94 migrants were rescued off the coast of Lesvos by the Greek coast guard. Meanwhile, the Libyan coast guard rescued more than 200 migrants off the coast of Libya, and returned them to the naval base at Tripoli.
In other migration news, 79 illegal migrants were discovered in a Serbian truck that was attempting to cross the border from Romania into Hungary.
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Houston Muslim Woman Stabbed by Attacker Yelling Religious Slurs
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A $5,000 reward is being offered to help catch the attacker who stabbed a Houston Muslim woman during a hate-filled attack.
According to the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Houston), the 25-year-old victim, who is white and wears an Islamic head scarf (hijab), says she was driving home early Thursday morning from her job as a nurse when her vehicle was almost sideswiped by a red SUV in northwest Harris County.
When the victim pulled over and got out of her vehicle to check for damage after the near accident, the attacker made a U-turn and pulled up behind the victim’s vehicle.
The driver reportedly got out of his SUV and began shouting obscenities and racial and religious slurs such as, “Oh my God, it’s a r**head,” “It’s an f***ing r**head,” “sand n*****” and other derogatory terms.
She believes it was because she was wearing a hijab.
“She said a driver nearly sideswiped her,” said Sobia Siddiqui, with the Houston office of the Council on American Islamic Relations. “She thought it was road rage.”
The victim tried to get back in her vehicle, but the passenger side door was locked. At that point the attacker began waving a knife in the victim’s face and then hit her with its handle on her shoulder and arms.
A man who was riding in the alleged attacker’s SUV got out and tried to restrain him, but not before the woman was stabbed in the arm. The attacker’s passenger reportedly convinced him to get back in his SUV and they left the scene.
The victim returned to the hospital where she works to have her injury treated…
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When Omar Mateen Said He Killed 49 People for ISIS, He Meant it
Hang onto your hat as you’re marking your calendar, Dear Reader. Today is a very special day indeed: I was actually right about something!
On June 12, 2016, an Islamic terrorist named Omar Mateen walked into the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., and murdered 49 people.
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Five Men From French Town Linked to Jihad Go on Trial
Five men from the southern French town of Lunel, from where twenty youths travelled to Syria to fight alongside jihadist groups, go on trial Thursday on charges of terrorist conspiracy. FRANCE 24 published this report from Lunel in 2015.
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France: No Jail for Men Who Entered Convent Demanding Nuns Convert to Islam
Two men have been spared jail after they burst into evening service at a convent warning nuns they must either convert to Islam or go to hell.
The 26— and 28-year-old defendants were released from court in Verdun, northeast France last week, with the magistrate citing diminished mental responsibility at the time of the incident, when he said the men were suffering from psychiatric disorders.
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Islam Party in Belgium Wants to Create an Islamic State and Separate Men and Women
For the second time in 6 years the ‘Islam’ party will participate in Belgium’s municipal elections. The party wants to create an Islamic State and separate men and women in public transport, Belgian newspaper HLN reports.
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Italy’s Right to Present United Front in Government Talks
ROME (Reuters) — Italy’s three main rightist parties said on Friday they will go together to see the president in government talks next week, showing a united front in the face of moves to divide them in coalition negotiations.
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Sweden Saw Biggest Ever Increase in Gonorrhoea Cases in 2017
Swedish cases of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea saw a record-breaking rise in 2017, continuing the reverse of a trend which saw the disease being almost totally eradicated just a decade ago.
There were some 2,550 new cases in 2015, a 44 per cent rise from the already historically-high 1,778 cases 2016 reports Sweden Television (SVT). Earlier reports stated the number of people who sought treatment for gonorrhoea in the early part of 2017 was already three times higher than the same period in 2016.
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TV Host: How Long Will Western European Societies Tolerate That They Have to Live Like This?
Hungarian TV host Zsolt Bayer talks about the disastrous effects of the migrant crisis on Western Europe. In a monologue he shows his respect for the region but he also heavily criticises it.
According to Bayer the big question is: How long can the people of Western Europe tolerate how they are living now? He continues and says that another big question is why are they tolerating it?
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UK: Scarlet Fever Outbreak is Worst for Nearly 40 Years
Parents are being warned to look out for signs of scarlet fever in their children, with more cases of the illness reported this year than since 1982, health officials said.
