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Terrorist-linked Islamists gathered to pray outside Parliament in Copenhagen – Danish politicians responded by burning the Quran
By EMMA R. 24 March 2019
Islamists belonging to the terrorist-linked organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir held mass prayer at Christiansborg in central Copenhagen on Friday. At the same time, the immigration-critical party, Stram Kurs (Strict Course), held a counter-demonstration nearby to criticise the organisation and cook “bacon á la Quran” by burning the Quran on a grill.
Hizb ut-Tahrir’s self-proclaimed goal is to abolish democracy and introduce an Islamist sharia-led society instead.
In Russia, the organisation is banned and classified as a terrorist organisation. Germany has declared the organisation illegal due to anti-Semitism and anti-Israeli propaganda. China, Turkey, Egypt and several other Arab countries have also banned the organisation.
The organisation has also appeared in several investigations regarding terrorist attacks in Scandinavia. Truck terrorist Rakhmat Akilov who killed 5, and seriously injured 15 people in Stockholm in 2017 both liked and shared the organisation on Facebook.
At 12:30 pm on Friday, about a hundred supporters of Hizb ut-Tahrir gathered to participate in the organisation’s Friday prayer outside the Danish Parliament in protest against what they mean is an Islam-hostile climate in the country.
The organisation holds the country’s “hateful” politicians and media responsible for the development that causes attacks on Muslims.
https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/03/terrorist-linked-islamists-gathered-to-pray-outside-parliament-in-copenhagen-danish-politicians-responded-by-burning-the-quran/
… cook “bacon á la Quran” by burning the Quran on a grill.
Wha??? Just the other day the headlines weren’t about bacon but about some sort of Korean casserole. It sounded too good to be true, so this poor foodie even saved the headline:
Rasmus Paludan of Denmark plans Koran Casserole across from Hizbut ut Tahrir
Oops!
Koran Casserole?!? Aw, hell. I thought that read “Korean Casserole”. I’ve spent all week brewing up a batch of cho-gochujang for nothing? Guess I better bust my chrysalis over a hot samgyeopsal and butterfly me some kalbi.
[walks off softly singing]
Oh, it’s back to Suseo in Gangnam, Seoul
Gotta get Korean casserole, out on Kimchi Way
So give me bulgogi jeongol
I wanna get a bi bim-bop spring roll and soju wachae
(T = 00:06:08)
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Woman dies after 11-hour wait to see a doctor in New Brunswick emergency room
Marianne Porter spent some of the final hours of her life hunched over and moaning in pain as she waited to be seen by an emergency room doctor at Moncton Hospital.
Porter waited for 11 hours before she was eventually seen.
It’s a period of time that Porter’s sister, Donna Bordage, believes contributed to her death only hours later.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5082756/woman-dies-new-brunswick-emergency-room/?fbclid=IwAR1aX5hWnMlmAzy8hWJm33Mr_6H96n054MoEwu6V0QPzOD4xsFoAsYQIXf8
Note: soacialist ANYTHING – not even once!
Pegida Toronto March 23 2019 Speech
CityNews Toronto – Anti-immigration rally triggers counterprotest
MARCH 21 – Scuffle disrupts anti-racism rally in Toronto
Hundreds in attendance at the event called on politicians to tackle what they say is increasing racism, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism threatening communities across Canada.
Guardian Writer: We Have to Kill Capitalism to Save the Planet
For many years, conservatives like Rush Limbaugh have been warning us that the left’s goals with climate change have less to do with a warming planet than they do with destroying capitalism. Debating the details of global warming with the left, they say, is really a waste of time because this has never been about “saving the planet.” It’s never been about having a fair and honest debate about what we should do to protect the polar bears or prevent the next Sharknado (or whatever it is we’re supposed to be afraid of these days). It’s always been Marxism under a thin disguise.
Well, we’ve apparently reached the point where the mask is coming off.
In an opinion piece for The UK’s Guardian newspaper, writer Phil McDuff just came right out and said it: “Ending climate change requires the end of capitalism.”
So there you go.
From The Guardian:
http://www.conservativefreepress.com/economy/guardian-writer-we-have-to-kill-capitalism-to-save-the-planet/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/18/ending-climate-change-end-capitalism
Richard: The mask is coming off and they are openly working to destroy Capitalism. They have succeeded in destroying Western Civilization and are now taking off the mask about destroying Capitalism, Christianity and Freedom. Now is the time when we all have to take a stand, are we going to stand for freedom and work to rebuild civilization or are we gong to surrender to the slave masters of Marxism and sentence the future generations to decades if not centuries of slavery?
Not gonna happen.
Foolish talk and hysterical hype.
People with serious money – ok, ordinary multi-millionaires, not Steyer-Bezos billionaires – will not roll over and play White Russia. Anymore than you’d turn in your guns and ammo.
And they still have a voice, though you’ll never hear it on the news. Neither left-MSM nor conservative-base.
It’s their money that talks: softly, softly.
Sorta like a conceal-carry: quiet, confident-yet-vigilant
Newsagent worker is stabbed to death in a robbery as he opened his shop in ‘safe’ Pinner and six more people are knifed in yet another night of bloodshed in London (dailymail, Mar 24, 2019)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6844109/Police-launch-murder-investigation-man-stabbed-death-north-London.html
“A murder investigation is under way after a shop worker was stabbed to death during a robbery at a newsagent’s in north-west London, police said.
The 54-year-old man is believed to have been attacked as he opened Marsh Food and Wine in Pinner, on Sunday morning.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and police said enquiries were under way to identify the man and his next of kin.
It comes amid another night of bloodshed in the capital with six more people stabbed as the number of homicides in London reaches 29 this year…”
‘Your faith is half-hearted’: Second Iranian Christian had asylum application rejected by the Home Office after saying ‘Jesus could not protect her from the Iranian regime’, lawyer claims (dailymail, Mar 24, 2019)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6844623/ANOTHER-Christian-asylum-claim-rejected-official-questioned-faith.html
“The Home Office is facing more questions about its attitude towards Christian asylum seekers amid claims it rejected an Iranian woman’s application to move to Britain by telling her, ‘your belief in Jesus is half-hearted’…”
British ISIS doctor, 40, held in a Syrian jail begs to be allowed back into the UK because of ‘what he did for the NHS’ (dailymail, Mar 24, 2019)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6844419/British-ISIS-doctor-begs-allowed-UK-did-NHS.html
“A former NHS surgeon accused of joining ISIS is pleading with his former patients to back his bid for freedom from his cell in Syria.
Muhammad Saqib Raza, 40, was captured by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in January attempting to smuggle himself out of the country and now he’s begging his former patients to speak up for him as a form of payment.
He was accused of trying to radicalise colleagues at a number of NHS hospitals before he travelled to Syria in 2016.
After he was captured, he told the SDF that he was not a fighter with Islamic State but worked as a medic in areas under the group’s control…”
Just walk back in as though nothing had happened?is anyone in their right mind going to trust this vermin to delve around in the guts of a kaffir?probably ,as we have seen from the last two weeks our lives count for nothing compared to a mozlem,terrorism is ok when they do it,and we are jailed if we complain.
Very good summary of the primary postmodern tactic. The weaponization of language. If they fortify the cockpit door, make the pilot the hijacker.
“The weaponization of language.
