According to the laws of Sharia, public beating is normal for extramarital sex, and the death penalty also for extramarital affairs, all the best in the name of Allah.

The BBC meanwhile has even concluded that the Taliban intended by the murder of women, children and foreigners, especially Dhimmis, to help the local population. But all of this can be explained with war and the cultural singularity of the Taliban, not necessarily with problems in Islam.

(Hat Tip: Michael / Translation: Anders Denken)

Die WELT reports:

Turkey has found itself for weeks in a political-religious soap opera whose setting is the government quarter in Ankara. This and the three apartments of the three wives of Ali Yüksel, his sign of government advisor and self-appointed “sheikh ul-Islam,” or as an authority in things religious. “It would break my heart, I love him so much,” his wife Dilber following protocol admitted when book author Fehmi Calmuk asked her how she would feel if her husband would take a fourth wife. He already has three. For, as Yüksel very openly says, Islam allows up to four wives if the man can take care of them and treat them all the same.

“The same,” of course can also mean “with the same degree of badness,” and Yüksel was quoted with the words in the newspaper “Radikal” as not having asked permission from his present wives before marrying yet again, for “they would have left me.” But, thank goodness, it isn’t required by the commands of Islam to ask the wives.

How wise Islam really is!

According to information from his first wife Dilber who met him at the age of eleven years and, according to her statements, immediately saw the man of her life, Yüksel is a good husband. He shares his time equally with all three wives, “sleeps each night with a different one of us, and never twice in a row, and he never leaves any night out.”

Ah, that’s why Madame Roth is silent. Because Yüksel is so good, and his wife are apparently happy.

It makes just as much sense that he indeed should be an advisor for somebody. He belongs to the fundamentalist organization Milli Görüs, whose European division he heads. It is this same organization that at the end of May set a violent “Aid Convoy” on the way to Gaza that resulted in the death of nine activists. It is an organization that in the statements of its own agents is endeavoring to set up a “Great Turkey” as the center of an Islamic world, and whose opinion is that Israel can only be wrestled down with violence.

As touching the image of wives — a lot can be brought into the picture. For example, the child marriage of President Gül who married his wife when she was only 15. Or a few years ago, the handbook of an AKP mayoral office containing suggestions for matrimony in which there was a good tip that men should, if at all possible, marry women who were of a lower social status than they.

Prime Minister Erdogan doesn’t tire of praising women when they are mothers. There are fewer and fewer women, however, in state service since the AKP has been governing. This conclusion was made, however, by a non-governing organization named “Iris” in the year 2007. The development is probably a symptom of the fact that the AKP allows its own followers above all in the administration, and they are consistently of Muslim persuasion and see the place of the woman as at home with the family.

However, that doesn’t disturb our female legislators. As long as the little woman before the stove wears a Muslim veil, the whole world is in order for her.

(Hat tip: Nolaner, rotgold, Peter Pan, Leser, Gerndrin / Translation: Anders Denken)

The police officer who investigated the case opined:

‘The level of abuse she has suffered is almost beyond belief. She has been treated like a commodity – beaten, threatened and sexually exploited.’

The girls who are raped feel ashamed and are forced into a dependency untill they are trained to be submissive sex slaves.

These are the men presented in the Daily Mail as “predators,” who have already been sentenced for enslaving girls:

Of course, this has absolutely nothing to do with Islam and its attitude toward women.

(Hat Tip: Jana S. / Translation: Anders Denken)

Special Civil Units drive through the crowd on motorcycles and beat up demonstrators without mercy. These pictures have gone around the world.

The English pop group Pink Floyd gave their approval for a Canadian band with two Iranian exiles to alter the text of their world hit “Another Brick in the Wall.” The refrain now goes:

Hey, Ayatollah, leave those kids alone!

So far, the video for this has been seen on YouTube by 160,000 people:

Overall in the Western world, like here in Munich at the beginning of the year, Iranian exiles have been protesting against the horrible Islamic terror regime. They are afraid they might be identified and persecuted by Iranian agents while doing so. Thus, most hide their faces because the eyes of the Mullahs reach far into the Western world.

At the mass demonstrations in Iran, many people have nonetheless called out “Allahu Akbar.” Perhaps they did it for self-protection, so as not to be placed in the category of apostates. But perhaps they still haven’t comprehended that the long arm of the Prophet is the one who has it in a stranglehold. Iran, the “land of the Aryans” had a flourishing culture before it was conquered by Islam in the 7th century. In the meantime, there was a flash of modernness once again under the Shah, whereby this regime certainly wasn’t democratic and even worked under methods of oppression. But a great portion of Iranians have an affinity for the Western way of life. For the moment, they are still not allowed to listen to rock music like that of Pink Floyd, for that would be “un-Islamic.”

