret Garden; they must include books that explicitly talk about homosexuality and transgenderism or they are not “welcoming” or “inclusive.” I wonder what these harridans think of Harry Potter.

The BBC noted ominously that the banning of ideological displays in public libraries appears to be part of a broader trend: “It comes weeks after the party ordered the Progress Pride flag was not to be flown from County Hall, a move that prompted some staff to wear the Pride badge and display rainbows on computer screens.” We can only hope that this is the true. Children should not be exposed to LGBT ideology in public spaces funded by the tax dollars of their parents — because contrary to what Goldsborough believes, “family values” do not include promoting his worldview to kids.

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A man has been charged with incitement to hatred over an effigy of a mosque and Isis terrorist atop a bonfire in Northern Ireland.

The bonfire, in Moygashel in County Tyrone, had become the centre of a row yesterday after the display was first seen.

It displayed a mosque with the words “Islamic fascism” written in Arabic on the side, an effigy of a man holding an Isis flag and a knife, and signs reading “secure our borders” and “end the threat of radical Islam”.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) then arrested a 56-year-old man on suspicion of displaying threatening, abusive or insulting material which is intended to stir up hatred, adding that the effigy’s placement was a “hate-motivated criminal offence”.

He remains in custody, and was charged with incitement to hatred in the early hours of Friday morning.

Late last night, the pyre was burned amid reports contractors were moving in on the site.

A PSNI statement then said the force undertook “a significant and complex policing operation to remove a hate display” on the bonfire “at an advanced stage” when it was already lit.

“Had the bonfire not been lit police would have secured the site and removed the offending material and seized it as evidence,” the statement continued.

“The Police Service of Northern Ireland’s investigation into this hate motivated crime is ongoing.”

Chief Superintendent Norman Haslett said: “Hate crime has no place in our society and will not be tolerated.

“That is why tonight we commenced a proactive policing operation to take action and remove the hate display from Moygashel Bonfire.

“In advance of police arrival the bonfire was set alight a day in advance to prevent removal of the criminal material.

“Where there is evidence that offences have been committed, we will take robust action.”

The 56-year-old is set to appear before Dungannon Magistrates’ Court today.

Late on Thursday night, a spokesman for the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the bonfire had been set alight, having originally been due to be lit on Friday.

Two fire appliances including a water tanker were also deployed to cool nearby buildings, according to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service.

The Moygashel Bonfire Association earlier said it had “noted the predicable fury in respect of the act of political protest at our bonfire site this year”.

A statement said: “This year we have focused on an issue of significant public interest.

“Our display may well shock, offend or outrage others, but nonetheless it is an exercise in our rights under Article 10 of the ECHR and we note with some irony that it is the ECHR which has so often paved the way for mass illegal immigration and a failure to deport foreign criminals who have come here unlawfully, that also now protects our right to protest in robust terms against that.

“If there was no uncontrolled illegal mass immigration, we would have no need to protest on this issue.

“Our display expressly does NOT target any individual. We make that very clear.

“Our opposition is not to people, but rather to ideology and Government policy.

“Once this is appreciated, then it is very clear this is no more and no less than an act of protest, which is lawful protected expression.”

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