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#Italy street battle between Italian traders & migrants on the marketplace in #Catania. Every day things get more worse for Europe! Man…..
https://twitter.com/Whippodilly/status/888957171077181441
“Trump Must Withdraw From Iran Nuclear Deal – Now”
by John R. Bolton – July 18, 2017
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/10695/trump-iran-nuclear-deal
“Clare Lopez Stop Iran Now”
Di Mueller – Published on September 8, 2015
Latest update suggest the teens will face ‘some charges’:
As part of a debate following the introduction of the concept of jihad, or holy war, in the new national school curriculum, a deputy of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy said it is useless to teach math to a child who does not know the concept of jihad.
AKP deputy Ahmet Hamdi Çaml?, who used to be President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an’s driver, claimed that the concept of jihad is one of the main pillars of Islam. “Our Ministry of Education made a good decision,” said Çaml?, who also serves on the parliamentary National Education Commission.
Meanwhile, the dean of the Islamic seminary at Ankara University, Professor ?smail Hakk? Ünal, objected to the idea of including the concept of jihad among the five pillars of Islam. However, Çaml? claimed that jihad precedes even prescribed prayers in Islam.
https://www.turkishminute.com/2017/07/22/akp-deputy-useless-to-teach-math-to-a-kid-who-does-not-know-jihad/
[VIDEO] Pro-Erdo?an cleric launches prayer sessions for Gülen’s death (turkishminute, Jul 22, 2017)
https://www.turkishminute.com/2017/07/22/video-pro-erdogan-cleric-launches-prayer-sessions-for-gulens-death/
“Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, popularly known as “Cübbeli Ahmet Hoca” (Robed Ahmet Hoca), a staunch supporter of President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), on Saturday launched prayer sessions among his group in order to curse and demand the death of US-based Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused by Erdo?an and the AKP of masterminding a failed coup last year.
According to a video on the Internet, Ünlü, an important figure within the ?smaila?a community, said in a speech to his followers on Thursday that Gülen has to die as he still poses a threat to Turkey despite the fact that thousands of his followers within the state were purged by the government following the coup…”
A five-year-old girl was on Saturday married off to a 22-year-old man at village Raman Shar in the outskirts of Dakhan Town, some 40 kilometres from Shikarpur, before police intervened to arrest key individuals involved, local police said.
According to an official, a special police party headed by SHO Khuda Bakhsh Panhwar raided the ceremony and succeeded in arresting the nikkah khwan, Molvi Kifayatullah Bhutto, 40, the ‘groom’, Habibullah Shar, and the father of the groom, Gul Meer. The police also took the five-year-old bride, the daughter of Zameer Shar, into custody along with her mother.
According to police sources, the marriage had been solemnised before police reached the place.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1346935/police-arrest-culprits-after-5-year-old-girl-married-to-22-year-old-man-near-shikarpur
Palestinian terrorist murders three family members during Shabbat dinner
A terrorist infiltrated a house in a settlement in the West Bank and stabbed its occupants who were having a Shabbat dinner; he murdered a 70-year-old grandfather and his son and daughter, in their thirties; the grandmother, aged 68, was badly wounded; he was then neutralized.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4992609,00.html
There’s a series on this whole horrible thing at ElderOfZiyon:
http://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2017/07/0722-links-netanyahu-terrorist-is-beast.html
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I’m having a hard time with this. Maybe I’ll take off a day or two.
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Stay strong, yucki. You are in our hearts.
How very sad. Thank God the children were saved. It’s tough, really tough sometimes to be informed. You read about what goes on and you think the world is falling apart. Keep you head above water, though, because it’s no damn good to sink.
Do what you have to do knowing we are with you.
From the link:
While searching the Temple Mount compound after the attack, the authorities say they found a stockpile of weapons. So much for al Aqsa being a holy Islamic site: the mosque was in fact being used here as an arms storage depot in a theatre of war. Europe, please take note.
and:
The Palestinian opposition to the metal detectors at the Temple Mount means one thing only: that the Palestinians are determined to turn the holy site into a weapons cache and use it as a launching pad to carry out terror attacks against Israelis. If the mosque were then actually destroyed in the process, guess who would be blamed? Possibly that is even the real agenda.
