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Lord Pearson, the UKIP peer who invited Geert Wilders to speak and show Fitna in the UK, is seen here being interviewed by the Canadian branch of the International Free Press Society.
In the video he explains just why he invited Mr Wilders to Britain, and makes some very harsh predictions about the future of England and Britain should the current trend of Islamisation and mass immigration continue:
Lord Pearson is one of the very few politicians unafraid to speak out on these issues, and for that he is to be commended. He is also part of a drive to take UKIP away from being a 'one issue party' which solely focuses on Europe to one which is noted for its opposition to mass immigration and Islamisation.
Everyone should see this video - especially any British people toying with the idea of marching for our freedom and our future tomorrow. Hopefully this will make up your mind either way.
Hat tip: Vlad Tepes.
Friday, 30 October 2009
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Geert Wilders Ambushed by the BBC
Vlad Tepes has made a video using the audio from the BBC radio interview with Geert Wilders I mentioned yesterday, coupled with images of the Muslim protests against Mr Wilders' presence in London a few days later, and other Muslim riots in Europe.
Link: 
Monday, 19 October 2009
The Insanity of Modern Britain
I remember watching the film Johnny English with a good friend of mine several years ago.
As we left the cinema, he commented that the film was "realistic, but only if you accept the premise that the monarch has the power to turn the entire country into a giant prison camp."
As it turns out, that was not a particularly realistic prediction of our future (and I realise it wasn't intended to be, yes) - what we actually should have feared was the government turning the entire country into a giant mental asylum.
Does that sound like cliched hyperbole? Well, maybe it does, but cliched or not the term does adequately sum up what is being done to Britain.
Take the following story (hat tip: Irish Savant):
The outrageous, pro-English scoundrel didn't stop there, however:
The Guardian must think Winterval has come early - a chance to slag off the Daily Mail, the "pro-English" and anyone who dares to think the BBC might be in any way biased, all within a few lines.
The person who sent these letters sounds a little disturbed, and I certainly don't condone such behaviour. But in truth, shouldn't we all be a little disturbed that one person sending letters which are "pro-English" and express non-PC views is genuinely worthy of being national news?
After all, it's not as if we live in a paradise free of crime and wrongdoing. In fact, violent crime is soaring, and most people have never felt less safe. Yet still, several police forces are investigating this "elderly letter writer", with one detective describing how hundreds of statements have been taken in an attempt to catch him.
Not to mention the hundreds of hours of man hour and hundreds of thousands of pounds it cost, I'm sure.
Meanwhile, it's business as usual on Britain's streets.
A woman was brutally attacked by a stranger whilst travelling on a London train in May 2008. Instead of taking this as evidence that Britain is now a violent, often lawless place, where people have absolutely no respect for each other and will turn nasty over the most piffling of trivialities without fear of the consequences, she is attempting to create yet another officially sanctioned victim group:
This is the culture we have created. It doesn't occur to this lady that perhaps the young woman was simply looking for an excuse to attack her. It doesn't seem to bother her that no one should be treated like this by a criminal yob, for any reason or under any circumstances.
No - all that matters is creating another group it is illegal to 'discriminate' against. Does she seriously think that yet more tiresome legislation would have saved her from a beating?
Most of these thugs fear nothing and no one - they know they won't be caught, and even if they are the consequences will be negligable.
But that isn't the point; if someone is violently attacked, should the first question the authorities ask be "does the victim belong to a special victim class?"
Everyone must be equal in the eyes of the law.
We saw something similar to this a while back, when Fiona Pilkington killed herself and her disabled daughter after a gang of yobs made their lives unbearable. Despite the fact that they complained to the police a total of 32 times, nothing was done:
Simple anti-social behaviour. That's what The Guardian calls it when someone who isn't part of a favoured victim class created for political reasons is hounded to death.
My question is, what happens to those of us who can't be part of such a group?
As we left the cinema, he commented that the film was "realistic, but only if you accept the premise that the monarch has the power to turn the entire country into a giant prison camp."
As it turns out, that was not a particularly realistic prediction of our future (and I realise it wasn't intended to be, yes) - what we actually should have feared was the government turning the entire country into a giant mental asylum.
Does that sound like cliched hyperbole? Well, maybe it does, but cliched or not the term does adequately sum up what is being done to Britain.
Take the following story (hat tip: Irish Savant):
Police are hunting an elderly letter writer responsible for sending more than 50 racially abusive letters to people across the country, including the prime minister.
The letters, some sexually explicit in content, have been sent to schools, hospitals, mosques, universities, doctors' surgeries and private individuals, leaving some recipients "extremely distressed".
According to Hampshire police, which is heading the investigation, the letters are all pro-English in content and racially inflammatory, with many appearing to have been sent in response to Daily Mail articles. All the letters are offensive and racist against a wide variety of nationalities and cultures.
The outrageous, pro-English scoundrel didn't stop there, however:
The letters regularly express anti-BBC views and accuse the corporation of racial bias, with the Scottish parliament and system also a regular target for abuse.
Commonly used phrases in the text include "English parliament", "Exit Europe", "repatriation" and "BBC shutdown".
Clippings from the Daily Mail have been included in many envelopes, which often also include cartoon drawings.
The Guardian must think Winterval has come early - a chance to slag off the Daily Mail, the "pro-English" and anyone who dares to think the BBC might be in any way biased, all within a few lines.
The person who sent these letters sounds a little disturbed, and I certainly don't condone such behaviour. But in truth, shouldn't we all be a little disturbed that one person sending letters which are "pro-English" and express non-PC views is genuinely worthy of being national news?
After all, it's not as if we live in a paradise free of crime and wrongdoing. In fact, violent crime is soaring, and most people have never felt less safe. Yet still, several police forces are investigating this "elderly letter writer", with one detective describing how hundreds of statements have been taken in an attempt to catch him.
Not to mention the hundreds of hours of man hour and hundreds of thousands of pounds it cost, I'm sure.
Meanwhile, it's business as usual on Britain's streets.
A woman was brutally attacked by a stranger whilst travelling on a London train in May 2008. Instead of taking this as evidence that Britain is now a violent, often lawless place, where people have absolutely no respect for each other and will turn nasty over the most piffling of trivialities without fear of the consequences, she is attempting to create yet another officially sanctioned victim group:
A woman who claims to have been beaten up because she is overweight is campaigning to see discrimination against fat people outlawed.
Marsha Coupe, 53 was attacked on a train by a woman who began verbally abusing her for her size.
‘I was returning home one night on a train and a woman sat across from me started kicking me and said, Hey fattie! You should not be on the train, you need two seats, she said.
Mrs Coupe, a marketing manager, was left shaken and badly bruised after the attack in May last year.
‘I had probably 30 to 40 bruises over my chest and my neck. I was terrified I was going to lose my eye.
‘London prides itself on being diverse yet there is almost a zero-tolerance on anyone of size. You cannot walk the streets without being verbally or physically assaulted.
The American who now lives in Hayes, Kent and weighs 22 stone was travelling home from London late at night in May last year when she was set upon.
She has now joined forces with a group of other women to lobby mayor Boris Johnson to make the capital more fat friendly.
This is the culture we have created. It doesn't occur to this lady that perhaps the young woman was simply looking for an excuse to attack her. It doesn't seem to bother her that no one should be treated like this by a criminal yob, for any reason or under any circumstances.
No - all that matters is creating another group it is illegal to 'discriminate' against. Does she seriously think that yet more tiresome legislation would have saved her from a beating?
Most of these thugs fear nothing and no one - they know they won't be caught, and even if they are the consequences will be negligable.
But that isn't the point; if someone is violently attacked, should the first question the authorities ask be "does the victim belong to a special victim class?"
Everyone must be equal in the eyes of the law.
We saw something similar to this a while back, when Fiona Pilkington killed herself and her disabled daughter after a gang of yobs made their lives unbearable. Despite the fact that they complained to the police a total of 32 times, nothing was done:
Although much of the abuse centred on the taunts about the children's disabilities, police failed to recognise it as a hate crime rather than simple antisocial behaviour, which would have made it a far higher priority.
The inquest heard that at the time of Pilkington's death, Leicestershire police had not implemented the Home Office guidance on hate crimes issued two years earlier.
Hinckley and Bosworth council's community officers visited Pilkington but never learned until after she was dead that anyone in the family was disabled.
Simple anti-social behaviour. That's what The Guardian calls it when someone who isn't part of a favoured victim class created for political reasons is hounded to death.
My question is, what happens to those of us who can't be part of such a group?
Geert Wilders in Britain
On Friday, Dutch politician Geert Wilders visited the United Kingdom after successfully getting the ban on his entry overturned.
His legal team managed to argue that the restrictions placed on his freedom of movement, guaranteed under European law, were arbitrary and politically motivated.
The huge Muslim protests and violence which former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith allegedly feared, and figures such as Nazir Ahmed promised and revelled in, failed to materialise - which I suppose calls her judgment even further into question.
Despite this, between 20 and 40 hardcore extremists picketed Parliament, calling for Sharia law in The Netherlands and Britain, as well as for Mr Wilders to be tried under Islamic law for "insulting the prophet".
Yes, it's a shame that the behaviour and views of those Islamic protesters isn't enough to kick them out - but, as usual, their right to commit sedition or treason trumps our right to live in a safe society.
Here is one of these poor oppressed lambs inciting murder against Mr Wilders, and celebrating the violent deaths of other notable critics of Islam such as Theo van Gogh - it's a shame the police were watching for Mr Wilders to slip up so very closely, because otherwise they might have caught this:
I will be forwarding this video to the Metropolitan Police, and I would encourage any like-minded readers to do the same.
The day before his arrival in Britain, Mr Wilders appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live, where host Victoria Derbyshire took the opportunity to make sure he was shouted down by Muslims.
All the callers had what Al Murray would call "good British names": Shaz, Mohammed, Mahmood...
Obviously no actual British people wished to take the opportunity to interact with Mr Wilders - question him, congratulate him, criticise him, and there are a lot of angry and confused Muslims out there who aren't used to not getting their own way.
Callers often shouted over and interrupted Mr Wilders, accused him of saying things which he has not, and treated us to many lengthy diatribes about how Islam is tolerant, logical, practical, scientific, and generally equal to the Judeo-Christian West - despite the fact all of them choose to live here, of course.
You can listen to the clip here (second segment, about 38 minutes in), but it expires in two days - if anyone can record and YouTube it, please let me know.
Finally, here is Mr Wilders' Friday press conference from the House of Lords:
His legal team managed to argue that the restrictions placed on his freedom of movement, guaranteed under European law, were arbitrary and politically motivated.
The huge Muslim protests and violence which former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith allegedly feared, and figures such as Nazir Ahmed promised and revelled in, failed to materialise - which I suppose calls her judgment even further into question.
Despite this, between 20 and 40 hardcore extremists picketed Parliament, calling for Sharia law in The Netherlands and Britain, as well as for Mr Wilders to be tried under Islamic law for "insulting the prophet".
Mr Wilders called his visit, once again at the invitation of the UKIP peer Lord Pearson, "a victory for freedom of speech".
He wished to meet the press outside in front of the Houses of Parliament, but security officers apparently advised him that his tendency to provoke adherents of the Religion of Peace meant this was most unwise - they couldn't guarantee his safety, in other words, in the middle of London and the alleged centre of Britain's democracy.
It's very important that we recognise just who the violent extremists are in all this. Wilders was being victimised not because of his own behaviour, but because of the potential for others to commit widescale violence as a result of their disagreement with certain opinions:
However, on Tuesday the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal ruled there was no evidence to suggest he represented a real and serious threat to the "fundamental interest" of society.
The judges said that even if there had been evidence, it would still have been wrong to turn him away because in the event of any trouble the police would have been able to deal with it.
The Home Office said Mr Wilders' statements and behaviour during his visit "will inevitably impact on any future decisions to admit him".
Officials say his case differs from that of a larger number of individuals - including Islamic extremists and white supremacists - who are on a list of people excluded from Britain for "unacceptable behaviour".
The power to impose such exclusions was introduced in 2005, following the London bombings, and applies predominantly to non-EU nationals who would seek to "foster hatred or promote terrorism".
Yes, it's a shame that the behaviour and views of those Islamic protesters isn't enough to kick them out - but, as usual, their right to commit sedition or treason trumps our right to live in a safe society.
Here is one of these poor oppressed lambs inciting murder against Mr Wilders, and celebrating the violent deaths of other notable critics of Islam such as Theo van Gogh - it's a shame the police were watching for Mr Wilders to slip up so very closely, because otherwise they might have caught this:
I will be forwarding this video to the Metropolitan Police, and I would encourage any like-minded readers to do the same.
The day before his arrival in Britain, Mr Wilders appeared on BBC Radio 5 Live, where host Victoria Derbyshire took the opportunity to make sure he was shouted down by Muslims.
All the callers had what Al Murray would call "good British names": Shaz, Mohammed, Mahmood...
Obviously no actual British people wished to take the opportunity to interact with Mr Wilders - question him, congratulate him, criticise him, and there are a lot of angry and confused Muslims out there who aren't used to not getting their own way.
Callers often shouted over and interrupted Mr Wilders, accused him of saying things which he has not, and treated us to many lengthy diatribes about how Islam is tolerant, logical, practical, scientific, and generally equal to the Judeo-Christian West - despite the fact all of them choose to live here, of course.
