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EU expands anti-fake-news task force (DW, Jan 25, 2017)
http://www.dw.com/en/eu-expands-anti-fake-news-task-force/a-37265159
“An EU agency set up to counter Kremlin disinformation campaigns will receive extra resources as Europe faces two major elections. But the East Stratcom Task Force only has a team of ten to debunk fake news stories…”
Cologne to protect its famous Carnival from truck attacks (thelocal, Jan 25, 2017)
https://www.thelocal.de/20170125/cologne-will-protect-its-famous-carnival-from-truck-attacks
“Cologne will install concrete blocks at its famous Carnival celebrations to protect from possible truck attacks like the one on a Berlin Christmas market in December, police said on Wednesday…”
Germany to scrap law that forbids insulting foreign leaders (thelocal, Jan 25, 2017)
https://www.thelocal.de/20170125/germany-to-scrap-law-that-forbids-insulting-foreign-leaders
“The German government voted Wednesday to scrap a “lese majeste” law that prohibited insulting foreign heads of state, after Turkey tried to use it against a German comedian.
The German government voted Wednesday to scrap a “lese majeste” law that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had sought to employ against a popular German television satirist.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cabinet decided to abolish by January 1st, 2018 the rarely enforced section of the criminal code that prohibits insulting organs or representatives of foreign states.
“The idea of ‘lese majeste’ dates back to a long-gone era, it no longer belongs in our criminal law,” said Justice Minister Heiko Maas.
“The regulation is obsolete and unnecessary.”…”
“The idea of ‘lese majeste’ dates back to a long-gone era, it no longer belongs in our criminal law,” said Justice Minister Heiko Maas.
Way too sane. All of this is clearly off the rails. There must be something in the
Kool-Aidwater.Campaigners demand referendum on Swiss government’s immigration decision (thelocal, Jan 25, 2017)
http://www.thelocal.ch/20170125/campaigners-demand-referendum-on-swiss-governments-immigration-decision
“The Swiss people may get to have another say on immigration thanks to a group of citizens who are pushing for a referendum on the government’s decision to water down the 2014 anti-immigration initiative.
On Tuesday four citizens’ committees clubbed together to launch their campaign, which must gather 50,000 signatures by April 7th in order to go to a referendum, at the earliest in September.
The move is the latest episode in a saga that dates back to February 2014, when the public narrowly voted to introduce quotas on EU immigration in an ‘anti-mass immigration’ initiative backed by the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP).
After nearly three years of hand-wringing following the legally binding referendum, last December the Swiss parliament decided to implement a hugely watered-down version of the initiative that would not introduce quotas but would give Swiss workers some preference in the job market.
This ‘light’ solution sought to preserve the country’s relationship with the EU, which would have been threatened by immigration controls since they contravene the principle of free movement of people between Switzerland and the bloc.
But the government’s decision did not go down well with many, who felt it was undemocratic in not respecting the will of the people who voted for quotas…”
Austrian expert says Islam is unsustainable in its current form (thelocal, Jan 25, 2017)
http://www.thelocal.at/20170125/austrian-expert-says-islam-is-unsustainable-in-its-current-form
“A leading professor and expert on Islam has warned that the religion is “not sustainable” in its current form and called for more critical thinking.
Ednan Aslan, 57, a professor for Islamic religious education at the University of Vienna in Austria and a frequent guest on German-language TV shows, said that in Islam too little is being questioned and too much simply taken for granted.
He warned: “Islam, as it is now, is not sustainable,” and said he wanted to “reshape the face” of his religion.
Aslan said that Islam is “out of touch with the present” in the way it is currently taught.
The Islamic expert is currently developing a curriculum for a new “Islamic Theology” course, in which he said he does not want to “inhale and breathe Islamic doctrine, but to question it”.
Aslan said: “We want to reshape the face of Islam. It is important that Islam is given a new face in order to be able to remain viable.
“Currently, Islam is unfortunately a religion of isolation. A religion of migration. A religion of Turkey, of Saudi Arabia. But no religion of Europe, which advocates pluralism or prepares children accordingly for a plural society.”
The professor said that the way Muslim communities are depicted is often inaccurate. “Take the school books of the Muslim religious community of Austria. Muslim women are always depicted with a headscarf. But in Austria, only 20 percent of Muslim women wear a headscarf,” he said.