Golly gee. Haven’t I been talking about the destruction (by Muslims) of al Aqsa lately? What a coincidence (except that I don’t believe in coincidences).
There’s nothing I’d like to see more than Israel giving the Gaza Strip 48 hours notice and then slowly walking artillery through the place north to south as its residents are flushed into the Sinai, never to return. Same goes for flushing the West Bank into Jordan, too. It’s time to end this grim farce.
I think the Moslems and the left read the Counter Jihad blogs to get new ideas.
‘I will kill the English’ Illegal migrant escapes deportation after storming church
A DRUNKEN illegal immigrant has escaped jail even after he threatened to kill churchgoers.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/831627/Illegal-migrant-church-kill-English-deportation-Zana-Hassan
Noted Malayalam writer K P Ramanunni on Friday filed a police complaint in Kozhikode in connection with a letter he received with threats of physical violence over an article he wrote in a newspaper.
In the letter, received a week ago, the writer was berated for the article — entitled To dear Hindus and Muslims, from a believer — in which he sought religious harmony between the two communities.
Ramanunni said he was told to “convert” to Islam within six months or face the fate of T J Joseph, a professor whose right palm was chopped by a group of radical Muslim activists in 2010. “There are people with extremist ideologies using both Hinduism and Islam as a front. The person who wrote this letter appears to be from the second group. The letter says that my article which equates Islam with Hinduism could mislead innocent Muslims,” the writer said.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/623943/convert-islam-six-months-writer.html
‘The Perpetually Offended’ score a scalp
Richard Dawkins’ biggest critics used to be conservative Christians. Now they’re Berkeley progressives who defend anything and everything Islamic.
The militant atheist, evolutionary biologist and former University of Oxford “professor for public understanding of science” was supposed to speak about his new collection of essays at a Berkeley church, sponsored by a local progressive radio station, KPFA.
Then the station learned about his tweets critical of Islam and cancelled the Aug. 9 event.
University of Chicago evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne posted the email KPFA sent through the ticketing agency announcing the cancellation – before it informed Dawkins:
https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/34756/
‘We’re bad day away from Russians asking, ‘Why are you still in Syria?’ – top US commander (RT, Jul 23, 2017)
https://www.rt.com/news/397219-us-commander-syria-troops-presence/
“A US special operations commander has admitted that an extended US stay in Syria runs contrary to international law and that Russia would be entirely justified in questioning its presence there.
At the Aspen Security Forum on Friday, Special Operations Command chief Army General, Raymond Thomas was asked whether American forces will remain in Syria, after Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is defeated, possibly, to support the Kurdish forces in the north of the country.
Thomas acknowledged that American forces are fighting in a sovereign Syria, where they will likely “have no ability to stay” if that presence is questioned “in terms of international law,” Thomas said, replying to the Washington Post journalist’s question.
“Here’s the conundrum,” Thomas continued. “We are operating in the sovereign country of Syria. The Russians, their stalwarts, their back-stoppers, have already uninvited the Turks from Syria. We’re a bad day away from the Russians saying, ‘Why are you still in Syria, US?’
“It has come up in the form of some close calls there, but it will be hard – I defer to the lawyers in the crowd and others in terms of international law on the basis for us staying there other than our CT [counterterrorism] writ. We went there for all the righteous reasons, but if the Russians play that card, we may want to stay and have no ability to do it.”…”
Haftar’s Libyan militia clash with rival factions in Benghazi (alaraby, Jul 23, 2017)
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2017/7/22/haftars-libyan-militia-clash-with-rival-factions-in-benghazi
“Forces loyal to General Haftar Khalifa, known as the Libyan National Army, clashed with rival armed groups in the port city of Benghazi amid the militia’s continued assertion of control over the country’s second most populous city.
