The Federal Ministry of the Interior has banned the Salafist association Ansaar International and nine of its offshoots. Among them are organisations from Hesse, and a former professional football player is again under scrutiny.

On Wednesday, the Federal Ministry of the Interior banned the Salafist association Ansaar International and its nine offshoots. Among them is the Somali Committee for Information and Counselling based in Büttelborn (Groß-Gerau district).

The associations allegedly collected humanitarian donations and used them to support Islamist terrorist organisations in the Middle East and Africa. They include the Al-Nusra Front in Syria, which now operates under a different name, as well as Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Al-Shabaab in Somalia.

According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, there had been direct money flows in some cases, and in others projects had been financed in the surroundings of the organisations so that the terrorist organisations could recruit members. The donors are said to have been unaware of this. According to the Ministry of the Interior, Ansaar also missionised children from Germany and sent them to institutions abroad “in order to internalise Salafist extremist content there and spread it in Germany”.

Ansaar already made the headlines in 2017, when the public broadcaster Hessischer Rundfunk reported that the former Eintracht Frankfurt and Darmstadt 98 player Änis Ben-Hatira supported the Salafist association. After much hesitation, his then club Darmstadt 98 gave in to pressure from the public and politics and parted ways with the footballer.

Ben-Hatira then established a foundation in Berlin that also cooperates with Ansaar. This was also banned on Wednesday. Its money was confiscated and made available for charitable purposes – excluding terror financing.

Hesse’s Interior Minister Peter Beuth ( Christian Democratic Union, CDU) called the ban of Ansaar International a “strong message of the rule of law against Islamist terrorist structures”. Hesse had warned of the activities of the Salafist group at an early stage. German football and the state of Hesse had “rightly shown Ben-Hatira the red card”, Beuth said on Wednesday.

Investigators had already seized extensive evidence in a major raid on the network in April 2019. Ansaar has its headquarters in Düsseldorf. Half of the 90 properties searched at the time were in North Rhine-Westphalia.

https://www.hessenschau.de/panorama/salafisten-verein-samt-fussballer-stiftung-verboten,ansaar-verboten-100.html

A woman (25) was found dead in her flat in Backnang on Tuesday afternoon. According to initial investigations, she died by force – the suspect is the woman’s partner (29).

The dead woman’s partner had been involved in a traffic accident on a country road at about 12.45 p.m. and then fled on foot. The police searched for the man and arrested him at around 4.30 p.m. – when he then made the tip-off about the dead 25-year-old woman to the police.

The man was temporarily arrested, the woman’s flat was checked – and her body was found.

The criminal investigation department started investigating the circumstances of the death on Tuesday afternoon. The first investigations and findings in the flat strengthened the suspicion that the woman died by force. The 29-year-old man is suspected of the crime. The suspect, who was born in Syria, is to be brought before a magistrate on Wednesday.

The investigation is being conducted in close consultation with the Stuttgart public prosecutor’s office and is ongoing.

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As became known to the police only later, a pane of leaded glass in the area of the entrance to the St. Clemens Church in Mayen (photo above) was damaged at the beginning of April. The damage is estimated at around EUR 1,000.

Please send any useful hints to the Mayen police station by calling 02651-801-0.

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Members from Germany’s far-left, pro-mass migration Green Party have called on Denmark’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen to reverse her government’s newly-enacted migration policies.

In an open letter, several Green MEPs urged Frederiksen to “rethink” her government’s immigration policy approach, and to reverse “current asylum and migration policy by 180 degrees”.

The letter comes after Denmark became the first member state of the European Union to announce that it would begin revoking the residency permits of Syrian asylum seekers whose homes have been deemed safe to return to, the German newspaper Junge Freiheit reports.

Last month, the ruling Social Democrats in Denmark announced a policy that gives asylum seekers who’ve had their residence permits revoked two options: voluntarily repatriate themselves and receive a €30,000, or live at a housing facility for asylum seekers.

“Under no circumstances can this country be described as safe,” argued the Green Party signatories of the letter. “Historically, migration is a completely normal phenomenon. Deportations to a country that is at war should never be normal. Denmark shouldn’t play a pioneering role here.”

The German Greens — currently polling at 23 percent — have already tabled several radical policy proposals with regard to immigration, including granting voting rights to citizens of non-EU countries who are residing in Germany. The far-left party, which last year drafted a proposal that would’ve allowed tens of millions of so-called ‘climate refugees’ to live in Germany and receive passports, has also suggested enacting hiring quotas for foreigners in public administration.

The party has called on its supporters to write letters to their local mayors, city councils, and church leaders in an attempt to pressure municipalities to “promise to resettle” asylum seekers, and to bring attention to what they call a “humanitarian crisis on the borders of Europe”.

At an EU level, the Greens have spearheaded a campaign for asylum seekers under the motto “Europe Welcomes”. The European parliamentary group has published a list of more than 500 cities and municipalities which, according to them, would like to take in more migrants.

“Together we can strengthen this message at the EU level and ensure that the consideration of local authorities is included in the reform of the EU asylum system.”

So far, in the run-up to Germany’s federal elections in September, the Greens have continued to call for an increase in migration into the country. Annalena Baerback, who serves as the co-leader for the party and the chancellor candidate, has stated that if elected, her party would implement a “welcoming immigration policy”. In its election manifesto, the Greens assert that deportation of illegal immigrants should only be a last resort and that every migrant should have the right to apply for naturalization after they’ve lived in Germany for just five years.

Bernhard Zimniok, the policy spokesman for the Alternative for Deutschland’s delegation in the European Union, has fiercely criticized the Green’s campaign to normalize and promote mass migration. In an interview with Junge Freiheit, Zimniok argued: “The ‘Europe Welcomes’ campaign aims to implement a right to migration for everyone” while adding that the Greens program was nothing other than “a planned population exchange, with which the peoples’ right to self-determination will end foreseeably — this is exactly what the new EU migration pact aims at”.

https://rmx.news/article/article/germany-s-far-left-green-party-criticize-danish-pm-over-her-partys-new-migration-policies

From mid-May, Vienna will be the first city in the European Union to also have pregnant women vaccinated against the Coronavirus. The office of City Councilor for Health Peter Hacker (SPÖ) announced this on Sunday, reported the Austrian portal oe24.

At the initiative of the Vienna Health Association, the National Vaccination Committee included pregnant women as a priority group in the vaccination plan at the end of April. The City of Vienna will thus have pregnant women vaccinated against Covid-19 from the 13th week of pregnancy.

Depending on how many expectant mothers are interested in an anti-Corona vaccination, the vaccination dates for pregnant women are activated without restriction or vaccinations are given according to prioritization. In the latter case, heavily pregnant women will have their turn first, and the next candidates will be considered based on the respective week of pregnancy.

It has been found that pregnant women who become infected, often suffer a more severe form of the illness than non-pregnant women in the same age group, the portal reported.

Martin Hesse from the professional association of Thuringian gynecologists, on the other hand, warned against general Corona vaccinations for pregnant women, according to the MDR Thuringia. The Thuringian state chairman told the broadcaster that vaccination of pregnant women is not desirable as long as sufficient data has not been generated yet.

According to the gynecologist, Thuringian gynecologists have been involved in the vaccination campaign since last week, but they adhere to the requirements of the Standing Vaccination Commission in Germany (STIKO). It stipulates that the vaccination may only be offered to pregnant women after an individual risk-benefit assessment, for example if they have had previous illnesses.

In Thuringian special care units, however, pregnant women with severe courses are a rarity. The majority of the so-called Level 1 clinics that care for patients with severe courses in the Free State of Thuringia have not had to treat any infected pregnant women in intensive care since the beginning of the pandemic.

According to a spokeswoman, the number of pregnant women infected with Covid-19 at the Altenburger Land clinic has been “manageable” since the beginning of the pandemic and all cases have been mild. The Wald-Klinikum Gera painted a similar picture; pregnant infected women are isolated cases, their number has not increased. At the St. Georg Klinikum Eisenach, an increasing number of Covid-19-positive women have given birth in the past few months, but there were no intensive inpatient cases there either.

In countries outside the EU, including the USA, Great Britain, Israel, pregnant women are already regularly vaccinated. As a rule, mRNA vaccines are used for this.

https://freewestmedia.com/2021/05/05/first-in-the-eu-vienna-to-vaccinate-pregnant-women-from-mid-may/

On Tuesday, President Trump launched a communication platform for posting comments, videos, and images.

You can visit the platform, called “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” by visiting DonaldJTrump.com/desk

Currently, visitors can’t reply to posts, but they can share his posts to Facebook and Twitter.

“This is just a one-way communication,” a source told Fox News. “This system allows Trump to communicate with his followers.”

Trump is also reportedly developing his own social media platform after being banned by Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms. It is not clear if this platform is connected to those plans, but a video hyping the launch pitches “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” as a “place to speak freely and safely.”

According to Fox News, “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” will eventually give Trump the ability to communicate directly with his followers.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/05/04/breaking-trump-launches-communications-platform-n1444536

A new poll shows most French people agree with the attitude of retired generals, who in an open letter warned President Emmanuel Macron and the government with a military takeover unless his government could manage to eradicate radical Islamic terrorism and restore security in the country. 

Although the government is threatening severe reprisals against the signatories of the open letter, there are signs that most of the French public actually back the generals and nearly half support military intervention to restore order, a finding that undoubtedly will provoke worry inside Macron’s administration. 

Two dozen retired French generals, dozens of other officers, and hundreds of private soldiers signed the open letter to the president and government in April. The signatories condemned “the disintegration that plagues the homeland, the hatred between communities fueled by a kind of anti-racism, Islamism and suburban hordes that have forced a part of the country under dogmas that are unconstitutional”. They warned that if the government failed to act “that they are ready to support politicians who are concerned with preserving the nation”.

According to Harris Interactive published by LCI, 58 percent of the French respondents agree with the contents of the letter. Nearly half (49 percent) of those surveyed would support military intervention to “restore order”. Less than a third think the signatories should be sanctioned, as French Defense Secretary Florence Parly proposed.

The letter also pointed out that if the current policy continues, the intervention of the signatories’ active comrades will be required. In France, this kind of position of soldiers is unprecedented, as the army has traditionally distanced itself from political debates. Civil servants are required to exercise restraint, which means political neutrality in public statements. A significant number of signatories, on the other hand, have already retired, and several have already measured themselves in local elections in the colors of the National Assembly led by Marine Le Pen. French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Wednesday strongly condemned the open letter.

Le Pen voiced her support for the sentiments shared in the letter and asked the generals to join her in the “fight” to restore the French nation through Democratic means. 

The public also agrees with other parts of the letter, for which the French Government is threatening to punish the generals severely. The poll shows 86 percent of the respondents agree that the constitution and laws guaranteeing equality before justice and freedom of religion no longer apply in some parts of France (especially in the ghettos). An almost as strong majority (84 percent) feel that violence is on the rise due to Islamists in the country. Seventy-thre percent sympathize with those who signed the letter and also believe that France will fall apart

Divided society

The poll also found that 74 percent of respondents agreed that anti-racism ultimately leads to hatred between individual ethnic and religious groups. Similarly, 73 percent of respondents agree with the claim that Islamism divides and shatters French society.

Another 62 percent of French people agree with the criticism from the mentioned letter that the police fight protesters in yellow vests, while they are afraid of others.

In its survey, Harris Interactive surveyed a sample of 1,613 French people over the age of 18 of all ages.

The text first appeared in a blog and then on April 21 in the Valeurs Actuelles, on the 60th anniversary of the coup attempt against the late President Charles de Gaulle. 64 percent of respondents have heard of the open letter, 38 percent know exactly what it is about.

Of the more than 1,500 signatories, 18 active soldiers have been identified by the army, all of whom must stand before the supreme military council. Le Pen, head of the National Assembly, who is polled to win the first round of next year’s presidential election similar to the 2017 vote, assured dissatisfied soldiers on Tuesday of her support and asked them to vote for her next year.

“I invite you to join our action to take part in the battle that is opening up, Le Pen said. “As a citizen and politician, I agree with your analysis and share your affliction.”

Le Pen, for a long time now, has enjoyed widespread support among members of France’s armed forces and police, with a recent study of election preferences in military and gendarmes revealing an upward trend to support the populist leader and her party.

The letter and its fallout come roughly one year before French citizens head to the polls to elect a new head of state. Le Pen — who’s widely regarded as Macron’s primary competitor in 2022 — recently announced her plans to hold a referendum on immigration if she’s elected as president of the French Republic.

“My first decision would be to hold an immigration referendum,” Le Pen said. “I think that for decades the various governments have been making decisions on immigration matters without the French people ever having been heard or questioned on this subject.”

As Remix News previously reported, nearly half of the French public believe that Marine Le Pen’s victory over Macron in the country’s upcoming presidential election is “probable”. Arnaud Montebourg, a former minister in François Hollande’s socialist government, has also predicted that Marine Le Pen will emerge victorious in France’s 2022 presidential election.

https://rmx.news/article/article/most-french-agree-with-generals-threatening-government-takeover-poll

The trial of ISIS terrorist Abdullah Al H. (21), who stabbed a homosexual couple with two knives in Dresden’s Old Town, continues on Thursday. Thomas L. († 55) died in October, his partner Oliver L. (53) survived seriously injured.

Now it turned out: H. also became violent in prison. On November 6, 2020, his prison cell in Dresden was to be searched and he was to be handcuffed and ankle cuffed.

“Piss off,” the terrorist snarled towards a court employee. When three officers then wanted to enforce the search, Abdullah Al H. shouted: “I’ll stab you all, Allahu Akbar” – and lunged at the officers.

The local court sentenced the terrorist to 120 daily rates of 5 euros each by way of an order of summary punishment.

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