It’s about time that the Iranians break the shackles of Islam and that they are able to lead a self-determined, free life. It is also incredibly important for the Western world, for the bombs of the Imamistic oriented Shiite Mullahs, yearned for at the appearance of the 12th Mahdis, now sweep like the sword of Damocles over Israel and the entire Western world. In the constitution of Iran, this legendary 12th Mahdi who has remained in hiding up to this point and is to climb out of some dry well in Iran at some time has really been Head of State since 1979. Not a few believe that this will happen with some large catastrophe. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has formulated it thus:

“When this day comes, the ultimate promise of all religions will be fulfilled by the appearance of a perfect human being who is the heir of all prophets and devout men. [...] Oh almighty God, I pray to you that you expedite the appearance of your last triumph by the appearance of the one that has been prophesied, of the perfect and pure human being, that this world may be filled with righteousness and peace.”

In the fanatical fantasy world of this man permeated by his religion, a mushroom cloud over Israel could usher in this day on which the 12th Mahdi would climb out of his well and the triumph of the Islamic world would be sealed. We can only hope that the Western secret services know precisely what is proceeding before them in the atom laboratories of the Mullahs…

(Text: byzanz / Hat Tip: Bernd das Brot / Translation: Anders Denken)

The Rheinische Post reports:

The judgment against Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani (43) will not be handed down for now, the responsible justice authorities stated on Saturday evening, according to a report of the official Iranian news agency IRNA.

Justice could, however, decide otherwise and will not allow itself to be influenced by international criticism, it said in the report. The deat sentence against the mother of two had caused outrage in the West.

Back on Friday, the General Secretary of the Iranian Human Rights Council, Mohammad Jawad Larijani announced an examination of the case.

Numerous human rights organizations and politicians in Europe and America are demanding that the Iranian government stop the stoning, among them the British Minister of Foreign Affairs. Many prominent individuals are also getting loudly involved for the release of the Iranian woman, among them actors Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Robert Redford and Lindsay Lohan, as the newspaper “The Times” reported.

Ashtiani was sentenced for adultery in 2006, even though she had retracted an admission pertinent to the case because it had been made under duress.

However, Mrs. Ashtiani is unfortunately not saved yet. It is just as likely that the stoning will be carried out just as soon as public interest in the world has turned again to other topics, as it is that the Iranian Muslims could convert the execution into that no less gruesome slow strangulation on a building crane, which is constantly incorrectly equated in the West with a hanging. It depends on keeping the protest alive and keeping the minds of the German politicians on their duty of getting involved for the life of this threatened mother.

Please use portals like Abgeordnetenwatch (Representative Watch) or the E-mail address of your representative in the Bundestag, and publically address representatives and agents of Islam in Germany as to what concrete measures these individuals are taking for the rescue of the Iranian woman.

(Tanks to all Contributors! / Translation: Anders Denken)

Melody, what do you think of Benjamin Netanyahu?

Politicians don’t act in a vacuum. They are always under political pressure, and in the case of Israel, facing constant geopolitical threats. Netanyahu is under pressure by his right-wing coalition. He is committed to bring peace to Israel. His interview with Larry King after the meeting with Barack Obama last week, is a clear indication for this. He wants peace for Israel and stands behind the idea of a Palestinian State.

Would another government have reacted any better to the Gaza Flotilla?

A political leader unfortunately is not an avatar that can be patched together with ideal qualities and superior powers, there is no such thing as an ideal prime minister. Besides Netanyahu there are no real alternatives at the moment. The current political leadership in Israel is not ideal, but they struggle with most complicated circumstances.

What do you think of the Two-State Solution?

A Palestinian state is inevitable for both sides; most people in Israel wish the Palestinians their own country, whatever the motivation may be. Any alternative would lead to catastrophe for the Jewish State.

Fatah and Hamas fight each other. Is a solution even feasible?

That is a problem. An agreement between Abbas and Netanyahu would be possible, if Abbas would finally agree to engage in direct talks, but whatever the outcome, Hamas won’t accept it. A two-state solution would only be practical in the West Bank. But Gaza would remain unchanged — a danger for Israel and for the Palestinians there, thus not a feasible solution. In theory, an economic confederation between the West Bank, Israel and Jordan would be an option. The contrast between a legitimate, economically flourishing Palestinian state in the West bank, and a terror regime in Gaza that undermines any flourishing but misery, would be immense. In fact, it already is. The question is whether the Palestinians in Gaza would then gather the strength and determination necessary to ‘disarm’ Hamas and its terror against its own people.