The LNA killed six troops and wounded eight, a commander said on Saturday.
“Special forces carried out an attack on Friday on the last resistance pockets of terrorism in Khraibeesh area and successfully the forces advanced and controlled several points,” LNA commander Mari El-Houti said.
LNA forces also carried out airstrikes on rival groups in Derna, local witnesses told Reuters.
Haftar’s LNA, which has set itself against the UN-backed government in Tripoli and Islamist groups, has emerged as a powerful force in Libya’s current power struggle…”
Indonesia: Jokowi orders police to gun down foreign drug traffickers (asiancorrespondent, Jul 23, 2017)
https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/07/indonesia-jokowi-orders-police-gun-foreign-drug-traffickers/#TELx4LyG0tcOEZcz.97
“INDONESIAN President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has issued a shoot-to-kill order against foreign drug dealers and traffickers, as he called for tougher action in Indonesia’s war on drugs.
As reported by The Straits Times, Jokowi announced the order at an event in Jakarta, at which he also warned that the drug situation has put the country in a state of national emergency.
“The police and TNI (military) have been firm, especially when dealing with foreign drug traffickers entering the country,” Jokowi said. “If they resist arrest, just gun them down, show no mercy.”
Indonesia has one of the world’s toughest drugs laws, and remains one of 33 countries that still use capital punishment for drug-related offences…”
The EU is trying to break the veto mechanism by which Poland and Hungary thus far have managed to mutually keep a stick in the EU’s spokes.
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.rt.com/document/59733477fc7e9370348b4567/amp
Violence flares in Caracas at anti-Maduro march, violinist hurt
CARACAS, July 22 (Reuters) – Venezuelan soldiers on motorbikes fired teargas at hundreds of masked and stone-throwing youths in Caracas on Saturday during the latest protest against President Nicolas Maduro.
The Democratic Unity coalition had called a march on the pro-Maduro Supreme Court in support of alternative magistrates appointed by the opposition on Friday. But security forces blocked their way with armored cars and riot shields.
Clashes ensued, injuring several people including student protester Wuilly Arteaga, who has become famous for playing his violin in front of security lines.
Paramedics attended Arteaga in the street as blood poured down his face, witnesses said.
“Repression is the only way this regime keeps itself in power,” opposition lawmaker Luis Florido said at the march, blaming the Maduro government for the latest violence.
The opposition coalition and a self-styled youth-led “Resistance” movement launched protests in early April against Maduro whom they accuse of turning Venezuela into a dictatorship and wrecking what should be a prosperous economy.
http://news.trust.org/item/20170722185643-9re7m
Rome risks water rationing as drought-hit lake set to go offline
ROME (Reuters) – Authorities have ordered a halt to pumping water out of a lake near Rome following a prolonged drought, a decision that could force city officials to impose water rationing in the Italian capital.
The head of the local Lazio region, which is centered on Rome, said on Saturday the ban on withdrawing water from Lake Bracciano would come into force on July 28.
“Sadly, it is a tragedy,” Nicola Zingaretti told Tgcom24 TV station. “The truth is Lake Bracciano has fallen too much and we risk an environmental disaster.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-drought-rome-idUSKBN1A70GE
The art of making a jihadist (theguardian, Jul 23, 2017)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/23/the-culture-that-makes-a-jihadi-thomas-hegghammer-interview-poetry-militancy#img-3
Worth a read.
Report: Iran inaugurates production line for missile
Iranian state TV is reporting the inauguration of a production line for a new version of an air defense missile.
The Saturday report said the missile dubbed Sayyad-3 is an upgrade to previous versions of the missile. Sayyad means “hunter” in Farsi.
The country’s air defense chief, Brig. Gen. Farzad Esmaili, said during a ceremony that the missile is “a completely indigenous technology.”
Iran occasionally announces production of sophisticated homegrown weapons that cannot be independently verified.
