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Two days after October 12, Spain’s National Day and the Day of Hispanidad, the European Parliament has hosted an event dedicated to reclaiming the shared historical legacy of Spain and Hispanic America and challenging interpretations of that past shaped by the Black Legend. The panel was organised by Spanish MEP Nora Junco, of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group.

Spanish writer Juan Manuel de Prada, Mexican historian Juan Miguel Zunzunegui and Peruvian intellectual commentator Rafael Aita agreed in presenting Hispanidad as a civilisation built on both sides of the Atlantic, with racial and cultural mixing, the Spanish language and Christianity serving as its main unifying elements.

The discussion also took on a distinctly European dimension. All three speakers questioned the continent’s gradual abandonment of its Christian roots and the consequences they believe this rupture has had for Western societies. What was once known as “Christendom”, they said, is now “a civilisation in the process of disappearing”.

De Prada argued that the Black Legend cannot be explained solely as propaganda spread by Spain’s rival powers. According to the writer, that hostility had an underlying religious dimension linked to the role of the Spanish monarchy as a defender of Catholicism against Protestantism and, later, liberal thought.

He extended this argument to the European Union, recalling that its founders shared a Christian cultural foundation which, he argued, has progressively disappeared from its institutions.

“From the moment God was removed, the European Union began turning into something else,” he said.

De Prada warned that European societies have lost many of the cultural and moral bonds that once held them together. He clarified that recovering this foundation does not mean imposing religion, but rather recognising the Christian roots of European civilisation.

“Civilisations are founded by religions, and they disappear with the religion that founded them,” he maintained.

He also rejected the idea that challenging the Black Legend should involve constructing a “Pink Legend” that denies the abuses committed during the Spanish presence in the Americas. His argument was that the Spanish Crown defended laws and institutions intended to prosecute such abuses, a dimension he believes is largely absent from contemporary historical narratives.

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On the night between Oct 7-8, 2026, in the Porto Vecchio area of Sanremo, a 13-year-old boy of Tunisian origin poured gasoline on a sleeping homeless man and set him on fire in an attempt to steal his backpack.

The incident took place in Piazzale Vesco. According to reports based on surveillance footage, the boy first filled a bottle with gasoline at a nearby pump, approached the man while he slept, poured the fuel on him — primarily on the legs, according to multiple accounts — and ignited it with a match. The goal was reportedly to take the backpack containing the victim’s belongings.

The man’s screams alerted personnel from the Coast Guard. Carabinieri and emergency medical services also responded. The victim, described in reports as a foreign man of approximately 40 years of age, with one account referring to a French man in his sixties, sustained burns to his legs. He was hospitalized for two days at Sanremo’s Ospedale Hospital before being discharged, according to Il Giornale media outlet.

Surveillance cameras operated by the Capitaneria and the Municipality of Sanremo recorded much of the incident. 

Investigators identified the 13-year-old, who had initially fled the scene. He was located in a community facility where he lives with his mother.

Under Italian law, anyone under the age of 14 is subject to an absolute presumption of non-imputability. This means the boy cannot be held criminally responsible or subjected to ordinary criminal punishment, regardless of the severity of the act. The juvenile prosecutor’s office in Genoa is handling the case and can consider protective or rehabilitative measures focused on the minor’s situation.

Some coverage has described the migrant youth having prior contact with authorities in Sanremo, though details remain limited as the matter falls under juvenile proceedings.

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The riots aren’t a coincidence, they’re a strategy.

Some people like to argue that the wave of right-wing candidates winning elections in Latin America is due to the shutdown of USAID.

I wouldn’t celebrate just yet.

We’re currently watching ‘student riots’ in France, Albania and India. And those don’t just happen on their own.

Remember that USAID was just one component in a worldwide leftist machine that has been running now for generations. It’s built up organizations worldwide, trained staff and pumped endless millions into various non-profits around the world… many of which are still operating. Part of that machine was funded by massively wealthy foundations like those of Ford and Soros. Losing USAID was a blow, but the machine is still operating. And we weren’t the only government funding it. The Euros were putting money in the NGO machine.

And at least some of these groups also have ties to enemy nations including China, Russia and Iran who are more than happy to benefit from their political sabotage.