You can listen to the clip here (second segment, about 38 minutes in), but it expires in two days - if anyone can record and YouTube it, please let me know.
Finally, here is Mr Wilders' Friday press conference from the House of Lords:
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
"Asian" Gangs Running Car Crash Scam
Criminal Asian gangs have found a new way to make money in parts of England - deliberately causing car accidents, sometimes serious ones, and then fleecing the other party's insurance company.
From The Irish Sun:
In other - and I'm sure totally unrelated - news, it has been announced that Bradford is proportinally Britain's capital in terms of uninsured motor vehicles, closely followed by the West Midlands.
From The Irish Sun:
Pakistani, Afghan and Bangladeshi criminal gangs in Britain are staging deliberate car accidents in order to claim their victims' car insurance money, police say.
In what has been dubbed a 'cash for crash' scam, the organised gangs, operating primarily in Yorkshire, Lancashire and the suburbs of London, are said to be costing the British insurance industry about 350 million pounds a year.
The modus operandi of the gangs appears to be to move closely in a convoy of two cars - the first car suddenly brakes very hard, as does the second, forcing the targeted victim's car to crash into the rear of the second car, police said.
The perpetrators then make a fraudulent car crash claim to their victim's insurance company for damages to their vehicle and for personal injuries, such as whiplash - real or not.
Some fraudsters have claimed for injuries to persons not even present in the vehicle.
Ten such gangs operate in northwest London alone, and the daily count of staged accidents could be up to 20, London police inspector Nick Chalmers told BBC Asian Radio.
According to an Insurance Fraud Bureau report issued in July this year, incidents of criminally staged, fake car accidents are on the increase.
The cost to the industry is passed on to all drivers, not just the victims.
According to the Association of British Insurers, all bogus claims - including those made in 'cash for crash' scams - can add five percent, or 44 pounds, to the insurance premiums of law-abiding motorists.
A two-year investigation by Hertfordshire police, called Operation Mysterious, resulted in one gang receiving a total of 10 years in jail earlier this year.
'Innocent members of the public are being involved in serious collisions by criminal gangs just to make money. It is putting them and other road users seriously at risk,' Chalmers told Sky News.
In other - and I'm sure totally unrelated - news, it has been announced that Bradford is proportinally Britain's capital in terms of uninsured motor vehicles, closely followed by the West Midlands.
"Stocky Asian" Punches Teenage Girl in Burnley
From The Lancashire Telegraph:
A TEENAGE girl lost a tooth in a fight in a car park.
The 19-year-old had it knocked out following an ‘altercation’ in the Burnley Mechanics car park early on Saturday.
A man had approached a car and had an argument with the people inside.
Detectives said when the teenager got out to protest, she was punched in the face by the man. A 32-year-old man was arrested at the scene and later bailed.
Det Sgt Ian McLean, from Burnley CID, appealed for information to the incident, which occurred at around 4.30am.
The attacker is described as a stocky Asian. His T-shirt was ripped during the fight. Call DC Julie Leigh on 01282 472282 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
Human Trafficking Gang Raided in Hounslow
From The Hounslow & Chiswick Guardian:
Notice that whilst they lament the gangs preying on 'vulnerable immigrants', they don't mention how they prey on our society. Who must raise and educate the children of these 'vulnerable immigrants', put up with gangs of their youth harassing women and passersby, pay for their elderly to use the NHS?
Here is one of the British nationals described in the article being led away by police:
Members of a suspected human trafficking gang were arrested today after immigration officers raided a string of homes across Hounslow.
Seven men were arrested from 10 addresses across Hounslow, Isleworth, Feltham and Southall after a nine-month covert investigation by the UK Border Agency.
Gang members are suspected to have trafficked Afghans illegally into Heathrow and then told them to claim asylum.
All seven men, British nationals aged between 34 and 67, are being held on suspicion of facilitating a breach of the immigration laws.Officers seized computer equipment from a number of homes and are examining hard drives for evidence.
UK Border Agency’s Heathrow director Philip Astle said: “We believe that we have disrupted a significant international organised criminal network, which aimed to assist people to enter the UK illegally. “Today’s operation is the result of an extensive investigation involving both the UK Border Agency and Met Police. That investigation continues.“The UK Border Agency has had significant success in disrupting trafficking activity. Working with our law enforcement partners we are determined to create a hostile environment for organised criminals who prey on vulnerable immigrants, and take action against those who break the law.”
Those arrested are now being questioned at a police station in west London.
The UK Border Agency estimate three-quarters of illegal immigration is associated with organised crime.
Through close working with police, it is working to identify and disrupt organised immigration crime including human trafficking, fraud and forgery.
Notice that whilst they lament the gangs preying on 'vulnerable immigrants', they don't mention how they prey on our society. Who must raise and educate the children of these 'vulnerable immigrants', put up with gangs of their youth harassing women and passersby, pay for their elderly to use the NHS?
Here is one of the British nationals described in the article being led away by police:
Heroin Smugglers Jailed
From The Telegraph & Argus:
Two men have been jailed for a total of 23 years for a cunning and sophisticated plot to smuggle £500,000 of heroin into the country woven into carpets.
The drugs ring was foiled when a spike was driven into rolled carpets by Customs officials at Heathrow Airport.
Ansar Mahmood, 42, of Hollings Road, Girlington, Bradford, was imprisoned for 12 years. Bradford Crown Court heard his role in the conspiracy was to take delivery of heroin parcels at his home.
Hamid Khan, 31, of Burnley, described by the judge as UK controller of the drugs ring, was locked up for 11 years.
He pleaded guilty to conspiring to import Class A drugs between January 1 and April 25 last year.
Mahmood denied the charge and was convicted by a jury in July.
Judge Jonathan Rose told the men they were motivated by personal greed.
He said: “Each of you played an active and significant role in the importation of a very large amount of heroin into the UK for onward distribution and sale.”
Mahmood was found guilty on overwhelming evidence and had shown no remorse.
Judge Rose said the men’s wives, both left caring for young children, were having to pay for their greed and criminality. [Surely he means the British taxpayer? - Ed.]
Prosecutor Tom Storey said four consignments, totalling almost ten kilograms of heroin, were seized.
The first package, containing three sets of rolled carpets, was posted in Kyrgyzstan, addressed to H Khan at Mahmood’s home.
Customs officials at Heathrow Airport found fine plastic tubes packed with 7.35 kilograms of heroin woven into the carpets. The drug had a street value of £368,000. It took investigators two weeks to unpick the drugs from just one rug.
Undercover police officers delivered dummy packages of carpets to Mahmood on April 22 last year.
Minutes after his arrest, another parcel turned up at the address, Mr Storey said. Posted in Islamabad, it contained 123 pouches of heroin hidden in a jacket lining.
A third parcel, marked “return to sender” was posted to Pakistan from Bradford. It was intercepted at Leeds Parcelforce depot on its way to Hollings Road with 56 pouches of heroin concealed in a fleecy jacket lining.
The fourth consignment was also “return to sender”.
It was posted in Burnley to Attock in Pakistan and seized in Coventry on its way
back.
It was packed with eight containers of Johnson’s Baby Powder stuffed with heroin.Mr Storey said Khan’s phone was contaminated with heroin showing he may have been concerned in packing the drug.
Khadim Al’Hassan, Mahmood’s barrister, said he was paid £110 to take delivery of the carpets. Unable to read or write, he was a man of modest means at the bottom of the enterprise.
Yunus Valli, for Khan, said he was not a main player. He was a shopfitter who ran a car sales business.
After the case, Detective Inspector Pete Darbyshire, of West Yorkshire Police Crime Division, said: “We welcome the sentences passed today and hope they send out a strong message that the importation of drugs into West Yorkshire will not be tolerated.
“The methods of concealment used to import the heroin were very sophisticated. However, thanks to the vigilance of those who monitor what enters the country, the drugs were taken out of circulation and the conspirators’ plan thwarted.”
Jamaican Criminal Deported Wearing Electronic Tag
It seems even when the British authorities get it right, they still get it wrong.
Take the case of Jamaican Donovan Baker, released early from a jail sentence for fraud and possession of cocaine.
As is standard, Baker was fitted with a tamper-proof electronic tag to monitor his movements - despite the fact he was taken straight to an immigration detention centre and actually deported back to Jamaica.
He is now demanding to be returned to Britain to have the tag removed - all at our expense, naturally.
Whilst he is here perhaps he can visit his two children, who we are paying to bring up in Croydon.
From The Sun:
IMMIGRATION officers deported a drugs con to Jamaica with his electronic tag still ON.
Now Donovan Baker, 36, is demanding to be flown BACK here at taxpayer expense to have it removed.
He claims he repeatedly told staff at Colnbrook detention centre, near Heathrow, that the device was still on his ankle - but they forgot to take it off.
Baker, who spent ten months in jail for possession of cocaine and fraud, has tried for a fortnight to rip off the tamper-proof tag.
He said: "There's nothing in Jamaica to take it off. I have to come back. I'm not walking around with this on for the rest of my life."
British High Commission officials in Kingston will see if it can be removed.
Baker was arrested with cocaine in 2001 but fled for six years.
He was caught last year when fraudulently applying for a driving licence.
He got the tag on early release from a 2½-year jail term.
Partner Tencey Coore, 39, his two kids and four step-children remain in Croydon, South London.
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Immigration in Italy: Dreams Vs. Reality
Reuters last week carried a puff piece about how immigration benefits Italy, whilst dismissing legitimate fears over a rise in violent crime and being highly critical of Italy's new immigration reforms, which make being or helping an illegal immigrant a criminal offence.
For example; the fact that violent crime has risen by 17% in Italy since 2004 is apparently only a problem because Silvio Berlusconi's Northern League "whipped up fear" about it. Obviously, such things just aren't worthy of note unless you're on the far-Right.
If you believe that Italian left, then the reforms are evil. What is really needed, explain the Socialists, is to give immigrants (legal or otherwise) the vote - only that will completely end "racism and xenophobia" (i.e. observing reality and formulating policy accordingly) in Italian politics - not to mention completely destroy Italy as we know it, but you can't have everything, can you?
The Catholic Church compares not rescuing African asylum seekers at sea or towing them to Libya to "ignoring the Holocaust" (and let's be honest, they should know - when in Rome and all that).
Now we've established that Italians thinking the goodthink is more important than the existence of Italy itself, we are in a suitable place to ooh and aah because a team comprised of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi immigrant children recently won an under-15 cricket competition:
Of course, whether or not this change is desirable is the big question - but it is one that cannot be asked, let alone answered. Obviously, if one does not feel that such changes are desirable, then one is a racist, a Nazi, a knuckle-dragger.
The Left pretend there are two options - but you know you can really only pick one, lest the shrill screams begin.
Speaking of the downside of immigration to Italy, here is but one good example; a feminist politician punched in the face whilst protesting against the burqa as a form of oppression to women:
For example; the fact that violent crime has risen by 17% in Italy since 2004 is apparently only a problem because Silvio Berlusconi's Northern League "whipped up fear" about it. Obviously, such things just aren't worthy of note unless you're on the far-Right.
If you believe that Italian left, then the reforms are evil. What is really needed, explain the Socialists, is to give immigrants (legal or otherwise) the vote - only that will completely end "racism and xenophobia" (i.e. observing reality and formulating policy accordingly) in Italian politics - not to mention completely destroy Italy as we know it, but you can't have everything, can you?
The Catholic Church compares not rescuing African asylum seekers at sea or towing them to Libya to "ignoring the Holocaust" (and let's be honest, they should know - when in Rome and all that).
Now we've established that Italians thinking the goodthink is more important than the existence of Italy itself, we are in a suitable place to ooh and aah because a team comprised of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi immigrant children recently won an under-15 cricket competition:
No - it shows that if a country imports large numbers of people who play cricket, some of them will, er, play cricket.Mass immigration, unheard of 20 years ago, is fast changing society. Last month an Italian team of children of migrants from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh won an under-15 European cricket title, making headlines and winning praise from politicians like Fini.
The team, some of whom face deportation unless they receive citizenship, dedicated the victory to Northern League leader Bossi.
"This is the first European title in the history of Italian cricket," said Italian Cricket Federation President Simone Gambino. "It shows immigrants bring prestige to our country, not just problems."
Of course, whether or not this change is desirable is the big question - but it is one that cannot be asked, let alone answered. Obviously, if one does not feel that such changes are desirable, then one is a racist, a Nazi, a knuckle-dragger.
The Left pretend there are two options - but you know you can really only pick one, lest the shrill screams begin.
Speaking of the downside of immigration to Italy, here is but one good example; a feminist politician punched in the face whilst protesting against the burqa as a form of oppression to women:
MILAN: Italian female politician protesting burquas punched by muslim in scuffle. (hat tip Adam)
Santanche is currently running a campaign in Italy to expose the burqua and veil as oppressive to women. She took the fight to the front line today, entering a muslim 'prayer meeting' and asking to speak to some women to tell them they were being oppressed by a male-dominated regime masquerading as a religion, and was subsequently attacked.
Daniela Santanchè, leader of the Movement for Italy, was attacked and hit with a fist while expressing, in front of the Steam Factory in Milan, against the entry of women in burqas who came to celebrate the end of Ramadan. The riot police intervened and planning is identifying the assailant.