The blockade on Gaza is not implemented as collective punishment as some ‘human rights’ organizations like to claim. It is meant to block the establishment of a terror base, to limit the threat against Israeli civilians. Hamas established a terror regime based on dictatorship and oppression. They have an Islamic moral police like in Iran. Christians are murdered if they don’t convert to Islam. Fatah members are lynched and thrown off roofs. But that doesn’t seem to interest the ‘human rights activists.’ The misery in Gaza is not the result of Israeli policy.

As long as Hamas functions as a proxy for Iran, doesn’t accept the existence of Israel, and demands that Sharia rules the world, a solution is unfeasible.

Even though some dubious media and NGOs like to present it otherwise, Israel’s Gaza policy is anything but ‘imperialistically’ motivated — why would Ariel Sharon have gone through the trouble of disengaging out of Gaza in 2005?

What do you think of the Israel policy of US President Barack Obama?

So far, Obama’s policy hasn’t been too effective. His strategic paradigm shift towards appeasement hasn’t been fruitful, and at the same time it had a counterproductive impact on US relations with Israel. Obama’s inaugural address in Cairo contained some problematic allusions. He – hopefully unintentionally – set equal the meaning of the Holocaust for the Jews with the meaning of the establishment of the State of Israel for the Palestinians. Taking into account this speech’s main target audience, this was as dangerous as absurd a euphemism. It legitimizes the fight against Israel by radical elements in the Arab world. The reason for this problematic stance is probably a mixture between Obama’s ‘socialization’ into the Middle East conflict via questionable ‘agents’ such as his ex-pastor and mentor Jeremiah Wright and his desire to effectively appease the Muslim world.

However, the last meeting between Obama and Netanyahu was a good one and gives reason for optimism. It looks like Obama’s positions towards Israel and his potential influence on the conflict is taking a refreshingly constructive turn.

How do you assess the Iranian threat?

The Iranian threat is serious. Israel, Europe and the US cannot afford a nuclear Ayatollah regime under Ahmadinejad. Diplomatic dialog should not become a goal in itself. If it leads to nothing — and currently, this is what it looks like despite the new sanctions — then Plan B is necessary.

Whether a military intervention by Israel is possible? Anything is possible if Israel finds itself in a situation of existential threat, which a nuclear Iran would imply. We hope this will not happen.

At least the Ayatollah regime’s ambitions are transparent. For Ahmadinejad, Hamas and the remaining fundamentalist club, the annihilation of Israel is only an intermediate goal. In the minds of these lunatics world peace is secure once Sharia rules all over the globe, then Christians and Jews may coexist in safety – as subordinates.

What do you say about the resolution by the German Bundestag that Israel must give up the Gaza blockade?

Like many others, I was perplexed. Some of the parliamentarians’ quotes surprised me too. More than anything, there was a lot of self-satisfaction about the unusually unanimous vote of all four fractions. Was this a constructive contribution to the Middle East conflict? No. It strengthens Hamas and other radical groups that instrumentalize the ‘photogenic’ situation of the Palestinians in Gaza to delegitimize Israel. This brings neither peace nor freedom to the Palestinians.

The resolution is probably the result of the usual information vacuum: Israel doesn’t perform fast or well enough when it comes to reflecting the reality. Any Bundestag member who would have sat in a helicopter above the Mavi Marmara and seen how a mob of 40 terrorists with iron rods and knives attacked the Israeli soldiers, and how the soldiers received the command to shoot only when three of them were almost lynched to death; had this same parliamentarian further seen the videos in which members of the Turkish mob declared their chief objective in this trip with broad smiles and gleaming eyes, namely to die as Shahids for Allah – then most likely this very fellow would not have voted for the resolution.

It is similar with the immediate call to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip. This is an easy thing to demand when one lives in peaceful Germany and has never been paid a visit by Qassam rockets or bloodthirsty suicide attackers. Criticism, especially by an important ally like Germany, is important — when it is constructive, fair and based on detailed, balanced facts. I doubt that all of these criteria were fulfilled in this resolution. For example, it demands an improvement of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, but not the release of Gilad Shalit, or even improvement of his ‘humanitarian situation’, through access by the Red Cross. Also, the question remains why the Bundestag, of all relevant foreign affairs events, singles out Israel’s Gaza policy.

Could Israel fill the information vacuum by documenting even more aggressively and with communicating even more evidence?