Instead of my usual blathering on about the Proper Naming of Things, I’ll tender the quotation from my preface in a 1,700-page book I edited:
A man who deliberately inflicts violence on the language will almost certainly inflict violence on human beings if he acquires the power. Those who treasure the meaning of words will treasure truth, and those who bend words to their purposes are very likely in pursuit of anti-social ones. The correct and honorable use of words is the first and natural credential of civilized status.
— Paul Johnson, Enemies of Society (1977)
The degree to which these now-prophetic words have come true takes the measure of how mutilated language has become.
Staged within his own brilliantly constructed 1984 milieu, Orwell cast disinfecting sunlight on this same linguistic violence in his appendix to that magnum opus, “The Principles of Newspeak“: (reproduced without any emphasis)
To give a single example – The word free still existed in Newspeak, but could only be used in such statements as “The dog is free from lice” or “This field is free from weeds.” It could not be used in its old sense of “politically free” or “intellectually free,” since political and intellectual freedom no longer existed even as concepts, and were therefore of necessity nameless. Quite apart from the suppression of definitely heretical words, reduction of vocabulary was regarded as an end in itself, and no word that could be dispensed with was allowed to survive. Newspeak was designed not to extend but to diminish the range of thought, and this purpose was indirectly assisted by cutting the choice of words down to a minimum.
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Take for example the well-known passage from the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of those ends, it is the right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government…
It would have been quite impossible to render this into Newspeak while keeping to the sense of the original. The nearest one could come to doing so would be to swallow the whole passage up in the single word crimethink. A full translation could only be an ideological translation, whereby Jefferson’s words would be changed into a panegyric on absolute government.
The Principles of Newspeak
(worth bookmarking)
Over the protests of Paul Johnson and George Orwell, there has been written a prescription to murder the English patient.
“ If they fortify the cockpit door, make the pilot the hijacker.”
Superb infiltration meme. I’ve an essay that will need to cite it.
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Leftists Stalk, Harass amd Scream “KKK!” at Border Patrol Agents at University of Arizona Campus
Senator Ted Cruz Tells CNN That the Democratic House ‘Fully Intend to Impeach the President — They Don’t Care About the Basis
https://twitter.com/i/status/1109810830546296832
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/senator-ted-cruz-tells-cnn-that-the-democratic-house-fully-intend-to-impeach-the-president-they-dont-care-about-the-basis/?utm_source=TGPemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:553016019&utm_campaign=Auto%20Send%20from%20The%20Gateway%20Pundit%20on%20March%2024,%202019%20at%2011:06:06%20AM
Note how the female talking head can’t accept the idea that the Dems are staging a coup, she keeps saying the President is in charge of the Justice Department. Which is probably a statement we will hear a lot as the Dems work to discredit the Mueller Report. After all with the President being in charge of the Justice Department how can that report be honest and fair? Sarcasm off.
Senator Ted Cruz Tells CNN That the Democratic House ‘Fully Intend to Impeach the President — They Don’t Care About the Basis
“Basis”, schmasis. By now, it should be easier than talking in our collective sleep to quote the
illustriousnefarious Yvette Felarca, BAMN.CNN – Ted Cruz: Democrats want to impeach Trump for being Trump
This one is from last year (before I had found this channel) but it is still fresh and valid
Communists Detail Plans to Subvert Democratic Party
TORONTO – Thousands gather for Muslim women conference
Muslim women gathered at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for the 8th annual Being Me conference.
It’s an event aimed at empowering Muslim women and this year is also an outlet for grief and healing.
Katie hopkins “homelands” documentary out soon
the gateway pundit- FULL LETTER: AG Bill Barr Releases Letter Summarizing Mueller’s Report: “Special Counsel DID NOT FIND Trump Campaign Conspired with Russia”
on this page :
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/breaking-ag-bill-barr-releases-letter-summarizing-muellers-report/
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the gateway pundit – Mueller States: ‘While This Report Does Not Conclude That the President Committed a Crime, It Also Doesn’t Exonerate Him
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/breaking-mueller-states-while-this-report-does-not-conclude-that-the-president-committed-a-crime-it-also-doesnt-exonerate-him/
the gateway pundit – STUNNING: Without Examining DNC Server or Offering ANY PROOF – Mueller Still Claims DNC Was Hacked by Russia and Sent Emails to WikiLeaks!
After tens of millions of dollars wasted on a witch hunt Robert Mueller releases letter still claiming that the DNC was hacked by Russians and sent emails to the DNC. Yet to date there is no evidence of DNC server being obtained and reviewed by the FBI or Mueller team and no evidence that Mueller ever spoke with WikiLeaks who released Hillary Campaign Manager John Podesta’s emails!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/stunning-without-examining-dnc-server-or-offering-any-proof-mueller-still-claims-dnc-was-hacked-by-russia-and-sent-emails-to-wikileaks/
CBC – Will the Mueller report bring down Trump? | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
People in Washington — and around the world — are eager to learn more about what’s contained in the Mueller report, the result of two years of investigation into possible collusion between U.S. President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.
Trump Celebrates Mueller Findings: ‘This Was an Illegal Takedown That Failed’
President Donald Trump‘s first reaction to Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s findings, which were revealed in a summary on Sunday by the attorney general, came via tweet. Moments later, he spoke to cable news outlets from tarmac in Palm Beach, Florida.
“No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “KEEP AMERICA GREAT!”
Moments later, Trump said in comments aired on Fox News: “It’s a shame our country had to go through this.”
“It began illegally,” Trump said of the investigation. “And hopefully somebody is going to look at the other side, this was an illegal takedown that failed. And hopefully somebody is going to be looking at the other side. So it’s a complete exoneration, no collusion, no obstruction, thank you very much.”
According to Attorney General William Barr, Mueller did not found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, but did not exonerate the president on obstruction of justice, leaving that up to the attorney general. Barr, in his letter, said the he and deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein did not find enough evidence to pursue obstruction charges.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-celebrates-mueller-findings-this-was-an-illegal-takedown-that-failed/
Trump speaks to press for the first time since Mueller filing
Top Dem Says AG Barr Must Testify to Congress Because ‘Mueller Did Not Exonerate the President’
Shortly after Attorney General William Barr released his summary of the Mueller report to Congress, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler announced that he will be calling Barr to testify because “Mueller did not exonerate the President” of obstruction.
Nadler made the announcement in a tweet which read “In light of the very concerning discrepancies and final decision making at the Justice Department following the Special Counsel report, where Mueller did not exonerate the President, we will be calling Attorney General Barr in to testify before @HouseJudiciary in the near future.”
Barr’s four-page letter to Congress said that Mueller left the determination of obstruction up to Barr and his department, and that he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein determined that there was not sufficient evidence to determine that Trump committed criminal obstruction of justice.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/top-dem-says-ag-barr-must-testify-to-congress-because-mueller-did-not-exonerate-the-president/
MSNBC – Melber: Matters Of Obstruction Are Usually Adjudicated By House
MAXINE MELTDOWN: ‘This is not the end of anything!’
Maxine Waters still believes the “Kremlin Klan” won the White House for President Trump, despite the evidence indicating otherwise.
But no one can convince her that just because Special Counsel Robert Mueller found there was no collusion with Russia, that it’s over.