The Santanchè - has long engaged in a battle for integration and against Islamic
fundamentalism - had arrived this morning with the intent to prohibit the entry of women in burqas. In recent days Santanchè had appealed against the burqa as an act of solidarity and witness for the tragic death of the young Sanaa killed by her father for his affair with an Italian boy. Before the riots, inter alia, had told reporters: "The Italian law forbids that turns his face covered and must be respected.
I do not blame these poor women but with whom he sends and subdues. The burqa is a humiliation for women. Not by chance even in France - has continued Santanchè - are passing a law to prevent their use. The burqa is like female circumcision because they are instruments to cancel its deepest identity. "
The event continued in an atmosphere of great tension Some protesters also ripped a street sign trying to hit the group of protesters who were with Santanchè. Challenged the decision of the organizers who initially tried to bring women with burqa from a rear entrance. The Santanchè entered into a climate of tension escorted by police and demanded to speak with some women. Members of the Muslim community have condemned the attacks and insults towards the Santanchè but they also claimed the right of their women to wear the burqa.
Photo: Daniela Santanchè, leader of the Movement for Italy.
I wonder how many international news agencies covered this? Surely there must have been at least one...A Comment from Yvonne Ridley
Muslim convert Yvonne Ridley has left a rather weak comment on one of my posts about her (with thanks to reader Ben for actually noticing).
Whilst she accuses me of defaming her, she does not tell me which statements (all gleaned from web research, including her own Wikipedia page) are allegedly false, or attempt to challenge them with anything other than threats, and thus they stand.
The comment is very boring, but fits a pattern - telling the truth about Islam constitutes spreading hatred, and not bowing to the idle threats of the apologists and shills of the spread of Islam in the West constitutes a "smear campaign".
The original intention of the post was to highlight the fact that Ridley pretends to be an ordinary, educated Englishwoman who discovered the truth and beauty of Islam after being captured and then released by the Taliban in Afghanistan whilst working as a journalist.
She went on a university speaking tour to spread that message - but it is false. Ridley was dabbling in anti-West, far-Left and radical Islamic politics long before she went to Afghanistan - she married and had a daughter with a PLO colonel she met in Cyprus in 1992.
Whatever she pretends, this is hardly the life of the ordinary, provincial Englishwoman.
Ridley sees Islam for what it is - a very useful tool for undermining the West, particularly Israel. When one looks at her views, conversion seems a natural progression.
I am not going to stop pointing that out, and she can make as many threats as she likes.
Whilst she accuses me of defaming her, she does not tell me which statements (all gleaned from web research, including her own Wikipedia page) are allegedly false, or attempt to challenge them with anything other than threats, and thus they stand.
The comment is very boring, but fits a pattern - telling the truth about Islam constitutes spreading hatred, and not bowing to the idle threats of the apologists and shills of the spread of Islam in the West constitutes a "smear campaign".
The original intention of the post was to highlight the fact that Ridley pretends to be an ordinary, educated Englishwoman who discovered the truth and beauty of Islam after being captured and then released by the Taliban in Afghanistan whilst working as a journalist.
She went on a university speaking tour to spread that message - but it is false. Ridley was dabbling in anti-West, far-Left and radical Islamic politics long before she went to Afghanistan - she married and had a daughter with a PLO colonel she met in Cyprus in 1992.
Whatever she pretends, this is hardly the life of the ordinary, provincial Englishwoman.
Ridley sees Islam for what it is - a very useful tool for undermining the West, particularly Israel. When one looks at her views, conversion seems a natural progression.
I am not going to stop pointing that out, and she can make as many threats as she likes.
Monday, 21 September 2009
News on Lisbon from Ireland
On 2nd October 2009, the people of Ireland will be given their second opportunity to vote on The Treaty of Lisbon, i.e. the European Constitution Mark II.
The very fact that they have to vote again after rejecting the treaty (which must be ratified by all EU member states to become binding) speaks volumes, but many predict that this time the 'yes' campaign could clinch the deal.
The economic crisis and the idea that Ireland would be cast out of the European Union in every meaningful sense if they vote no a second time seems to have somewhat overshadowed the flagrant bullying and double standards meted out since the people last spoke their minds.
Most of the threats are implicit; "What would Ireland's place in Europe be if it rejected the Treaty a second time?"
Never mind the right of the Irish people to decide the fate and direction of their own nation. Never mind the blood spilt in the struggle for Irish sovereignty, independence, freedom, nationhood. Never mind that the voters of France and The Netherlands have already rejected the thing, resoundingly, when given the opportunity.
This time, once more, the Irish are the only voters in the entire EU who get a democratic say on the ratification of a document which purports to 'tidy up' the EU's powers, but will actually see powerful centralisation and further integration occur.
We have already had an unelected Prime Minister speak on our behalf, despite promising a referendum on the Treaty.
Despite all of this, as I said, many have predicted the 'yes' side have it all sewn up this time. Of my two Irish friends, one is in favour of 'yes' and already jubilant at the scent of victory, and the other favours 'no' - but still thinks it is a lost cause.
But is it? The latest poll results look promising:
A new opinion poll shows that there has been a massive surge in support for the No side, which, if it holds till voting day would result in the Lisbon Treaty being heavily defeated by a margin of 59% NO ‘V’ 41% YES.
In one of the largest polls of its kind ever carried out: Gael Poll polled 1,500 respondents in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford, Kilkenny, Galway, Athlone, Tralee, Dundalk and Letterkenny over the course of six days last week.The respondents were asked one single question: How do you intend to vote in the Lisbon Treaty Referendum?
A substantial 723 (59 %) said they intended voting No as opposed to 502 (41%) who indicated that they would vote Yes. The survey also showed that 15% percent of voters were still undecided. When pollsters discounted the don't knows: an overwhelming 59% of people would vote No in the referendum as opposed to 41% who indicated that they would vote Yes.
The last Gael Poll which was published in the Irish Sun (June 4th 2008)
accurately predicted that the Lisbon Treaty would be defeated by a margin of 54 % for the No side versus 46% for Yes campaigners.On the day of the count -which took place nine days later- the actual result was 53.4% No and 46.6 % Yes.
The uncanny poll prediction which was out by only a half a percent was the
most accurate poll in the country.
It seems there is certainly cause for hope.
For any undecided Irish voters who may stumble across this, I urge you to watch Daniel Hannan's appeal to the people of Ireland:
I too have faith in the outcome - the people of Ireland know more than most the price of freedom and the cost of servitude.
Friday, 18 September 2009
Thoughts on Germany
As I continue to settle in here and get used to my new surroundings, I thought I would share some of my impressions and experiences so far.
First of all, since my last stay here (which came to an end about two and a half years ago), the number of "visible minorities" has increased dramatically. I am not in a major city and live in a fairly rural state in the north of the country, so this has come of something of a shock even to me.
But the trend is unmistakable. Even this small city could now compete with Berlin or Hamburg, proportionally, in the diversity and enrichment stakes.
It is interesting to compare the behaviour of these obviously unassimilable Third World immigrants with that of their German hosts. As my regular readers will know, I am not one to perpetuate a stereotype unless it contains a healthy dose of truth, and many of those we have about the Germans do.
Generally speaking, this is an orderly, efficient and well run country. It feels different to Britain, because the people here are not (or don't seem to be) at the stage where they let the state do everything for them - they try to enforce their values themselves.
For example; if you wait at a pelican crossing and the lights are red but there are obviously no oncoming vehicles, you will observe that German people still do not cross.
They wait until the lights change to green.
It can be fascinating to watch this; every instinct I have tells me to just hurry across whilst I have the chance - but I make myself wait, partly to observe, and partly because it is illegal to cross against the lights - and ordinary people, from pensioners to children, will call you on it without fear, whereas most modern British people would cast their eyes down, for fear of a beating or worse.
The point I am making here is that behaviour as well as such things as appearance can mark one out as a foreigner here without much difficulty.
As I arrived at the main railway station, a school party disembarked from the train in front of me and stepped on to my platform. All appeared to be German, except for three pupils who were either African immigrants or the descendants of such.
It really was a life lesson to watch these three individuals create complete havoc where there was none before. They walked differently from their classmates, spoke differently, shouted for no reason, pushed the boys, pulled the girls' hair, answered the teachers back, ran when they were told to walk - you name a problem, and they created it on behalf of the whole class, much to the (silent) chagrin of everyone in that section of the station.
It seems astounding that people as careful about the trivialities as the Germans can let such serious and far reaching transformations occur on their watch.
It was clear, observing this group, that these three boys would never fit into that class. That being said, how then can they fit into normal German society - without irrevocably damaging it?
Today, I and several other passersby were accosted by a large gang of African and Turkish/Arab "youths", to use the correct English code, for no reason at all other than being in the street and minding our business.
As heartwarming as it was to see true multiculturalism in action as the lowest of these 'communities' banded together to harass innocent people, no one seemed to appreciate the presence of these enrichers, and once they had left several people (mainly elderly) were not shy about saying as much.
I have noticed that people here tend to be slightly less brainwashed than in Britain when it comes to these issues - many will openly admit there are huge problems or at the very least that they see a downside to what officially must be worshipped.
This is balanced by the fact that events in the past mean their mind will only allow them to go to a certain point before the 'crimethink' kicks in; discussion of topics such as the catastrophically low birth rate among ethnic Germans or the fact that certain minorities are clearly never going to assimilate en masse are too controversial for polite society. The very idea that the Germans have a right to exist unmolested in their own land can be seen as provocative and taboo, when taken beyond a very cursory opening position.
I keep coming back to this conclusion; whilst many Germans seem more willing to identify the problem than their British counterparts, their history means no real solution can ever be forthcoming. No one wants to stick their head above the parapet, because the accusation of Nazism is not just a vicious/childish slur here - it carries much legal weight.
This discussion is all the more interesting because here it is Superwahljahr - election season. Whilst "conservative" Mrs Merkel is tipped to be re-elected, most state legislatures and the federal government are up against the public vote on 27th September.
This is taken quite seriously here - curiously the state seems to take charge of the furore, and rather than seeing private citizens put up signs and banners for their preferred candidate, every lamp post becomes adorned with party and candidate posters.
I left my building to go shopping this evening to find that the posters of the NPD, the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, had all been torn down, cut up and thrown into the gutter.
This party stands accused of neo-Nazism, and whilst I certainly don't know enough about it to endorse it, the party leadership denies these claims.
It has slogans such as 'German jobs for German workers', is very much against mass immigration and the asylum racket, and its only remotely mainstream position seems to be pulling German troops out of Afghanistan (an issue on which it is united with the far-Left, along with hatred of Israel and the insistence of a "Holocaust" in Gaza).
In a country where democracy is taken quite seriously, it is a real shame that Leftist political violence and intimidation like this is tolerated.
All parties are entitled to a voice - the socialists, the greens, Die Linke, Mrs Merkel's CDU - so why not the NPD?
If they genuinely hold abhorrent views, defeat them with logic and reasoned argument, rather than thug tactics and tantrums.
But that really is too much to ask, isn't it?
If things keep going as they are, I fear it will be Germany which ends up in the gutter - and that is a conclusion I am loathe to reach.
***UPDATE*** 18th September 09.55
I have found some more articles on the NPD linked via their Wikipedia entry. Of particular interest is this article, which claims that a majority of Germans believe that the NPD is undemocratic and a threat to Germany's image (presumably it was some of these people who took the next logical, democratic step in ripping up their campaign posters).
Fair enough, but I wonder if the same people would say that about the Leftists who recently rioted in Hamburg, for example?
I sincerely hope so, because hypocrisy is an ugly thing - perhaps not quite so much as political violence and extremism, but almost.
First of all, since my last stay here (which came to an end about two and a half years ago), the number of "visible minorities" has increased dramatically. I am not in a major city and live in a fairly rural state in the north of the country, so this has come of something of a shock even to me.
But the trend is unmistakable. Even this small city could now compete with Berlin or Hamburg, proportionally, in the diversity and enrichment stakes.
It is interesting to compare the behaviour of these obviously unassimilable Third World immigrants with that of their German hosts. As my regular readers will know, I am not one to perpetuate a stereotype unless it contains a healthy dose of truth, and many of those we have about the Germans do.
Generally speaking, this is an orderly, efficient and well run country. It feels different to Britain, because the people here are not (or don't seem to be) at the stage where they let the state do everything for them - they try to enforce their values themselves.
For example; if you wait at a pelican crossing and the lights are red but there are obviously no oncoming vehicles, you will observe that German people still do not cross.
They wait until the lights change to green.
It can be fascinating to watch this; every instinct I have tells me to just hurry across whilst I have the chance - but I make myself wait, partly to observe, and partly because it is illegal to cross against the lights - and ordinary people, from pensioners to children, will call you on it without fear, whereas most modern British people would cast their eyes down, for fear of a beating or worse.
The point I am making here is that behaviour as well as such things as appearance can mark one out as a foreigner here without much difficulty.
As I arrived at the main railway station, a school party disembarked from the train in front of me and stepped on to my platform. All appeared to be German, except for three pupils who were either African immigrants or the descendants of such.
It really was a life lesson to watch these three individuals create complete havoc where there was none before. They walked differently from their classmates, spoke differently, shouted for no reason, pushed the boys, pulled the girls' hair, answered the teachers back, ran when they were told to walk - you name a problem, and they created it on behalf of the whole class, much to the (silent) chagrin of everyone in that section of the station.
