Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/31/2016

In response to the wave of Islamic terror attacks that hit France over the summer, the French government has doubled the amount that will be spent on security for schools in the Paris region. French schools in particular have been targeted by the Islamic State in its propaganda materials.

In other news, officials in the Greek islands of the eastern Aegean have complained that they will need more government help coping with the recent resurgence of migration from Turkey.

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Thanks to Dean, Diana West, Fjordman, Jerry Gordon, MC, Reader from Chicago, Steen, Vlad Tepes, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

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Tatjana Festerling: Islam is the Weapon of Mass Destruction That is Used Against Us

Last week German Chancellor Angela Merkel paid a visit to Prague, where she pow-wowed with government officials and was met with vigorous protests by Czech citizens.

While Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka was busy meeting with her and selling his country out to the EU, Tatjana Festerling of Festung Europa was speaking in another part of town to a gathering of Czech patriots. Below is a video of her speech, which was given in German and has been subtitled in English.

Many thanks to Oz-Rita for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling (Vlad has edited out the interpolated translation into Czech):

Transcript:

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Refugee?

Our Israeli correspondent MC has some thoughts on the “refugee” crisis that is currently destroying European civilization.

Refugee?

by MC

The so called ‘refugee’ crisis is a crisis of young fit males of military age forcing their way into places they have no right to be, at the behest of people who have no right to invite them, on behalf of people who don’t want them. However I am given to understand that Kurdish females are fighting alongside their menfolk for the right to their own country.

Excuse me if I am cynical.

I hope that if my country were invaded by Wahhabist barbarians I would be fighting back, doing what I could to support the military. As a vet, I can still handle an assault rifle even if I cannot run any more.

I can understand families getting out of the fire zone, but why are the invaders of Europe overwhelmingly young males of military age? Should not they be defending their countries too?

I am suspicious firstly because most are not refugees, and as such, they are illegals: they have crossed more than one (safe) border and have thus lost their refugee status, and as criminals they need to be interned until such time as they volunteer to return, or are forcibly returned.

As for families, they are welcome as temporary residents until they can safely return to their normal place of abode. This should be a zero-sum game. Temporary residents are then welcome to apply for permanent residence through normal legal channels.

In Jordan and Turkey there are refugee camps (concentration camps?) — why are we not building them in Europe? Why are we inflicting the burdens of accommodation and integration on a defenseless public? Is this just plain intimidation, or is there a more sinister goal?

Our leaders, our ‘betters’, want to prove that we are all equal and that ‘diversity’ is a wonderful thing, but where does ‘diversity’ end and cultural saturation begin? Where is the wonderful diversity that ‘white’ culture can bring to ‘brown’ culture?

Melting pots are anti-diversity; they produce a bland stew with no taste whatsoever.

Is this the latest fad and folly of socialist pseudo-science?

When it comes down to it, socialism produces a very ugly grasping society, where one has to scramble for the handouts because there is never enough to go around. The Orwellian pigs can select their favorite victim groups to be more equal and to receive what largesse there is. The rest can await their turn, shut up and pay up.

Of course any dollar we get back from socialism costs us a dollar-fifty or more in taxes because we still have to pay the salaries of the piglets who administer the system, and also pay for those not paying the taxes. Those million migrants are going to cost Europe their weight in euros (paper ones, that is).

Then there is the electoral fraud inherent in keeping a nation of professional spongers and idlers. These are people who see government as the golden goose, not the taxpayers without whom the whole system collapses.

I work indirectly for a huge US company, a company which is getting more and more hamstrung by restrictive legislation, all of which has to be paid for by that same taxpayer. When I started working for another US giant in 1977, we were hamstrung by an antitrust suit, even offshore, but that company was exporting and bringing in foreign currency.

We worked efficiently as highly skilled software developers. We handled the whole application lifecycle and handed over a finished, working product to the users. Now, producing the actual software is a tiny part of the process, for each line of code delivered there must be about 10 pages of documentation and 60 emails and 10 conference calls. The software developer is now at the bottom of this ‘lower-archy’ pile. But she still needs to be highly professional because she still carries the can if it all goes wrong.

Are we trying to make the West fail?

When Jews were in need of a place of safety, the iron doors clanged shut, and the keys rattled in the locks. Even already-issued visas were revoked.