Back to the riots. Of the three riots, the most crucial are the ones in India where the Left hopes to topple Modi. Losing India would be a major blow, and a Leftist-Islamic government heading up a major country would be a major threat. Macron in France, much less so, but the riots there are, as they often are with leftists, an attempt at political mobilization of the ‘youth’ and ‘minorities’.

The Albania riots are more of an exception to the usual rule since the target is a leftist leader linked to the Soros clan. But there may be a complicated interplay of interests there.

Either way, the leftist student riots around the world aren’t a coincidence, they’re a strategy.

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Santiago Caputo, Chief Adviser to President Javier Milei of Argentina, has shared a post on the social media platform X in which he claims that the United Kingdom is being ‘colonized by Islam’ and therefore ‘recovering the Malvinas is not solely a national cause. It is a cause of the West.’

Caputo published the message in response to Sagal Abdi-Wali of the Labour Party, a Muslim woman who wears a hijab, being elected to the British Parliament to represent Holborn and St Pancras in a by-election earlier this month.

The British newspaper The Guardian claims that President Milei himself has shared Caputo’s post on X. However, the post in question is no longer available on President Milei’s X feed, either on his main feed or among his many reposts.

El Reino Unido fue en muchos sentidos la cuna de la civilización occidental moderna. Desde la Carta Magna en adelante, muchas de las instituciones de las democracias liberales han estado basadas en la tradición del constitucionalismo británico. Desde Adam Smith, John Locke y John… https://t.co/dSMs0mbftL

— Santi C. (@slcaputo) October 14, 2026

It is understandable why a territorial claim over the Falkland Islands (or Malvinas, as Caputo and other Argentine nationalists like to refer to the islands by their Spanish name) coming from an official in the Argentine government would cause an uproar in the British press.

In 1982 Argentine armed forces invaded the islands in an effort to claim them, which provoked a two-month war that ultimately ended in a British victory. The conflict also claimed around 900 lives: 650 on the Argentine side and 250 on the British side.

The Falklands never legally belonged to Argentina, although the South American nation did maintain a small garrison and settlement on the islands in the 1820s after gaining independence from Spain. Today, the vast majority of the local population of around 3,500 people have allegiance to the UK over Argentina.

The issue reentered the public discussion in July of this year.

After Argentina beat England in the FIFA World Cup semi-finals 2–1, Argentine players Lisandro Martínez and Giovani Lo Celso held up a banner with the words ‘the Malvinas are Argentine’ in Spanish. Apparently, the banner was given to them by fans, but they evidently were aware of its content when they decided to show it to the cameras.

Milei Adviser’s Post about Islam in the UK and the Falklands

In his post published on Wednesday, 14 October, Caputo starts by praising Britain’s long history, calling it ‘in many respects, the cradle of modern Western civilization’ and celebrating the great British minds of the past, such as Adam Smith, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, and Alan Turing.

However, he goes on to argue that the recent spread of Islamic influence in the United Kingdom is ‘a risk to the cause of the entire West’ and ‘a tragedy in historical terms’. Caputo believes that protecting Argentina and the Southern Atlantic from the threats of Islam is just ‘another reason’ why his nation should make efforts to ‘recover’ the Malvinas.

In this post per se, he does not elaborate on what other reasons he sees for an Argentine takeover of the Falklands.

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The SPD and Greens have suspended exploratory coalition talks with Die Linke after the party admitted pro-Palestinian activist Vanessa Emde to its parliamentary group, raising doubts over an agreement intended to strengthen safeguards against anti-Semitism.

Coalition negotiations in the German state of Berlin have been thrown into uncertainty after the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens suspended exploratory talks with Die Linke on Tuesday, 13 October, over concerns that commitments to combat anti-Semitism may no longer be upheld.

The immediate trigger was Die Linke’s decision to admit Vanessa Emde, a lawmaker known for her pro-Palestinian activism who has faced accusations of antisemitism over her positions on Israel, to its parliamentary group.

The move comes amid intense negotiations to form Berlin’s next state government following elections on 20 September. Berlin is both Germany’s capital and one of its 16 federal states, with its own elected parliament and state government.