It seems astounding that people as careful about the trivialities as the Germans can let such serious and far reaching transformations occur on their watch.
It was clear, observing this group, that these three boys would never fit into that class. That being said, how then can they fit into normal German society - without irrevocably damaging it?
Today, I and several other passersby were accosted by a large gang of African and Turkish/Arab "youths", to use the correct English code, for no reason at all other than being in the street and minding our business.
As heartwarming as it was to see true multiculturalism in action as the lowest of these 'communities' banded together to harass innocent people, no one seemed to appreciate the presence of these enrichers, and once they had left several people (mainly elderly) were not shy about saying as much.
I have noticed that people here tend to be slightly less brainwashed than in Britain when it comes to these issues - many will openly admit there are huge problems or at the very least that they see a downside to what officially must be worshipped.
This is balanced by the fact that events in the past mean their mind will only allow them to go to a certain point before the 'crimethink' kicks in; discussion of topics such as the catastrophically low birth rate among ethnic Germans or the fact that certain minorities are clearly never going to assimilate en masse are too controversial for polite society. The very idea that the Germans have a right to exist unmolested in their own land can be seen as provocative and taboo, when taken beyond a very cursory opening position.
I keep coming back to this conclusion; whilst many Germans seem more willing to identify the problem than their British counterparts, their history means no real solution can ever be forthcoming. No one wants to stick their head above the parapet, because the accusation of Nazism is not just a vicious/childish slur here - it carries much legal weight.
This discussion is all the more interesting because here it is Superwahljahr - election season. Whilst "conservative" Mrs Merkel is tipped to be re-elected, most state legislatures and the federal government are up against the public vote on 27th September.
This is taken quite seriously here - curiously the state seems to take charge of the furore, and rather than seeing private citizens put up signs and banners for their preferred candidate, every lamp post becomes adorned with party and candidate posters.
I left my building to go shopping this evening to find that the posters of the NPD, the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands, had all been torn down, cut up and thrown into the gutter.
This party stands accused of neo-Nazism, and whilst I certainly don't know enough about it to endorse it, the party leadership denies these claims.
It has slogans such as 'German jobs for German workers', is very much against mass immigration and the asylum racket, and its only remotely mainstream position seems to be pulling German troops out of Afghanistan (an issue on which it is united with the far-Left, along with hatred of Israel and the insistence of a "Holocaust" in Gaza).
In a country where democracy is taken quite seriously, it is a real shame that Leftist political violence and intimidation like this is tolerated.
All parties are entitled to a voice - the socialists, the greens, Die Linke, Mrs Merkel's CDU - so why not the NPD?
If they genuinely hold abhorrent views, defeat them with logic and reasoned argument, rather than thug tactics and tantrums.
But that really is too much to ask, isn't it?
If things keep going as they are, I fear it will be Germany which ends up in the gutter - and that is a conclusion I am loathe to reach.
***UPDATE*** 18th September 09.55
I have found some more articles on the NPD linked via their Wikipedia entry. Of particular interest is this article, which claims that a majority of Germans believe that the NPD is undemocratic and a threat to Germany's image (presumably it was some of these people who took the next logical, democratic step in ripping up their campaign posters).
Fair enough, but I wonder if the same people would say that about the Leftists who recently rioted in Hamburg, for example?
I sincerely hope so, because hypocrisy is an ugly thing - perhaps not quite so much as political violence and extremism, but almost.
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
Light Posting - in Germany
I haven't forgotten about the blog - things have been a bit hectic here as I get myself organised, however.
Thanks to everyone who has wished me well; if you have left news tips, I promise I will get to the important stuff eventually, and if you spot anything else that seems interesting, feel free to get in touch.
Normal service should resume at the end of the week.
Thanks to everyone who has wished me well; if you have left news tips, I promise I will get to the important stuff eventually, and if you spot anything else that seems interesting, feel free to get in touch.
Normal service should resume at the end of the week.
Monday, 31 August 2009
Burglars Who Raped & Tortured Woman Jailed in Bradford
Another horrific case of torture-burglary has been completely ignored by the national media.
Mansoor Shah, 18, and his 17-year-old accomplice Stefan Reed broke into the flat of a young mother before subjecting her to a five hour ordeal, much of it in front of her young son.
The woman was raped repeatedly by both criminals before Shah tried to force her to drink bleach and bubble bath.
When this failed, he cut the head off her pet lizard and forced it into her mouth.
After that she was tied up in front of her young son before being attacked with fists and a claw hammer.
What happens to people who subject someone to all of this?
Well, Reed will serve half of his sentence of 9 years and Shah was detained indefinitely, but must serve at least 6 years.
The streets are safe tonight, then.
How can a country regard itself as civilised when people who do things like this aren't locked up for at least 30 years? They went out of their way not just to steal from this woman, but to hurt, dehumanise and humiliate her.
There is no way the media should be ignoring a case such as this.
Here is the full report from The Yorkshire Post:
The woman was raped repeatedly by both criminals before Shah tried to force her to drink bleach and bubble bath.
When this failed, he cut the head off her pet lizard and forced it into her mouth.
After that she was tied up in front of her young son before being attacked with fists and a claw hammer.
What happens to people who subject someone to all of this?
Well, Reed will serve half of his sentence of 9 years and Shah was detained indefinitely, but must serve at least 6 years.
The streets are safe tonight, then.
How can a country regard itself as civilised when people who do things like this aren't locked up for at least 30 years? They went out of their way not just to steal from this woman, but to hurt, dehumanise and humiliate her.
There is no way the media should be ignoring a case such as this.
Here is the full report from The Yorkshire Post:
A sadistic rapist who cut off the head of a lizard and put it in his victim's mouth in front of her young son has been locked up indefinitely.Mansoor Shah, 18, and his 17-year-old accomplice Stefan Reed subjected the woman and her son to a shocking five-hour ordeal.
A judge yesterday lifted a reporting ban on the identities of the rapists as Bradford Crown Court heard sickening details of the attack last November.
The victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was raped by both teenagers – both armed with knives – after they broke into her West Yorkshire home.
Her young son repeatedly pleaded with the youths not to hurt his mother and witnessed most of the gratuitous violence carried out by Shah, but the court heard he was taken to another room while his mother was raped in turns by the duo.
Peter Moulson, prosecuting, described how Shah threatened to "slice up" the terrified woman and tried to get her to drink bleach before cutting off the head of a pet lizard.
Shah tried to feed the head of the animal to a dog, but then put it in the woman's mouth in front of her son.
The mother and child had their hands tied by Shah and he attacked the woman with his fists and a claw hammer.
He also tried to get her to drink bubble bath.
While the youths were ransacking the house the mother managed to untie herself and her son. She went downstairs believing the intruders had gone, but they were still in the house and she was taken back to a bedroom where she was raped by each of the teenagers.
Judge Jonathan Rose praised the victim's courage in not screaming out while she was being raped in order not to cause her child more distress.
While the two attackers were in the kitchen the woman managed to flee barefoot from the house with her son.
Shah, of Glenlee Road, Lidget Green, Bradford, was locked up indefinitely for public protection after Judge Rose described his conduct as "savage".
The court heard that both youths had been drinking and taking drugs prior to the premeditated and planned attack.
In her victim impact statement the woman said: "I felt they thought it was one big game especially Shah. He was thriving on how scared I was. It was like he got excited the more scared I was. He was getting a buzz off it. The same with Stefan until near the end."
The pair pleaded guilty earlier this year to offences of rape and aggravated burglary.
Shah will have to serve a minimum of six years in jail and will only be released from custody when the authorities are satisfied he no longer poses a risk to the public.
Reed, of Lister Avenue, West Bowling, Bradford, was sent to detention for nine years and must serve half of that sentence.
Both will have to register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives.
Tory Muslim Convicted of Racist Harassment Complains Over Ramadan Community Service
The following story is a reminder of why I urged conservative-minded readers to boycott the Tory party at the European elections - because it is too busy sucking up to scumbags and laughing at its key constituents.
From The Birmingham Mail:
If he wanted to enjoy Ramadan, he should have thought about that before shouting abuse at a policeman and harassing a judge - he clearly thinks he is untouchable.
In a sane country he'd be in prison, but no, he's launching lawsuits on the taxpayer instead.
From The Birmingham Mail:
Why should he get any special treatment?A TOP Tory Muslim, found guilty of racial harassment, claims he is being “persecuted” after a request to postpone his community service during Ramadan was refused.
Gulfram Khan, from Handsworth Wood, Birmingham, was ordered to carry out 270 hours community work after admitting racially abusing an Irish policeman – and a second offence of harassing a judge.
The sentence means the 43-year-old, who once met former Conservative leader Michael Howard, should complete eight hours unpaid work every Wednesday until December.
But the father-of-two asked West Midlands Probation Service for a two-hour break throughout Ramadan – the month-long religious ceremony which bans Muslims eating and drinking during daylight – as he feared he would lack enough energy.
His demand was turned down, leading the Aston-born Conservative to accuse the service of being “prejudiced against people of Islamic faith”.
Mr Khan said: “I asked for a couple hours rest each week so I could carry on the community work as normal. But they flatly refused and said I must complete my hours by December.
“Yet I work in the evenings and find it quite tiring during Ramadan because I can’t eat or drink for hours on end.
“I didn’t want the time off. I wanted to make the hours up on other days, but they didn’t want to know.
“If someone has a religious observance, regardless of what religion it is, it should be respected. This is an issue of religious tolerance.
“I’ve spoken to other Muslim lads about the situation. We’re not frightened to do our community service, we are happy to do it but feel a sense of persecution.
Persecuted
“We can’t do community service on Christmas Day because the offices are shut. So why should there be a different rule for Muslims?
“I’m standing up for myself and other Muslims who are being persecuted at this time of year.”
Mr Khan, who lives with wife Nasrin, aged 37, and their children Ayesha, aged 13, and nine-year-old Khalid, was given 120 hours community work after racially abusing an Irish police officer – who, he claims, had discriminated against his family.
The Indian takeaway boss says he received the additional 150 hours after losing his temper with a judge presiding over a financial management hearing at a Birmingham civil court.
The convictions will come as a shock to many in the Birmingham Tory community, as Mr Khan had previously helped set up the Aston Conservative Party.
He once highlighted problems of underage sex, high unemployment and falling standards of education in the area which attracted praise and a visit from former Tory leader Michael Howard.
“I don’t regret anything,” Mr Khan added. “I stood up for myself and now I’m doing the time.’’
West Midlands Probation Service was unavailable for comment last night.
But a spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said: “I would have thought they might allow him to defer some hours.
“People subject to community orders are required to carry out six hours of unpaid work a week.
“Offenders are then required to complete these hours within a specified amount of time. His request would not have affected that requirement.
“In exceptional circumstances, the probation service can look at whether to adapt the hours to reflect a change in circumstances of the offender.”
If he wanted to enjoy Ramadan, he should have thought about that before shouting abuse at a policeman and harassing a judge - he clearly thinks he is untouchable.
In a sane country he'd be in prison, but no, he's launching lawsuits on the taxpayer instead.
'Asian Youths' Riot in Bury Park
Police were called to Bury Park in Luton to break up a group of 200 'Asian' youths who had gathered to protest against a demonstration which was not even taking place.
Riot police were attacked with stones, bottles and fireworks before restoring order.
From The Telegraph:
The fact this is classic Muslim territorialism and similar things are hotting up for Ramadan all over Europe is simply not mentioned at all.
Luton Today has an update on this case, in which we learn that 200 people attacking the police amounts to a tiny, barely significant minority, and the "Right-wing" marchers are still to blame - despite not being present:
Riot police were attacked with stones, bottles and fireworks before restoring order.
From The Telegraph:
You'll note that the article and the police are implicitly blaming the "far-Right" protesters, who were not even present, for the fact that a large group of youths attacked police who were there to protect them and their community.Officers wearing helmets and carrying shields were sent to the park after Asian youths attacked local police.
The incident happened a week after Alan Johnson, the Home Secretary, issued a banning order on protesters planning right-wing demonstrations in the area.
A group of PCSOs patrolling the park had been on the lookout for any such protests, when they were attacked.
A spokesman for Bedfordshire Police said: ''Today's disorder follows weeks of engagement and public consultation by Bedfordshire Police and Luton Borough Council in response to tensions within the community after the town was identified as a potential location for a march by right-wing supporters.''
Police had to send in an extra 50 officers and six police horses at 4.30pm as the violence escalated. Two people were arrested for public order offences.
The force said there was a strong police presence to ensure the safety of local residents and the disorder was dealt with by 7pm.
Chief Superintendent Andy Frost, from the force, said: "I am extremely disappointed that some members of the Asian community have used today as an opportunity to commit disorder and undo much of the excellent work that has been done by both the police, council and community leaders to ensure today passed without incident.
"There has been extensive public consultation and work behind the scenes to ensure Luton was not the chosen venue for any kind of march or protest but it would seem that for no apparent reason disorder has broken out in Bury Park.
"Although this incident was contained within Bury Park it has again put Luton under the spotlight for the wrong reasons.
"The town has enjoyed excellent community relations for a number of years but it seems a small minority has let Luton down."
The fact this is classic Muslim territorialism and similar things are hotting up for Ramadan all over Europe is simply not mentioned at all.
Luton Today has an update on this case, in which we learn that 200 people attacking the police amounts to a tiny, barely significant minority, and the "Right-wing" marchers are still to blame - despite not being present:
One of two men arrested following rioting in Luton yesterday has been released from police custody this morning, although a second man is still being questioned.