Iran announced in December it test-fired Sayyad-3. Its range is 120 kilometers (some 75 miles) and is capable of hitting targets at altitudes of up to 27 kilometers (17 miles).
In 1992 Iran began a military self-sufficiency program under which it produces mortars to missiles and tanks to submarines.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/report-iran-inaugurates-production-line-missile-48788913
Israel – Israeli security forces clash with Muslims following evening prayer
Israeli security forces clashed with Muslims in Ramallah on Saturday. Residents were protesting the crackdown in security around Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
July 23 2017 -Jerusalem: Muslims hold prayers in protest at Lions Gate amid heavy security
Worshippers held evening prayers outside Lions Gate near the Temple Mount in East Jerusalem, Sunday evening in ongoing protest at the extra security measures introduced at the site by the Israeli government.
One young man, a friend of one of the Palestinian men killed in clashes with Israeli security forces on Friday at the site sat and prayed alone in front of the security forces before being led away by onlookers.
Israel: Netanyahu condemns ‘beast incited by Jew-hatred’ who killed 3 Israelis ‘for al-Aqsa’
Netanyahu labelled the attacker who murdered three members of the Solomon family in their home in a West Bank settlement on Friday a “beast incited by Jew-hatred” saying he said he shared the families “terrible grief” at a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday.
In a facebook post before he committed the attack Omar al-Abed said “All I have is a sharpened knife, and it responds to the call of Al-Aqsa” referring to the ongoing conflict over security measures installed at al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount.
SOT, Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel (Hebrew): “The members of the government and I share the terrible grief of the Solomon family. Yosef, Chaya and Elad were murdered by a beast incited by Jew-hatred. The security forces are operating on the ground as necessary, at all times. The homes of the loathsome terrorists will be demolished as soon as possible. We are also taking action against those who incite acts of murder and those who praise them. Since the beginning of the events, I have held a series of assessments with security elements including those in the field. We are receiving from them an up to date picture of the situation, as well as recommendations for action, and we will decide accordingly. We are conducting this calmly, determinedly and responsibly and thus we will continue to act in order to maintain security. Today we are marking the passing of Zeev Jabotinsky, one of the fathers of Zionism. The Cabinet will make an important decision regarding the preservation of his heritage, one of the principles of which – as is well-known – is ‘The Iron Wall’.”
euronews -EU indecision worsens Italy’s migrant crisis
Israel installs security camera at Jerusalem holy site
New questions over security at Jerusalem holy site
LIBYA – Hundreds of ISiS militant corpses await repatriation from Libya
Islamic State corpses await repatriation after force was defeated in Sirte, Libya
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ2ALpvcmsg
Interesting short docu in German about the socio-political background of the “migration crisis.”
Just How Connected Is John McCain to Trump’s ‘Dirty Dossier’?
Among the greatest opponents of the administration of President Trump, one name until recently has loomed large — that of a man from the Republican Party who ran for president in 2008 — Senator John McCain of Arizona. Until several months ago, McCain was one of the leading voices in the Senate urging investigation into Trump’s campaign ties to Russia. As evidence, McCain pointed to the so-called “Dirty Dossier” published by website BuzzFeed and reported on by CNN, which detailed supposedly illicit behavior by candidate Trump while he visited Moscow in 2013. Specifically, the Dossier stated that Trump had watched Russian prostitutes urinate on a bed at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow while staying there on a business trip, among other accusations of unethical, illegal and morally dubious conduct.
When the Dirty Dossier was first published by BuzzFeed in early January, President Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer as well as Trump himself both were quick to denounce it as utter fiction. But despite these outright denials, the Dossier continued to plague Trump’s image for some time. Ultimately, it was one factor that led to a special counsel investigation into possible obstruction of justice involving Trump and FBI research into potential Russian collusion in the election of 2016 being overseen by former FBI Director Robert Mueller. While McCain’s criticisms of Trump have quieted since the president’s announced arms deal with McCain-endorsed ally Saudi Arabia (more on this below), McCain hasn’t let up his vitriolic attacks on his longstanding bogeyman, Russia.
http://www.americanlibertyreport.com/articles/just-how-connected-is-john-mccain-to-trumps-dirty-dossier/
What Is Fusion GPS And Why Did Its Founder Plead The 5th?