Die Linke won 25.7% of the vote, emerging as the largest party. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) came second with 18.8%, followed by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) with 16.3%, the Greens with 14.3% and the SPD with 12.1%.

The result put Die Linke in a strong position to seek a role in the next state government. But the dispute over Emde and the anti-Semitism safeguards now threatens to derail negotiations with the SPD and Greens.

During the initial exploratory talks, the SPD, the Greens and Die Linke sought to agree on a procedure for handling allegations of anti-Semitism within Die Linke’s parliamentary group.

Under the proposed mechanism, a panel would examine allegations and could recommend the expulsion of a lawmaker if its members reached a consensus. If the panel failed to reach an agreement, external experts would be consulted.

The dispute escalated on Tuesday, when Die Linke admitted Vanessa Emde to its parliamentary group. The move raised concerns within the SPD and the Greens, who had understood that she would not be included in the group as part of the political understanding underpinning the talks.

Tensions deepened when Die Linke’s lawmakers signed a separate declaration committing to combat anti-Semitism and recognising Israel’s right to exist, rather than the joint text negotiated with the two parties.

The SPD and the Greens consequently suspended the exploratory talks to assess whether the agreed safeguards remained valid and whether Die Linke was still committed to the terms of their understanding.

Green party co-leader Felix Banaszak said his understanding was that keeping Emde out of the parliamentary group had been one of the conditions underlying the exploratory negotiations.

Born in 1981, Vanessa Emde is a Die Linke politician who won Berlin’s North Neukölln constituency with 46.2% of the first votes in the 20 September 2026 state election. Neukölln, a district of the German capital known for its large communities of Turkish and Arab origin, has long been associated with Berlin’s immigrant population.

Emde is a member of Die Linke’s internal Palästinasolidarität (Palestine Solidarity) working group, a network within the party that advocates for Palestinian rights and promotes pro-Palestinian positions.

She became a focus of controversy after reportedly saying at a pro-Palestinian event in Neukölln in May 2026: “There is no right to exist for states — people have a right to exist.” Critics interpreted the remark as questioning Israel’s right to exist.

Emde has also promoted pro-Palestinian demonstrations and criticised what she describes as the political use of accusations of anti-Semitism. Reports from a demonstration she attended described chants including “Fuck you Israel” and “Palestine is entitled to defend itself with stones and guns”.

Her admission to Die Linke’s parliamentary group has fuelled concerns among the SPD and the Greens about whether the party will uphold its commitments to combating anti-Semitism.

For now, the suspension is not necessarily the end of the coalition talks. The SPD and Greens have said they need to establish whether the original understanding remains valid before deciding how to proceed.

Coalition negotiations in the German state of Berlin have been thrown into uncertainty after the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens suspended exploratory talks with Die Linke on October 13 over concerns that commitments to combat anti-Semitism may no longer be upheld.

The immediate trigger was Die Linke’s decision to admit Vanessa Emde, a lawmaker known for her pro-Palestinian activism who has faced accusations of anti-Semitism over her positions on Israel, to its parliamentary group.

The move comes amid intense negotiations to form Berlin’s next State government following elections on September 20. Berlin is both Germany’s capital and one of its 16 federal states, with its own elected parliament and State government.

Die Linke won 25.7 per cent of the vote, emerging as the largest party. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) came second with 18.8 per cent, followed by the Alternative for Germany (AfD) with 16.3 per cent, the Greens with 14.3 per cent and the SPD with 12.1 per cent.

The final seat distribution, confirmed on October 12, gave Die Linke 45 seats, the Greens 25 and the SPD 21 in the 153-seat chamber. Together the three parties hold 91 seats, above the 77 needed for a majority.

The result put Die Linke in a strong position to seek a role in the next State government. But the dispute over Emde and the anti-Semitism safeguards now threatens to derail negotiations with the SPD and the Greens, which had formally opened only five days before the suspension.

During the initial exploratory talks, the SPD, the Greens and Die Linke sought to agree on a procedure for handling allegations of anti-Semitism within Die Linke’s parliamentary group.