A mob of 200 youngsters from Luton's Asian community defied a ban on mass public gatherings on Sunday to attack policemen drafted in to protect them from far-right protestors.
A banning order was imposed last week to thwart fears of a bank holiday weekend of violence sparked by rumours of a protest march being organised by far-right groups.
The march was said to be a further response to the protests by young Muslims which disrupted the Anglian regiment homecoming parade in the town earlier this year.
Police wearing riot protection helmets and carrying shields were sent into the Bury Park area of Luton on Sunday afternoon after the youngsters went on the offensive.
Divisional police commander Chief Supt Andy Frost said he was disappointed with the reaction of the small minority who attacked his officers.
He said: "I am extremely disappointed that some members of the Asian community have used today as an opportunity to commit disorder and undo much of the excellent work that has been done by both the police, council and community leaders to ensure today passed without incident.
"There has been extensive public consultation and work behind the scenes to ensure Luton was not the chosen venue for any kind of march or protest but it would seem that for no apparent reason disorder has broken out in Bury Park.
"Although this incident was contained within Bury Park it has again put Luton under the spotlight for the wrong reasons. The town has enjoyed excellent community relations for a number of years but it seems a small minority has let Luton down."
At around 4.30pm 50 additional police officers and six police horses were sent into Bury Park to deal with the disorder, which was contained in the Dunstable Road area at the junction of Waldeck Road.
Two people were arrested for public order offences.
Policing of the area returned to normal levels at around 7pm with the disorder dealt with and the crowds dispersed.
Sex Offender Absconds from Secure Unit
From the BBC:
A sex offender deemed to be a danger to women and children has absconded from a psychiatric unit in West Yorkshire.
Mohammed Rafiq Passwala did not return to Fieldhead Hospital, near Wakefield, after being given unsupervised leave.
Police said that 52-year-old Passwala, who is originally from Bradford, has not been seen since leaving the hospital on Thursday morning.
The public have been warned not to approach him but to contact the police if they have any information.
Passwala, who was convicted of sex offences in 1996, is described as Asian, 5ft 7in tall, of stocky build with black/grey hair and a full beard.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said Passwala was wearing grey traditional Asian dress when he was last seen.
Police believe he might be in the Dewsbury or Ravensthorpe areas.
Sunday, 30 August 2009
11 Year Old Jewish Girl Beaten by Black Gang in Crown Heights
From Voz Iz Neias:
Crown Heights, NY - An 11-year-old Jewish girl was attacked at a Crown Heights playground by a band of black youths who slammed her into a metal slide, kicked her repeatedly - and pelted her with anti-Semitic invective, the girl's mom said.
"Dumb Jew! B----! Why are you here? Why are you in this world?" the boys screamed as they pummeled Nechama Benjamin at a Montgomery St. playground.
The shocking attack by at least three boys is being investigated by police. The beating caused Nechama to black out and left her with a bloody nose - and a terrible fear of leaving home, her mom said.
"My daughter told me she is afraid to go out, to go to the park - to go anywhere," said Elka Benjamin, 31.
Nechama went to the local park with her 6-year-old brother around 6 p.m. Although Crown Heights has long been plagued by racial and religious tension, Nechama's mother thought it was okay for her kids to go to the playground alone because the family lives on the same block.
Trouble started when one of a group of boys playing soccer tossed the ball at Nechama, hitting her in the leg, her mother said.
She tossed it back - and an argument ensued. The boys surrounded Nechama, taunting her mercilessly, her mother said. Then the boys grabbed her by the hair and dragged her from the bench to a playground slide.
Nechama spoke to cops Tuesday at the NYPD's 71st Precinct stationhouse, where a boy who witnessed the incident was also questioned.
No arrests have been made, a police source said last night.
When 'Asian' is not a Coy Euphemism (III)
From The Lancashire Telegraph:
A 21-year-old man has admitted raping a boy in a ‘brutal sex attack’.
Raisuddin Patel, of Buncer Lane, Blackburn, attacked the boy, 12, after approaching him in a takeaway in Whalley Range.
Today Patel appeared before Preston Crown Court where he pleaded guilty to rape.
He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on October 2 once a background report is completed by the Probation Service.
After the case, police said Patel had befriended the victim in a takeaway in Whalley Range at around 6pm on April 9 this year.
Patel persuaded the boy to go with him to a nearby shop to help him move some boxes, officers said.
According to police, the boy was then coerced into a garage at the back of the shop where he was subjected to a ‘brutal sex attack’.
The boy managed to escape when Patel was disturbed when he heard people outside. He raised the alarm and Patel was arrested very soon after by police.
Detective Inspector Neil Ashton said: ”This has been a particularly traumatic and distressing ordeal for the victim and his family with which they are still coming to terms.
“I would like to thank members of the community who helped the police identify Patel at the earliest opportunity and enable his prompt arrest.
“This meant that the police were able to preserve and recover crucial forensic evidence that proved instrumental in forcing a guilty plea from Patel. Because of this, the victim did not have to suffer the trauma of giving evidence in court.
“Patel, who was previously unknown to the police, is clearly a very dangerous and devious man. He has been in custody since his arrest and I am confident he will receive a lengthy custodial sentence given the severity of the offence.”
More Cultural Enrichment for Britain
Or, perhaps more accurately, we should send our heartfelt congratulations to the British taxpayer, who will no doubt be raising the little fellow and his siblings in one form or another.
The father of this one is described as "a Moroccan Muslim from Birmingham". A family insider is under the impression that she is his second wife:
Will the police be investigating this blatant crime, assuming the family member is referring to polygamy?Lindsay’s widow, who converted to Islam when she was 18, gave birth to her latest son at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, Bucks.
A family insider told the News of the World: “Samantha told me the father is a Muslim Moroccan from Birmingham.
“I think she is the second wife – it appealed to her because she liked having the security of a husband to provide for her.”
Jermaine Lindsay, 19, blew himself up on a Piccadilly Line train between King's Cross and Russell Square stations in the worst of the suicide attacks on London on July 7, 2005, killing himself and 26 others.
She and Lindsay, who changed his name to Abdullah Shaheed Jamal when he converted to Islam when he was 14, had two children together.
He met his wife, a white convert to Islam, over the internet in October 2002 and later married when, she said, he had been a "peaceful man who loved people".
She has said she believes his mind had been poisoned by visits to radical mosques in London, Luton and the North.
Don't hold your breath.
Lewthwaite isn't just a complete, contemptible fool - she is also a liar. Her husband may have "loved people" - but only certain people:
News reports indicate that Lindsay was a violent, racist, drug dealer in Huddersfield prior to his conversion to Islam: "He thought all white people were trash and said he was going to get them all on drugs to kill them off."[2]Sounds like a pleasant fellow, eh? Of course, his hatred of white people didn't stop him from knocking out two children with one - but then, it would almost be rude not to leave whitey with a huge bill and a reminder of the success of cultural enrichment, wouldn't it?
Oh, how much happier and diverse our country is for having allowed him to come here from Jamaica in the first place.
A Comment from a British Muslim
On my post about the new drive to spread propaganda about Islamic science and inventions in British schools, Iftikhar Ahmad of The London School of Islamics left the following comment - and it deserves to be seen and read (it should be noted that the spelling mistakes in the text are those of this educational luminary himself):
We know that it is false because certain other non-white groups perform much better not only than the groups apparently being dragged down by racism, but than white British children.
Both Indian and Chinese pupils tend to do far better than the national average in their exams.
That aside, I wanted Ahmad's comment to appear here so that people remember, for every moderate Muslim there is at least one like this.
One who thinks that British people are born with "a virus" which makes them hate other ethnic groups, despite the fact that a powerful cabal of British politicians and Establishment figures have gone out of their way to fill this country with such groups, whilst ignoring the obvious insanity of such actions.
Millions of ordinary British people either say nothing about this situation or actively urge their compatriots to celebrate it, whilst dismissing anyone who sticks their head above the parapet to question the wisdom of this or warn of the ill-effects, no matter how cautiously, of being a crank, a bigot, a Nazi, a racist.
Ahmad thinks that any British person who does not celebrate the fact their nation will cease to exist in its current form is evil.
Me, I think just the opposite, and I thank people such as Ahmad for crawling out of the woodwork and going some way towards proving the point I try to make on this blog daily.
Think about the logical conclusion of Ahmad's train of thought.
State schools which become majority Muslim must become de facto Islamic schools, which the British taxpayer will keep the privilege of funding.
We know the kinds of things which will then be taught in those schools, because in places it is already happening - as I demonstrated in this post about a Muslim school in Amsterdam, Holland:
But the main worry for me is this; if we accept that a school with a majority of Muslim pupils becomes a Muslim school (and in a sense, whilst I don't like this, I do accept it, for it is logical), then what is next?
Muslim streets, Muslim suburbs, Muslim cities?
Will these entities (which again, already exist, albeit unofficially), although obviously entitled to all the benefits of being part of the United Kingdom, be able to make and enforce their own laws? All in the name of combating British Racism, naturally. We know how low Muslim self esteem can get when women aren't kept in check and any sense of British identity or symbol of British authority is allowed to remain, after all.
We are on a very slippery slope - and it increasingly seems the only thing at the bottom is a large grave which we dug ourselves.
The demand for Muslim schools comes from parents who want their children a safe environment with an Islamic ethos.Parents see Muslim schools where children can develop their Islamic Identity where they won't feel stigmatised for being Muslims and they can feel confident about their faith. Muslim schools are working to try to create a bridge between communities.The idea that racism is behind the fact certain ethnic groups perform very badly in the British education system is tired, absurd and self-evidently false.
There is a belief among ethnic minority parens that the British schooling does not adequatly address their cultural needs. Failing to meet this need could result in feeling resentment among a group who already feel excluded. Setting up Muslim school is a defensive response.
State schools with monolingual teachers are not capable to teach English to bilingual Muslim children. Bilingual teachers are needed to teach English to such children along with their mother tongue. According to a number of studies, a child will not learn a second language if his first language is ignored.
Bilingual Muslim children need state funded Muslim schools with bilingual Muslim teachers as role models during their developmental periods. Muslims have the right to educate their children in an environment that suits their culture. This notion of "integration", actually means "assimilation", by which people generally really mean "be more like me". That is not multiculturalism. In Sydney, Muslims were refused to build a Muslim school, because of a protest by the residents. Yet a year later, permission was given for the building of a Catholic school and no protests from the residents. This clrearly shows the blatant hypocrisy, double standards and racism. Christians oppose Muslim schools in western countries yet build
their own religious schools.
British schooling and the British society is the home of institutional racism. The result is that Muslim children are unable to develop self-confidence and self-esteem, therefore, majority of them leave schools with low grades. Racism is deeply rooted in British society. Every native child is born with a gene or virus of racism, therefore, no law could change the attitudes of racism towards those who are different. It is not only the common man, even member of the royal family is involved in racism.
The father of a Pakistani office cadet who was called a "****" by Prince Harry has profoundly condemned his actions. He had felt proud when he met the Queen and the Prince of Wales at his son's passing out parade at Sandhurst in 2006 but now felt upset after learning about the Prince's comments. Queen Victoria invited an Imam from India to teach her Urdu language. He was highly respected by the Queen but other members of the royal family had no respect for him. He was forced to go back to India. His protrait is still in one of the royal places.
There are hundreds of state schools where Muslim pupils are in majority. In my opinion, all such schools may be designated as Muslim community schools with bilingual Muslim teachers. There is no place for a non-Muslim child or a teacher in a Muslim school.
Iftikhar Ahmad
London School of Islamics Trust
We know that it is false because certain other non-white groups perform much better not only than the groups apparently being dragged down by racism, but than white British children.
Both Indian and Chinese pupils tend to do far better than the national average in their exams.
That aside, I wanted Ahmad's comment to appear here so that people remember, for every moderate Muslim there is at least one like this.
One who thinks that British people are born with "a virus" which makes them hate other ethnic groups, despite the fact that a powerful cabal of British politicians and Establishment figures have gone out of their way to fill this country with such groups, whilst ignoring the obvious insanity of such actions.
Millions of ordinary British people either say nothing about this situation or actively urge their compatriots to celebrate it, whilst dismissing anyone who sticks their head above the parapet to question the wisdom of this or warn of the ill-effects, no matter how cautiously, of being a crank, a bigot, a Nazi, a racist.
Ahmad thinks that any British person who does not celebrate the fact their nation will cease to exist in its current form is evil.
Me, I think just the opposite, and I thank people such as Ahmad for crawling out of the woodwork and going some way towards proving the point I try to make on this blog daily.
Think about the logical conclusion of Ahmad's train of thought.
State schools which become majority Muslim must become de facto Islamic schools, which the British taxpayer will keep the privilege of funding.
We know the kinds of things which will then be taught in those schools, because in places it is already happening - as I demonstrated in this post about a Muslim school in Amsterdam, Holland:
Metsemakers says that they had to eat separately during breaking and that they weren't greeted in the same way as Muslim teachers. "Not with the world salem, peace, because non-Muslims can't know what peace is. Those who think differently are labeled unbelievers."This is the kind of thing Ahmad wants the British public to pay for. Not only lies about pretty much everything that matters, but indoctrination camps which tell children the country to which many owe their lives if not their standard of living is an evil entity which is actually responsible for all their failings.
