The statement of the top candidate of the Aktive Demokraten (Active Democrats) in Rüsselsheim, Erdal Koca, that the party list is open to Muslims as well as ” infidels”, has caused a lot of fuss and anger in the past week.

Even some representatives of the usually pro-Muslim party, The Greens, are alarmed:

The Greens in Rüsselsheim fundamentally reject the statements of Erdal Koca (Active Democrats Rüsselsheim). In a characterisation of society, he differentiates between “Muslims and infidels”. For the Greens it is clear: “A human being is a human being. A differentiation into believers and infidels is harmful. All people have the same dignity and the same rights. We expect all people to be open to new things, tolerant of those who think and believe differently, and accepting of other ways of life and identities. No tolerance for intolerance!”

“We expect all parties in the local elections to accept the values of the Free Democratic Basic Order, especially if they use the word “democratic” in their name. The executive committee of the Greens in Rüsselsheim fundamentally excludes cooperation with voter groups that try to divide society and take radical positions,” says Christian Vogt, spokesperson of the executive committee of the Greens in Rüsselsheim.

https://www.main-spitze.de/lokales/kreis-gross-gerau/ruesselsheim/war-so-nicht-gemeint-koca-bedauert-wortwahl_23140505 – https://www.gruene-ruesselsheim.de/2021/02/12/mensch-ist-mensch-keine-toleranz-gegenueber-intoleranz/

Faced with a major resurgence of Covid-19, and in particular of several very contagious variants, Germany continues to tighten its health measures. To the chagrin of the European Union, Berlin decided on Sunday February 14 to close some borders.

“Even if the virus variants are already circulating in Germany, it is necessary to prevent any further intrusion as best as possible,” explained the Minister of the Interior of Baden-Württemberg. Faced with a major “third wave” of Covid-19, Germany thus decided, on Sunday, February 14, to close its borders with the Czech Republic and Austrian Tyrol. The two countries concerned, showed variants of the virus circulating, according to French daily Le Monde. They are in fact considered particularly risky by the German authorities.

Among the panel of measures announced, Germany in particular decided to close rail traffic, and called for the establishment of “fixed control points” on the borders concerned. And the least that can be said is that these sovereign measures greatly displeased the European Union, which deplored a return to “Europe with closed borders as in March 2020”.

Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health, declared “that the virus will not be stopped by closed borders”. It was a barely veiled criticism that the European Commissioner used as an injunction to follow European directives: “The only thing that helps are vaccines and health precautionary measures,” she asserted.

The Germans did not appreciate her comments at all, despite being great fans of the “European project”. Thus, reported Le Monde, the Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer, sharply criticized the European Union which has already “made enough mistakes” and “should support us rather than hamper us with its advice”.

https://freewestmedia.com/2021/02/15/against-the-advice-of-the-eu-germany-closes-its-borders/

Our tweet of the day was posted by the politician Erika Steinbach. She tweets: “I have heard credibly from various sources that 50% of the covid patients in hospitals originate from the Arab region. This has not been an issue for the media so far. Would be a delightful assignment for our so busy network journalists. But they certainly refuse to do it.”

A commentator adds: Anders Tegnell in Sweden also points to the excessive spread or deaths of the virus by migrants.

Of course, there were the usual agitated people who immediately shouted out ” racism!”. And immediately doubted the statement.

It is clear that we see nothing about this in the FAZ, ARD or “Spiegel” newspapers. The foreign press seems to be more courageous. In November of last year, the newspaper “Die Presse” ran the headline “Viennese hospital doctor: 60 percent of our intensive care patients have a migration background” with regard to the new Covid infections.

The reason given for this is the lack of integration, which not infrequently causes people not to abide by applicable rules. An experience that many of the people who use public transport in Germany have. Almost every day we receive reports that whole groups of young people with a migration background, but without face masks, have been encountered in the underground railway. Security services and police tend to overlook this in order to avoid escalation.

A similarly sinister situation is offered by “oriental-Islamic” weddings and funerals, which – often without the state intervening – become veritable “corona clusters”.

Similar statements also appear in the Swiss press. There, the Covid cases are based on figures of 60-65 % hospitalised people with a migration background.

The figures quoted by Steinbach, which have caused so much uproar on Twitter and led to vicious insults against the politician, are obviously quite realistic.

https://philosophia-perennis.com/2021/02/12/stammen-50-der-covid-patienten-aus-dem-arabischen-raum/