The joint key points, presented on October 8, described Israel’s right to exist as non-negotiable and committed each party to act against anti-Semitism in its own ranks. Under the proposed mechanism, allegations would be handled under each parliamentary group’s own rules, with consequences extending as far as expulsion, while an independent three-member panel of experts could be asked to assess individual incidents.

The agreement was contested inside Die Linke, where more than 120 members signed criticism arguing the leadership had conceded too much to the SPD and the Greens.

The dispute escalated on October 13, when Die Linke admitted Emde to its parliamentary group. The move raised concerns within the SPD and the Greens, who had understood that she would not be included in the group as part of the political understanding underpinning the talks.

Tensions deepened when Die Linke’s lawmakers signed a separate declaration committing to combat anti-Semitism and recognising Israel’s right to exist, rather than the joint text negotiated with the two parties.

All 44 lawmakers present, Emde included, signed that text, which also affirms the protection of Jewish life and condemns Hamas as an Islamist terrorist organisation with an anti-Semitic ideology. It refers back to existing party resolutions rather than to the rules agreed with the SPD and the Greens.

The SPD and the Greens consequently suspended the exploratory talks to assess whether the agreed safeguards remained valid and whether Die Linke was still committed to the terms of their understanding.

Greens federal co-leader Felix Banaszak said his understanding was that keeping Emde out of the parliamentary group had been one of the conditions underlying the exploratory negotiations. He has since said he opposes continuing the talks, distancing himself from the Berlin branch of his own party.

Emde, 45, is a Die Linke politician who won Berlin’s Neukölln 1 constituency with 46.2 per cent of the first votes in the September 20 State election. Neukölln, a district of the German capital known for its large communities of Turkish and Arab origin, has long been associated with Berlin’s immigrant population.

Emde is a member of Die Linke’s internal Palästinasolidarität (Palestine Solidarity) working group, a network within the party that advocates for Palestinian rights and promotes pro-Palestinian positions. She joined Die Linke in 2022 and sits on the board of its Neukölln district association. German media have also linked her to the Marx21 network, which is monitored by Germany’s domestic intelligence service.

She became a focus of controversy after reportedly saying at a pro-Palestinian event in Neukölln in May 2026: “There is no right to exist for states — people have a right to exist.” Critics interpreted the remark as questioning Israel’s right to exist.

Emde has also promoted pro-Palestinian demonstrations and criticised what she describes as the political use of accusations of anti-Semitism. Reports from a demonstration she attended in the government district on October 10, which drew about 3,500 people, described chants including “Fuck you Israel” and “Palestine is entitled to defend itself with stones and guns”.

Her admission to Die Linke’s parliamentary group has fuelled concerns among the SPD and the Greens about whether the party will uphold its commitments to combating anti-Semitism.

For now, the suspension is not necessarily the end of the coalition talks. The SPD and the Greens have said they need to establish whether the original understanding remains valid before deciding how to proceed.

Berlin Greens leader Nina Stahr said the parties remained at the table and were waiting for Die Linke to return with an explanation. Die Linke co-group leader Tobias Schulze said his party wanted to keep talking.

Beyond anti-Semitism, the three parties remain divided over the city’s strained budget, housing policy and Die Linke’s plan to socialise large property companies. The CDU has signalled it would talk to the SPD and the Greens should they look for an alternative.

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Ukrainian national accused of helping orchestrate the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines appeared before a court in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday, 14 October, becoming the first suspect to stand trial over an attack that remains one of the most consequential acts of sabotage in recent European history, BBC.com reports.

The Nord Stream pipeline, which used to transfer natural gas from Russia to Western Europe, blew up and was rendered non-operational in September 2022. However, it had already stopped gas transport in August 2022 due to the outbreak of the Russo–Ukrainian war.

50-year-old Serhii Kuznetsov is accused by German prosecutors of playing a leading role in the operation, allegedly coordinating professional divers and an explosives expert to target civilian infrastructure. Prosecutors are pursuing the case as a war crime. Kuznetsov is denying the allegations. His defence team has called for the proceedings to be dismissed, arguing that the evidence against him is insufficient and that his extradition to Germany was legally flawed. His counsel argues that there is no physical evidence, such as DNA or fingerprints, linking his client to the crime.