Metsemakers meanwhile called in the educational inspection. She was suspended a year and a half ago because she mentioned the customs of other religions in class. Metsemakers, whose annual contract was not extended last year says she drew a time-line on which she put the most important events of a number of religions.
At Christmas time she put up canal house with lights in class (Christmas ornaments) in order to tell about the festival regarding light, without specially talking about Christmas. She was prohibited from doing so. The worst thing, says Metsemakers, is that she was told to tell the children that Christianity will be done away with.
Several years ago several teachers left the school due to an 'exceptionally orthodox attitude of the administration'. An interim director was dismissed.
According to Metsemakers the administration has meanwhile managed to enforce an orthodox nature everywhere, though half of the team consist of non-Muslim teachers.
But the main worry for me is this; if we accept that a school with a majority of Muslim pupils becomes a Muslim school (and in a sense, whilst I don't like this, I do accept it, for it is logical), then what is next?
Muslim streets, Muslim suburbs, Muslim cities?
Will these entities (which again, already exist, albeit unofficially), although obviously entitled to all the benefits of being part of the United Kingdom, be able to make and enforce their own laws? All in the name of combating British Racism, naturally. We know how low Muslim self esteem can get when women aren't kept in check and any sense of British identity or symbol of British authority is allowed to remain, after all.
We are on a very slippery slope - and it increasingly seems the only thing at the bottom is a large grave which we dug ourselves.
Somali Youth Centre Upsets the Neighbours
This story concerns rowdy Somali youth using khat, which is not illegal in Britain, at a youth centre in South Norwood.
Most of the comments on the article are sympathetic to the 'plight' of the youths, with no mention at all about legitimate worries and why anywhere in Britain should need a Somali youth centre.
From This is Croydon:
Khat might not be illegal, but i think importing large numbers of Somalis should be.
Most of the comments on the article are sympathetic to the 'plight' of the youths, with no mention at all about legitimate worries and why anywhere in Britain should need a Somali youth centre.
From This is Croydon:
So, it looks like rowdy behaviour is predictably a problem there too.A bid to allow a community centre to continue to operate in South Norwood has antagonised neighbours who say youths under the influence of a legal drug are causing mayhem.
The Somaal Youth Association, which was set up to offer young Somalis in Croydon a place to come together, is hoping to be given formal permission to run its youth club and activities centre in Portland Road.
But critics have accused the centre, which has already been operating for around four months, of promoting anti-social behaviour and use of the hallucinogenic drug khat - which is banned in most European countries but not the UK.
Although the Somaal Youth Association admits many members do chew khat, it denies claims of bad behaviour, and says it would be happy to meet with people who are worried about the application.
Chairman Abdi Mahamud said: "This thing is needed by Somalis, there are a lot of young Somalis who live around South Norwood.
"A lot of Somali youths are deprived of something like this, where they can come and watch football and socialise in the evenings."
Mr Mahamud, 25, feels "victimised" by the opposition.
He said: "I think people see groups of young black youths and think the worst.
"But we are looking to organise a meeting so people can come in and find out about what we're about and what we're doing.
"We want to get on well with our neighbours."
Asked about use of khat, which has been likened to ecstasy by drug experts, Mr Mahamud said: "It just makes you chill out.
"It doesn't cause anti-social behaviour. But in the long term we are trying to stop it, we don't want people to make it into a negative thing about us."
The retrospective application is expected to be decided on by Croydon Council next month.
When neighbours learned of the bid to get the centre sanctioned, it sparked a petition calling for the plans to be rejected.
Hasan Murtada, who lives nearby, said: "The petition hasn't been done for no reason, it's been done because it's a nuisance.
"We shouldn't have to put with this. My girlfriend can't even go down the shops because she is being intimidated."
Councillor Karen Jewitt, who represents the Woodside ward, is backing the residents opposing the community centre.
She said: "They've opened it up without any permission, and I've been getting loads of complaints about people using khat.
"There's a lot of people hanging around outside there.
"The one thing people are frightened of is that this will make them seem racists. That's got nothing to do with it, it's just that they're worried about this."
Sergeant Dave Humphrey, who heads the Woodside Safer Neighbourhood Team, is well aware of the centre.
He said: "We've been policing it as often as we can. Whenever we've been down there, there haven't been any problems.
"Khat isn't illegal, so there's not much we can do about that."
Khat might not be illegal, but i think importing large numbers of Somalis should be.
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Cultural Enrichment in Sweden
Two disturbing stories of cultural enrichment in Sweden, from the Politiskt Inkorrekt blog:
1) A man from the Congo has been sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in prison for brutally attacking and raping two women:
2) An Iraqi family claimed nearly 1 million Kroner in benefits after claiming their son was disabled:
1) A man from the Congo has been sentenced to 2 years and 9 months in prison for brutally attacking and raping two women:
The man, Huguel Kitenge Bunka, has committed similar offences and violent robberies in Belgium, and is suspected of perpetrating similar rapes in Sweden which cannot be proven. In the Swedish language press there is also more detail about the violence used against the victims:An 18-year-old man was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for assaulting and raping two young women in northwestern Stockholm.
Earlier in the summer, the man was suspected of being behind a series of violent rapes in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta. However, police could only connect the man to two of the cases, a brutal attack of a young woman in Spånga on May 3rd and a similar attack of another young woman in Spånga on May 25th.
The man has now been convicted of aggravated rape and attempted rape. He has also been ordered to pay 182,000 ($26,000) to both victims. After serving his sentence, the man may not return to Sweden prior to 2024.
The man is an international fugitive and has an extradition request has been filed by authorities in Belgium, where he is suspected of raping at least five women. In the attack on May 3rd, the man broke into the woman's residence, hit her 30 times in the head, got a stranglehold on her neck and violently forced her to perform oral sex.
During the trial, the woman testified about the humiliation, the brutal violence and the fear she felt. She was convinced that the man was going to kill her. The second attack occurred in a similar manner, but the woman was able to yell for help and put up so much resistance that the man gave up and fled.
Assault Rape in Tensta, in spring and the man is under Stockholm Police have exercised a strong force on their victims. Assault Rape in Tensta, in spring and the Man is in Stockholm Police have Exercised a strong force on their victims. At one point he pushed himself into a woman's apartment, gave her some 30 blows to the head after which he raped her.
At one point he pushed himself into a woman's apartment, gave her some 30 blows to the head after Which he raped her.
Serial rapist from Congo, an 18-year-old, was arrested in southern Sweden this summer after an investigation. Serial rapist from Congo, an 18-year-old, was arrested in southern Sweden this summer after an investigation. When we started investigating the man the police discovered that he was internationally wanted on suspicion of committing five rapes and robberies in Belgium.
When we started investigating the man the police discovered that he was internationally wanted on suspicion of committing five Rapes and robberies in Belgium.
Belgium, 21 April 2009: rape.
Belgium, 20 April 2009: rape.
Belgium, 26 May 2008: rape.
Belgium, 29 February 2008: rape.
Belgium, 28 October 2007: rape.
Belgium, 27 October 2007: robbery.
In custody negotiations in Solna District Court June 25 the man managed to escape.
With handcuffs on, he ran away from personnel and police were looking for him for several hours. With Handcuffs on, he ran away from personnel and police were looking for him for several hours. He had been hiding in a store and was found by a plainclothes police. He had been hiding in a store and was found by a plain clothes police.
2) An Iraqi family claimed nearly 1 million Kroner in benefits after claiming their son was disabled:
The family alleged that their son was disabled and managed to get around four million in grants. But there is a problem: he is perfectly healthy. His father and sisters, was employed as personal assistants, and between 1 November 2005 and January 31, 2009 the family could collect the millions in compensation from the insurance fund.
When the police for another reason, did a search of the family's apartment, they found a digital camera with some 30 private images from Liseberg amusement park where 33-year-old was seen unhindered.
The family realized crisis - and suddenly one of the sisters an hysterical attack. The police are convinced that it was orchestrated to divert attention. - We had to concentrate on her. Meanwhile, another person deleted the pictures, "said police inspector Kjell Borgström. But the memory was to recreate. The mother, father and son are now suspected on probable cause for serious fraud.
The man's parents are Swedish citizens, but not 33-year-old, who came to Canada about five years ago. It is during this time that the family received grants from the National Insurance. - Actually, he did not enter the country if there were distressing reasons. Then it was alleged that he was injured in a car accident and needed daily omsyn. He would reportedly be paralyzed the entire right side. He would be confined to a wheelchair and could not walk, eat or sit, "says Karl-Arne Ockell, chief investigator on the fraud squad in Halland Police Unit for serious crimes.
The man has convinced his surroundings that he can not move. - Now we have a movie that shows when the man is out jogging, he dances and he carries the child. He is obviously healthy. How long has he been there I do not know, "says Ockell. When the police took the father in the family for questioning and showed the film with his son jogging, he cracked. - The father of the family would neither admit nor deny the advice of his lawyer. If there is only the father or some family members I request custody I do not know right now.
Family
* Ali Samir Husein, born 76-07-16, 33-year-old
* Najat Al-Etbi, born 58-05-16, the mother
* Abdallha Husein, born 49-03-15, the father
Gang of "Asians" Attack Bus in Savile Town, Dewsbury
Apparently the same bus route has been attacked by large groups of stone-throwing 'Asian' youths for the past two nights in a row.
Of course, this has been totally ignored by the national media.
Last night a man whose face was cut in the incident jumped off the bus to give chase - and was told by the 'Asians' he'd better not come shouting in their area again.
Anyone with information is advised to contact PC Shanaz Ahmed.
The following article also contains details of a racist assault by a gang of Asians on 3 white boys walking through the same area:
Of course, this has been totally ignored by the national media.
Last night a man whose face was cut in the incident jumped off the bus to give chase - and was told by the 'Asians' he'd better not come shouting in their area again.
Anyone with information is advised to contact PC Shanaz Ahmed.
The following article also contains details of a racist assault by a gang of Asians on 3 white boys walking through the same area:
A MAN was left bleeding after a gang of Asian youths attacked a bus in Savile Town.
Yobs targeted the Thornhill-bound Arriva bus as it pulled away from a stop in Savile Road late on Saturday night.
It was the second successive night the Thornhill bus had been attacked.
The passenger who was injured, a man aged 56, told how stones smashed windows on both sides of the bus. The attack happened at 11pm opposite the BP garage.
The man, who is white and a local businessman, rushed off the bus to chase the youths, bleeding from a cut to his face.
“They told me not to come shouting in their area,” he said. “I told them it was my area as well. I was born and bred in Dewsbury.
“There were other Asians around and they said what happened was wrong and it would be sorted.
“I don’t want to scare people but they have to know what is going on.”
The man said there were about a dozen people on the bus including an elderly woman and a father with children.
“It was like a war zone,” said the injured man who was with his wife.
“When the stones hit the windows it was like explosions going off or machine gun fire. Everybody ducked but I wanted to see what was going on.”
Police attended and an ambulance was called before the bus was taken away.
The man said he had been told a bus had been attacked the previous night and police were supposed to have been shadowing the Saturday service. However the bus was running early.
Two weeks ago The Press reported how three white boys, one aged 12 and two aged 14, were set upon by a gang of Asian youths nearby.
The teenagers were confronted and asked why they were walking through Savile Town. One boy was struck on the side of the head, causing his ear to bleed.
A spokesman for Dewsbury police confirmed that two passengers were hurt and a bus damaged.
Sgt Sarah Baker, of the Dewsbury and Mirfield Neighbourhood Policing Team, said patrols would be stepped up in the area.
She added: “We take these sorts of incidents very seriously and we will thoroughly investigate and bring the people responsible to court.”
Anyone with information should contact PC Shanaz Ahmed on 0845 6060606 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Munshur Ali Raped 2 Girls of 13
From the BBC:
Remarkably, the BBC main news site has actually mentioned this not just once, but also permitted an interview with the mothers of the 2 girls concerned:A man who raped two 13-year-old girls in the back of his car has been jailed for 14 years.
Munshur Ali, 22, of Hyde, Greater Manchester, gave his victims alcohol before driving to a secluded spot and attacking them.
He was found guilty of the November 2008 rapes at an earlier hearing, but was sentenced at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court on Friday.
Judge Peter Lakin called him "devious and manipulative".
Ali had denied three counts of rape, claiming the girls were willing to have sex, but was convicted by a jury last month.
His victims had been drinking while at an X-Factor sleepover with friends and were walking home along Newton Street in Hyde when he pulled up in his car and asked for directions.
Ali offered to give them a lift but he later refused to stop the car at their destination and drove to an off-licence instead, where he bought some vodka.
The judge told him: "Once you had them in your clutches, you plied them with more alcohol. You drove them to a secluded area and then you raped them.
"You knew, because they had told you, they were only 13.
"You subjected these two vulnerable, naive 13-year-olds to a terrifying ordeal, an ordeal that had and continues to have a very substantial impact on both girls and their respective families."
"Throughout this case you have been devious and manipulative... your attempts to pull the wool over the eyes of the jury failed, and rightly so."
Speaking after the hearing, Det Con Lindsey Morgan, of Greater Manchester Police, said both girls were now trying to put what had happened behind them.
"Both the girls have basically lost their innocent childhood, and they are traumatised by what's happened to them," she said.
