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9/11: 20 years on, Germany still grapples with militant Islamists

Sven Kurenbach still remembers the images of the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsing and the spontaneous minute of silence at the Berlin police department that followed. When Islamist terrorists weaponized passenger planes on September 11, 2001 — killing nearly 3,000 people — Kurenbach was still head of inspection for the Berlin police’s special units. Today he is Germany’s top investigator into jihadist activities.

Twenty years ago, Islamist terror was still largely an unknown for German security authorities, Kurenbach recalled recently at an event organized by “Mediendienst Integration” in Berlin. Just a dozen officers at the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) had been dealing with it.

by Blazingcatfur•September 4, 2021September 4, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Cultural acclimatization

Supermarket Chain in New Zealand Reportedly Takes Knives Off Shelves After Stabbing Attack

Following Friday’s terrorist attack in New Zealand’s city of Auckland, supermarket giant Countdown has temporarily removed all knives and scissors from sale, the New Zealand Herald reported.

“We want all of our team to feel safe when they come to work, especially considering the events of yesterday,” Countdown’s General Manager of Corporate Affairs Kiri Hannifin told the newspaper.

The newspaper further reported that Countdown is even considering stopping the sale of all knives and scissors permanently. Foodstuffs NZ also retrieved their knives from sale.

by Blazingcatfur•September 4, 2021September 4, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, New Zealand

Six injured in ISIS inspired ‘terror attack’ in Auckland

A known extremist was responsible for a terror attack in Auckland which has seen six people injured, three of whom are in critical condition, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday evening.

The man was shot and killed by members of a police Special Tactics Group within 60 seconds of the attack beginning, Ardern said. He was a Sri Lankan national who came to New Zealand in October 2011 and has been considered a “person of national security interest” from 2016.

Ardern said she was limited in what more she could share about the man as a result of suppression orders made by the court, although a spokesman for the Prime Minister later confirmed the Crown was “seeking the court’s urgent lifting of the suppression orders, which will be filed this [Friday] evening”.

Seems he was a known unknown – ‘Violent extremist’ responsible for mall terrorist attack was ‘known threat to New Zealand’

by Blazingcatfur•September 3, 2021September 3, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, New Zealand

Islamic State ‘Beatle’ to plead guilty to U.S. terrorism charges

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) – A British-born man who was a member of a team of Islamic State militants in Syria nicknamed “The Beatles” accused of beheading American hostages was due to plead guilty on Thursday to U.S. criminal charges, according to a federal court record.

A docket entry for the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, showed a change of plea hearing was scheduled on Thursday for Alexanda Kotey, one of two Islamic State members who had been held in Iraq by the U.S. military before being flown to the United States to face trial on terrorism charges.

by Blazingcatfur•September 2, 2021September 2, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Germany arrests suspected ‘Islamic State’ fundraiser

German federal prosecutors arrested a woman on Monday suspected of collecting money for the extremist “Islamic State” (IS) group and helping with bank transfers to the Middle East.

The suspect, identified only as Denise S., is thought to have been in contact with female IS members to keep them informed on money being sent to the group.

She is also accused of collecting donations for a woman member to enable her to return to the group after her detention in a Kurdish refugee camp.

by Blazingcatfur•August 30, 2021August 30, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Germany, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

“Killing Our People Has Become Routine”: The Persecution of Christians, July 2021

The Abduction, Rape, and Forced Conversion of Christian Girls in Pakistan

A Muslim teacher raped an 8-year-old Christian in a school bathroom, and the school and police are covering it up. According to the July 11 report, Shahzad Masih’s young daughter was “shaking and screaming in pain when she returned home from school that day, June 22, her uniform spotted with blood.” “She did not utter a word all afternoon and just kept crying and screaming in pain,” her father explained.

by Blazingcatfur•August 30, 2021August 29, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Persecution Of Christians

Another of Monsef’s brothers up to no good

In first, Toronto man pleads guilty to murder in commission of terrorist act

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Yazidi women and girls still enslaved by Isis within detention camp

On the seventh anniversary of Islamic State’s genocide of the Yazidi people, about 2,800 women and girls enslaved by the terror group are still missing.

It is thought that many of those who survived may be trapped in the increasingly dangerous Al-Hawl detention camp in northeast Syria, imprisoned with their captors.