“This is not the end of anything!” Waters told MSNBC’s Joy Reid as they realized the report was a giant nothing burger for Democrats.
“This is the— well, it’s the end of the report and the investigation by Mueller. But those of us who chair these committees have a responsibility to continue with our oversight,” Waters said.
“There’s so much that, uh, needs to be, you know, taken a look at at this point,” she claimed,” and so it’s not the end of everything.”
Reuters reports:
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election did not find that any U.S. or Trump campaign officials knowingly conspired with Russia, according to details released on Sunday.
Attorney General William Barr sent a summary of conclusions from the report to congressional leaders and the media on Sunday afternoon. Mueller concluded his investigation on Friday after nearly two years, turning in a report to the top U.S. law enforcement officer.
Barr wrote to congressional leaders that “the investigation is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense. Our determination was made without regard to, and is not based on, the constitutional considerations that surround the indictment and criminal prosecution of a sitting president,” according to the Daily Mail.
Democrats aren’t giving up.
House Intel Committee chairman Adam Schiff insisted on “This Week” that there is “significant evidence of collusion”.
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/maxine-meltdown-this-is-not-the-end-of-anything/
“Maxine Waters still believes the “Kremlin Klan” …”
Sweet merciful crap! I haven’t seen this much projection since my last trip to a multi-screen drive-in.
Considering the soft bigotry of lowered expectations intrinsic to Cultural Marxism, “Kremlin Klan” characterizes America’s Socialist Left to Olympic Gold perfection.
And you had best believe that Maxine Waters still believes the “Kremlin Klan”. Who the hell else do you think gives this Useful Idiot her marching orders?
Alan Dershowitz: How is Mueller different from Comey
King James VI Scotland ( 4 min ago )Mueller's report in incomplete. He forgot to interview Adam Schiff who has all the evidence. supposedly.?
Hillary broke the law and put the US national security at risk while she did this but she isn’t to be indicted and punished because it would (according to the idiot) further weaponize the Criminal Justice System. If she and the high ranking members of the Obama Administration that conspired to interfere in the election to ensure that Hillary won. Then they conspired to stage a soft coup against the duly elected President to frame him for what would effectively be treason and remove him from office. If they aren’t prosecuted and sent to the pen the rule of law is dead in the US, it is on life support right now and it looks like Dems like Dershowitz and working to turn off the machines keeping it alive.
SKY News – Breaking: Mueller ‘finds no evidence of Trump collusion with Russia’
please... let's not panick .... there will be a bitter legal battleFollowed by a civil war when the Dems lose the court fight.
House Judiciary Chair Nadler calls on Barr to testify on Mueller report
Rep. Doug Collins is concerned Jerry Nadler is impugning the reputation of Attorney General Barr
Rep. Ro Khanna: We can’t ignore that Russia interfered with the 2016 presidential election
COLLUSION HOAX!
Trump campaign releases video montage of Democrats’ reckless, false charges.
41 seconds!
~ That’s all ~
PT knows THIS corner of his base is just FINE with that!
no más no más no más no másMullahs and the English Opium-Eater
by Amir Taheri
March 24, 2019 at 4:00 am
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13942/iran-mullahs-fantasies
When reality is too hard to bear, imagination may rescue you from despair. This is the message of “Confessions of an English Opium-Eater” by Thomas De Quincey, the precursor of psychedelic literature. That message, it seems, has reached Iran, triggering an avalanche of empire-building dreams.
Earlier this month, “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei published a manifesto for the creation of a “New Global Islamic Civilization” to replace the old one that he believes is too tired to conquer the world and prepare the return of the “Hidden Imam”.
And last week, General Muhammad-Ali Aziz-Jaafari, chief of the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), claimed that he has over 200,000 troops under his command in Iraq and Syria, the first time since 7th century AD that Iran has had such a military presence in the Levant.
A day later, IRGC-controlled media published reports about a grand plan to link the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea via a super highway that links the Iranian port of Chahbahar, on the Gulf of Oman, to the Syrian port of Latakia. It claimed that Syrian President Bashar Assad has agreed to cede control of Latakia to Iran just as he has transferred control of Tartus to Russia.
“Earlier this month, “Supreme Guide” Ali Khamenei published a manifesto for the creation of a “New Global Islamic Civilization” to replace the old one that he believes is too tired to conquer the world and prepare the return of the “Hidden Imam”.”
It’s difficult not to admire someone who remains so comparatively undisturbed by what can only be combined megadoses of propofol, fentanyl, and Mad Dog 20-20.
‘The left has gone too far’: Jordan Peterson warns against liberal ‘totalitarian tilt’
Controversial academic Jordan Peterson told RT’s Afshin Rattansi that the left’s obsession with equality of outcome is doomed to failure, advocating instead for individuals to assume greater personal responsibility.
Hillary email exchange discussed plan to thwart ‘Jewish leadership’
James Barrett, Daily Wire March 23, 2019
[Ed. – Aside from all else, Hillary has just been around too long. Practically everything you hear from (or to) her in these old emails evokes hoary hark-backs: George Mitchell, for crying out loud, and the piously affirmed supercompetence of James Baker (whose big moment had come and gone nearly 20 years before, and who was nearing 80 at the time). Was this really only 10 years ago? This exchange involved a Sidney Blumenthal classic from January 2009, a few days into the Obama administration.]
https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/03/23/hillary-email-exchange-discussed-plan-to-thwart-jewish-leadership/
Newly Uncovered Clinton Email Exchange Describes Plan To Thwart U.S. ‘Jewish Leadership’
“The bad cop must be a political appointee, Jewish, considered the true friend of Israel…”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/44981/newly-uncovered-clinton-email-exchange-describes-james-barrett
Macron receives Chinese president at Villa Kerylos
French President Emmanuel Macron greets Chinese President Xi Jinping, on a European mini-tour, at Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer near Nice, for a private dinner with their wives.
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BUDAPEST – Éric Zemmour : immigration ou colonisation ?
Intervention du polémiste français Éric Zemmour le 22 mars 2019 au colloque de Budapest intitulé “Migration : le plus grand défi de notre temps ?” et organisé par l’université libre hongroise MCC.
VIDEO: Texas Kids Sing ‘We Are Khamenei’s Soldiers’
In a shocking video (watch below), a group of Texas kids was captured singing that they are the “followers” and “soldiers” of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
“We are your followers, we are your soldiers and together we can all be your power,” the children sang during a recent celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
The event took place in the Islamic Education Center of Houston, a Shiite mosque in Texas.
MEMRI translated the video that was posted on the Islamic Center’s YouTube Channel. The video in question starts with 10th-grader Morteza Kazemian speaking about sanctions on Iran and how, despite the sanctions, the country is still a success.
The more disturbing part, however, shows a group of kids younger than Kazemian. In the video, the group sings about Khamenei and refers to themselves as his “soldiers.”
https://clarionproject.org/video-texas-kids-sing-we-are-khameneis-soldiers/?utm_source=Clarion+Project+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0638b7c7e4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_17_12_03_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_60abb35148-0638b7c7e4-5908801&mc_cid=0638b7c7e4&mc_eid=65230079c6
The video in question starts with 10th-grader Morteza Kazemian speaking about sanctions on Iran and how, despite the sanctions, the country is still a success.