The case carries considerable diplomatic sensitivity. Germany has been among Ukraine’s closest supporters since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, just seven months before the pipeline explosions.

Nevertheless, German authorities have continued their investigation despite the potential implications for relations between Berlin and Kyiv.

Kuznetsov, who was extradited from Italy last year, entered the courtroom before a packed public gallery, appearing relaxed and occasionally smiling, according to BBC reporting. Previously identified publicly only as Serhii K, with his face obscured in photographs, he has now waived his anonymity, according to a court spokeswoman. Wearing headphones, he followed the proceedings through a Ukrainian-language translation as prosecutors presented the charges against him.

German prosecutors claim that the alleged destruction of the pipelines constitutes an attack on civilian objects using military means, bringing the case within Germany’s code of crimes against international law. In January 2025, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice ruled that the case fell within the country’s territorial jurisdiction and that prosecutors had a responsibility to pursue it because the attack allegedly undermined Germany’s internal security.

How Investigators Traced the Alleged Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage Team

The explosions occurred on 26 September 2022 in the Baltic Sea near the Danish island of Bornholm, damaging three of the four pipelines belonging to the Nord Stream network.

In the immediate aftermath, Western attention turned towards Russia, although Western governments initially stopped short of assigning direct responsibility. Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin of Russia subsequently accused the United States and the United Kingdom of responsibility, blaming what he called the ‘Anglo-Saxons’. Both countries rejected the accusations.

Investigators in Sweden, Denmark, and Germany initially worked to establish who was responsible.

Denmark and Sweden eventually discontinued their respective investigations, while German prosecutors concentrated on a group of deep-sea divers who had allegedly rented a yacht named Andromeda from the northern German port of Rostock.

German authorities later reported finding traces of underwater explosives in samples collected from the vessel. Their investigation ultimately led to the case now being heard in Hamburg.

According to the indictment, the alleged saboteurs devised their plan while acting on orders from Ukrainian state agencies. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, however, has consistently denied that Ukraine was involved in the blasts.

In August 2025 Italian police detained Kuznetsov after he checked into a hotel near the Adriatic resort of Rimini, acting on a European arrest warrant issued by German federal prosecutors. Following several weeks of legal proceedings over his extradition, he was transferred to Germany later that year.

‘President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, however, has consistently denied that Ukraine was involved in the blasts’

German prosecutors allege that Kuznetsov was serving as an officer in the Ukrainian army in 2022 and led a team that included professional divers, a boat captain and an explosives specialist.

Another Ukrainian national, Volodymyr Zhuravlov, has also been linked to the investigation. Zhuravlov successfully challenged Germany’s extradition request in Poland. In October 2025 a Polish judge ordered his release, reasoning that the alleged attack was not unlawful and that an armed operation organized by Ukraine could be considered justified in the circumstances of the war.

Zhuravlov was subsequently arrested in Croatia in August, on suspicion of participating in the dives required to carry out the pipeline sabotage. Croatia approved his extradition to Germany last month, although the timing of his transfer remains unclear. It is also uncertain whether he could eventually face proceedings connected to the Hamburg case.

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Dutch Housing Minister Elanor Boekholt-O’Sullivan drew sharp criticism this week after defending priority access to scarce social housing for recognized refugees, arguing that many young Dutch first-time home seekers “can still live with their parents.”

In an interview with De Telegraaf, the D66 minister was asked why status holders — asylum seekers granted residence permits — should receive preference for social rental homes while Dutch “starters” face long waiting lists and delayed independence. She responded that “we see that a lot of starters can still, or are allowed to, live with their parents.”

🇳🇱 Migrants get affordable housing before Dutch natives.

When asked why migrants receive access to affordable housing before young Dutch people looking for a "starter" home, the Dutch housing minister said that many Dutch first-time home seekers "can still live with their… pic.twitter.com/2lO4nwP73q

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October 14, 2026

Dutch commentator and activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek wrote on X that the policy amounted to “systemic racism.”

“And not just the ‘new’ newcomers. A 25-year-old Syrian who came here with his parents years ago jumps the queue for a home when he decides he wants to live on his own. Meaning a 25-year-old white Dutch guy can forget about getting his own place and ends up on waiting lists for 10+ years,” she wrote, adding: “Putting the interests of foreigners above the interests of the native population needs to end.”