Asked what she thought about Ali, she replied: "I think he was a sly, evil person that knew full well what he was doing, and he went out on this evening knowing that his intention was to get vulnerable girls into his car and rape them."
She said his insistence on his innocence had further upset the families and called his defence "ludicrous and absurd".
Two mothers from Greater Manchester have told how their "carefree, bubbly" 13-year-old daughters have changed since they were raped in the back of Munshur Ali's car in Greater Manchester. Ali, 22, was jailed for 14 years on Friday.
He picked the girls up in his Ford Fiesta, gave them alcohol and sexually attacked them in a secluded spot near his home in Hyde in November last year.
The women said their daughters were no longer trusting and confident, but were withdrawn and liked to spend more time alone.
One mother said: "Shortly before he raped my daughter and her friend she said they looked at each other and held each other's hands.
"I understood then how absolutely petrified she must have been, they were completely defenceless."
To protect the anonymity of the victims, neither mother has been identified.
Describing him as evil, Mother B said: "He has taken something away from my daughter that she will never get back. He had no right to take it.
"They don't show on their face what they are capable of; for doing something like this he should be locked away for a long time.
"He needs to understand what he has done and what impact it has caused. It is something we can never forgive."
Neither victim will talk about what happened. Their mothers say they feel ashamed as if they have done something wrong.
Mother A said her daughter was hysterical when recounting what Ali had done to her, two days after the attack.
"She felt dirty, like they had done something wrong. She was scared of going the police."
Ali lured them into his car by saying he would give them a lift to a friend's house. On they way he bought vodka and orange in an attempt to get them drunk.
As he passed sentence, Judge Peter Lakin told Ali: "Throughout this case you have been devious and manipulative.
"Not only have you made serious and deeply unpleasant allegations against the two girls, you also concocted a defence to fit the prosecution evidence against you.
"Your attempts to pull the wool over the eyes of the jury failed, and rightly so."
Robber Described as "Black or Asian" Stamps on Woman's Head
From The Yorkshire Post:
A 22-year-old woman needed hospital treatment after a man punched her to the ground and stamped on her head as she walked to work in Leeds.The woman was walking along Beechwood Crescent, in Burley, when the man approached her and launched the attack before pulling her handbag from her shoulder and running off.
She suffered severe bruising and swelling to her head and face and was taken to Leeds General Infirmary for treatment.
The robber dropped the handbag as he ran down the street.
He was described as either Asian or black, skinny, about 5ft 11in, wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and a darker grey hooded top with the hood up.
West Yorkshire Police are keen to trace a woman who went to the victim's aid at the scene and a man who drove the woman home.
These people, or anyone else who was in the area and witnessed the robbery, is asked to contact Detective Constable Adrian Hogg at Weetwood police station on 0845 6060606 or Crimestoppers, anonymously and in confidence, on 0800 555111.
Sabbirahmed Bhikha Groped Woman Whlst Posing as a Doctor
From The Daily Mail:
A bogus doctor who massaged a woman's breasts after she complained of back pain was jailed for two years today.
Sabbirahmed Bhikha, 58, groped his patient for several minutes and touched her chest 'like a boyfriend would', the Old Bailey heard.
Bhikha advertised himself on business cards as Dr Sabbirahmed Bhikha MBST and charged £30 per session, running surgeries from his east London home.
But his only training was as a lathe operator in his home country of India. Bhikha later told jurors his skills at back massage were 'a gift from god.'
Judge Paul Worsley QC said: 'You were a respected member of your society. You have now been exposed as a charlatan. You have brought shame on your family and upon your family's healing tradition.
'If you were in fact a qualified doctor you would have been struck off. You are not a doctor and it therefore falls to the courts to control your activities and punish you.'
Bhikha, from Walthamstow, east London, was convicted of sexual assault and two counts of fraud by false representation.
He was jailed for 15 months for the sexual assault and given nine months to serve consecutively for fraud, making a total of two years.
A probation report written for the sentencing hearing said Bhikha pretended to be a GP 'for the purposes of sexual gratification and personal gain'.
Prosecutor Hugh Forgan told the court: 'This was a deliberate misrepresentation in order to get paid for services.
'The General Medical Council have been asked if they have any record of him. They do not. He has never registered with them.'
The victim, an Asian woman in her 30s, first visited his home in November, 2007, after being given a recommendation by her aunt and later returned for further treatment.
Mr Forgan said: 'He told her to strip to her underwear and lie on her back. He removed her bra, massaging at length each of her breasts.
'The touching could have had no conceivable medical purpose. It was simply an assault. The effect on her was obvious. She was angry and didn't pay any money.
'She complained to the police.' To put his patient at ease, he told her: 'I'm a doctor, I do this day in and day out.'
The court heard Bhikha also conned a male Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) who visited him for treatment for back pain.
Defence barrister Thomas Nicholson-Pratt described the offences as a 'lapse of judgement'.
The judge told Bhikha: 'Sadly you have used your status in the community as a well respected masseur to cause you to hold yourself as a doctor.'
'Those who pose in our community as medically qualified professionals must be exposed and punished.
'I take the view that a particularly serious aspect of your posing as a doctor was that the woman was encouraged to come back to you for further treatment.
'Trusting you she removed her bra and allowed you to massage her breasts was something she would never have done had she known you were not a doctor.
'She is still clearly mortified by the experience. You have shown no remorse and no apology.'
On his arrest, police found 45 tablets of diazepam as well as the hallucinogenic aphrodisiac Butofenine in a medical cabinet.
But Bhikha was cleared of possession of the drugs after claiming they belonged to his son.
Bearded and bespectacled, he showed little emotion as he was jailed and the sentence relayed to him by a Gudjurati interpreter.
Bhikha had been cleared of a further count of sexual assault after it was alleged he groped the woman's bottom and rubbed oil on it.
Another "Random" Stabbing in London
A Celtic football fan was stabbed whilst waiting at a bus stop just yards from Downing Street after an altercation with a group of other men.
The initial assumption was that this was an incident related to football. Then, it was changed to a "random" attack.
Yesterday, The Sun revealed how "random" - just another little bit of cultural enrichment in London:
The initial assumption was that this was an incident related to football. Then, it was changed to a "random" attack.
Yesterday, The Sun revealed how "random" - just another little bit of cultural enrichment in London:
Ah yes, a black gang looking for trouble - it may be random, but sadly it is not rare.A FOOTBALL fan was stabbed in the chest in a random attack only yards from Downing Street.
The Celtic fan, 20, was at a bus stop with five pals when a man barged into them and started swearing at them.
The friends, on their way to watch their team play Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday, started walking away down Whitehall, central London.
But the attacker followed, pulled out a knife and plunged it into his victim's chest.
The fan chased the knifeman, described as black and in his 20s, for a few hundred yards before collapsing to the ground.
He was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition, but is now "stable". Cops are waiting to interview him.
The attack - not believed to be football-related - was caught on camera near the high-security area around Downing Street.
A security guard in a nearby building who saw the incident on CCTV said: "The attacker barged into the Celtic fans.
"There were verbals between them, then one of the fans grabbed him by the shoulders and pushed him away.
"It was nothing violent, just as if to say, 'leave us alone'. They got into a scuffle.
"It looked like the attacker was trying to get to the one who pushed him. He swung the knife but got someone else."
Anyone with information should call Westminster Police on 0300 123 1212 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Civil Unrest in Sweden
The Ramadan celebrations have spread to Sweden. The Local have run two very cursory articles about firefighters being injured by stone-throwing youths on Friday night, responding to a wave of youth unrest and activity which began Thursday night.
The full picture comes to us from the Swedish blog Politiskt Inkorrekt:
The full picture comes to us from the Swedish blog Politiskt Inkorrekt:
Friday evening began quietly in Gothenburg. Then came the alarms from the different districts. Around midnight suffered more trams on the line against Opal Square to throw stones. On the tram line 1 was shattered two panes on the driver's seat and the box inside the trailer. Then the tram was hit by several stones a few minutes later .The translation comes from Google, and is far from perfect, but I think it provides a fair idea of what is currently going on - far better than anything available in English, anyway.
- We were more or less lucky to escape and save the car and the passengers in it, "says Mikael Lagerqvist, traffic controller on the tram.
Tramway decided last night to stop all traffic between Frölunda Torg and Opal Square because of stone-throwing. Although the officers were subjected to thrown stones when they arrived at the scene.
- We were attacked at a tram stop in Frölunda, said action manager Martin Fredman.
The most serious incident occurred at 01.15 in Göteborg. A fire engine from the station in Kortedala drove with blue lights turned on, alerted to a container-fire. When the vehicle passed one of the walking bridges at Göteborg, it came under attack.
- The stone came from nowhere. The driver did not have time to react, but he managed to stop the vehicle, "says Stefan Hermansson, Chief of Staff at the emergency Greater Gothenburg.
The stone, weighing 5.7 kilograms, made a half-meter wide hole in the windscreen and hit the driver on the arm and knee. Civil Protection Force leaders sat leaning forward in the attack on the passenger seat and escaped injury thanks to his helmet. A firefighter in the back seat of the vehicle had broken glass in his eyes. The two injured firefighters were taken to hospital but is reported to have escaped serious damage. On Kortedala fire station, and civil protection in general, there was on Saturday morning a sense of shock and anger among staff.
Police spokesman Martin Fredman briefly summarises some of the night's violence :
- Stones against buses in Billdal, rockets have been shot as well against the police, general buildings and cars in Göteborg. Stones against the fire brigade in Bergum, stones against police and rescue services in Göteborg, rockets have been shot in Bergsgård school as they were about to burn it, but it got off the emergency services.
At 03.40 the fire at several garages full length Constellation Road in Kortedala, Bergsjön burn at full speed. Spread the risk was high and the emergency services received a work on two fronts - trying to limit the spread and extinguish the fire hearth. Total fire injured 14 garages. Four cars completely destroyed when an equal number of garage spaces were burned out. Bilbränder in Frölunda, Tuve, Ödegärdet Bond drill field. In addition, fires built in New Bergsgård School in Göteborg and in Tuve IF's clubhouse.
The police have failed to grasp any of any of attacks. Despite all the trouble Martin Fredman pays tribute to all adults who were absent.
- It is gratifying is that it is very adult out there, especially in Göteborg and in Hisingen and in Frölunda. They are we really grateful, they do a great job there.
* 10 August: The police make an effort to disperse young people in Backa and are perceived as unnecessarily heavy-handed.
* 18 August: The unrest in Backa starts. Police cars are subject to heavy stone throwing at Blendas street. A car is on fire.
* 19 August: The police, housing company, Poseidon and the district administration in Backa meet to discuss matters. In the evening, continuing unrest in both Biskopsgården and Backa.
* 20 August: Additional resources deployed in the hunt for the culprits behind the unrest in Hisingen the past few days. Between 80 and 100 young people were involved, police said.
* 21 August: A 22-year-old arrested after the recent unrest in Backa. He is considered one of the more proactive promoters in the crowd. He was released after a few days, but remains a suspect.
* 22 August: The unrest spread to Tynnered and Frölunda. Youths threw stones at security guards and fire brigade. An investigation is ongoing.
* 25 August: The fires and stone-throwing continues in several districts.
* 27 August: Suspected arson. Some of Vättnedalsskolan in Tynnered damaged by fire. Building the birch grove cafe on fire. Moped on fire at Vättnedalsskolan.
Gottsunda, Uppsala
There was concern in the district Gottsunda in Uppsala on Friday night and Saturday night. It was the second night in a row that was unsettled in the area, with several cars set on fire. At a larger fraction of Gottsunda Center on Friday evening the police took charge of seven young people for disturbing the peace. They were released later. Two people have visited the hospital to plaster on and upset Gottsundabor accused the police of having abused adolescents.
- In these situations it is often difficult and there are always people who refuse to obey police and then you have to take in. There is no notification to the police for assault, "said Christer Nordström, spokesman at the Uppsala police.
- Among these young people, there are some that are known to us previously, "said Christer Nordström.
Panes were shattered at Gottsunda center, Gottsundabadet and Gottsunda School. An unmanned parked väktarbil also came under stones in connection with the security guard had gone on alert for vandalism. Later in the night started a mobile home fire in the area and two other cars that were parked nearby also received injuries. It was the second night in a row as cars were set on fire in Gottsunda and Valsätra area. On the night of Friday ignited four cars. Even in Kivihaka set a car on fire during the night
Missing, Presumed on Benefits
From The Northern Echo:
This is far from a unique event, however:POLICE are investigating after a fourth member of an African exchange programmed went missing in the North-East.
Konjit Assefa, of Ethiopia, was visiting Hartlepool, as part of a Global Xchange, when she disappeared.
The 22-year-old, who was staying on the Headland, has not been seen since Tuesday. She was last seen in the town centre at around 12pm.
Three men on the same programme disappeared following a tour of the Houses of Parliament, in London, on July 15.
A spokesman for Cleveland Police urged anyone with any information about Ms Assefas whereabouts to get in touch.
He added: "At the time of her disappearance she is believed to have been wearing stone washed jeans with a black and grey hooded top and was carrying a small black and red rucksack."
Ms Assefa, who is originally from Awasa in Ethiopia, is the fourth member of the volunteer exchange programme to go missing.
Zerihun Weldeyohans Alaro, 24, later contacted organisers after staying with family in London, but was deported.
However, exchange visitors Habtamu Debella, 27, and Muluneh Tilahun, 21, are still missing.
Officers have checked hospitals, hostels and CCTV in an effort to find them, but have so far been unable to locate them.
They were reported missing by programme organisers after they failed to turn up to their accommodation on July 15 and also for the return train journey back to Hartlepool the following day.
The Global Xchange (CORR) programme involves 18 volunteers, nine from the UK and nine from Ethiopia, living in Hartlepool while working for community organisations.
The team is on the second part of the exchange, having already spent three months in Africa.
Recently, a number of African youth footballers went missing on a trip to Sweden. During the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, half of Sierra Leone's squad of 22 disappeared. Some more details of such activity from the BBC:Scottish Athletics has confirmed that four Ethiopian athletes have fled their London hotel ahead of Wednesday's Falkirk Cup event in Grangemouth.
The athletes absconded from their hotel and failed to make a connecting flight from London to Edinburgh.
The missing individuals are Betelhem Shewatatek, Feleke Bekele, Hagos Tadesse and Tirehas Haileselassie.
"This is a sad thing to happen for my country and the sport," said Dagmawit Amare of the Ethiopian management team.
"My colleague actually tried to restrain two of them, but they ran off."
2002 Commonwealth Games: 21 Sierra Leoneans, 5 Bangladeshis, 1 Pakistani missing in Manchester
2002 Asian Games: 12 Nepalese, 3 Sri Lankans and 1 Mongolian missing in S Korea
2000 Sydney Olympics: 80 officials and athletes overstay visas, 11 cases unresolved
Norwegian Nurseries "Celebrating Eid Through Song"
More mind-bending tales of Dhimmitude from Islam in Europe, this one from Norway, where very young children have been asked to sing the following songs, among others, in their nursery schools:
Translated by Esther from Sista:
1. Little Muslim
Little Muslim, Little Muslim,
Do you pray? Do you pray?
That I do, that I do, that I do five times a day.
One at Fajr, one at Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha'a
One at Fajr, one at Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha'a
2. Ten Little Muslims
One and two and three little Muslims,
Four, five and six little Muslims,
Seven and eight and nine little Muslims,
Ten little Muslims.
But hush, there was something whispering
Hush, there was something whispering
See, it was the deceiving Shaytan
Come, let us frighten him away
All children cry: Allahu Akbar!
All children cry: Allahu Akbar!
All children cry: Allahu Akbar!
See, there he's sneaking off.
And there was one and two and three little Muslims,
Four, five and six little Muslims,
Seven and eight and nine little Muslims,
Ten little Muslims.
Translated by Esther from Sista:
Parliament member Per-Willy Amundsen (Progress Party, Frp) told Norwegian news agency ANB that this is 'sneak-Islamization'. "We can't accept that such preaching songs sneak into the kindergartens."Once more, we see how the multicultural brainwashing begins young, and whilst respect for Islam is compared to that shown for other religions, it always takes that little extra step towards submission.
Kristin Tveter was an assistant at the Etterstadsletta kindergarten in Oslo , when they sung two Muslim songs two years ago.
She says she tried to protest against these songs, but didn't get anywhere. The committee which decided on this around the Muslim festival of Eid weren't about to change their minds, and this was one of the reasons why she quit. She tells that there are both ethnic Norwegian and immigrant children at the kindergarten.
One song is called "Ten small Muslims" and is about frightening off the Muslim devil by calling on Allah as the great God. The other song is called "Little Muslims" and urges to pray five times a day.
Amundsen says that he's shocked such songs are being sung. It's rather strange that Muslim preaching becomes part of the norm in kindergartens. He says this can't be deliberate and he doubts it's legal.
He points out that the former Minister of Education Øystein Djupedal responded to having a Norwegian song of grace sung in kindergartens.
The Frp's immigration policy spokesperson says that we must be careful with bringing in religion into kindergarten and schools, as it involves the delicate mind of children.
"We must be more capable in integrating children of immigrant background in our Norwegian culture. these Muslim songs are rather a sign of the opposite, that's to say that it's Norwegian children who are trying to integrated in non-Western and Islamic culture. We can't have such things."
Kerstin Berglund of the Oslo Municipality defends the songs and denies it's preaching.
She told ANB that the songs have religious contents, just like Christian songs.
Berglund, who represents the district of Gamle Oslo says that songs of many different cultures and religions are sung in the district. The kindergartens say in their curriculum that they want to cerebrate the festivals of the children who go to kindergarten. She says there are 50 languages and cultures represented in the district.
She says that the songs are one of many means for multicultural educational support. They illustrate the children and family's culture and background identity by marking festivals and national days which are represented in the kindergarten, and illustrate pluralism and encourage multicultural understanding.
Berglund confirms that these songs are still sung in Etterstadsletta kindergarten to celebrate Eid. The kindergarten has just under 30% of children with non-Western background.
Per-Willy Amundsen asks for a more deliberate political attitude towards what happens in immigrant cultures. He says that debate should be handled in such a way that doesn't cause new problems.
"We can't allow Islam to be dominating." He says it is dangerous to let ourselves think that dialogue will solve everything, and that we must have a conscious attitude towards these Islamic forces.
Amundsen says that we can't have different rules for Islam and Christianity. In these songs the children are asked to praise Allah and pray to him five times a day. If there would have been something similar with Christianity, he's certain there would have been reactions to it.
15 Year Old Jailed for Sex Attack in Burnley
From The Burnley Citizen:
A 15-year-old boy who carried out a “nasty and unpleasant” sex attack has been sentenced to two years’ detention.
The boy dragged the woman, who was working as a prostitute, down an alleyway off Colne Road, Burnley, and told her he had a knife and would use it.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was trapped by his DNA after spitting on the ground, Preston Crown Court heard.
He attacked the woman after approaching her and asking if she would perform a sex act on him.
She asked if he had money and started to walk away when he offered to pay by cheque.
The boy had denied sexual assault, but was convicted of the January 26 attack by a jury following a trial.
The victim was a drug addict who occasionally funded her addiction through prostitution, the court heard.
Ayaz Qazi, defending, said the boy was clearly undergoing considerable personal difficulties and had special educational needs.
“He is somebody who is clearly lacking the sort of care and attention a young man of his age would ordinarily expect.
“He doesn’t accept his responsibility for his actions and I cannot change that position. I accept it was a serious offence.”
The youth will be on the sex offenders register for five years.
The Violence Continues in South Africa
The following two stories concern two incredibly brutal, racist killings in rural South Africa.
The first concerns the death of an elderly farmer as his family looked on helpless, the second the murder of a young mother.
1) From News 24:
2) From The Times (SA):
The first concerns the death of an elderly farmer as his family looked on helpless, the second the murder of a young mother.
1) From News 24:
Pretoria - With a four-day-old baby in her arms, a woman from Pretoria had to watch as robbers kicked and beat her father-in-law to death.
On Monday night, robbers presumably first set fire to a field across the smallholding belonging to Wilhelm Lotterie, 65, in Doornfontein, north of Pretoria.
It is believed this was done to lure Lotterie's sons, Piet and Neels from their homes. Then Lotterie, who had been sitting on his stoep, was attacked, assaulted and robbed by five men.
Lotterie's daughter-in-law, Jessica Lotterie, 23, and her baby boy Danté, who was born last Thursday, were also in the house.
Police spokesperson Captain Jan Sepato said the robbers forced Lotterie, who had a heart problem and underwent heart surgery about nine years ago, to lie down on the living room floor, after which they tied his hands and feet behind his back.
Lotterie's pants were pulled down to his knees.
Due to Lotterie's heart problem, he wasn't meant to lie down, said Sepato.
Apparently the robbers asked Jessica if there were any other people in the house. She said her husband and brother-in-law were trying to extinguish the fire.
While the robbers waited for the Lotterie brothers, they beat Wilhelm with, among others, a firearm butt, and kicked him where he lay on the ground.
When the brothers returned home, the robbers tied them up respectively in the toilet and the bathroom.
According to Sepato, the robbers fled with money, electrical appliances, cellphones, a Ford Fiesta (with the registration number WHF 052 GP) and meat they took from the freezer.
Paramedics found Lotterie dead at the scene. Sepato said he had suffocated.
Jan Vermaak, who lives about 1km from the Lotteries, said he had just come home and stepped into a bath after he had helped to douse the flames, when he heard shouting outside.
"I sent my sons with torches to see what was going on."
"They came back and said it was a woman who was screaming."
"I then found Jessica, Piet and the baby where they were standing in the road."
"She told me they had been attacked and that her father-in-law had been beaten and kicked to death."
"They were in a severe state of shock."
Vermaak took Jessica to his house, and then, along with other residents in the area, patrolled the area in an attempt to catch the robbers. They were unsuccessful.
No-one has been arrested yet.
2) From The Times (SA):
FIVE days after “flower child” Tracey-Leigh Frankish’s screams scared off would-be burglars, house robbers struck again, this time taking her life. A TV set, hi-fi and a small amount of money were the only things stolen from the 33-year-old Gauteng sales representative’s cottage in Farmall, an agricultural holding north of Fourways.
Johan Burger, senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies, who last year co-authored a report on crime and public security in South Africa, said the murder highlighted how political promises had not been kept as far as the eradication of farm attacks was concerned.
“The conclusion we came to in our report was that there was a vacuum [in crime-fighting regarding] rural safety.”
Burger said this was a result of the phasing out of South African National Defence Force units, or commandos, deployed specifically to patrol rural areas in South Africa since 2003.
“[The phasing out] was not supposed to happen until sector policing, police reservists and crime-combating units were in place. In almost all [rural areas] we visited in our research, none of this had been done,” Burger added.
Frankish’s murder means that her seven-year-old son, Taidg, will grow up without a mother.
The break-in happened in the early hours of Sunday morning, when Taidg was with his grandparents, Fred and Helen Britz, at their Bryanston home.
“We’ve told him what happened, but I don’t think he realises what death is all about,” Fred Britz said.
“He said: ‘They’ve killed my mom, they shot her’. It’s tough, the circumstances of her death. We never thought it would happen to us.”
Frankish, who was in the process of divorcing her husband, who lives in the UK, had been leasing a cottage on a plot.
Private security company RSS Security responded to a panic signal followed by an alarm signal at 12.47pm.
A security officer who arrived at the premises six minutes later found the security gate on the front door had been forced open.
Frankish was found kneeling in front of her bed, with a gunshot wound in the head.
“When the security officer went outside to radio for medical back-up he saw three suspects fleeing into the bushes and gave chase,” said RSS Security managing director Sean Mooney.
The unidentified men got away.
Dion Stephens, a school friend, told The Times that Frankish had been a humanitarian.
“She wanted to fix the world we live in, quit her job, teach people how to grow vegetables and live a self-sustainable life. The people she wanted to help were the people who murdered her,” he said.
Friends have been posting messages on Frankish’s Facebook page, where Stephens yesterday asked people to honour her memory by wearing purple or turquoise, “her favourite colours”, to her memorial service.
Dean Dawson, of food manufacturing company Ma Baker, where Frankish worked, said staff were distraught at her murder.
“It feels surreal. It’s disturbing. She was a flower-power child, if I can put it that way, friendly to everybody.”
Douglasdale police spokesman Inspector Balan Muthan confirmed a murder case was under investigation.
“There are no suspects. The front door was left unlocked. Police and the security firm reacted within minutes, but the suspects had fled and the area is so dark at night,” Muthan said.
A memorial service is being planned at the Emmarentia Botanical Gardens in northern Johannesburg this weekend.
Hat tip: Sarah Maid of Albion.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen Disappoints in Turkey
Anders Fogh Rasmussen became something of a legend during the Danish cartoons crisis in 2006 - although he didn't do or say anything overly special or controversial, he didn't bow down to Islamic blackmail, violence or pressure.
For that alone, he became a figure many wished all Western leaders would emulate in their dealings with the Muslim world, where tolerance and freedom of speech only works one way.
Since becoming NATO's Secretary-General, Rasmussen has bee something of a disappointment, however.
He seems to feel his duties are more about sucking up to the Muslim world and pretending he is a nice guy than running an organisation which is currently at war with certain facets of Islam, as his recent actions in Turkey have proven:
NATO's new secretary general reiterated respect for Islam on the first day of his visit to the alliance's only predominantly Muslim member.I have the utmost contempt for this individual now. No job or position is worth betraying all your principles for; and that is exactly what Rasmussen has done.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen is in Turkey for two days to discuss NATO operations in Afghanistan and improve relations ith the Muslim world.
"Please see my presence here tonight as a clear manifestation of my respect for Islam as one of the world's greatest religions," Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday at an iftar - the evening meal that breaks the fast during the holy month of Ramadan - with Turkey's leaders.
"I have he deepest respect for people's religious feelings," he said.
Fogh Rasmussen became secretary general Aug. 1, after Turkey withdrew its objections to his candidacy. Turkey initially opposed his appointment because, as Denmark's prime minister, he infuriated many Muslims following the publication in 2005 o cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Fogh Rasmussen distanced himself from the cartoons but resisted calls to apologize for them, citing freedom of speech.
Turkish leaders said the choice would antagonize Afghanistan and Pakistan, both predominantly Muslim countries.
Fogh Rasmussen also angerd Turkey by opposing its membership in the European Union.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan used the event Thursday to criticize terrorist acts carried out in the name of Islam, urge greater respect for Muslims in the West and push for Turkey's EU membership.
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