The more disturbing part, however, shows a group of kids younger than Kazemian. In the video, the group sings about Khamenei and refers to themselves as his “soldiers.”
Instant deportation-without-appeal for everybody involved including all other family members, step-relations, in-laws, and chain-migrated relatives* with revocation of visa, driver’s license, SSI (plus any and all other government benefits or pensions including whatever property, stocks, bonds, bank accounts, etc.), passport, naturalization, citizenship and, if barring any of that, just plain good old Napoleon-style exile.
* Since terrorism runs in the £ü¢kïñg family, why not make the entire £ü¢kïñg family pay for not £ü¢kïñg nipping their own $h!t in the bud? All of these close-knit
crime familiesclans know damn £ü¢kïñg well who’s doing what, where, when, why and £ü¢kïñg how. Only total feebs think otherwise.Face it, these vicious £ü¢kïñg $h!ts kill any relatives (or random strangers) who aren’t pious e-£ü¢kïñg-nough. Are you £ü¢kïñg kidding me that any insufficiently devout kinfolk will magically avoid being £ü¢kïñg sniffed out by these eternally vigilant halal butt £ü¢kïñg snorkelers?†
† Tisn’t it simply marvy how all the words in, “halal butt £ü¢kïñg snorkelers” go together in so many ways?
‘Small city’ of migrants apply for asylum, but most do not qualify – German migration boss (RT, Mar 24, 2019)
https://www.rt.com/news/454638-germany-asylum-seekers-papers/
“Only 35 percent of migrants arriving in Germany qualify for asylum, while the remainder lack valid reasons, have no documentation or use forged IDs, the head of the country’s migration service said.
“Too many people without a reason for asylum” arrive in the country, Hans-Eckhard Sommer, who is in charge of BAMF (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees), complained in an interview with the Welt am Sonntag paper.
With its lavish welfare programs, Germany had been the dream destination for refugees from the Middle East and North Africa since the massive migrant crisis broke out in Europe in 2015. The country took in around one million refugees that year, with influx still remaining high for years later.
Only 56,700 (35 percent) of those applications were approved, with the remaining 105,300 rejected due to being groundless, Sommer added.
However, the official spoke out against the idea of limiting the quantity of submitted applications by a certain number. “If someone comes with a legitimate asylum reason, then we must recognize it. It’s can’t be all about statistics.”
Another problem is that 54 percent of those who seek asylum in Germany fail to submit their identity documents, Sommer said.
And those, who do, often carry EU papers that “actually belong to another person” and were stolen or obtained some other way. “In some cases, counterfeits are used. This is a difficult challenge,” he added.
Migrants are a dividing issue in German society. While many locals welcome the newcomers, the others accuse them of an unwillingness to adapt to European lifestyle and the rising crime rate. Such views have propelled the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany (AfD) to the third-largest party in the country, with 91 seats in the parliament and thousands flocking to the rallies its stages.”
“BREAKING| The Islamic call to prayer was recited in Trafalgar Square, Central London last night.”
SOL – Published on March 24, 2019
“The Islamic call to prayer was recited in Trafalgar Square, Central London last night.
How Soon Before This Shit Starts Happening in Dublin. Wake Up Irish Patriots.” – SOL
Correction call to pray recited at the Stand for Solidarity for the Christchurch victims in New Zealand – March 21, 2019
Hagia Sophia might be reverted to a mosque, Erdogan says
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday voiced the possibility of reverting the Hagia Sophia, which has been used as a museum since 1935 and is considered one of the world’s wonders, to a mosque.
“This is not unlikely. We might even change its name to Ayasofya Mosque,” Erdo?an said during a live interview with Turkish broadcaster TGRT.
“This is not a strange proposal,” he said regarding the calls to convert the historical building to serve the purpose it did for half a millennium.
“As you know, the mosque was converted to a museum in 1935, as a reflection of the (Republican People’s Party) CHP mentality. We may as well take a step and change that,” he concluded, pointing to the harshly secularist policies of the 1930s CHP, which is the main opposition today.
The Hagia Sophia was built in the sixth century during the Christian Byzantine Empire and served as the seat of the Greek Orthodox Church. It was converted into an imperial mosque with the Ottoman conquest of Istanbul in 1453. The structure was converted into a museum during the strictly secular single-party rule in 1935, but there have been discussions around converting it back to a mosque, with public demands to restore it as a place of worship gaining traction on social media.
https://www.dailysabah.com/politics/2019/03/24/hagia-sophia-might-be-reverted-to-a-mosque-erdogan-says
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Erdogan moots renaming Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia a mosque
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Sunday mooted the possibility of renaming Istanbul’s Hagia Sofia museum as a mosque, in comments during a television interview.
Asked whether the entrance fee to the city landmark might be waived, he said: “It’s not impossible… but we would not do it under the name ‘museum’ but ‘Hagia Sophia mosque’.”
He added: “Tourists come and go at the Blue Mosque. Do they pay anything? … Well, we will do the same with the Hagia Sofia.”
The former church and mosque, now a museum, often sparks tensions between Christians and Muslims over Islamic activities held there including the reading of verses from the Koran or collective prayers.
Its secular status allows believers of all faiths to meditate, reflect or simply enjoy its astonishing architecture.
But calls for it to serve again as a mosque have caused anger among Christians and raised tensions between historic foes Turkey and Greece, both NATO members.
Erdogan is currently campaigning for votes for his Justice and Development Party (AKP) ahead of municipal elections on March 31.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2019/Mar-24/479619-erdogan-moots-renaming-istanbuls-hagia-sophia-a-mosque.ashx
It is a world heritage site?
CBC – Politicians face criticism over addressing racism, Islamophobia | The Weekly with Wendy Mesley
With the election campaign in full-swing in Alberta, the NDP are painting Jason Kenney’s party as intolerant.
Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi suggests some politicians in Alberta — and Ottawa — have been pandering to white nationalists and thinks there is a clear line between the behaviour of some politicians and the recent violence in Christchurch, New Zealand.
“Bernie Sanders joins Interfaith Leaders at the Islamic Center of Southern California, Los Angeles.”
GAO GAO – Published on March 23, 2019
FULL LETTER: AG Bill Barr Releases Letter Summarizing Mueller’s Report: “NO COLLUSION – NO CONSPIRACY
Attorney General Bill Barr released his letter to Congress Sunday afternoon summarizing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.
BREAKING: AG Bill Barr Releases Letter Summarizing Mueller’s Report: “Special Counsel DID NOT FIND Trump Campaign Conspired with Russia”
NO COLLUSION — NO OBSTRUCTION!
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/03/breaking-ag-bill-barr-releases-letter-summarizing-muellers-report/?utm_source=TGPemail&utm_medium=email&utm_content=subscriber_id:553016019&utm_campaign=Auto%20Send%20from%20The%20Gateway%20Pundit%20on%20March%2024,%202019%20at%2003:06:06%20PM
“Trump supporters take to the streets of New York to celebrate Donald Trump after Mueller completed”
GAO GAO – March 24, 2019
Started streaming 6 hours ago
Tom Fitton on Mueller Report: No More Indictments…’President Trump has Been VINDICATED’
Levin weighs in on DOJ, FBI leaks to the media during the Mueller investigation
My Hijab Makeover
AMERICANS BARRED FROM PUBLIC EVENT TRY TO PRY THE DOOR OPEN AND FORCE THEIR WAY IN
Democrats REFUSE To Believe Mueller, Claim Trump Colluded With Russia
Feminists Hate Feminists and The Left hates The Left
DAILY MAIL – Terrorism fears as 3,000 UK children a year go to ‘jihadi’ schools in Pakistan, secret government report reveals
Secret Home Office study says children are taught a ‘glorified version of jihad’
Some Pakistani parents take their children to madrasas over the summer holiday
Officials fear that these madrasas will increase the risk of radicalisation
Two of the 7/7 bombers enrolled at madrasas before launching their attack
A secret Government report has warned that more than 3,000 British children are being taken to Pakistan each year and enrolled in extremist summer schools.