Of course. The vacuum is our deficit. Politically, too, Israel must adapt to the YouTube, Facebook and Twitter age, where information is wrapped into sound bites that travel the world at the speed of light. Consequently, the genuineness of contents is often compromised— this age is the paradise of the propagandists. But not for the only Western democracy that has been facing geopolitical threats since its existence. The priority of the Israeli governments has always been military defense, the protection of its civilian population. The fact that the media war is no less a strategic threat is now slowly catching on. This is a quite late but crucial paradigm shift.

Israel still lacks the necessary infrastructure for relevant videos, images and information to be proactively transmitted by good spokespeople. Furthermore, Israel won’t compromise its moral standards as a democratic Jewish state to score public opinion points. Israel will never ‘sell’ photos of its children that were mutilated or killed by Hamas terror, or like Hezbollah did in 2006, direct children and women to pose as ‘freshly shot’ extras in different settings. An example of the cynical use of human life for hate propaganda is the story of Mohammad al Dura. Fortunately, this will never be the case in Israel.

Reality is on Israel’s side, it just needs to be transmitted. This doesn’t imply that every political decision is the right one; however, we should keep in mind the context in which these decisions are made. I grew up in Munich and know how difficult it is to imagine within this green, pristine, peaceful safe haven how it feels to be surrounded by Islamic terror organizations. Only he who experienced a cruel terror attack in close proximity, or once had to run for his life into a bunker, can understand the insane situation Israelis have been living in and Israeli governments have been operating in for over 60 years.

Why aren’t foreign journalists even taken along to incidents like the storming of the Gaza flotilla?

Foreign journalists are often not taken along for security reasons. There were foreign journalists on the navy vessels surrounding the flotilla, but — since they needed to stay in a safe zone they could not see what was happening way up on the ship’s deck.

Other countries are not under such extreme scrutiny concerning possible ‘misbehaviors’

Yes, in Sudan hundred thousands of people are slaughtered by Islamists, but the human rights activists have nothing to say about it, same with the persecution of the Baha’i or the mutilation of women in Iran. The ‘human rights activists’ don’t say one word about it. But the naked, last resort self-defense of Israeli soldiers against a band of bloodthirsty Jihadists turns into a world-wide scandal. Is this not a perversion of reality? Israel, o Israel, how could you? Same with the UN Human Rights Council whose biased Israel obsession is so counterproductive, whereas a constructive, balanced facts-driven version of this institution would be so crucial.

Are pro-Israeli demonstrations — for example in Germany — even noticed in Israel?

Pro-Israel demonstrations still are not yet sufficiently noticed in Israel. At the Israel demo on June 13th in Berlin, I heard unbelievably touching words of support. People who proactively inform themselves, who acquire knowledge and understand the situation in depth, who support Israel with their hearts and minds as the only democracy in the Middle East. They are extremely important — for Israel and for Germany. In times like these, inspite of all strength, Israelis feel threatened – not just in terms of security, but also by public opinion. I wish every single Israeli would know what kind of important support PI, for example, grants. And I don’t say that to flatter: The moral support though the systematic exposure of crucial facts by PI is remarkable. For Israel is as threatened as misunderstood.

The greatest crime committed by obsessive and uninformed Israel critics is that they polarize only further. Instead of European student groups, for example, joining forces to make a constructive contribution, by encouraging understanding between Israeli and Palestinian students, many students fall victim to propaganda campaigns that turn peace into utopia. Here, the easiest solution simply isn’t a solution. The majority of European youth had the luxury to grow up in complete peace. With this luxury comes a moral responsibility of engaging in building bridges in conflict regions, rather than destroying them.

Is there a question you wanted to be asked for a while, but weren’t asked by me today?

Yes, there is such a question. What is Israel really like, and what do I love about it.

What is Israel like? What do you love about it?

It’s a combination of elements that make everyday life an inspiration. I grew up in a very privileged way in Munich. I had fantastic friends, a great school, lived in peace and knew no problems. Since I got to know Israel — and this has nothing to do with Zionism — I fell in love. I love the Mediterranean, in spite of the current jellyfish invasion (Paul, call back your cousins!), I love Jaffa, this Ottoman pearl, and I find living together with Israeli Arabs exciting.

I grew up with a self-created image of Israel as a small paradise. Living here, with the painful experiences of the second intifada, wars and constant threats, this paradise image crumbled, it even seems cynical. My greatest wish is to experience this Israel, already exploding of lust for live, creativity and innovation, in total peace. As the paradise I’ve been carrying in my heart since I was a child. This requires the release of Gilad Shalit.