Talking about systemic racism: Young Dutch people can barely find a place to live, because migration drove 60% of the housing demand since 2015, regular prices are insane, and migrants get PRIORITY for the affordable social housing.

And not just the “new” newcomers. A… https://t.co/aldu9zGT6U

— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) October 13, 2026

Boekholt-O’Sullivan, an Irish-born former lieutenant general in the Dutch Air Force who took office earlier this year, claims that anyone who wants to live in the Netherlands should get a roof but does not address the major housing crisis brought on by mass immigration.

“For me, the fundamental principle is that anyone who is allowed to and wants to live in the Netherlands gets a roof over their head,” she said. She noted that status holders typically leave asylum reception centers and argued that alternatives such as remaining in centers, homelessness, hotels or cruise ships were unacceptable, so priority allocation should continue until other solutions exist.

The remarks landed amid fresh data underscoring migration’s outsized role in the Netherlands’ housing crunch. A report released this week by the Economic Institute for Construction (EIB) found that migration accounted for about 60 percent of additional housing demand between 2015 and 2024. Migrants who arrived in that period occupied roughly 435,000 homes by 2024, out of nearly 700,000 homes added to the stock.

In addition, data shows that migrants occupy 44 percent of the 2.2 million social housing units in the country.

The 44 percent figure of social housing units occupied by first or second-generation immigrants has doubled from 22 percent in 2000, and is forecast to rise to 51 percent by 2030.

A total of 92 percent of Syrian first-generation immigrants reside in social housing. In addition, 90 percent of those born in Somalia, Afghanistan, and Eritrea reside in social housing.

Asylum-related migration contributes disproportionately to lasting demand because status holders remain permanently at high rates, unlike many labor or student migrants who leave within a decade.

Critics said the minister’s comments minimized the burdens on young Dutch adults who have already spent years on waiting lists for social housing or who face high private rents and purchase prices that lock them out of independent living.

Social housing waiting lists in major cities often stretch many years; priority rules for status holders allow some recent arrivals to bypass ordinary queues. Dutch population growth in recent years has been driven almost entirely by net migration, amplifying pressure on an already constrained housing market marked by strict planning rules, nitrogen regulations and slow construction.

The latest debate about Dutch housing policy and mass immigration is only one aspect of the massive burden foreigners have been on Dutch society, which shows that Dutch taxpayers have spent €400 billion on migrants between 1995 and 2019.

The landmark study, entitled “Borderless Welfare State: The Consequences of Immigration on Public Finances,” shows that net costs of immigration to the Dutch public sector over the period 1995-2019 were an astounding €400 billion, averaging €17 billion a year, with a peak of €32 billion in 2016 due to the 2015 refugee crisis.

However, this is far from the total figure. Since 2019, Dutch taxpayers have paid tens of billions more, with no end in sight.

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Muckraker released their latest courageous and amazing documentary “Replacing Europe” Wednesday evening.

The investigative reporters followed the entire illegal immigrant pipeline from Africa into Europe.

This is a landmark production – never has this been filmed to such an extent.

As you may recall, Muckraker exposed the fate of 320,000 missing immigrant children who were trafficked across the US border during the Biden-Harris years.

Muckraker also exposed a secret Chinese staging hotel in Colombia with military-aged men heading to the open US border during the Biden years.

On Wednesday, Muckraker released its daring expose’ on illegal immigrant pipeline from Africa and into Europe, via the Canary Islands or southern Spain.

Muckraker followed the illegal West African pipeline for over two months, starting in Senegal, into North Africa, and then into Spain.

In the film you follow Muckraker team as they travel through Africa and into Europe. There is one particularly frightening scene when one of the Muckraker cameramen is bloodied by the angry mob they are filming.

Muckraker added this:

In this documentary, you’ll see:

• A UN migration worker admitting that governments profit from illegal immigration and have no interest in stopping it

• Illegal immigrants getting flown by plane to the European mainland

• Organizations openly guiding illegal immigrants across borders

“We were violently attacked and nearly arrested for exposing how Europe is being replaced.”