The chilling Home Office study says courses at madrasas teach a ‘glorified version of jihad’, according to a source.
Officials fear some youngsters will be radicalised and return to the UK with a warped ideology and pose a terrorism risk.
‘It is highly likely that this education in Pakistan, even for short periods of time, increases the risk of exposure to extremism for British-Pakistani children,’ the source told The Mail on Sunday.
‘Enrolment at madrasas poses the greatest risk of exposure to more serious forms of religious extremism.’
Two of the 7/7 bombers, Mohammad Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer, enrolled on madrasa courses in Pakistan a year before they launched their deadly attack in 2005, which killed 52.
But the security services have established that some Pakistani parents take their children back to their native homeland during summer holidays under the pretext of visiting extended family.
In reality, they sign them up for lessons at some of Pakistan’s estimated 20,000 madrasas.
The report says some of those madrasas receive funds raised in Britain and that UK-based imams have established seminaries in their ancestral homeland.
It identifies three madrasas of concern – the Darul Uloom Haqqania (DUH) madrasa in the remote Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region bordering Afghanistan; the Jamia Binoria in Karachi and Jamiatul Uloom Ul Islamia in Azad Kashmir.
Each has denied involvement in extremism. The DUH madrasa has previously been labelled the ‘University of Jihad’ because former students include Asim Umar, an Al Qaeda leader, and it awarded an honorary doctorate to the former Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
There are also fears that British taxpayers may have inadvertently provided it with funds.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, which controversially handed a £2.2 million grant to the madrasa in 2016, will have received £283 million from Britain to help boost education when a ten-year project ends in 2020.
Denying any involvement with extremists, the madrasa’s chief Maulana Hamid ul Haq said: ‘If you ask questions about the ‘Taliban’, ‘Taliban’ is a term used for students so we call all students ‘Taliban’.
If some of the students turn violent or extremist, then what can we do? We have nothing to do with it.’
The Jamia Binoria madrasa has been accused of adopting a ‘pro-jihadi and anti-Western stance’ and has reportedly enrolled foreign students. However, an official said British students no longer attended and the madrasa had no involvement in extremism.
The British founder of the Jamiatul Uloom Ul Islamia madrasa, based in Mirpur, also denied any links with terrorism. Haji Bostan, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, said no British students had enrolled and that no form of extremism was taught.
A Department for International Development spokesman said: ‘All funds for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are for agreed purposes. It does not include funding for madrasas.’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6842855/Terrorism-fears-3-000-UK-children-year-jihadi-schools-Pakistan.html
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Darul Uloom Haqqania – Rs300 million budget from Govt.
John Kirby on Darul Uloom Haqqania
Mali and Chad replace senior armed forces staff after deadly attacks (thedefensepost, Mar 24, 2019)
https://thedefensepost.com/2019/03/24/mali-chad-armed-forces-leaders-replaced/
“The governments of Mali and Chad have both replaced senior leaders in their armed forces after deadly attacks in both countries left more than 150 dead.
Mali replaces armed forces leaders, dissolves Dogon militia
Mali’s government on Sunday, March 24 announced the sacking of senior military officers and the dissolution of a militia, a day after the massacre of more than 130 Fulani Muslims in Ogossagou in central Mali’s Mopti region.
The announcement came after an emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers called by President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in response to Saturday’s massacre.
After less than two years in the post, M’Bemba Moussa Keita was sacked and his deputy, Abdoulaye Coulibaly, was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Council of Ministers said in a statement. Coulibaly was also promoted to Major General, with Brigadier General Souleymane Bamba appointed as his deputy.
Kéba Sangaré becomes Chief of Staff of the Army and Daouda Dembele becomes Chief of Staff of the Air Force, with both promoted to Brigadier General.
Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga said the Dan Nan Ambassagou association, composed of Dogon hunters, had been dissolved to send a clear message. “The protection of the population will remain the monopoly of the state,” Maiga told journalists.
“For some time, the Dan Nan Ambassagou Association has departed from its initial objectives, despite repeated warnings from local administrative authorities,” the government said in a statement.
After a meeting of its fighters on March 20, the group said that due to “attacks of armed bandits dressed in uniform” it would resume patrols “in order to secure the people and their property.”
Survivors of Saturday’s attack said ethnic Dogon hunters carried out the deadly raid in Ogossagou.
Chad replaces senior armed forces staff
Meanwhile, Chad’s President Idriss Deby fired his armed forces chief of staff following the latest bout of unrest which culminated in a Boko Haram attack at Dangdala on Lake Chad that left 23 dead, the deadliest attack on the Chadian military by the jihadist group.
On Friday night, just hours after the attack, Deby replaced Brahim Seid Mahamat and his two deputies by presidential decree after six years in the post.
Lieutenant General Taher Erda, the Army Chief of Staff and a former director general of the National Police, was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, with Major General Djimadoum Traïna as first deputy and and Major General Touffa Abdoulaye as second deputy, Tchad Infos reported.
Erda is a Deby loyalist who fought alongside the president before he took power in a coup in 1990.
Major General Baharadine Adoum Haggar replaced Erda as Army Chief of Staff.
A general from the northeastern region of Tibesti was made chief advisor on national defence issues, AFP reported.
Deby’s reorganisation of security included the suspension of the air force chief and his deputy following the discovery of debris from an helicopter which went missing more than a week ago in the north.”
ISIS tunnel discovered in Afghanistan (irna, Mar 24, 2019)
http://www.irna.ir/en/News/83253023
“ISIS terrorists have taken advantage of this tunnel for targeting Afghanistan army forces, Afghan media Bakhtar News Agency referred to the statement as saying.
According to the statement, some heavy and light weapons together with large amount of explosives were also confiscated.
The ISIS members are reported not to be in the site while the tunnel was discovered.
Researches show that none of the Afghan cities have so far been fully controlled by Daesh.
ISIS presence has turned out to be a serious threat in Afghanistan.
After defeat of Daesh in Syria and Iraq, there is a fear of changing Afghanistan to a serious base for ISIS….”
Yemeni Leader Rejects Pompeo’s Claims on Iranian Missile Support (tasnimnews, Mar 24, 2019)
https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2019/03/24/1974795/yemeni-leader-rejects-pompeo-s-claims-on-iranian-missile-support
“Chairman of Yemen’s Supreme Revolutionary Committee Mohammed Ali al-Houthi vehemently rejected US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent claims that Iran sends missiles to Houthis and said instead of such claims, the US should end its aggression on Yemen…”
Arab Coalition Raid in Al-Bayda Kills Key Houthi Leader (aawsat, mar 24, 2019)
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1648046/arab-coalition-raid-al-bayda-kills-key-houthi-leader
“A field leader in the ranks of the Houthi militia was killed on Saturday in air strikes conducted by Arab coalition aircraft in the central Yemeni province of Al-Bayda, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
A ground source said to September Net that the militia leader known as Abu Issa al-Sharif was killed with a number of his escorts as the coalition air raid targeted their gatherings in al-Soma’ah district.