In the meantime, support like the courageous work of PI, is like oxygen to us.

Melody Sucharewicz, we cordially thank for this interview. We wish you and Israel all the best and God’s blessings.

(Photo credit: Metin Cherasi / Translation: Anders Denken)

There are the attempts to hit more and more Israeli cities using rockets with ever longer ranges in order to kill as many civilians as possible. Iran also is interested in the Gaza base for battling against Israel and the West. There is absolutely no reason for a humanitarian aid initiative, since Gaza receives sufficient aid supplies from Israel enough that nobody need suffer from lack. The rational thinker must realize that the motivation for the Gaza flotilla was something else. The Israeli soldiers were downright lured onto the flagship Marmara through deception. They defended themselves because they had been seriously injured and their lives threatened.

That was no “love boat” full of “peace activists”, rather a “hate boat” full of terrorists. However, for much of the international public, Israel, in contrast, is presumed guilty until the guilt can be proved, instead of the other way around. Everone feigns that Israel has the right to defend itself, but let’s attack Israel just as soon as this right is employed. How would another country have possibly reacted against this constant bombardment? Israel will not apologize for defending itself and protecting the lives of its citizens. Israel must be allowed to defend itself as any other country does.

You can view Netanyahu’s speech in original recording here:

What really took place on the “hate boat” Marmara is shown in these images:

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The idea that these actions on the part of the activists weren’t necessarily peaceful was no less evident to some individuals:

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Thousands of Turks, meanwhile, have already publicly admitted that they are fans of Hamas and take to the streets against Israel.

(Contributors: Daniel Katz and Nockerl)

What happened? n-TV delivers the joyful message to us: Advance in Saudi Arabia!

It has been eight years since 15 schoolgirls died in a fire at a girls’ school in Mecca because the religious police prevented them from leaving the burning building. The reason was that they wouldn’t wear headscarves or any long garments. The Ministry of Education is finally drawing conclusions from the scandal.

In Saudi Arabia, firemen will now be allowed to save girls as well. Eight years after the burning of a girls’ school in Mecca, the Ministry of Education in this strict Muslim country is drawing necessary conclusions from the scandal, which cost the lives of 15 schoolgirls back then.

The newspaper “Saudi Gazette” reported, the Ministry has given “clear instructions” to all school administrators and sentries that rescuers are to be granted immediate access to the school grounds.

In every other country of the world, this would be the normal course of action. However, in March 2002 in the pilgrim city of Mecca, the sentries of the Islamic religious police prevented girls from leaving a burning school building because they didn’t wear head scarves or any long garments. Eyewitnesses reported back then that the religious police officers had even killed the girls.

“In any other country” is truly somewhat exaggerated, since other countries are also on a good way to pushing Islamic sharia into power. So that really has nothing to do with the “pilgrim city” of Mecca — but rather with Muhammadin doctrine, which is the same anywhere in the world, whether in Mecca, Tehran or Cologne-Ehrenfeld, even if it (still) can’t be implemented to the satisfaction of devout believers.

However, it will certainly be interesting to see where the “advance in Saudi Arabia” will head. Will homosexuals soon be able to choose whether they would rather be stoned or hanged? Or will a Green party advertise for women’s quotas and “My belly belongs to me”?

(Many thanks to all contributors! Photo: Wowi receives a handsome gift from the Saudi dictator for his dollhouse.)

One flyer exhibited the family tradition, the second one showed the role of the Imams. Since May 15, 2008, 55(!) documented “honor murders” and attempts to commit them have been carried out in Germany. The estimated number of unreported cases is larger because the crime is often disguised as an accident or suicide. What will the amount be on May 15, 2011?

Photos of the activity:

A video can be watched here.

But this isn’t anything new. In 2007, in the French region Valence, Turkish followers of the Religion of Peace™ violently attacked peaceful Armenians who had been demonstrating against the joining of Turkey in the EU. They shouted: “Our grandfathers have killed you, and we will finish the job.” (from the book by Maurice Vidal: La colère d’un Français (A Frenchman’s Anger).)

What is simply odd, is that Premier Erdogan is of a totally different opinion than that of his fellow compatriots abroad. He vehemently denies the Genocide, and it is, now as ever, a punishable offense if one presents this genocide for what it truly is. Sometimes it is truly difficult for a clearly and logically thinking person to understand the contradictions in the heads of Muhammadins. A further proof that shows we are not integrated.