This is a shocking documentary that will revolt you.

How can political leaders do this to their populations?

It is unbelievable until you see this on camera!

TGP can see this project get a million views in no time!

Here is the documentary:

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An African priest and theologian who teaches in Germany has defended the widespread practice of polygamy in Africa while criticizing “the imported Western family model.”

Father Égide Muziazia, who teaches theology at the University of Münster, Germany, wrote an essay in the theological magazine feinschwarz defending polygamy in Africa.

He argued that when applying theological or moral norms to individual situations, one has to use “contextual theology.”

“This provision has far-reaching implications for pastoral practice: it cannot be transferred unchanged from one continent to another,” Muziazia stated. “Rather, it continually seeks answers to pastoral challenges that are tied to the respective local contexts in which each local church is able to fulfill its mission.”

“In this sense, contextuality lies between what is permitted and what is not permitted,” he stated.

Muziazia argued in his essay that while absolute moral norms, like the Church’s teaching that marriage is solely between one man and one woman, are valid, the context of a person’s situation determines whether something is immoral.

He said that topics like polygamy in Africa – or, in the Western church, the debate around blessings for homosexual unions and female priests – “are often discussed in legal terms – ‘Is it permitted or not?’ – whereas in reality they are pastoral, context-dependent questions.”

Muziazia appears to espouse the heterodox view throughout the essay that pastoral considerations trump absolute moral doctrines, such as the Church’s teaching on marriage, creating a relativistic moral framework.

He spoke about the supposedly positive elements of polygamy without clearly condemning the practice, giving the impression that the Church should tolerate or even endorse the practice in certain situations.

“In Africa, polygamy is neither a mere moral transgression nor an indication of moral backwardness. Rather, it is a social institution embedded in a comprehensive framework of kinship, alliance-building, and the transmission of life,” he wrote. “African marriage primarily unites not two individuals, but two families or lineage groups, and is sealed by the payment of bridewealth.”

“Historically, polygamy thus fulfilled several functions and obligations: it ensured the continuation of the lineage, provided agricultural labor, guaranteed the care of widows and orphans through levirate marriage, forged alliances between clans, and conferred social status,” the African theologian continued.

“The encounter with Christian missionaries led to a head-on cultural clash,” he stated. “Monogamy was demanded as a prerequisite for baptism. Thus, monogamous marriage became the hallmark of the exemplary Christian – with the result that ‘surplus’ wives were often cast out – an injustice committed in the name of the Gospel.”

He cited African theologian Bénézet Bujo, who criticized “the individualism of the imported Western family model, the disregard for the communal and tradition-bound dimensions, and the reduction of marriage – as a long-term commitment – to a specific point in time and of the sacrament to a single act.”

Muziazia applied his framework of analysis to “the debates within the Western Church” such as “sermons delivered by laypeople, the blessing of couples in so-called ‘irregular’ situations, the opening of church offices to women” and the heterodox German Synodal Way.

“In both cases, the argument is the same, and it applies in both directions: neither in Africa nor in Europe can the churches unconditionally generalize their own context-specific responses,” he stated.

“Between what is permitted and what is not lies the context – not as an excuse, but as a theological space where the Word becomes the answer,” Muziazia concluded.

German journalist and commentator Anna Diouf, who herself has African roots, commented on the article by Muziazia X by stating: “That’s so transparent. Obviously. They’re trying to do away with monogamy by proxy in the name of postcolonialism, and then it’s ‘free love for everyone.’ How stupid do they think we are? They really had to dig deep to find that one African Catholic who plays into their talking points.”

According to the traditional teaching of the Church, as laid out in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, polygamy is considered one of the “offenses against the dignity of marriage.” The Catechism goes on to explain that “polygamy is not in accord with the moral law,” teaching that it “directly negates the plan of God which was revealed from the beginning, because it is contrary to the equal personal dignity of men and women who in matrimony give themselves with a love that is total and therefore unique and exclusive.”

Indeed, the 24th session of the Council of Trent definitively declares in Canon II on the Sacrament of Matrimony: “If any one saith, that it is lawful for Christians to have several wives at the same time, and that this is not prohibited by any divine law; let him be anathema.”

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