This is going to get interesting:
What was the Clinton’s campaign connection to Fusion GPS and the fake dossier?
What was the DNC’s connection to Fusion GPS and the fake dossier?
What was McCain’s connection to Fusion GPS and the fake Dossier?
What was Russian intel’s connection to Fusion GPS and the fake Dossier?
What was Russian counter intel’s connection to Fusion GPS and the fake Dossier?
What was the Russian Lawyers connection to Fusion GPS and the fake Dossier?
Inquiring minds want to know, hopefully no one will die digging out the connections.
Media, Dems will continue to ride Russia ‘meal ticket’
Elite forces slaughter eight ISIS militants in raid on terror training camp in Egypt (express, Jul 23, 2017)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/832104/Elite-forces-ISIS-militants-terror-training-camp-Egypt
“ISLAMIC State-linked militants have been killed by Egyptian security forces during an attack on a terror base.
Eight jihadis were slaughtered in their training camp in a southern desert region, the Egyptian interior ministry said on Sunday.
Five other militants belonging to the Hasm Movement – which pledged allegiance to ISIS – were arrested in operations carried out in Giza and Sharqiya regions, it said.
Automatic weapons, ammunition and supplies were recovered at the Fayoum camp southwest of the capital…”
*Officials: Taliban seize 2 districts, kill wounded police (abcnews, Jul 23, 2017):*
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghan-official-taliban-overruns-district-headquarters-48799572
“Taliban fighters overran a second district headquarters in as many days on Sunday, this one in western Ghor province, the provincial police chief said.
At least eight police were killed in separate battles against Taliban militants, who have stepped up their attacks in the north and west of the country laying siege to district headquarters, said Mohammad Mustafa Moseni.
Moseni said the Taliban launched four assaults on Ghor’s Taywara district headquarters early Sunday and “we had no choice but to retreat.” He said police have taken up positions about 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the district headquarters while they wait for reinforcements to launch a counterattack.
After capturing Taywara district Taliban fighters stalked the corridors of the only hospital looking for wounded Afghan National Security personnel to kill, said provincial public health department director Ghulam Nabi Yaghana.
He said he received reports that they killed four or five patients…”
The Israeli embassy in Jordan is on lockdown amid reports of gunfire.
Local media reported at least two casualties following what was thought to be an attempted attack in Amman.
There was no immediate confirmation from Israeli authorities because of a gagging order imposed by the government.
Reports in Jordanian media suggest two people, one of them Jordanian, were killed in a fire-fight. “Large numbers” of security personnel are said to be at the scene and the suspect’s car is being searched.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israeli-embassy-amman-attack-jordan-gunfire-injuries-locked-down-jerusalem-violence-al-aqsa-a7856121.html
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Israeli Embassy In Amman, Jordan Attacked…
https://www.weaselzippers.us/350088-breaking-israeli-embassy-in-amman-jordan-attacked-by-gunfire-2-gunmen-injured/
Protests in Amman – Jordan –
euronews -One person reported dead in shooting at Israel’s embassy in Jordan
Iran open to dialogue with Saudis, says top diplomat
Kamal Kharrazi, the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and a foreign policy adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told FRANCE 24 on Friday that Iran was open to “dialogue” with Saudi Arabia despite escalating tensions.
“We know they (Riyadh) have made many mistakes in Yemen, Bahrain, Iraq and Syria, but we are still for dialogue,” Kharrazi said.
Asked about new US sanctions levied on Iranian individuals and entities this week, the former foreign minister said the moves were “violations” of the 2015 nuclear agreement in both the letter and the “spirit” of the deal. But he emphasised that Tehran remained committed to the accord and would only walk away if the US administration withdrew first.