Perhaps somebody ought to send the video to Heribert Prantl because, in his opinion, the other traditions, ways of thought and experiences enrich us so greatly. By the way, Hitler used the genocide against the Armenians as an example for Shoah (the Holocaust). It must have been an interesting case study.

(By Epistemology / Translation: Anders Denken)

She finally separated completely from her family and environment and went missing after participation in the “Islamic Get-Together” in Disentis (PI reported). The parents figured it was a kidnapping, but last Friday, the missing daughter suddenly appeared on Swiss television on the political program “Arena” (you can see the program here). F. sat clothed in black at the side of “husband” Naim Cherni and stated willingly before the running camera: “I am wearing this clothing of my own volition and have striven for nine months to be a practicing Muslim.

The Blick reports:

F. is being kept hidden in Biel, lives in an apartment of Cherni’s uncle and has been married according to Islamic ritual to Cherni by a German Imam from associations of the radical preacher Pierre Vogel. Apparently Cherni and the leadership of the IZRS have had such an overwhelmingly great influence on the young woman that she would agree to leave family, friends and her complete intimate circle behind her. …

She became a fundamentalist little by little. Her parents became “evil people” to the girl because they were infidels. “Our daughter has been subjected to brainwashing,” the parents of F. are persuaded.

Bad for parents that both of them stated on national television that they had received death threats from F’s family. “An unbelievable lie,” the parents of F. said. They still haven’t been able to make contact with the protected daughter.

Islam preacher Mohammed Ciftci defends his radical viewpoints:

(Translation: Anders Denken)

In a quiet tone, clear and persuaded in the subject. And thus everything remained calm. No trace of physical aggression.

Until the Antifants came. About two hours after the rally began a group of young, aggressively inclined people arrived, that had little in mind for any discussion. They wanted to cause a ruckus. And thus they began to chant their rehearsed phrase, “Nazis get out.” Since we were of the same opinion with them in this point – and certainly only in this point – we joined with them in their chant. Just like last year in Berlin on German Unification Day, when a pack of left-wing reactionary do-gooders and long-bearded fundamentalist Muslims encircled us. Back then, though, this response unleashed a great confusion among our opponents.

However, as our way is, we tried to enter into conversation with these young people. For that which we have to present should itself usually find hearing even in the most deeply ingrained ideologies. Who could be of a different opinion about the subjects: oppression of women, hostility to democracy, and human rights violations?

Now, to the Antifants (translator note: “antifascist” demonstrators, truly an apparent misnomer). In their extreme left opinion, they have a purpose: to abolish the “system” they hate so much and the democracy to which it belongs. In this, Islamic ideology appears to them as a welcome ally, and therefore they attack Islam critics. There are totally simple thought patterns ticking in the Left-warped corridors of their brain. In this, they have learned nothing from history because such a coalition failed in 1979 with the Islamic Revolution in Iran. As soon as Ayatollah Khomeini was in power, he delivered his useful left-wing helpers to the knife, for Muslims savor atheists even less than those of other faiths. But this wasn’t taught to the Antifants in history class. To argue with them rationally would be like trying to kick a lamppost over to make it move. It is futile and a pure waste of time. These young people are so ingrained, so solidly driven in their ideology, so brainwashed, so aggressive and agitated to such a high degree, that the wave they unleash can be outdone every time.

And so the lid eventually flew off the boiling cauldron. A young Antifant girl slapped one of our peaceful demonstrators, thereby breaking his glasses.

The police officers, who had restrained themselvs in an exemplary un-escalated way, now stepped in, as it is their duty to protect the sound physical condition of the participants in a registered demonstration. Thus they arrested the young lady in the blue T-shirt.

An especially aggressive Antifant then tried to free the young lady and turned violent, thereby injuring a police officer.

This young man was so highly aggressive and apparently battle-ready. Numerous officers were needed to calm him down, but then more people from the crowd tried to free him:

But the police still kept the situation under control and were able to secure the place. The officers warned the enraged Antifants again to behave calmly and not exercise violence.

But more attacks on the officers freshly ensued:

The situation threatened to escalate, and so reinforcements were called in. Within minutes, around a dozen other cruisers arrived with about 40 officers from the task force:

A few officers additionally stood prepared in the background:

Since there were a surprising number of young women among the aggressive counter-demonstrators, female task force officers were carefully employed to take care of them:

There were also mounted officers at the assignment:

The aggressive nature of the Antifants can be seen very well in the video:

It became really comical when the Antifants chanted: “We are peaceful, what are you?” That brought the saying “Islam means peace” quickly to mind. The peacefulness of these people was expressed in physical attacks, a crushed pair of glasses and an injured police officer. That criminal offenses might be recorded was, of course, not even recognized by these crazy-heads. “1-2-3 — set the people free.” In an absurd twist of reality, the officers on site were accused of hitting a “poor, defenseless girl.” A compatriot with an accent even remarked: “What kind of country is this where a person can let loose on young people with a club? And then even against a woman?”. This principle is familiar: By completely twisting the facts, the perpetrators are made into victims.