According to SPA, the dead leader Abu Issa was appointed by militia rebels as a supervisor of al-Aurkob area in al-Soma’ah district.
“The air raids have also destroyed a number of militia’s combat vehicles,” according to the source”
Libyans Demand Release of Gaddafi-Era Officials (aawsat, Mar 24, 2019)
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1648036/libyans-demand-release-gaddafi-era-officials
“Libyan relatives and supporters of Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, protested in Tripoli on Saturday to demand his release.
Meanwhile, the Government of National Accord (GNA), headed by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, issued a temporary ban on authorizing public gatherings and protests over security haphazard.
Several dozen relatives and members of Senussi’s tribe, the Magerha, held a demonstration in central Tripoli demanding his release alongside a number of officials that served in the Gaddafi regime. Demonstrators raised posters, shouting slogans praising Senussi as the “man of national reconciliation”.
The protests, however, received heated backlash on social media, with many taking-to-the-internet on the brutal oppression peaceful protests were subjected to when Senussi reigned over the African state’s intelligence body.
In a statement, the Magerha said his liberation would “contribute to and consolidate national reconciliation” following years of conflict.
The rare protest comes just over a month after the release on health grounds of Abuzeid Dorda, Gaddafi’s head of foreign intelligence who was sentenced at the same time as Senussi.
Supporters held up photos of Senussi behind bars and placards reading “Freedom to prisoners. Yes to national reconciliation”.
Senussi was extradited in September 2012 by Mauritania, where he had fled after Gaddafi was overthrown and killed.
He and Saif Islam had been the subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for suspected war crimes during the 2011 uprising, which in 2013 gave Libyan authorities the green light to put him on trial.
He is being held in the capital, along with some 40 other senior officials from the Gaddafi regime, including the dictator’s last Prime Minister Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi. Seif al-Islam was captured and imprisoned by an armed group in the northwestern city of Zintan and sentenced by a Tripoli court in absentia.
The group announced his release in 2017 but it was never confirmed and his fate remains unknown.
In parallel, the Interior Ministry of the Tripoli-based GNA Ministry, for its part, released a statement barring the “organization of the right to peaceful demonstration, given current national security conditions and the dangers entailed on acts of sabotage which affect both the homeland and the citizen.”
As reported by the statement, Interior Minister Fathi Pasha Agha instructed security taskforces to halt all permits for public gatherings, marches and sit-ins temporarily until the security situation improves.”
OIC Condemns Attacks in Niger, Chad (aawsat, Mar 24, 2019)
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1648406/oic-condemns-attacks-niger-chad
2,600MW solar project for Makkah (saudigazette, Mar 24, 2019)
http://saudigazette.com.sa/article/561925/SAUDI-ARABIA/2600MW-solar-project-for-Makkah
“The Kingdom is planning to build a 2,600 megawatts solar project in Makkah to optimize the use of hydrocarbon and mineral resources to achieve sustainable development of the national economy.
A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed on Sunday by Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal and Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Khalid Al-Falih of the second session of Makkah Economic Forum.
The 2,600-MW Faisaliah Solar Power Project is being developed by the Ministry of Energy in co-ordination with Development Authority of Makkah and is set to be implemented in stages.
As per the MoU, 600 MW will be offered by the Office of Renewable Energy Projects Development (Repdo) in a public tender this year, while the Public Investment Fund and its partners will implement 2,000 MW directly.
This is an important step forward to achieve the strategic goals of renewable energy in the Kingdom, and the optimal utilization of energy and resources in line with the Saudi Vision 2030, Falih said after signing the MoU.
Saudi Arabia, which is moving away from burning crude for power generation, has plans to increase power generation from renewables.
About 9.5GW of solar and wind capacities had been earlier earmarked for development by 2023.
A contract was awarded earlier this year to develop a 400MW wind project in the north.
Last year the Kingdom also awarded a 300-MW utility-scale photovoltaic solar plant to be built in the northern Al Jouf area.”
Iran plans to strengthen ties with Hezbollah and Lebanon in spite of US pressure (mee, Mar 24, 2019)
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-plans-strengthen-ties-hezbollah-and-lebanon-spite-us-pressure
“Iran said on Sunday it would expand its ties with Hezbollah and Lebanon in spite of the “provocative and interventionist” call by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for Beirut to choose sides, Iranian state television reported.
On a regional tour to drum up support for Washington’s harder line against Tehran, Pompeo said on Friday that Lebanon faced a choice – “Bravely move forward as an independent and proud nation, or allow the dark ambitions of Iran and Hezbollah to dictate your future”.
Pompeo highlighted US concerns about Hezbollah’s “destabilizing activities” in Lebanon and the region in talks with Lebanese leaders, the Israeli website Hayom said.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi dismissed Pompeo’s remarks, Reuters reported.
“Because of the failure of its policies in the Middle East, America has turned to the outdated and disgraced weapon of threats and intimidation to impose its imperious policies on other countries,” Qasemi said, state television reported.
“While respecting the independence of Lebanon and the free will of its government and nation, Iran will use all its capacities to strengthen unity inside Lebanon and also to expand its ties with Lebanon.”
Hezbollah, whose influence has expanded at home and in the region, controls three of 30 ministries in the government led by Western-backed Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, the largest number in its history.
Dominant Shia Muslim power Iran and Hezbollah, founded in 1982 by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, are major players in the war in Syria and the fight against militant groups opposed to President Bashar al-Assad, which include the Islamic State group.
Qasemi said that Lebanon’s Hezbollah was a legal and popular party.
“How can Pompeo make such impudent and irrational remarks while visiting Lebanon,” he said.
Tensions between Tehran and Washington have increased since US President Donald Trump pulled out of a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers last May, and then reimposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
The US on Friday imposed additional sanctions on Iranian nuclear researchers, saying it wanted to warn young scientists to steer clear of any future effort to build a bomb, AFP reported.
Sanctioning 14 individuals and 17 entities, US officials acknowledged that the nuclear work was in the past but said Washington wanted to make the targeted figures “radioactive.”
The restoration of sanctions is part of a wider effort by Trump to force Iran to further curb its nuclear programme and to end its ballistic missile work as well as its support for proxy forces in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and other parts of the Middle East.”
With an eye towards Iran, US reaches strategic port deal with Oman (mee, Mar 24, 2019)
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/eye-towards-iran-us-reaches-strategic-port-deal-oman
“The United States reached a strategic port deal with Oman on Sunday that US officials say will allow their military better access to the Gulf region and reduce the need to send ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a maritime choke point off Iran.
The US embassy in Oman said in a statement that the agreement governed US access to facilities and ports in Duqm as well as in Salalah and “reaffirms the commitment of both countries to promoting mutual security goals,” Reuters reported.
The state-run Oman News Agency said the “framework agreement” was aimed at bolstering “Omani-American military relations” in a report on its English-language website, according to AFP.