Rights groups say that, without international efforts to identify and free them, these women and girls, originally from the Sinjar area in Iraq, are at risk of being smuggled outside the Kurdish-run camp and sent to Islamic State – or Isis – cells in Syria and third countries like Turkey – after which, it may become impossible to find them.

by Blazingcatfur•August 26, 2021August 25, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Yazidis

SULTANI: Shame on Monsef for calling Taliban ‘our brothers’

In a morning briefing on Afghanistan, Maryam Monsef, Canada’s Minister for Women and Gender Equality called the Taliban her “brothers” and asked them to allow Canadians to get to the Kabul airport in order to leave the country. After facing heavy criticism, Monsef is defending herself on the grounds that she used “brothers” in a cultural context.

As a Canadian who moved to this country as an Afghan refugee, I want to be very clear, there is no cultural context in which calling the Taliban “brothers” is acceptable. Words carry meaning, and meanings imply moral positions.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2021August 25, 2021•0•"Another Damn Election", "Islamophobia", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

As Afghan Women Face Brutal Subjugation Under Taliban Rule, Biden Admin To Host 5K Run for ‘Women’s Equality’

As millions of Afghan women are abandoned to subjugation and torture at the hands of the Taliban, President Joe Biden’s Defense Department will celebrate “Women’s Equality Day” on Thursday by hosting a 5K run at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.

“Women’s Equality Day gives us an opportunity to reflect on the many benefits of true equality and the role of women in our public life,” the military’s diversity and inclusion officers wrote in an email announcing the event. No registration is required to participate, and prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2021August 25, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Afghanistan, Islam, Islam and violence, WTF?

Huh? Haven’t we been lectured that the bloodthirsty Taliban and their ilk are in no way Muslim? Well Maryam Monsef corrects that erroneous assumption!

Muslim minister for women, gender equality faces backlash after calling Taliban ‘our brothers’

When asked to clarify her comments, Liberal MP Monsef explained that it is common for Muslim men and women to refer to each other as ‘brothers and sisters’

Oh so the Taliban are indeed as Muslim as Mohammed! Thanks for clearing that up Maryam!

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2021August 25, 2021•0•"Another Damn Election", "Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Liberal Party MP for Kabul Maryam Monsef Just called the Taliban “Our Brothers”

Maryam Monsef just referred to the Taliban as “our brothers” pic.twitter.com/KEL5UYa3HO

— (@BryanPassifiume) August 25, 2021

That’s taking the usual LPC vote whoring to a whole new level. Monsef is Minister for Women & Gender Equity, surprised she wasn’t wearing a niqab.

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2021August 25, 2021•0•"Another Damn Election", "Islamophobia", Islam, Islamization of the West, WTF?

University of Michigan Professor: Taliban Doesn’t Equal Islam, News Coverage ‘Disserves a Great Religion’

Well, this was inevitable: As the Taliban have taken power in Afghanistan and declared their intention to impose Islamic law, the American establishment media has swung into action, ready as always to exonerate Islam of all responsibility for the crimes done in its name and in accord with its teachings. And so it was that USA Today on Saturday published an article by one Hamid Khan, whose résumé is as predictable as it is revealing: He is “an adjunct professor of Islamic law at the University of Michigan Law, a national security fellow with the Truman National Security Project and an attorney with the U.S. government.” Of course he is. And he is here to tell us that the “Taliban doesn’t equal Islam,” and to complain that “news coverage of Afghanistan disserves a great religion.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 25, 2021August 24, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Afghanistan, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Does hate crime no longer matter?

Two shocking attacks allegedly carried out by Muslims have not caused a storm. We need to talk about why.

Imagine if footage emerged showing a white man attacking people in a Muslim-populated part of town. Imagine if CCTV images showed the man punching a visibly Muslim elderly man in the face without provocation. Imagine if someone’s dashcam then captured this same bloke assaulting a Muslim child.

by Blazingcatfur•August 24, 2021August 24, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", hate crimes, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK

Police warning after city mosque manager sparks fury over Taliban prayers Facebook post

Police have quizzed the manager of one of Birmingham’s biggest mosques after he posted a Facebook message appearing to praise Taliban leaders in prayer during the capture of Kabul.

The post sparked fury among some worshippers, who include Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban regime 20 years ago. One mosque attendee has withdrawn his child from planned Islam classes because of it.

Why praise a Foreign Taliban? Birmingham has its own homegrown variant!

Arrest over Birmingham homophobic attack in Gay Village – but two men still wanted

by Blazingcatfur•August 22, 2021August 22, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Afghanistan, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, UK