This incident can be read with total objectivity in the police report, and indeed exactly as it occurred:

Rally interrupted

Downtown Stuttgart: On Saturday (April 24, 2010) at a rally at the Schlossplatz, there arose disturbances against the event and also attacks against police officers. The meeting, which had started at 3:30 p.m., and in which around 800 persons participated, was interrupted by a large group of people. The approx. 25 persons provoked and insulted the participants in the rally with chants. The leader of the meeting was pulled out of the by a 17-year-old and slapped. When police officers came between and arrested the perpetrator, she struggled fiercely. Her companions tried at the same time to free the girl again. In order to protect themselves against the attacks until reinforcements arrived, the officers had to resort for a short while to duty clubs.

An 18-year-old attacker who also exercised opposition was able to be detained. After the arrival of police reinforcements, the group scattered. During the assignment, a 35-year-old police officer received a light injury to the hand. Further background information about the altercation is still unknown.

Further investigations were taken over by the criminal police.

We made ourselves available as witnesses to the officers still on site, just in case there might be some kind of crazy charge brought up against them. This police service ran optimally. The officers could not have behaved better on this afternoon. One could see that they were well educated for situations such as this.

Our thanks goes to all the officers who were there. They have once again protected democracy and free speech — against fanatical crazy-heads who have no sense about all of this.

» Stuttgarter Nachrichten: Skirmish at the Edge of a Rally

(Text & Video: byzanz / Photos: RChandler – Munich PI Group / Translation: Anders Denken)

What hijab, chador and burka mean for a woman, every visitor could check out for themselves. Hardly anyone held out very long. One feels as they’re in prison, and that is what is seen to in the purpose of these misogynous garments.

Ilona from Stuttgart held the opening speech:

We have gathered ourselves here in order to protest the methods of covering and of oppression of women. The Islamic command of the veil robs people of their face. Programs for an open, multicultural Germany require of us “to show our face, “show face against the right,” or “be a voice — show face.” Why isn’t the same demanded from Muslim women as well?

The sayings in the languages of the West all show how important our face and the face of our fellow person is. One can keep face or lose it. One can look someone boldly in the face, or one can tell a bold-faced lie. Every person has a right to their face, and every person has the right to look at their counterpart in the face. That is the world as we know it. Our language shows that upstanding individuals show their face, double-faced individuals present a fraudulent face or hide under a mask.

We want to see no veiled faces because we cannot judge people, we cannot even communicate with them if they keep their face from our sight. Millions upon millions of women in Islamic countries do not have this right. They must hide their face in public; they have to dehumanize themselves. And some women in Europe are misled into losing their face before their counterparts, to hide under clothes that have Islamic names: burka, chador, hijab.

Veiling is a private matter. When a woman veils herself, she contributes in this fashion to the delegitimization of all the women in this world, whether here in Germany, or somewhere in Afghanistan. By this action, she divides the women of the world into two classes: the good, or the chaste, and the evil, or the permissive. We therefore demand that the Islamic veiling of the woman be forbidden in Germany.

Young Muslim women were also interested in the topic. But almost none of them spoke critically about their religion. Of course, it is well known what kind of force is often exerted in the familiar environment of the woman. Many Muslim women gave the impression that they were OK with all the rules of Islam. One got the sense with a few of their legitimate pride of “being exclusive” in contrast to Western women by how they can express themselves due to their head covering.

The Quran delivers misogynous passes in abundance and fulness. In Sura 2 verse 223, for example, it is ordained that women must be available anytime for the desires of their husbands. Sura 4 verse 15 calls for the execution of women for adultery. In Sura 4 verse 34, they can be beaten for “insubordination.” Sura 4 verse 176 rules that they inherit only half as much, and their witness in court counts for only half the value (2:282). They are to veil themselves so that they cannot be “recognized and molested” (35:59), and after sex, men are to clean themselves as after nature’s call or sickness (4:43).

We presented all of these verses in flyers that were snatched up quickly. Michael from Munich presented how important it would be to modernize this religion, for the 1400-year-old book of Quran is still considered God’s leading for the 21st century. If Muslim women want to be and should be liberated from all of these impositions, then conformity to today’s age is unavoidable. After all, the Quran doesn’t even take women into consideration.

