UK: A cocktail of social disintegration, gender and racial politics, combined with economics means that Britain is now less stable and less safe than before

We not only look at the bigger political parties. We look at smaller political parties that are a lot more in touch with what is happening in British society. You hear the voices of those who feel increasingly threatened and unable to speak for fear of being ostracised and persecuted. Freedom of Speech comes with great danger in an environment in which blind ideology has replaced reason and dialogue.

 

Austria bans Muslim headscarf in primary schools

Austria has passed a law intended to ban Muslim girls from wearing a headscarf in primary schools. The Jewish yarmulke and Sikh patka are not included in the new measure.

(source Deutsche Welle)

Austria's parliament has passed a law intended to ban Muslim girls from wearing the headscarf in primary schools, a measure that is likely to be challenged as discriminatory in the constitutional court.

The bill passed with the support of the governing center-right People's Party (ÖVP) and the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). Almost all of the opposition voted against it. To avoid the impression that it targets Muslims, the text refers to any "ideologically or religiously influenced clothing which is associated with the covering of the head."

The government said late Wednesday that the patka head covering worn by Sikh boys or the Jewish yarmulke would not be affected because the law refers to head garments that "cover all of the hair or large parts of it." Exceptions are made for head coverings for medical reasons or protection against rain or snow.

Practicing Muslim girls usually begin wearing a headscarf at puberty, and the governing parties have admitted the law is intended for Muslim girls.

ÖVP lawmaker Rudolf Taschner said the law was meant to "free girls from submission," while FPÖ education spokesman Wendelin Mölzer said it was about sending a signal "against political Islam" and promoting integration. 

Former Social Democrat Party education minister, Sonja Hammerschmid, accused the government of trying to make headlines instead of resolving integration or education issues.

Austria's official Muslim community organization, IGGÖ, has said it would legally challenge the "destructive" law that "discriminates exclusively against Muslims."

The ÖVP and FPÖ formed a coalition in 2017 on a strong anti-immigration platform. The law was passed as Muslims celebrate the holy month of Ramadan.

On the said article there are two positions: 1) getting rid of headscarves would facilitate integration. 2)getting rid of headscarves doesn't help integration. Whichever position you agree with the fact remains that the way we dress has an impact in terms of how we interact with others. It has to do with differentiation. Here is the question: Do we feel prone to interact more with those we see as being like us or do we tend not to interact with those that look alien? 

Having gone through centuries of conflict based on religious beliefs, going around using garments as a statement of religious affiliation is not the best anyone can do if he or she intends to be seen as 'one of us'.  There is a historical example of how differentiation was used for political purposes. In the 1930s and 1940s, Jews were forced to have the symbol of the Star of David attached to their clothing so that they could be easily identified as Jews for the purposes of discrimination and persecution. 

Politics and Crime: The Godfather is Real Politics

Politics and Crime - The Godfather is Real Politics

When you look at divisions today, divisions everywhere, divided political parties, divided society, divided countries, divided world, and the network of intrigues, you see The Godfather. When big things are at stake, life is cheap.

Looking at the what is happening everywhere, it is easy that Jo Cox was not the first and will not be the last. I don't see how the big political conflicts of today can come to a peaceful end and peace is a very elusive target.

Certainties are over. Trust is gone. If one of the few means any civilised society has to protect itself is censorship, we are doomed. The more censorship is promoted rest assured that violence will follow. If political persecution, harassment, intimidation, discrimination, demonising, distortion, defamation, libel and incarceration for political ends become the norm, Democracy is dead. Political Correctness generates a Totalitarian Society and no one is safe. When the very same organisations that are supposed to stand for Freedom become promoters of Intolerance, we are doomed.

I often remember the famous expression "The Pen is Mightier than the Sword" and say that if Political Correctness builds dams and takes away The Pen that allows us to express our thoughts peacefully, The Sword will rule.

Very much like the old League of Nations, the Organisation of the United Nations is falling apart and treaties are being torn to pieces. Tearing apart a Treaty is merely the recognition that the circumstances that led to signing such Treaty are no more. The World is changing and many are preparing themselves for war and the coming war - unlike previous wars that were called World Wars - will be a real World War and there will no place to hide. There will be war between countries and there will be war within countries caused by conflicting values and people who will take no prisoners. Everything that we cherish will be lost because in the coming wars there will be no winners. There will be only losers.

Looking at one country in particular - Germany -, for some time I have thought that Angela Merkel because of her own wrongdoing might the last democratic Chancellor of Germany. She misused Democracy and created a nightmare not just for Germany but for many other countries that seeing themselves under threat are building barriers to protect themselves. With her policies, Angela Merkel promoted a Siege Mentality justified by the fact the European Continent is being invaded and destroyed by imported forces of Intolerance, invasion that has been promoted by Political Correctness, Corruption, Incompetence and Ideological Madness.

Germany: Political Persecution on the rise

Germany: Rising Political Persecution

In 1994, there were 5,982 cases of political persecution. In 2016, the number had risen to 327,711 and things keep getting worse as the ruling elites feel increasingly threatened and they seek to ban, exclude or discriminate against anybody who can challenge their power.

Attempts to ban NPD Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutshclands are ongoing and they would go against AfD Alternative für Deutschland had not been that AfD is now the official opposition in Parliament and replaced CDU/CSU in places like Saxony and CSU segments are becoming very close to AfD.

Britain is playing catch up using anti-Terror laws for political persecution, threats and intimidation and the powers of MI5 and Police authorities are also being increased but looking at what is happening in Germany it is plainly visible that in Germany political persecution has reached epidemic proportions.

People are being persecuted and imprisoned and books are being burnt. Even waving the present German Flag can be considered a crime. Copies of books and publications are confiscated and burnt and most of it is done secretly because should this become widely known it would destroy the image people have about Germany being a democracy. Thinking - not just talking, writing and publishing - is considered a crime.

There are currently more political prisoners in Germany than in the now former German Democratic Republic DDR.

The Great Spying Assault (Großer Lauschangriff) has been in full swing since the 1990s, legalizing constant residential surveillance with microphones and cameras and prosecutions are carrried out against both German and Foreign Nationals. When in court, defense attorneys are deprived of the right to present evidence to prove innocence, making a mockery of the judicial process. To add to injustice, no records are kept thus depriving those who are accused of mounting an appeal. Whatever is said in court is not recorded and if accused a person is guaranteed to be convicted because the outcome of the trial is determined before the trial even begins in what is known as 'Chambers of State Protection'.