The highly contagious infection mainly affects young children and is not usually serious if treated.
Official figures from Public Health England (PHE) show there were more than 15,500 cases reported in the first three months of the year — twice as many as last year.
There were 1,624 cases in the most recent week, up to April 1, with a spike of 2,105 cases the week before.
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UK: Where Are the Priorities? Farage Makes Brilliant Point About PC Culture and Knife Crime
NIGEL FARAGE delivered a furious verdict on the police’s approach to violent crime after reports showed London’s murder rate over the last two months had overtaken New York’s, and six young men were stabbed in the capital on Thursday night.
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Viktor Orban Wants More Respect for Poland and Hungary
Hungarians and Poles follow a common path and fight together, aiming to protect their homes and preserve their respective nations and Christianity in Europe, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday at the inauguration of a memorial dedicated to the victims of the 2010 tragedy of Smolensk, attended by the governing Law and Justice (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
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Terror Warning: Philippines to Become Next ISIS Caliphate
THE PHILIPPINES could become the next ISIS caliphate, according to military officials as the terror cult is driven out of the Middle East and sets its sights on a new target.
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An Adelaide woman in the nation’s ice capital described her mother’s ‘disgusting’ and ‘toxic’ addiction while in Murray Bridge, a baby was threatened with a smashed bottle
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Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle and Waratahs boss Andrew Hore will meet with Folau to ‘discuss his use of social media’.
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Pauline Hanson claimed she is ‘indigenous’ during a heated rant on Friday slamming the Gold Coast’s Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
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St Paul’s Anglican Grammar School at Warragul, in Victoria, sent a letter out to parents explaining girls would have to wear special clothing during a visit to a Melbourne mosque.
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Adelaide-based Muslim imam Sheikh Mohammad Tawhidi said Aly, whose parents immigrated to Melbourne from Egypt, didn’t respect the right of women to express an opinion.
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The Project host Waleed Aly has copped criticism for an apparent ‘mansplain’ to a presenter who disagreed with his opinion about a Greens proposal to pay every citizen $23,000.
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John Kiriakou Delivers Petition for Assange to Ecuador’s D.C. Ambassador on Behalf of Intel Veterans
Submitted by Elizabeth Lea Vos of Disobedient Media
Earlier today, CIA whistleblower and member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) John Kiriakou personally delivered a letter to the Ecuadorian embassy in Washington, DC, which was addressed to Ecuadorian Ambassador, Francisco Jose Borja Cevallos.
The document calls for the immediate restoration of communications for Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief Julian Assange.One week ago, Julian Assange’s internet, phone calls and access to visitors were totally cut off at the behest of Ecuadorian President, Lenin Moreno.
[Comment: The article is dated April 5, 2018.]
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Lessons From Venezuela: 5 Things You Must Learn to DIY Before a Collapse
The current situation in Venezuela, with the present induced scarcity, made me analyze what could be done by a prepper to provide a proper DIY supply of those goodies that suddenly disappear from the shelves.
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France: 2,000 Asylum Seekers Waiting to Apply for Asylum Living on Streets of Paris
There are almost 2,000 asylum seekers now living on the streets of Paris, with the vast majority congregated in a large tent city in the north of the French capital.
At the Quai du Lot and the Quai de l’Allier an estimated 1,400 asylum seekers live on the streets of Paris, wedged along the border between the city and the heavily-migrant populated suburbs of Seine-Saint-Denis, Le Monde reports.
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French Conservative Given Suspended 5,000 Euro Fine for Mentioning ‘Migrant Invasion’
French conservative politician Nicholas Dupont-Aignan, who gave his support to anti-mass migration presidential candidate Marine Le Pen last year, has been given a suspended fine of 5,000 euros for speaking about a “migrant invasion”.
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Germany: Influx of Asylum Seekers ‘Major Factor’ In Rise of Children Receiving Welfare Payments
The rise in the number of children needing state welfare in Germany is being primarily driven by migrants arriving from the Middle East and from poorer European Union nations.
While one in six recipients of the Hartz IV benefits under three are foreign-born, the number of native German children living on state assistance is decreasing, reports Der Spiegel.
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Germany: Failed Pakistani Asylum Seeker ‘Slit Daughter’s Throat to Punish Wife’
A failed Pakistani asylum seeker has admitted murdering his two-year-old daughter, almost severing her head, in an alleged revenge act to “punish” his wife.
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Greece: 94 Migrants Rescued Off Lesvos
The Greek coast guard has rescued 37 migrants and refugees from a rubber dinghy off Lesvos island in the eastern Aegean, according to reports Friday.
The migrants were safely transferred to Skala Sykamnias, a small seaside village on the northern coast of the island, the coast guard said.
Also Friday, the crew of a vessel belonging to the European Union’s border monitoring agency Frontex rescued 57 migrants from an inflatable dinghy off Lesvos.
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Police officers found 79 illegal migrants in a Serbian truck Friday morning at Ártand border crossing at the Hungarian — Romanian border reported the press officer of the Hajdú-Bihar County Police Headquarters.
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Libyan Coast Guards Rescue More Than 200 Immigrants Off Western Libyan Coast
TRIPOLI, April 6 (Xinhua) — Libyan coast guards rescued more than 200 illegal immigrants on two rubber boats off the coasts of the western cities of Sabratha and Zuwara, navy spokesman said.
“A coast guard patrol rescued 202 illegal immigrants aboard two rubber boats after their engines broke down,” Libyan navy spokesman, Ayob Qassem, told Xinhua.
Qassem said the migrants were rescued in two separate operations, the first of which took place 29 miles north-east of Sabratha, where the coast guards rescued 92 migrants and took them to Tripoli naval base at 13:00 (11:00 GMT).
The second operation rescued 110 illegal immigrants 25 miles north of Zuwara. The immigrants were taken to the naval base at 16:25 (14:25 GMT).
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Number of Illegal Aliens Granted California Driver’s Licenses Passes One Million
California newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times and Sacramento Bee, reported that the California Department of Motor Vehicles announced on April 4 that more than one million “undocumented immigrants” — illegal aliens — have received driver’s licenses. Those who are in this country illegally have been allowed to receive driver’s licenses since 2015, when Assembly Bill 60, which required California DMV offices to issue driver’s licenses to illegal aliens as long as they can prove their identity and residence within the state, took effect.
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Italy: Anti-Abortion Poster is Censored and Removed in Rome
A huge anti-abortion poster featuring an 11-week-old foetus in the womb has been censored and removed today in Rome. It appeared close to the Vatican City on Thursday.
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The Increasingly Realistic Prospect of ‘Extinct Animal’ Zoos
A traveller marvelling at snow leopards in a conservation park. A foodie who wants to taste pangolins without breaking the law. A game hunter tracking a black rhino which will be replenished after the kill.
To some people, these scenarios seem like dystopian nightmares. To others, they’re exciting prospects. And as the science advances, they may be more feasible than they might first appear. Some researchers are even exploring how animal cloning could change the tourism industry by 2070.
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WASHINGTON —
Muslim-American advocacy organizations are hailing a legal settlement with New York City police over the department’s surveillance of the community, saying the agreement sends a message that simply being Muslim is not a crime
https://www.voanews.com/a/new-york-muslim-surveillance-settlement/4336582.html
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How wonderful that the Americans managed to solve the problem with the radicalization of Muslims!
He claimed to have no or limited memory of the attack, which reportedly started when he yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’.
But terrorism was ruled out as a motive for the attack after he was found by psychiatrists to be of ‘unsound mind’.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5580991/Man-stabbed-British-backpackers-Queensland-hostel-charges-dropped.html#ixzz5BxLXGaHq
And this story raises questions :
The minister said that the man, in his fifties, had turned up at the embassy and spoken incoherently in Spanish and English, apparently referring to alleged problems of human trafficking in Portugal.
“He demanded to speak to the person in charge of the embassy’s consular section, which was granted, but before the conversation had even begun he started the fire and ran off,” said Santos Silva.
https://www.thelocal.se/20180405/arson-suspect-held-over-fire-at-portuguese-embassy-in-stockholm-sweden
They just ran a last minute Orbán campaign ad in Münster today
“The migrants were safely transferred to Skala Sykamnias, a small seaside village on the northern coast of the island, the coast guard said.”
Sounds almost idyllic. But my understanding is they will not be leaving the Island anytime soon and will be held in a camp where it’s reported conditions are fairly grim.