Historically speaking, for women, only horrible conditions ruled in the pre-Muhammadin era of Arabic tribal society. To this point, one could say, that in a certain way, Muhammad’s laws for that time were indeed an improvement. For women received at least minimal rights through the prophet of Islam. But nowadays, they are hopelessly retrograde, obsolete and gruesome in their focus. The problem, however, is that the Quran, as Allah’s direct word, is inalterable. And thus, Mirjam from Reutingen reported about the terrible conditions in Islamic countries that draw similarities to the 7th century. And they are creeping steadily into Europe:

The Coptic Christian Abdel fleshed out these descriptions with a few breath-takingly close examples of experiences in Egypt:

Besides the still-living member of the “White Rose,” who has fought 70 years long against fascism, and who sees Islam as a similar totalitarian threat, the citizen initiative Pax Europa also has several Jewish compatriots in its ranks. Monika from Erding has learned through intensive study of Islam that the Jews were the first unfortunate victims of the warlord Muhammad, and since then it hasn’t gotten much better. She affirmed in her remaining remarks that head covering and hijabs were an insult to men in the Western world:

Many young women were interested in the 3 1/2 hour rally. One of them even spoke up spontaneously and expressed doubts that women in Afghanistan willingly put themselves in burkas:

There were also many Muslim men at the Stuttgart Schlossplatz, some of whom had lively discussions with us. There were also followers of the “Grey Wolfe” present who, interestingly enough, admitted that Atatürk had an Islam critical attitude. They implied that their nationalism was more important then their religion. Other Muslims tried with the well-known generic arguments as “wrongly translated” and “taken out of context” to cast doubt about the misogynous Quran passages, but we were able to counter them very quickly. The offical Quran translation of the Central Council of Muslims on islam.de speaks for the other translations. Moreover, we got the impression among some Muslims that they themselves didn’t really know the Quran so well. Since we speak with all fellow citizens about the subject of Islam, and there are also three secularly-minded Muslims among the members of Pax Europa, we, of course, wanted to share the microphone with Turkish-born compatriot Emre when he asked:

Conny from Heilbronn remembered that Saturday was Memorial Day for the Armenians who were mass-murdered in Turkey, in which many women and girls were among the 1.5 million unfortunate victims. This genocide against the Christian/Armenians has been denied to this day in Turkey, and is even punishable by prison for “insult to the Turkish Nation” when this part of Ottoman history is truthfully presented:

Theodor from Reutling imparted his Christian view of things to us:

Kurdish journalist Gül also made a speech that unfortunately isn’t available on video. She reported that the Turkish authorities in the east of Turkey would arrest even 13-year-olds for suspicion of terrorism and put them in prison. They are threatened there with a 58-year sentence. Girls are raped with regularity, and their families end up hearing nothing more of their children. 15-year-old Berivan, for example, is a Kurdish girl who has suffered such fate. Gül demanded the release of this girl.

After the speech contributions, there were many exciting discussions at the Schlossplatz. Among the most passionate were a few who would describe Henryk M. Broder as a “left-wing reactionary do-gooder (LRD). They adamantly refused to discuss about the misanthropic and misogynous aspects of Islam, but rather tried repeatedly to counter with the stereotypical generic questions such as: “What about the crusades, witch burnings, abuses, Insquisition,” etc. One couldn’t get the point across to them that these evil things from the Middle Ages were indeed committed by “Christians,” but were not justified in word or deed by Jesus, as well as the rest of the New Testament. And likewise it isn’t throughout the bloodily-inclined Old Testament, for this was narrative and not written in imperateive form. However, they weren’t very ready to acknowledge that the behavior in the case of Muhammad and the Quran was quite different:

Really passionate discussions were held, but to this point, everything remained within peaceful confines. Everyone attempted to present their view of things and was willing to listen to the other party.

In the evening around 30 BPE and PI Group members met for a debriefing of the successful rally and for the planning of further actions. At this occasion, the South Germany PI Network was formed. Along the line of Munich-Stuttgart, the PI Groups from Augsburg, Heilbronn, Mannheim, Nürnberg, Regensburg and Reutlingen joined to form this network.

Tomorrow, we will report how a gathering of confused “Antifas” attempted to disrupt the rally. A few teenagers looking for a ruckus caused a mass-deployment by the Stuttgart police. So, it seems some have practiced well for May 1st.

In conclusion, here is a series of photos of the remarkable and overall successful event: