Allah's Willing Executioners

by J.B. Shurk 

What’s in a name?  These days…not much.

The European Union does not include Ukraine; nevertheless and notwithstanding the objections of E.U. members Hungary and Slovakia, the European supra-state insists on paying the salaries of Ukraine’s government bureaucracy while that nation’s martial-law-holdover-president, Volodymyr Zelensky, fights to maintain control over a breakaway region that has rejected Ukrainian rule since the 2014 coup d’état of Ukraine’s then-president, Viktor Yanukovych.  

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization does not include Ukraine; nevertheless and notwithstanding the objections of NATO members Hungary and Slovakia, the American-led military alliance insists on sending money and weapons to the Kyiv regime warring with the Russian Federation over territories whose people overwhelmingly identify as Russian.  Former Dutch prime minister and current secretary general of NATO, Mark Rutte, has stated on multiple occasions that the military alliance would continue to help defend non-NATO-member Ukraine.  According to Ukraine’s newly appointed, thirty-something-year-old defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine has over two million draft dodgers and a quarter of a million active-duty troops who have gone AWOL.  So NATO is protecting a non-NATO country whose men refuse to fight.  NATO is assisting a Kyiv dictatorship that depends almost entirely upon conscription (including the violent “busification” of “recruits” after draft officers break into vehicles and homes with drawn weapons).

While the E.U. and NATO fight Russian authoritarianism by protecting Ukrainian authoritarianism, both institutions have remained relatively quiet as member states sustain actual attacks.  Seven months after Russia moved to annex the Russophone regions of Ukraine, the Nord Stream pipelines transporting natural gas from Russia to Germany were sabotaged and made inoperable.  German, Dutch, and French energy companies own interests in the pipelines.  Subsequent German investigations have identified a dozen Ukrainian suspects, including members of a Kyiv diving school where military personnel train.  Several independent journalists have concluded that Ukraine’s military carried out the underwater demolition of the Nord Stream pipelines.  

If Ukraine’s government was, in fact, responsible for the destruction of the pipelines, then Ukraine (a non-NATO member) destroyed property belonging to NATO members.  Ukraine’s alleged act of sabotage cut off Russia’s inexpensive natural gas from most of Europe.  (Prior to the war, Russia supplied 45% of the E.U.’s natural gas imports.)  So the destruction of the pipelines has raised the cost of energy (and the price of finished goods transported within the Union) for European citizens.  NATO continues to protect a nation that may have directly attacked members of the military alliance.

Similarly, Ukraine has caused an international incident with regard to the European-Russian Druzhba (which means, “friendship”) Pipeline that was jointly constructed to transport Russian oil to Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Germany, and the Czech Republic.  Last year, Ukraine’s military bombed several pumping stations servicing the pipeline.  This year, Ukraine’s government claims that Russia attacked the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba Pipeline (a claim the Russian Federation denies), effectively halting all deliveries of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.  As both nations are almost entirely dependent upon this oil supply, the pipeline’s inoperability has created a major energy crisis for citizens of Hungary and Slovakia.  Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico blame Ukraine for the oil shutdown.  Ukraine’s president/dictator Zelensky says he has no intention of repairing the pipeline.  After Hungary and Slovakia blocked additional sanctions on the Russian Federation and a ninety-billion-euro gift (a loan that never needs to be repaid) for Ukraine’s regime, Ukraine’s military destroyed another critical transit node of the Druzhba Pipeline in Russia. 

President/Dictator Zelensky also made a little news two weeks ago when he directly threatened Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán’s life: “We hope that in the European Union, one person will not block the ninety billion [euros].  Otherwise, we will give this person’s address to the armed forces, to our guys, let them call him and talk to him in their own language.”  Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó condemned Kyiv’s thuggish “culture”: “This is the man Brussels admires and the country they want to fast-track into the European Union….No one can blackmail us just because we refuse to pay the price of Ukraine’s war and refuse to accept higher energy prices because of Ukraine.”  Prime Minister Orbán took the Ukrainian threat on his life in stride, saying: “There will be no deals, no compromise.  We will break the Ukrainian oil blockade by force.  Hungary’s energy will soon flow again through the Friendship pipeline.”  

Orbán followed up by very publicly intercepting part of Zelensky’s alleged money-laundering operation running through Hungary.  Foreign Minister Szijjártó revealed that Hungary had already confiscated Ukrainian “mafia” funds that included tens of millions of U.S. dollars, tens of millions of euros, and a few million dollars in gold bars.  In addition, the foreign minister has alleged that several billion dollars worth of currency and gold have been transported through Hungary to Ukraine in the last two months.  A former Ukrainian general who once oversaw Zelensky’s intelligence service and secret police was detained in Hungary in connection to the suspected money laundering.  An angry Zelensky again threatened to send Ukraine’s “special military operators” to Prime Minister Orbán’s home.

In response to Zelensky’s increasingly belligerent behavior, Prime Minister Fico urged the European Commission to distance itself from Zelensky’s “outrageous blackmailing statements.”  The best that the Commission could do was a short statement from its deputy chief spokesperson, Olof Gill, in which the Eurocrat clinically observed: “Specifically in relation to the comments made by President Zelensky, we are very clear as the European Commission that that type of language is not acceptable.  There must not be threats against EU member states.”  At the same time, E.U. leaders pledged to provide for Ukraine’s budgetary needs for at least the next two years.

Ukraine is effectively waging an economic/energy war against Hungary and Slovakia.  Hungary and Slovakia are members of the E.U. and NATO.  Ukraine is a member of neither.  Nevertheless, the E.U. and NATO continue to take Ukraine’s side.  It is as if “unions” and “alliances” mean nothing.

In fact, the E.U. is not hiding its disdain for Hungary’s Orbán.  Brussels has made it very clear that it prefers Péter Magyar’s Tisza Party to oust Orbán’s Fidesz Party in Hungary’s upcoming parliamentary elections.  The European Commission has activated its Rapid Response System to “combat potential Russian online disinformation campaigns” in Hungary.  The E.U.’s handpicked “fact checkers” will use the powers of the new Digital Services Act to decide when online public debate qualifies as “disinformation” that must be censored.  

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee recently concluded that the E.U.’s Rapid Response System almost exclusively targets so-called “right-wing” and “populist” political candidates.  The European Commission has extended its online censorship campaign to one week after Hungary’s elections, allowing Eurocrats to monitor and censor public conversations concerning the election’s legitimacy.  While E.U.-funded NGOs work to oust Prime Minister Orbán, E.U.-funded censors will be in a position to label allegations of European election meddling as nothing more than “Russian talking points.”

Just as in Romania, Moldova, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, the E.U. will use its army of paid “influencers” and propagandists posing as “journalists” to manipulate the outcome of Hungary’s elections.  To “save democracy,” Brussels’s Eurocrats believe that they are entitled to choose each nation’s leaders.  They don’t want Orbán because Hungary’s current prime minister continues to block the E.U.’s funding for Ukraine.  Brussels would do anything for martial-law-holdover-president/dictator Zelensky and non-E.U. Ukraine.  But allowing the citizens of E.U.-member Hungary to vote for their own national interests?  That simply won’t do.

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Schoolchildren have allegedly been coerced into performing Islamic prayers at a Church of England (CoE) primary school.

The act of worship is said to have involved seven-year-old children at a Lincolnshire school – with parents revealing that pupils were encouraged to kneel and bow their heads in the Muslim prayer style.

Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice recieved a complaint from a concerned father in his Boston and Skegness constituency last week.

It said children were “coerced, manipulated and cajoled” into performing the act of worship – “despite none of the children in the classroom” being Muslim.

According to the Christian parent, his daughter’s class were shown a demonstration video on how to correctly pray before being urged to “have a go”.

The Telegraph reports the prayer happened in a religious education lesson on Wednesday last week.

As he was putting his seven-year-old daughter to bed, the father said he was shocked after his daughter declared: “We did prayers to Allah yesterday.”

He claimed his child went onto describe the teacher urging the children to take off their shoes and telling the pupils: “We all need to do the performing of the prayer.”

The parent has now said the school did not seek parental permission ahead of the lesson or given pupils the chance to decline performing the act.

The incident has been reported to Lincolnshire Police.

Speaking on behalf of the unnamed primary school, the Diocese of Lincoln has rejected the father’s account of events.

The Diocesan Board of Education has insisted the act was “not an act of worship”

A spokesman said: “During the lesson, which began following the relevant lesson plan, pupils were invited to demonstrate some of the movements associated with Muslim prayer.

“Although this was outside the lesson’s intended approach, it was not an act of worship – no prayers or religious words were spoken and no child was required to take part.

“No mats were used and pupils were not asked to face any particular direction.”

They added that it would “undertake appropriate reflection to ensure future lessons continue to align fully with the intended non‑confessional approach of RE”.

Mr Tice has since written to the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Dame Sarah Mullally, saying he was looking for clarification from the CoE on how “schools approach the teaching of other religions, particularly in a way that respects parental rights and avoids compelling pupils to participate in religious practices”.

The Reform UK leader told Dame Sarah: “This matter has understandably caused significant concern among parents and clarity on the Church’s position would be greatly appreciated.”

Meanwhile, a spokesman for Diocese of Lincoln’s education board told The Telegraph: “The school’s RE curriculum does not involve children taking part in acts of worship from any faith.

“It follows the diocese’s approved, non‑confessional RE programme, which teaches pupils about how different religious people pray through academic exploration and discussion, and is part of a wider sequence including Christian, Jewish and Sikh prayer.”

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A leftist agitator threw a Molotov cocktail at pro-lifers during the Portuguese capital’s first annual March for Life (Marcha pela Vida) last weekend, but it was diffused before it could go off.

During the closing ceremony of the March 21 Portugal March for Life in front of the Portuguese parliament, where many families with young children and babies were gathered, an unidentified 39-year-old man threw a Molotov cocktail (a bottle filled with petrol or gasoline) onto the stage.

The man was quickly stopped by march participants before the police arrived, and the fuse was detached from the bottle without igniting. While several children and their parents were drenched with gas, no one was hurt.

The otherwise peaceful first annual March for Life Lisbon had drawn a whopping 4,000 pro-lifers who witnessed to the unborn.

“We had no prior warning or knowledge of any threats leading up to the March,” Nuno Marques Afonso, the general coordinator of the March, told LifeSiteNews. “This event was meant to be a peaceful revival of a movement that had been losing its strength and seeing dwindling numbers for years.”

The suspect had been spotted with a few other protestors earlier in the day. Police believe these same individuals were also involved in committing vandalism during a December protest of labor laws. Afonso told LifeSite the March for Life strongly believes these individuals are also tied to Antifa.

“All previous pro-life demonstrations were peaceful and were not violently disturbed. We hope they remain as such in the future,” the coordinator added.

Despite the incident, Portugal’s first March for Life, a rebrand from the country’s annual “Walk for Life” (“Caminhada pela Vida“), was a major success, with about 4,000 pro-lifers from across the country participating.

In Portugal, abortion is currently legal up to 10 weeks into a woman’s pregnancy, with exceptions for rape, incest, or so-called “risk to women’s health” and “severe fetal abnormality.” It should be noted that abortion, the murder of an unborn child, is never medically justified or necessary.

Afonso encouraged pro-life activists not to be afraid of leftist agitators, such as those present in Lisbon this weekend, but to have the courage necessary to stand up for the unborn.

“We are now seeing that social intimidation is escalating into actual physical violence, like this horrific Molotov attack. They want to scare us off the streets,” he said. “I know it is incredibly hard to stand up in the face of this, but true change only comes through courage.”

“I know that when just one person is brave enough to raise their voice against injustice, three more voices also find the courage to join them,” he added. “Do not let fear win. Be the light of the world, and let your courage be the example that empowers others to do the same.”

Archbishop Rui Rui Valério, the Patriarch of Lisbon, in a statement to the Pillar, underscored that Saturday’s attack and similar acts of violence are “gravely unacceptable.”

“(V)iolence is never the way. It does not build up, it does not dignify, it does not serve the truth,” the archbishop said. “And it is all the more painful when it threatens the more fragile among us, especially children, who should always be a sign of hope, and not exposed to fear.”

“The March for Life is born precisely from the belief that all human life is an inviolable gift, from conception to natural death,” he added. “Therefore, any act of violence, especially against a peaceful demonstration, must be firmly condemned.”

In recent months, pro-lifers and Christians have been viciously attacked by leftists across Europe. In February, a young Catholic activist named Quentin was murdered by members of Antifa during a violent protest outside a political conference in Lyon, France. In March, participants at a German pro-life campaign rally were viciously attacked by pro-abortion extremists, with one pro-lifer even suffering a “traumatic brain injury.”

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The British judicial system was further degraded on Monday as a scheme to scrap short jail terms for criminals came into effect in a bid to reduce overcrowding in English and Welsh jails.

After previously releasing thousands of offenders early to clear room in Britain’s prisons, the left-wing Labour government has enacted reforms, meaning that those who would have been jailed for up to a year will now only receive a suspended sentence, other than in exceptional cases.

The reforms, which came into effect on Monday, also empower Britain’s infamously lenient judges with the ability to hand out suspended sentences for offenders who would have faced up to three years in prison.

The exceptional circumstances under which offenders are actually jailed for sentences typically up to one year will also be left to the discretion of judges or magistrates, the BBC reported.

At any given time, there are more than 6,000 people serving sentences of up to one year in English or Welsh prisons. Such offenders are the most likely to reoffend after being released from prison.

Rather than simply jailing them for longer to prevent further crimes, proponents of the reforms suggested that addressing them through so-called community-based approaches would be less expensive.

Meanwhile, given that such offenders are less likely to be jailed, it is also less likely that they will be remanded before their trials.

Additionally, courts will be granted the ability to defer sentencing offenders for up to a year, compared to the current standard of six months, which will supposedly allow for criminals to address issues that led to their conviction, such as drug addiction.

The changes to the sentencing structure — the most significant in generations — come as the left-wing Labour Party government is seeking to upend centuries of British legal norms by eliminating jury trials for lesser offences, which would then be decided by a single judge rather than by one’s peers.

It also comes as Britain is facing a crime wave, particularly with low-level thefts, with shoplifting hitting a record high last year, with 530,643 cases being reported in the year up to March 2025, a 20 per cent rise over the previous year.

The British capital of London also now owns the distinction of being one of the world leaders in cellphone thefts, with 80,000 being stolen in 2024, alone. With jail terms likely being completely off the table for most of the phone snatchers, it may incentivise more criminals to get into the act.

Conservative Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy said that many shoplifters will “escape prison” because of the reforms, saying that the country “can’t trust Labour to keep us safe”.

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John Cleese has intensified his criticism of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, launching a fresh attack on social media amid the ongoing row over mass Muslim prayer events in Trafalgar Square.

The Monty Python star initially took aim at Mr Khan after the Mayor defended a large-scale iftar gathering in central London, insisting public spaces should remain open, insisting the mass event was a celebration of the capital’s diversity.

In a social media clip, Mr Khan said: “Nobody wants to dominate… British people love having diversity… and as long as I’m mayor, Trafalgar Square… will be open to everyone.”

Mr Cleese responded with a strongly worded post on X, writing: “Sorry to have to say this… The British do not like the kind of diversity that intends to take over Britain and kill any infidel who does not convert to Islam.

“Is that hard to understand, silly little man?”

Fans of the comedian were quick to share their thoughts on X.

“Correct me if I’m wrong but Islam absolutely HATES diversity. Or have I completely misunderstood the Quran and all the messages and rules contained therein?” one user wrote.

Another said: “Funny how people from free and open western democracies rarely go to Third World countries to try and start a “new-life”?”

Sorry to have to say this…

The British do not like the kind of diversity that intends to take over Britain and kill any infidel that does not convert to Islam

Is that hard to understand, silly little man ? https://t.co/vtqh0Dp74k

— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) March 23, 2026

A third added: “Sadiq Khan is not neutral on the question of the advancement of Islam.”

Mr Cleese later doubled down with a second post, appearing to link concerns about division with recent threats and acts of violence.

“I’m wondering if the people who are trying to sow discord and division are in any way connected with the people threatening to kill people who disagree with them,” he wrote.

“I imagine Sadiq Khan is familiar with the Koran?”

I'm wondering if the people who are trying to sow discard and division are in any way connected with the people threatening to kill people who disagree with them

I imagine Sadiq Khan is familiar with the Koran ? https://t.co/IyEJKPhnkj

— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) March 24, 2026

The remarks came in response to a post criticising Mr Khan’s leadership, alongside a statement from the Mayor condemning an antisemitic arson attack in north London.

Following the incident, Mr Khan said: “An attack on our Jewish community is an attack on London. As Londoners, we will always stand together in the face of those who seek to divide us.”

The attack saw four ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer emergency service set alight outside a synagogue in Golders Green in the early hours of Monday morning.

Police are investigating the incident as a suspected antisemitic hate crime, with no arrests made so far. An Iran-linked group has claimed responsibility, though this has not been officially verified.

Mr Cleese’s intervention has further fuelled an already heated debate over religion, extremism and the use of public spaces in Britain.

Some criticised the tone of his remarks, warning that they risk inflaming divisions at a sensitive time following a targeted attack on the Jewish community.

The controversy comes amid a wider political storm sparked by comments from Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy, who described the Trafalgar Square iftar event as “an act of total domination”, remarks that prompted calls for an investigation but were ultimately not pursued.

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Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign was nearly destroyed by a smear campaign coordinated at the highest levels of political, intelligence, and media circles, which claimed he was colluding with Russia. The subsequent investigation cleared Trump’s name and proved it was all just a hoax, yet he still had to fight the baseless accusations for much of his first term.

We see the same pattern, the same narrative being spread right now in Hungary. It started with journalist Szabolcs Panyi—a figure known to be connected with Soros-funded NGO networks and working for publications formerly financed by USAID—claiming that Russian intelligence agents had come to Hungary weeks ago to influence public perception on behalf of Fidesz. Panyi’s article lacked any evidence, yet the opposition parties and media immediately picked it up as proof of Russian interference, and have been using it as a centerpiece in their campaign ever since.

It became clear that the hoax didn’t originate from Hungary when the Washington Post joined in last weekend, citing an unnamed EU country’s intelligence agency as their source, claiming that Russian agents were planning to fake an assassination attempt on Orbán–likewise, without proof. WaPo also claimed Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó has been reporting the decisions of the EU Council to Russia–a ridiculous accusation, given that Council decisions are public. Nonetheless, it’s being framed as part of the supposed collusion, and the narrative is being spread internationally. The story centers on the assumption that a potential incident would fundamentally change the campaign themes, prioritizing state security and political stability over economic issues.

The author of the WaPo article, British journalist Catherine Belton, is not new to the job. She spent more than a decade and a half in Russia, where she worked as the Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times. It is therefore surprising, to say the least, that such a seasoned reporter would publish such serious allegations without proper verification. Or is it not? A few weeks ago, Belton was in Hungary (invited by the British embassy) to promote the Hungarian edition of her book titled Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West.

Soon after the WaPo piece was published, details of the conspiracy came to light. On Monday, a leaked audio recording was released, in which Panyi admits working together with the secret services of an unnamed EU country (likely the same as WaPo’s “source”) and helping them spy on the Foreign Minister in exchange for the intel they gather. Panyi also admits that he’s working closely with the leadership of the opposition Tisza Party and says he would even have influence over government decisions if Tisza were elected. Him, or rather the foreign agencies and interests behind him.

It is clear from the beginning that Hungary’s “Russia hoax” is just as much of a coordinated disinformation campaign as the one in the U.S. was. It is meant not only to help boost the opposition’s chances, but also to delegitimize the results in case Fidesz wins. And, of course, to divert attention from the opposition’s own election interference scandals: the obvious collusion between the Tisza Party and both the Ukrainian government and the European Commission.

It was President Zelensky himself who admitted that he’s blocking access to Hungary’s oil imports through the Druzhba pipeline for political reasons, with the goal of driving up fuel prices ahead of the election and turning voters against the government. Jeopardizing Hungary’s energy security to influence its elections is a clear violation of the EU-Ukraine Partnership Agreement, yet Brussels lets Kyiv get away with it. Worst still, all signs point to Kyiv and Tisza coordinating on the oil blockade from day one, as one of Zelensky’s top advisors told Politico that the president’s office is in regular contact with the Hungarian opposition’s campaign team. And needless to say, there’s no plot to fake the assassination of the prime minister; it was President Zelensky who openly threatened the life of PM Orbán.

As for Brussels, it was recently revealed that the European Commission is using the pretext of the Russia hoax to activate its social media censorship regime under the DSA and force Meta, among other companies, to restrict the visibility of PM Orbán’s content, while boosting the posts of Tisza leader Péter Magyar. This is not new: a recent U.S. Judiciary GOP report shows that since 2023, the Commission  has interfered in at least seven European elections on behalf of its political allies.

Both Ukraine’s unlawful oil blockade and the EU Commission’s manipulation of social media algorithms are clear examples of real foreign interference in the Hungarian election—as opposed to the Russia hoax.

The reason the Commission and Ukraine interfere in the Hungarian election is simple: Hungary is the only EU country that has consistently resisted Brussels’ push to get Europe involved in the war in Ukraine, which is against Hungarian (and European) interests. Hungary refuses to send taxpayer money to finance the war while Brussels is not even willing to negotiate for peace; it refuses to give up its energy security and import from much more expensive sources at a time of global energy crisis; and it refuses to let Ukraine join the EU before all conditions are met and a stable peace is achieved, otherwise it risks decimating its economy and importing the war into the EU.

These are all sensible decisions that align with Hungarian national interests and are shared by the vast majority of Hungarians. Brussels, Kyiv, and those member states whose intelligence communities are caught spreading this disinformation are all determined to change Hungary’s position on Ukraine by helping the opposition come to power.

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Remix News has previously reported on the rapidly growing number of Muslim students in Vienna’s schools, with now more than 50 percent of first graders listed as Muslims for the first time ever. Now, an article from Profil talks of some of the consequences of these developments, including one secondary school where a young Christian boy is the only Christian in his first-grade class, exposing him to continuous ridicule and insults.

Out of the 390 students at the school, 230 are Muslim, nearly 60 percent. In total, the school features a 99 percent immigration background. Only five out of the total of 390 students has no migrant background.

Among the insults he has to endure is being called a “pig,” by the other students. During Ramadan, students also partake in fasting challenges, “supported by mobile apps where they award themselves crescent moons like points.” This goes so far that some even refuse swimming lessons because the water might touch their lips, which would violate their religious obligation.

In total, the school features a bewildering 32 languages, with the biggest pool of non-German speakers coming from Turkey, with 81 speaking that language at home. Another 67 speak Arabic at home, followed by Chechen (27).

One teacher told a Profil journalist that there are so many problems in the class, that each class could use its own social worker. The report additionally describes cases of neglect, drug use, and even arrests among young people.

🇩🇪🔴 A young German girl spoke of the nightmare she experiences from her Muslim classmates.

"Sometimes they say to me that I’m German. And yeah, then they laugh at me, curse at me and tease me. Others are always Muslim, and they ask me why I am not a Muslim. I said I am a… pic.twitter.com/gggVOm9IPs

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) August 21, 2025

Half of the students come from families living on welfare, with two out of three repeating at least one grade in elementary school. Due to the extreme diversity and differing religions, Profil reports that religious tensions dominate in the school every day.

The school illustrates not only the problems of multiculturalism in the school system, but also the threat to minority students, who are now ethnic Austrians and Christians, once the demographic picture flips.

Just this past December, Remix News ran a story that more than half of Vienna’s first-grade population do not understand German, a new milestone in the Austrian capital’s demographic transformation. Earlier last year, Muslim students had already become the largest religious group in Vienna’s schools.

In yet another story in December, a headmaster recounted how a Muslim father demanded that a gay teacher be dismissed. The boy was ultimately allowed to switch classes, but as the headmaster explained, this was just a band-aid to a growing crisis: “The topic of religion permeates the entire school day: Islam is omnipresent, everything is ‘haram’ or ‘halal’… Islamic rules are discussed by the children,” he said. 

Last August, Remix also profiled a report about refugees deliberately failing their German-language tests to avoid low-paying work, seeing it as beneath them and presumably preferring to simply live off of benefits. 

In July 2025, the unemployment rate for Syrians in Austria stood at 45.4 percent. Vienna is the epicenter of the problem, with more than half of all unemployed migrants living in the capital. Meanwhile, in other federal states, tens of thousands of low-skilled jobs remain unfilled.

Migrants on welfare is an issue elsewhere in Europe as well, particularly in Germany, where the budget has come under increasing strain. In one wild story of abuse, a Bosnian migrant living illegally in Germany for over two decades receives more than €7,000 every month from the government to support him, his wife, and their eight children.

🇩🇪❓"Why don’t you have any German friends?"

🔺"Because they don’t belong to us. I can’t stand the Germans too much."

Thousands of German students now face discrimination and sometimes outright assault from foreigners in their school systems.

Yet, the narrative of the "evil… pic.twitter.com/3EtIdpGpna

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) August 19, 2025

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The Portuguese Parliament has approved in first reading several bills introduced by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the CDS-PP, and the sovereigntist CHEGA party that substantially modify the gender identity regulations in force since 2018.

The central measure establishes a strict prohibition on puberty blockers and hormonal treatments for any minor under 18 years of age, while requiring the reinstatement of mandatory clinical reports—prepared by psychologists and physicians—for any change in registered name and sex, thereby eliminating the pure self-determination allowed by the previous law.

This reform, driven by the center-right coalition and strongly supported by CHEGA, returns the legal framework to scientific and medical criteria similar to those of the 2011 legislation, prioritizing the protection of childhood against irreversible decisions.

According to the promoters, including CHEGA’s parliamentary leader Pedro Pinto, “changing sex before the age of 18 is inconceivable,” and the measure responds to consultations with parents’ associations and medical professionals, reinforcing the role of families in decisions of this magnitude.

The defenders of the law consider it a measure for the protection of childhood and the reinforcement of the role of families in this type of decisions. The 2018 law, which made Portugal one of Europe’s pioneering countries in allowing gender change by mere personal will without medical requirements, is partially repeated in its most controversial aspects.

Now, legal identity is once again based on clinical evidence and not solely on subjective self-determination. For minors, any hormonal intervention or puberty suppression is prohibited, thus avoiding treatments that, according to accumulated scientific evidence in several European countries, can cause permanent consequences in bone, cardiovascular, and psychological development.

This decision is set within a European context of growing prudence. Countries such as the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Finland have already restricted or suspended these protocols for minors following independent reviews that questioned their long-term safety and efficacy.

In Portugal, the parliamentary right—including the governing formation—has acted responsibly in the face of the gender ideology that for years imposed changes without deep debate or safeguards.

The approval, with 151 votes in favor and 79 against, marks a clear turning point in Portuguese politics and demonstrates that, when the best interests of the child are prioritized, reason and science prevail over ideological dogmas.

It is a forceful message: childhood is not a laboratory for social experiments. Minors deserve time, maturity, and real protection, not irreversible precipitation driven by activisms.

This reform not only corrects a legislative error from 2018 but also positions Portugal at the forefront of European common sense, firmly defending the natural development of its most vulnerable citizens.

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Presenters on Studio Brussel, a radio station of Belgium’s publicly funded broadcaster VRT, have caused outrage after destroying Christian figures and stating they would never behave in such a way towards symbols of other religions.

The radio hosts destroyed statues of the Virgin Mary and Jesus during a live segment as part of a “Blue Monday” activity aimed at helping listeners release negative feelings.

The piece, aired on the morning programme hosted by Eva De Roo and Dries Lenaerts with involvement from Sam De Bruyn, featured the presenters smashing various objects, including crockery, a computer screen and two Christian statues — one depicting the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus.

The segment was intended as a light-hearted exercise in a “rage room” style.

They said that the smashing of the religious artefacts “felt good”.

Irish journalist Colm Flynn, who reports for EWTN, a Catholic outlet, later interviewed the presenters at the Radiodays Europe conference in Riga, Latvia.

In the interview, Flynn went deeper about their self-declared stances on “respect” and asked whether they had concerns that the act might offend Christians.

Sam De Bruyn, executive producer with the public broadcaster, replied that according to him, it would “not really offend people” because the country is not so religious anymore, definitely not the listeners to Studio Brussel.

He also added that they made clear the things that were smashed were already broken.

De Bruyn did admit that he “would have been more careful in another country” but not in Belgium.

Flynn went on to ask if they would perform the same action on symbols of Islam or Judaism.

“Would you ever smash a symbol of the prophet Muhammad?,” he asked, to which De Bruyn replied it would be “dangerous”.

De Roo said she would never do that because it “would be inappropriate because there are many Muslims in Belgium”.

When Flynn noted that there are many Christians in Belgium and the Pope even made a visit not so long ago, De Roo said they felt it was appropriate in this case because they themselves had a culturally Christian background and described it as a form of self-critique or self-mockery, something her colleagues all agreed with.

De Bruyn said it was also more dangerous if you do such a thing towards a religion you know less about.

Flynn remarked it could strike people as hypocritical and noted that the public broadcaster receives a lot of taxpayer money from people who are Christian.

De Bruyn claimed they would not have done it on other channel and that Studio Brussel was “very alternative”.

Still, De Roo admitted that she would not have done it after the conversation, admitting it made her feel uncomfortable.

The presenters said that this was also part of their show, letting listeners call them and talk about mistakes they feel were made.

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The original video clip and the interview have circulated widely on social media since January and been shared by Colm Flynn, leading to public backlash online.

In a statement, Yasmine Van der Borght, a spokesperson for VRT, said Studio Brussel had misjudged the “Blue Monday” sketch.

“Eva and Dries offer their apologies. The video was intended as a humorous piece, and they underestimated how sensitive religious symbols can be. They understand that this was offensive to some people and would make different choices today,” Van der Borght said.

She added that the public broadcaster finds it important to treat all religions with respect and care.

Media minister Cieltje Van Achter labelled the interview as “painful”.

She said it was good that the presenters appeared to show remorse and stressed that all religions should be open to ridicule.

Equality organisations, NGOs and anti-discrimination institutions were all notably quiet on the issue.

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Content Notice: This article contains graphic details from a trial related to the sexual abuse of a young child. Some readers may find the content disturbing. Reader discretion is appreciated.

A transgender pedophile is attempting to sue the Australian state of Victoria over alleged “human rights violations” he has experienced while housed in a women’s prison. Autumn Tulip Harper, also known as Hilary Maloney, previously sparked outrage after receiving a shockingly lenient sentence for the crime of sexually abusing his own 5-year-old daughter.

Harper, whose male birth name Reduxx is choosing to withhold in order to protect his victim, was first brought to the attention of Australian authorities after the FBI arrested an American pedophile in September 2023 that he had been communicating with.

It was revealed that Harper was in a BDSM-inspired relationship with the sex offender, who he referred to as his “Master.” The American offender encouraged Harper to sexually abuse his daughter for his own gratification, and praised him for doing so, calling him a “good girl,” and saying how “impressed” with him he was.

According to Australian police, Harper created at least 77 files that were identified as child sexual abuse material between May and June of that year, after his devices were seized in a raid on September 15, 2023. The images of his daughter, who he had abused on at least 19 separate occasions, were sent to the American pedophile over Discord, which has gained a reputation for allowing the grooming of children in various chat rooms on its platform.

In some of the videos, Harper can be seen kissing his daughter’s genitals, naked buttocks, and licking her anal region. When asked by Harper if she “liked” the abuse, the child can be heard clearly responding “no.” Other photos showed Harper sexually posing with her, and other images of her naked and in the shower. Despite the graphic nature of his offenses, he was allowed to remain free before the trial, and was even permitted to change his legal name during the proceedings.

🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨

A transgender pedophile in Australia has been convicted for the sexual abuse of his own 5-year-old daughter.

Autumn Tulip Harper was given a lenient sentence after it was argued that he only committed the acts to be "validated as a woman."https://t.co/0Ifp1VHIvW

— REDUXX (@reduxx) January 16, 2025

During the trial, Dr. Rajan Darjee, a forensic psychiatrist, framed Harper as if he were a “female” who had been “pressured” into the offending by a sinister male pedophile. Darjee claimed Harper had no sexual attraction to children, and would not need any “specific interventions to prevent further sexual offending.”

The judge in the case, Nola Karapanagiotidis, allowed Harper’s supposed experience with “gender dysphoria” and “transphobia” to serve as mitigating factors, and accepted the argument from the defense that he had abused his own daughter solely to be “validated… as a woman and a sexual person.” The four year and nine month sentence handed out was a significant reduction from the potential maximum of 25 years, with an ability for parole after just two years and six months. Following his conviction, Harper was placed in the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s correctional facility.

Last week, the Herald Sun revealed that Harper is set to sue the government of the Australian state of Victoria over his treatment in prison. The paper confirmed that the lawsuit will focus on supposed violations of his “human rights” since he was moved into isolation after his crimes received international attention.

Victoria had previously operated on a policy of putting trans-identified prisoners into jails aligning with their declared gender identity, instead of “their sex assigned or assumed at birth,” as a “guiding principle.” The policy was scrapped just last month, following various trans prisoner scandals in the state.

Victorian taxpayers forked out an undisclosed amount in a secret settlement to a female prisoner who was sexually assaulted by Clinton Rintoull, a trans-identified murderer who had been placed in the minimum security Tarrengower female prison. Voters in the state overwhelmingly backed the change in policy, with 72% of Victorians saying that the nature of the crime should be far more relevant than the gender identity of prisoners in deciding which prison they are housed in.

In 2022, female inmates at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre blew the whistle on a trans-identified male offender who was moved to the Murray Protection Unit in July of that year. The name of the offender was not publicized, but the details of the background that were released matched up with Lisa Jones, a trans-identified man who was sentenced to three years and three months in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in 2021.

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