“Why do we base the image of Muslims on these women with headscarves? It is these organisations which shape our image of Islam, but they are just a small section of it.”
Aslan argues that the most important prerequisite for religious education – and for education in general – is that the children need to learn to think.
He said: “This means that the children do not accept anything that is conveyed in the name of religion. They should also be able to question theological, religious content. Everything else is not a healthy religiosity.
“What does a youth in Vienna learn when he reads how many camels, sheep, goats he has to give for Islamic charity tax? Or whether the Prophet has eaten grasshoppers or not?
“This is in a school book in the 21st century in Vienna. In this way, the children do not learn to reflect, but only learn how to accept the given rules.”
Aslan called for everyone to see European freedom as an opportunity to lead debates on how Islam is taught.
He said: “Unfortunately, this is not possible in Islamic countries. They simply cannot lead this debate in Egypt, Iran, Saudi Arabia. Democracy is an invention of the Enlightenment.
“And as long as there is no democracy in the Islamic countries, and we do not have the freedom to ask questions, nothing will change. If you cannot ask the President, how should you ask the Prophet?””
ISIL ‘judge’ arrested, phone containing key data found in anus (hurriyetdailynews, Jan 25, 2017)
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/isil-judge-arrested-phone-containing-key-data-found-in-anus.aspx?pageID=238&nID=108958&NewsCatID=509
“A Turkish court has arrested an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) “judge” and a telephone including key information about the militant’s activities was found in his anus following a strip search, according to authorities.
Yasser Mohammed Salem Radown, a foreign national also known as Abu Jihad, was detained earlier this month when Turkish police raided a residence in Istanbul’s Zeytinburnu district in connection with the Jan. 1 ISIL attack on Istanbul’s posh Reina nightclub in which 39 people were killed and 65 were wounded.
Radown was a “judge” in the areas controlled by ISIL, according to Turkish prosecutors.
Police authorities said the telephone in question included information on his activities, in addition to pictures of guns.
A notebook, which included the names, addresses and telephone numbers of many names linked to the jihadist group, was also seized in the search, according to the prosecutor, who demanded Radown’s arrest. The suspect was later arrested.
The main suspect in the Reina killings, Abdulkadir Masharipov, was captured last week during a police operation in Istanbul’s Esenyurt district.
Police, however, have been searching for another suspect related to the attack. According to newly obtained information, the wanted suspect arrived in Istanbul from Raqqa on Dec. 26, 2016, and met Masharipov in the run-up to Reina assault…”
“A Turkish court has arrested an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) “judge” and a telephone including key information about the militant’s activities was found in his anus following a strip search, according to authorities.”
Few, if any, of the officials involved have been willing to discuss a most crucial aspect of this ongoing investigation … The phone was inserted sideways.
Tape at eleven.
Filipina maid accused of murder executed in Kuwait (gulfnews, Jan 25, 2017)
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/kuwait/filipina-maid-accused-of-murder-executed-in-kuwait-1.1967757
Is anyone willing to bet that this poor woman exhibited no traces of sexual or physical abuse?
[crickets]
Ababeel to buttress Pakistan deterrence (tribune, Jan 25, 2017)
http://tribune.com.pk/story/1307075/ababeel-buttress-pakistan-deterrence/
“Pakistan’s Ababeel, using the Multi Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, will restore minimal measures for deterrence equation of the country, defence experts and analysts said on Wednesday.
The system carrying more than one warhead, which can destroy various locations within a 2,200 kilometre radius, was successfully tested on Tuesday…”
“Pakistan’s Ababeel, using the Multi Independent Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology, will restore minimal measures for deterrence equation of the country, defence experts and analysts said on Wednesday.”
It is beyond pathetic that few, if any, amongst the global community are willing to recognize how Pakistan could launch its entire nuclear arsenal against the Subcontinent, only to watch India carry on with business-as-usual the very next day.
Conversely, were India to lavish its own complete inventory of atomic weapons upon Pakistan, that entire pisshole-of-a-nation would spend the next millennia biding its time as this world’s largest 24 hour glow-in-the-dark, glass-top, parking lot (Windex™ optional).
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