Kharrazi said Iran has always struggled with terrorism but is resolute in countering the threat. A double attack in June claimed by the Islamic State group left 17 people dead. “Iran has always been vulnerable … but it’s been stable enough to fight terrorists,” Kharrazi said.
“One of the reasons that we rushed to the help of the Syrian government, and the Iraqi government, was concern about our own security, because they are very close to our borders.”
Regarding French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent reversal on Syria, in which he said the removal of President Bashar al-Assad was no longer a requirement, Kharrazi said Iran welcomed the shift. “We appreciate the position of President Macron,” he said, adding: “It’s more realistic.”
Of the Islamic Republic’s human rights record, Kharrazi said evidence in espionage cases would be made public if the suspect is found guilty.
Earlier this month a Princeton University student, Xiyue Wang, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage. In another high-profile case, Iran sentenced The Washington Post’s Tehran bureau chief, Jason Rezaian, to prison on spying charges after a closed-door trial in 2015. Rezaian was released last year.
German media failed to objectively report refugee crisis, sided with govt agenda – study (RT, Jul 22, 2017)
https://www.rt.com/news/397187-german-media-refugee-crisis/
“Major German print publications have played to the tune of the German government in presenting the migrant crisis to the public, ignoring critical issues in their coverage of the biggest refugee flow into Europe since WWII, a new German study revealed.
After analysis of thousands of articles published in Germany between February 2015 and March 2016, researchers at the Hamburg Media School and the University of Leipzig found that major German publications failed to objectively cover the refugee crisis.
The report is available on the website of the Otto Brenner Foundation. According to German media, the full study will be officially published on Monday.
The investigation accuses mainstream newspapers such as Bild, Die Welt, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, of being in lockstep with German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s refugee policy.
More than 1.6 million asylum-seekers are estimated to have entered Europe between 2014 and 2016, leading to the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. From 2015 on, Chancellor Merkel’s government has conducted what is now known as the ‘open-door’ policy, despite an avalanche of criticism from the public.
Despite massive rallies against Berlin’s policies, the newspapers have overwhelmingly supported “the political elite” by spreading the concept of a ‘welcome culture’ (Willkommenskultur) in Germany, the research states.
The ‘welcome culture’ has been “transfigured into a kind of magic word’ in which “the Samaritan services… which can be voluntarily provided by the citizens, could be morally requested,” it says.
“Large parts of journalists have misunderstood their professional role and neglected the enlightenment function of the media,” the head of the study, Professor Michael Haller, is quoted as saying by Die Zeit….”
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mother of Muslim terrorist who butchered Israeli family proudIsrael should off her out of sheer spite.
Respecting Indigenous treaties is mandatory in draft rewrite of citizenship guide
Respecting treaties with Indigenous Peoples, paying taxes and filling out the census are listed as mandatory obligations of Canadian citizenship in a draft version of a new study guide for the citizenship exam.
The working copy obtained by The Canadian Press suggests the federal government has completely overhauled the book used by prospective Canadians to prepare for the test.
The current “Discover Canada” guide dates back to 2011 when the previous Conservative government did its own overhaul designed to provide more information on Canadian values and history.
Some of the Conservatives’ insertions attracted controversy, including increased detail about the War of 1812 and a warning that certain “barbaric cultural practices,” such as honour killings and female genital mutilation, are crimes in Canada.
Getting rid of both those elements was what former Liberal Immigration Minister John McCallum had in mind when he said early in 2016 that the book was up for a rewrite. But although work has been underway for over a year, there’s no date set for publication of a final version.
In the draft version, the reference to barbaric cultural practices is gone, as is the inclusion of getting a job as one of the responsibilities of citizenship.
Instead, the proposed new guide breaks down the responsibilities of citizenship into two categories: voluntary and mandatory.
Voluntary responsibilities are listed as respecting the human rights of others, understanding official bilingualism and participating in the political process.
Obeying the law, serving on a jury, paying taxes, filling out the census and respecting treaties with Indigenous Peoples are mandatory.