“It will allow the US forces to take advantage from the facilities offered at some of the Sultanate’s ports and airports during visits of the US military vessels and aircraft, particularly in the port of Duqm,” it said. Duqm port is located in southern Oman on the Arabian Sea about 500km (310 miles) from the Strait of Hormuz.
At the mouth of the Gulf, the strait is crucial to global energy supplies, with about a third of the world’s seaborne oil passing through it every day.
Iran has repeatedly threatened to block the strait due to tensions with Gulf nations, including its main regional rival Saudi Arabia…”
Erdogan says Turkey will not go back on purchase of Russian S-400s (reuters, mar 24, 2019)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-us-defense/erdogan-says-turkey-will-not-go-back-on-purchase-of-russian-s-400s-idUSKCN1R50QH
“Turkey will not go back on the purchase of S-400 missile systems from Russia no matter what the United States says, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday.
He made the comment in an interview with broadcaster TGRT Haber.
The United States could soon freeze preparations for delivering F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, officials told Reuters, in what would be the strongest signal yet by Washington that Ankara cannot have both the advanced aircraft and Russia’s S-400 air defense system.”
One in five of Pakistan’s more than 200 million people are malnourished (gulfnews, Mar 24, 2019)
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/one-in-five-of-pakistans-more-than-200-million-people-are-malnourished-1.62882527
“The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a poverty and hunger watchdog, estimates around one in five of Pakistan’s more than 200 million people are malnourished.
And yet, the nation is not short of food — in fact, according to the US Department of Agriculture, it is projected to export 500,000 tons of wheat from May 2018 until April 2019, and 7.4 million tons of rice in the same period.
Dawn, the English-language daily newspaper, even reported a potato glut earlier this month.
Extreme deprivation
The issues, experts say, are socioeconomic — that is, just because food is available, does not mean people can access it.
“There are four key pillars of food security in Pakistan: The first is availability, then accessibility, utilisation and stability,” says Dr Ambreen Fatima, senior research economist at the Applied Economic Research Centre of the Karachi University.
In Tharparkar, where Mithi Civil Hospital is, all four are lacking, she explains, adding that in other parts of the country they are present only to varying degrees.
In our surveys we came across the kids who had never eaten an apple, and when we offered him an apple he was reluctant to take the bite wondering whether it was an edible thing or not.
– Dr Kaiser Bengali, a veteran economist
“Pakistan is quite well off in wheat production,” comments Dr Kaiser Bengali, a veteran economist, who has done field research on poverty and hunger in the country, but adds that much of it is sold for export.
This means ordinary people in the country may not have access to it, and if they do they may not have the resources to pay for it.
“Affordability is the biggest challenge here in Pakistan,” he says.
Karachi is Pakistan’s financial capital, but Bengali says he has seen alarming examples of poverty and deprivation there.
“In our surveys we came across the kids who had never eaten an apple, and when we offered him an apple he was reluctant to take the bite wondering whether it was an edible thing or not,” Bengali reveals.
“In another case a family had never had eggs in their whole lives,” he adds.
A survey of the state-run Planning Division in 2017 found that 40 per cent of Pakistan’s population lives in multi-dimensional poverty.
That means they are not just short of money, but are also facing a shortage of basic needs, including health, clean water, and electricity, among other factors — all of which can impact their access to food.
Cycle of malnutrition
“Poor physical infrastructure, particularly in the remote rural areas throughout Pakistan is also a limitation on access to food and influences market prices,” according to a recent statement from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
“This is also linked to inadequate water and sanitation, education and health service delivery, which together with the lack of awareness of appropriate dietary intake contributes to greater food insecurity and malnutrition.”
Causes of malnutrition are multiple pregnancies, young-aged marriage, iron deficiency in mothers, (lack) of breastfeeding, weak immunisation, and early weaning
– Dr Dilip Kumar
Tharparkar district is frequently highlighted in Pakistan’s media because of its high rate of child deaths, with politicians blaming the situation on drought — but economists and physicians say that is not the sole explanation.
“Causes of malnutrition are multiple pregnancies, young-aged marriage, iron deficiency in mothers, (lack) of breastfeeding, weak immunisation, and early weaning,” Dr Kumar insists.
Bearing large numbers of children from a young age takes its toll on women’s health, but also impacts the well-being of the foetus and ability to breastfeed a newborn.
In Pakistan, only 38 per cent of babies are fed breast milk exclusively during their first six months in line with UN recommendations.
This low figure is blamed on local traditions, the heavy workloads of mothers and powerful marketing by the milk industry.
Many mothers are told to feed their newborns tea, herbs, which can stunt growth. Some are unnecessarily persuaded to use formula instead of breastmilk by doctors.
This can introduce health problems if the water use to make it is unclean, or if poor families scrimp on the amount of powder to create the drink.
Sindh’s high number of child deaths are the result of a vicious poverty cycle that begins with malnourished mothers, agrees Bengali.
He adds: “An infant is not fed with wheat or solid food.””
Alhamdulillah-hah!
Aloha knows best.
Over-population kills.
“There are four key pillars of food security in Pakistan”
“There are four key pillars of WATER security in Pakistan”
There, fixed that.
The only reason these apparatchiks squeal about food security—and not far more critical water poverty—is because coverage of dead thirsty people doesn’t pull in the
sympathybig bucks like those poster-child shots of starving kids with mournful puppy-dog eyes and Hindenburg bellies.Egypt says BBC ‘promoting lies of Muslim Brotherhood’ in online article (ahram, Mar 24, 2019)
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/328782/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-says-BBC-promoting-lies-of-Muslim-Brotherhoo.aspx
“In a detailed statement issued on Sunday, Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) accused the British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC) of “promoting the lies of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group” in an “inflammatory article” published on the BBC’s Arabic-language website.
The SIS has accused the BBC of “literally turning themselves into a propaganda tool of media outlets directly affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood,” and has summoned the head of the BBC’s Cairo office over the article, which is titled ‘#Rest_assured_you_are_not_alone campaign renews calls for protests against Sisi’.
“The Brotherhood are considered a terrorist organisation by Egypt and several countries including the United Kingdom… which officially classified Hasm and Lewaa Al-Thawra – two organisations affiliated with the Brotherhood – as terrorist groups,” the SIS said.
The SIS slammed the article for describing a call for protests on Twitter by a pro-Brotherhood TV presenter as a “campaign,” adding that this call has not gained any traction in Egypt.
The SIS said that the article propagated false reports by posting videos from Brotherhood-affiliated media that purports to show anti-government protests in several Egyptian governorates.
The statement also rejected the article’s caveat that the authenticity of the videos had not been verified by the BBC.
“This violates universal professional codes of conduct, as the BBC’s Cairo office with its dozens of correspondents nationwide should have tried to actually investigate whether the content of these videos was authentic,” the SIS stated.
“The BBC’s failure to take this necessary step before publishing the article seems intentional in order to legitimise the allegations of media outlets affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood — a terrorist organisation,” the statement said, adding that not a single foreign correspondent from any other news outlet reported on any such protests in Egypt.
“It seems the Brotherhood are the only ones who witnessed [these protests] and the BBC is the only accredited foreign media outlet that has promoted them,” the SIS said.
The statement also slammed the article for failing to include any comments from Egyptian officials about the matter.
The SIS said that the BBC should immediately give a formal apology for the article, and called on “all Egyptian officials and the intelligentsia to boycott the BBC and refrain from giving any interviews or statements to its correspondents until it formally apologises… and takes the necessary administrative and professional measures to undo the violations it has committed.”
This is not the first time the SIS has accused the BBC of publishing false news about Egypt.
In March 2018, the SIS slammed the BBC over a TV report alleging torture and forced disappearances of Egyptian opposition members by Egyptian security forces.
In October 2017, the SIS denounced the BBC and Reuters for reporting a false death toll in a terrorist attack in Egypt’s El-Wahat area.
State Information Service’s full statement:
BBC promotes the lies of the Muslim Brotherhood terrorist group
For over a year the State Information Service (SIS) has exerted strenuous and serious efforts with the British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC) through both its Cairo office and its main office in London in order for the latter to abide by objectivity, neutrality and the universal professional codes of conduct.
These efforts resulted in BBC’s compliance for a few months with the aforementioned standards, however this was not to last, as on March 22nd 2019 BBC posted content on its Arabic website that not only breaches the most basic codes of conduct, it actually surpassed that and reached the level of fabricating events that never took place, by that literally turning themselves into a propaganda tool of media outlets directly affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood are considered a terrorist organization by Egypt and several countries including The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland which officially classified Hasm and Liwaa al-Thawra – two organizations affiliated with the Brotherhood – as terrorist organizations. BBC’s Arabic website posted an inflammatory and offensive article under the title “Be assured you are not alone campaign renews its calls for protests against Al-Sisi”
This politicized and misleading article carries several professional flaws including the following:
The title is inaccurate and does not correspond to reality as it has described a call for protests on twitter by a pro Brotherhood TV presenter as a campaign which is not true as this call for protests did not gain any traction in Egypt to be termed as such.
The article included 3 videos of two Turkey based Pro Brotherhood TV presenters and footage of alleged protests which were 6 minutes long. False claims of a nationwide wave of demonstration in response to the call of one of the presenters were propagated in these videos as well. The article to not raise any of the essential questions regarding the veracity of these videos.
The article resorted to the usual method of stating that the authenticity of these videos were not verified to clear themselves of any responsibility. This violates universal professional codes of conduct, as BBC’s Cairo office with its dozens of correspondents nationwide should have tried to actually investigate whether the content of these videos was authentic or not. BBC’s failure to take this necessary step before posting the article seems intentional in order to legitimize the allegations of media outlets affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood (A terrorist organization).
If BBC was actually keen on verifying the truthfulness of the content that was originally broadcasted by the 2 pro Brotherhood TV channels, it would have approached to 1500 foreign correspondents who represent 300 international press and media institution to see whether they covered any of the alleged events reported. In reality not a single foreign correspondent posted any coverage related to these fake protests; it seems the Brotherhood are the only ones who witnessed them and the BBC is the only accredited foreign media outlet to promote them.
The article was completely and bluntly biased content wise to the pro Brotherhood TV presenters. The article dedicated 16 lines to the fake protests and their hashtag, while covering the opposing hashtag “Be assured Sisi you are not alone” in only 6 lines. The article included 7 pictures of twitter of pro Brotherhood twitter accounts and only 3 pictures of accounts supporting the pro Sisi hashtag.
The article included the text of a long post made by an account named Khayaly Wase’e (My wide imagination) on twitter, even though it is clear that this account is fake and does not carry a real name, yet the article included the fake account’s post at a time when the world faces the phenomenon of fake accounts where on person can have thousands of accounts as a method to spread misleading ideas.
The article did not include any comments from any Egyptian official to either verify the content or include the government’s perspective. The article not mentioning that BBC tried to approach any official for comment further supports this fact.
This article cannot be justified by arguments such the BBC merely covering the content of social media outlets as part of a TV show that covers social media trends, as universal norms dictate that the no media outlet should spread the ideas and allegations of terrorists, and New Zealand has set a great example in this regard in dealing with the recent catastrophic mosque terrorist attack.
The article completely ignored the fact that one of the two TV presenters affiliated with the Brotherhood actually instigated the people to murder Egyptian policemen on his TV show ((https)://(www).youtube(.)com/watch?v=XcMqL4ap0Vg). BBC’s stance of this matter makes them complicit in spreading violence and calls for murder which in turn violates British laws, international law and all professional norms universally agreed upon.
Based on the aforementioned SIS has decided the following:
Directing this statement and an official letter to the head of BBC’s Cairo office through the Director General of the SIS Press Center after summoning the former.
SIS calls upon the BBC to immediately present a formal apology in the same manner they broadcasted the inflammatory article which was filled with professional flaws and unfounded claims.
SIS urges BBC to take into account all the reservations the former’s official statement has made regarding the article and its content. BBC should also take all the necessary professional and administrative measures to rectify all the offenses that were committed.
SIS in its capacity as the agency responsible for foreign correspondents in Egypt, and Egypt’s image in the global media calls upon all Egyptian officials and the intelligentsia to boycott the BBC and refrain from giving any interviews or statements to its correspondents until it officially apologizes for posting an inflammatory offensive article and takes the necessary administrative and professional measures to undo the violations it has committed. SIS stresses that this boycott does not include or violate BBC’s and other media outlet’s right to seek the information needed for them to undertake their functions.
Finally, SIS will follow thoroughly all developments related to the unfortunate article by the BBC; SIS also takes into account all the legal alternative provided by Egyptian laws that regulate the work and conduct of foreign correspondents in Egypt in accordance with internationally upheld professional rules of conduct.”
Maulana Abdul Aziz dodges ICT admin, delivers sermon at Lal Masjid (dawn, mar 23, 2019)
https://www.dawn.com/news/1471291/maulana-abdul-aziz-dodges-ict-admin-delivers-sermon-at-lal-masjid
“ISLAMABAD: Maulana Abdul Aziz on Friday dodged the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) Administration and was able to deliver a sermon at Lal Masjid.
Maulana Abdul Aziz lambasted all state institutions and said the judiciary was corrupt because it was the remnant of British colonialism as was democracy.
“Democracy is un-Islamic. I am ready to challenge any cleric who claims the democratic system is allowed under Islam,” he said…”
Heroin worth millions recovered from dual national woman at Islamabad airport (tribune, Mar 24, 2019)
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1936413/1-heroin-worth-millions-recovered-dual-national-woman-islamabad-airport/
“The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) thwarted a bid to smuggle drugs abroad and arrested a dual national woman for carrying heroin worth millions of rupees at the New Islamabad Airport on Sunday.
In an intelligence based operation, Kausar Younus, a British-Pakistani woman hailing from Mirpur, was arrested by the ANF officials from the airport’s departure lounge after she managed to get herself and her luggage cleared from all check points.
The 13kg heroin, concealed in leather begs in liquid form, was recovered upon inspection officials said, adding that the suspect intended to go Vienna via Doha, Qatar.
Informed sources told The Express Tribune that the two security personnel and a porter had also been taken into custody for allegedly helping the accused.
ANF officials have also confirmed the involvement of the security personnel and said that they were being interrogated…”
Burqa-clad militant shot dead by Afghan forces in Faryab province (khaama, Mar 24, 2019)
https://www.khaama.com/burqa-clad-militant-shot-dead-by-afghan-forces-in-faryab-province-03558/