Why are Muslims so different? Is it because Satan created Islam to do away with Judeo-Christianity? If he did, then it has done very, very well. Think about it: Constantine dumped Torah (Early Christians kept Torah, see the Book of Acts), Mohammed dumped the Bible and Darwin dumped God. Three master-strokes…

Most of our politicians can ‘see’ the difference between Muslims and radical Muslims. To me, the difference is not so clear. The Orlando shooter was deemed to be moderate — that is until he demonstrated with an appalling practicality that he was radical. From tiny moderates do murderous jihadists grow.

I would love to see pols who spout:

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Andrew Bostom: Honesty About Islam is the Solution

On August 21 the American Freedom Alliance presented a conference in Los Angeles, “Islam and Western Civilization: Can they Coexist?” One of the featured speakers was Dr. Andrew Bostom, the author of The Legacy Of Jihad: Islamic Holy War And The Fate of Non-Muslims and Iran’s Final Solution for Israel: The Legacy of Jihad and Shi’ite Islamic Jew-Hatred in Iran.

The complete text Dr. Bostom’s talk was posted at PJ Media on August 22 under the title Islam, Mindslaughter, and the Catastrophic ‘Lewis Doctrine’

Many thanks to Democracy Broadcasting for uploading this video:

Previous posts about the American Freedom Alliance event in Los Angeles:

2016   Aug   22   Silence is Still Not an Option
        25   “You’re Living Under the Sharia, and You Don’t Even Know It”
        27   Stephen Coughlin: Yes, the Truth May Constitute Hate Speech
        28   Daniel Greenfield: The Lie is Coming Apart
        28   ESW: We Need to Reclaim Our Right to Speak Freely
        29   John Bolton: We’re in a Deep Hole
        31   Islam and Western Civilization: Can they Coexist?
 

Islam and Western Civilization: Can They Coexist?

On August 21 the American Freedom Alliance presented a conference in Los Angeles about Islam and the West. Henrik Clausen was there taking photos and video, and sends the following report on the day’s events.

American Freedom Alliance: Islam and Western Civilization: Can They Coexist?
August 21st 2016,
Los Angeles, California

Report by Henrik Clausen

At this one-day conference in Los Angeles, California, the local chapter of American Freedom Alliance presented a record-setting list of 19 ‘Islamophobic’ speakers talking about the current state of things between the West and Islam. Some of the speakers were very famous, such as Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer and John Bolton, some were less well-known, but they all shared a common concern for Western Civilization and the Islamic challenge. And each speaker had a unique perspective, with more to say than could fit into a single day.


American Freedom Alliance event 2016: Frank Gaffney

And packing so many persons into just one day was a bit of a challenge. The organizers dealt with it by dividing most of the speakers into three panels, with these titles:

  • Islam in the Culture: Nonie Darwish, Mort Klein, Bosch Fawstin, Trevor London, and Lt. Col. White
  • Islam on the Move: Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, Philippe Karsenty, Guy Millière, James Simpson and the Hon. Pete Hoekstra
  • Islam as a National and Global Security Threat: Frank Gaffney, Admiral James Lyons, Daniel Greenfield and Stephen Coughlin

Fortunately for the organizers, the house was packed. That caused a bit of a line at the security check — the fact of the times is that an event like this cannot be held without serious, professional security. But the tall, muscular guys handled things in a relaxed manner, and most of the participants would be used to being metal-scanned and having their bags searched.

Each speaker had quite different topics to talk about, so there was much to learn and think about. One repeating theme was: “Are we winning this war, or not?”. Interestingly, the speakers had quite different opinions about this. On the negative side was the uncontrolled flow of Muslim refugees and the series of violent attacks we have seen. But on the other hand, it is becoming increasingly clear — even in the mainstream media — that the problem is real, serious, and is not going away by being ignored. And those politicians who still try to ignore the problems or lie about them are losing their credibility, leaving space for those who want to do something.


American Freedom Alliance event 2016: Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff

Another repeated theme among the very different topics covered was the American elections, and in particular Donald Trump. Robert Spencer made the case that the mere fact that Trump mentions the problems and suggests meaningful solutions is bringing us forward very fast, that we can now discuss matters that were largely hidden just a year ago. By way of principle, the organizers would not recommend who to vote for, but some unruly audience members shouted “Trump, Trump!” when they had the opportunity. The speakers assiduously kept their focus on their topics, not on the election.

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Klára Samková: “The Full Unravelling of the Rule of Law”

Earlier this year we featured a talk by the Czech lawyer and activist Klára Samková. In the following video from Czech TV you’ll see Ms. Samková engage in a spirited discussion with a mealy-mouthed “sunshiner” (a leftist or progressive) about the European migration crisis.

The situation they’re debating is the 21st century’s actualization of The Camp of the Saints (see Fjordman’s discussion of Jean Raspail’s writings). From the sunshiner’s viewpoint, the boats are coming, the boats cannot be stopped, and the wave of invading “refugees” cannot be opposed. Like France in Mr. Raspail’s imagined apocalyptic scenario, Europe is totally helpless in the face of the immigrant wave.

Many thanks to Xanthippa for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/30/2016

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is now facing a possible revolt from the CSU, the CDU’s sister party in Bavaria. The CSU is reportedly considering proposing a different party leader ahead of next year’s election, and may even break away entirely from the CDU.

In other news, on Monday more than 6,500 migrants in a number of different boats were rescued off the coast of Libya by the Italian coast guard.

To see the headlines and the articles, click “Continue reading” below.

Thanks to AF, Dean, Dora, Fjordman, GH, JD, Reader from Chicago, TS, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

Notice to tipsters: Please don’t submit extensive excerpts from articles that have been posted behind a subscription firewall, or are otherwise under copyright protection.

Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. We check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.

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Guy Millière: I Want to Fight Where it’s Not Too Late

On August 21 the American Freedom Alliance presented a conference in Los Angeles, “Islam and Western Civilization: Can they Coexist?” One of the featured speakers was Guy Millière of the Gatestone Institute.

Many thanks to Henrik Clausen for recording, and to Vlad Tepes for uploading this video:

Previous posts about the American Freedom Alliance event in Los Angeles:

2016   Aug   22   Silence is Still Not an Option
        25   “You’re Living Under the Sharia, and You Don’t Even Know It”
        27   Stephen Coughlin: Yes, the Truth May Constitute Hate Speech
        28   Daniel Greenfield: The Lie is Coming Apart
        28   ESW: We Need to Reclaim Our Right to Speak Freely
        29   John Bolton: We’re in a Deep Hole
 

Culture-Enriching Rapists on Trial in Hamburg

The video below and accompanying news story are a reminder that not all cultural enrichment comes to us from the Muslim world. The following harrowing account describes the horrors experienced by a 14-year-old German girl at the hands of four young immigrants from Serbia. (Yes, I know they could still be Muslims, even though they’re from Serbia. There’s no way to tell from the information provided. However, most Muslims in the former Yugoslavia are now in Bosnia, Macedonia, and Kosovo, so chances are these are Serbian boys with an Orthodox background.)

Many thanks to Nash Montana for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:

The following Hamburger Abendblatt article from March of this year (also translated by Nash Montana) describes the incident that resulted in the court case featured in the video:

Four young men rape a 14-year-old in Hamburg

The victim was living in supervised conditions by the youth welfare office

Hamburg. It is the kind of case that gives chills to even a hardened cop. In Harburg, a 14-year-old girl was raped, abused and afterward she was thrown outside in icy cold temperatures clothed only in a blouse and underwear. Three of the four offenders are sitting in jail. One of them is only 14 years old. Among other things, they are now accused of attempted murder.

The incident happened on February 11th. According to information provided the Abendblatt the 14-year-old lived under the supervision of the youth welfare office in a guided youth home. On the day of the incident she was brought together with four young men in an apartment by a 16-year-old female friend Alcohol was being passed around. The girl was so drunk that she passed out.

What happened next was recorded on various cell phones. Three of the four men from Serbia pounced on the helpless girl and raped her. The abuse, so it’s said, was filmed by the female acquaintance of the victim. Then the still-passed-out 14-year-old was taken outside into the courtyard and left there. Temperatures at that time were barely above freezing point. The girl was found in time and was brought to the hospital with hypothermia. Her condition had been life-threatening.

The investigation was difficult. The abuse was determined in the hospital. The police put the special unit that deals with sexual crimes on the case. The girl apparently had no memory of the crime.

The case was first dealt with strictly as a sexual offense. Only later the attempted murder charge was added. The assigned judge was the one who determined that there were signs of attempted murder.

Investigators arrested three of the four offenders, among them the 16-year-old girl who filmed the abuse. Her cellphone that recorded the entire disgusting offense was also secured.

Police refused to say anything, and referred questions to the prosecutor’s office. Chief prosecutor Nana Frombach confirmed: “We are also investigating an attempted murder in conjunction with dangerous bodily harm.”

Two of the male offenders are still sought after. Among them is the only adult; he’s 21 years old. Both individuals are from the Harburg area. Possibly both of them have already left the country and are hiding in their home country.

Video transcript:

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US Threatens “Harsh Response” if Illegal Arab Settlement is Destroyed

We all know what the Obama administration thinks about illegal settlements in the West Bank. There’s no greater crime than building new settlements in “The Territories”.

Unless they’re illegal Arab settlements. That’s a different matter — those must be protected at all costs. Dismantling them would be a grave crime against humanity and a violation of international law and etc blah yak.

Many thanks to JLH for translating this article from Politically Incorrect:

US Threatens Israel With “Harsh Response” if Illegal Arab Settlement is Destroyed

August 25, 2016

Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman (photo inset) will probably present his ministry’s formal reply before the Supreme Court. This is the reaction to the proposal of the leftist NGO “Rabbis for Human Rights,” which demands an end to the demolition of an illegal Arab settlement. A series of buildings of the illegal settlement (photo) near the Jewish village Sussiya in the vicinity of Hebron is slated for demolition.

It was reported Wednesday that high-ranking US officials have put heavy pressure on the Israeli government, not to execute the demolition order. The report indicates that the officials have threatened an extremely serious American reaction if the demolition occurs.

Tuesday, despite the warnings, forces of the civil administration destroyed a number of illegal structures in the neighboring city of Umm el-Keir, which had been built along the security fence of Carmel. Some of these buildings had been built with the support of the European Union.

In addition to the USA, the EU and the UK have joined the effort to prevent the destruction of the illegal Arab settlement near Sussiya.

In 2013 a court decreed that Arab construction at that location be halted. This happened pursuant to a proposal of the NGO organization, Regavim, an NGO which monitors illegal Arab construction throughout Israel. A year later, the court issued the demolition order for buildings already constructed at the location. In 2015, the supreme court rejected a petition for temporary suspension of the demolition order and gave a green light for its execution by civil authority.

On Wednesday, Regavim published a statement which disregarded the threats of the American officials and called for the Israeli Defense Ministry to issue the orders for execution of the act. “We call on Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman to ignore the inappropriate foreign meddling in domestic Israeli affairs, which belittle the government of Israel and the Israeli justice system. These are idle threats, provoked by radical, leftist organizations who do not respect the laws and repeatedly abuse the legal process of the supreme court.”

And Now: The Burqiski!

A devout Muslima wears a burka for everyday activities and a burkini for swimming, but what does she wear when skiing? Regular ski outfits aren’t all that revealing, but still… sometimes a woman’s hair is visible (gasp!), and what about the spandex parts? Someone might see her shape, and then she would risk an “honor killing”.

Riposte Laïque has the answer: the burqiski.

Many thanks to Ava Lon for the translation:

Dear Sisters,

You have more than two months to take advantage of our promotions of the model “burqiski”, an absolute must in anticipation of the upcoming winter holidays.

Beware: there won’t be enough for everyone! The risk of shortage is expected, given the sudden popularity of this type of pioneering outfit, and its requirement by the Muslim Brothers of Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo (also known as the Psych Ward), it would be unfortunate if your modesty were no longer preserved and your imam / husband / brother / uncle / guardian / neighbor were to deny you access to the sport that, although invented by unbelievers, soon will be certified halal, by the grace of Allah!

Know that the Council of State (peace be upon him) has authorized the burqiski on green and blue runs. However, on the red and black runs caution is recommended, and such attire should be avoided, because of wind resistance, especially if it arrives laterally.

Indeed, during preliminary tests, due to strong easterly winds, there were deplorably some unexpected skirmishes of burqiskis with skieresses inside them against the many pine trees bordering the tracks. These regrettable incidents repeatedly required intervention by Megeve firefighters to get the unfortunate sisters stuck in sap and against soft wood, their skis dangling, while their panicked screams mournfully echoed in the mountains … “Allaaaahu akhbaaar! Allaaaahu akhbaaar!” Terrible.


The first prototype model babouchki tested here by your sister Khouloud

The manufacturer does not guarantee full satisfaction in case of the misuse of its products, dear sisters, so do use common sense by putting your burqiski on after shoeing your skis, and not before, or you may attach your ski outfit to your skiing shoes.

Note that for the sisters who prefer the comfort of their slippers to the classic ski boot, we also market a suitable model: the “babouchki” a sort of rising slipper made of Moroccan sheep leather with small hooks on the side, whose persistent smell will pleasantly remind you the souks.

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Gates of Vienna News Feed 8/29/2016

Hillary Clinton’s closest advisor Huma Abedin has finally separated from her husband Anthony Weiner over the latter’s latest “sexting” escapade. It seems that Mr. Weiner sent new photos of his, ahem, crotch to various females, including a Donald Trump supporter, who went public with what happened. The photo of the ex-congressman’s bulging pants also showed the couple’s infant son, which is apparently the proximate cause of Ms. Abedin’s decision to announce the separation.

In other news, the Italian coast guard rescued more than 1,000 would-be migrants in a single day.

To see the headlines and the articles, click “Continue reading” below.

Thanks to AF, ESW, Fjordman, JD, ML, Reader from Chicago, Reader from Indonesia, Steen, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

Notice to tipsters: Please don’t submit extensive excerpts from articles that have been posted behind a subscription firewall, or are otherwise under copyright protection.

Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. We check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.

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The Looming Crisis in Europe

Georg Spöttle is a German-Hungarian security analyst with special expertise in Central European affairs. The following Hungarian-language interview was published recently in Demokrata.hu. CrossWare, who translated the interview, includes this brief bio of Georg Spöttle (based on another interview): Soul of a commando 2002

Georg Spöttle was born of a German mother and a Hungarian father (he uses his mother’s name). He lived in both in Germany and Hungary. He joined the German army (Bundeswehr) at age 20, specializing in experimental weaponry. Following his personal interest in the Middle East, he learned Arabic and visited many countries in the region. Recruited by the German military intelligence service for his extensive knowledge (he also speaks four different languages), he spent ten years in service. After that he joined the Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalalamt, equivalent of the NSA and MI5). He spent another ten years in the service, visited many Middle Eastern countries (Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, …) as an operations officer. Since he retired from active service and now living in Hungary he has worked as a security/anti-terrorist expert with very good connections to the office of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He also has extensive knowledge of the German military and great connections to the European intelligence community. (his blog [Hungarian])

The translated interview:

Europe on the brink of civil war

Published August 27, 2016

In France they have restored the National Guard. It looks like Germany is preparing for a near-war, or a natural disaster, storing fuels and emergency supplies, while the larger part of the population is visibly upset about the handling of the migration crisis. To learn about the reason of the panicky preparation in the two largest country in the EU, we asked the security-political expert Georg Spöttle.

As if they’re preparing for the attack of an invisible enemy in Western Europe. In France, after a long time they’ve reactivated the National Guard, increasing the number of reservists, strengthening the civilian defenses and increasing the number of armed people. Germany is even stranger: they are increasing their oil and gasoline reserves in more than hundred locations, checking firefighting materials and chemical defense materials as they would in a war. Now with a change in the law, the Bundeswehr (German army) can be used inside the country. What are they preparing for?

In Germany they try to prepare for attacks against critical infrastructure. A serious attack most likely would happen against these soft targets. Now even the police are sure that the Islamic State is preparing for an attack in Germany, so they prepare, and are not just being overly cautious there. Not long ago even the leader of the police union wrote a book in which he warns about the catastrophic results that could happen if immigration is not drastically limited, and no checks are implemented on those arriving in the country. He even discusses how the chaos could lead to civil disobedience. One thing for sure, as a result of unlimited and unchecked immigration, the Islamic State now has a beachhead in Europe. A good portion of the earlier terror actions are connected to the organization, even though the media presented this cases as isolated and mentally unstable people’s individual actions. In France they reacted fairly quickly to the erosion of the security situation. Even as President Hollande tried to prepare the population for more burials after Nice, they made some good decisions which may help the situation. The National Guard is a good idea, as the American example showed. After 9/11 they did a lot to avoid chaos and lynching. This type of organization is greatly needed in Germany too.

We don’t hear much in the media, but in Germany dissatisfaction has reached the level where many migrant centers have been burned down. How will this end?

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John Bolton: We’re in a Deep Hole

On August 21 the American Freedom Alliance sponsored a conference in Los Angeles, “Islam and Western Civilization: Can they Coexist?” The keynote speaker at the event was John Bolton, the former United States ambassador to the United Nations.

Many thanks to Henrik Clausen for recording, and to Vlad Tepes for uploading this video:

Previous posts about the American Freedom Alliance event in Los Angeles:

2016   Aug   22   Silence is Still Not an Option
        25   “You’re Living Under the Sharia, and You Don’t Even Know It”
        27   Stephen Coughlin: Yes, the Truth May Constitute Hate Speech
        28   Daniel Greenfield: The Lie is Coming Apart
        28   ESW: We Need to Reclaim Our Right to Speak Freely