“Today, Canadians, for example, can own their own homes and buy land thanks to treaties that the government negotiated,” the draft version says. “Every Canadian has responsibilities under those treaties as well. They are agreements of honour.”
The draft guide delves extensively into the history and present-day lives of Indigenous Peoples, including multiple references to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report on residential schools and a lengthy section on what happened at those schools. The current guide contains a single paragraph.
The draft also devotes substantive sections to sad chapters of Canadian history when the Chinese, South Asians, Jews and disabled Canadians were discriminated against, references that were absent or exceptionally limited previously.
The new version also documents the evolution of the rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups, as well as other sexual minorities. Bureaucrats had sought to include similar themes in the 2011 book but were overruled by then-immigration minister Jason Kenney, with their efforts reduced to a single line on gay marriage.
There’s also an entirely new section called “Quality of Life in Canada” that delves into the education system — including a pitch for people to save money for their children’s schooling — the history of medicare, descriptions of family life, leisure time, effects of the environment on Canadian arts and culture and even a paragraph seeking to explain Canadian humour.
Canadians like to make fun of themselves, the book notes.
“Humour and satire about the experience of Indigenous, racialized, refugee and immigration peoples and their experiences is growing in popularity,” the section says.
The rewrite is part of a much broader renewal of citizenship laws and process that is underway. In June, legislation passed that changed the age for those who need to pass the knowledge test for citizenship, among other things.
Briefing notes obtained separately from the draft copy show nearly every government department is being consulted for input into the guide. But the team inside the Immigration Department didn’t just look there.
They were also taking cues from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sharing copies of his remarks for themes to incorporate.
One of Trudeau’s often repeated mantras — “Canada has learned how to be strong not in spite of our differences, but because of them” — appears to be paraphrased directly in the opening section of the book: “Canadians have learned how to be strong because of our differences.”
The briefing notes say the guide is to be released to mark Canada’s 150th birthday but elsewhere note that production time is at least four months once a final version has been approved.
A spokesperson for the Immigration Department stressed the importance of the consultations that have gone into the new guide.
“While this may take more time, this broader approach will result in a final product that better reflects Canada’s diversity and Indigenous history, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission,” Lindsay Wemp said in an email.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadians-must-respect-treaties-with-indigenous-peoples-draft-citizenship-study-guide-says/article35777064/
SEA OF RUBBISH: Travellers destroy field in under fortnight leaving owners with £100K BILL (express, Jul 23, 2017)
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/832095/Travellers-250-tonnes-rubbish-Blackbrook-Lane-eviction-Bromley
“FRIDGES, mattresses, timber and rubble make up a 250-ton sea of debris dumped by travellers after they were evicted from a field.
Somewhere among the rubbish is an old sofa and even a bath.
It is thought the landowners face a bill of at least £100,000 to clear the waste from the site in Bromley, south-east London.
They are thought to have moved in earlier this month to the horror of nearby residents and stayed for several weeks.
The travellers stayed for around two weeks, where dozens of vehicles were spotted on site.
But the landowners were forced to take out a private injunction to have them removed from the site at Blackbrook Lane in Bickley.
A witness told the News Shopper: “The residents are up in arms and the council have been informed.”
Police posted a picture on Twitter of the appalling mess, captioning it “fly tipping”.
They wrote: “The travellers have moved on from the site. Sadly they didn’t take their rubbish with them.”
The shocking images showed bricks, wood and bags of rubbish strewn across the whole field.
Bickley Police said the incident is being investigated by Bromley Council…”
Germany: We need ‘our law and order, not Arabic states’ – Seehofer launches CSU manifesto
Chairman of Christian Social Union in Bavaria and Minister President of Bavaria Horst Seehofer held a campaign rally in Munich, Sunday, to present his so called “Bavaria Plan”.
Turkey: Erdogan warns Germany not to interfere in domestic affairs
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Germany should not interfere in its internal affairs, speaking in Istanbul, Sunday, following criticism over a recent wave of arrests.
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