Category Archives: racism

Young Dalit writer targeted in Davanagere – The Hindu

According to a complaint filed by 23-year-old Huchangi Prasad, a journalism student at Davanagere University who had published a ‘controversial’ book a year ago, an unidentified man came to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe hostel at the university in the early hours, claiming that Mr. Prasad’s mother had been hospitalised following a heart attack. Apparently in “shock”, the student followed the man who promised to take him to the hospital. Midway, in an isolated corner of APMC Yard, a group of eight to ten people ambushed him.“They surrounded me and started to push me around. They said my writings were anti-Hindu as I talked about the caste system. They even put kumkum all over my face. They pulled out a knife and said they will cut my fingers off so I can never write again,” Mr. Prasad told The Hindu.

Source: Young Dalit writer targeted in Davanagere – The Hindu

Netanyahu’s Hitler Speech is nothing new | Hummus For Thought

Moshe Zimmermann said the comments essentially made Netanyahu a Holocaust denier. “Any attempt to deflect the burden from Hitler to others is a form of Holocaust denial,” he told The Associated Press. Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said that “Netanyahu hates Palestinians so much that he is willing to absolve Hitler of the murder of 6 million Jews.”Netanyahu’s claim does not need debunking. It never happened. Pure fiction. But that wasn’t the point. The point was to try and link the fate of the Jews under European fascists (and under so-called Western democracies I might add) with Palestinian resistance to Zionist Settler Colonialism. It is such a preposterous position that one can only react to it in disgust.

Source: Netanyahu’s Hitler Speech is nothing new | Hummus For Thought

Netanyhau: Hitler Only Wanted to Expel Jews, but Jerusalem Mufti Told Him to Burn Them – Israel News – Israel News – Haaretz Israeli News Source

Searching for excuse to exterminate Palestinians or give leave to extremists to go on killing spree!?!

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked public uproar when on Wednesday he claimed that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was the one who planted the idea of the extermination of European Jewry in Adolf Hitler’s mind. The Nazi ruler, Netanyahu said, had no intention of killing the Jews, but only to expel them.

Source: Netanyhau: Hitler Only Wanted to Expel Jews, but Jerusalem Mufti Told Him to Burn Them – Israel News – Israel News – Haaretz Israeli News Source

′New facet of violence′ in Germany | Germany | DW.COM | 19.10.2015

{If you don’t stand with the refugees, who will stand with you when the mob comes to your door?}

Anti-immigrant sentiments in Germany are on the rise, and taking on harsher forms. DW spoke to Professor Andreas Zick, an expert on violence and conflict, as the anti-migrant Pegida movement was getting ready to celebrate its first anniversary in the group’s eastern stronghold of Dresden.DW: A man who was active in the far-right scene in the past on Saturday stabbed the Cologne mayoral candidate responsible for refugees in the city. Germany’s interior minister said the attack underlines growing concerns over hatred and violence amid the refugee crisis. Is this in fact a new “quality” of violence? Are people losing their inhibitions?Professor Andreas Zick: Yes, we’re seeing a new facet of violence. In Germany, we’ve had 179 right-wing extremist killings since 1990, there have been more than 500 hate crimes against asylum housing, and now there’s the same phenomenon of “lone-wolf” terrorism that we observe on the Islamist terrorist scene.Is the mood in Germany changing?Dramatically. A year ago, when Pegida started these marches in Dresden, we already argued that from the perspective of extremism research, the symbols and the communications via the Internet were very aggressive. It was violence-oriented from the beginning. We know the right-wing extremist milieus tried to be in the streets and also on the Internet, where they discussed what to do. Over the last few months, the idea in the radicalized milieu of not only communicating and shouting out the hate, but of acting and controlling the streets has gained momentum.

Source: ′New facet of violence′ in Germany | Germany | DW.COM | 19.10.2015

Eritrean man, beaten and shot in Israel after being mistaken for attacker, dies from wounds | News | DW.COM | 19.10.2015

{So one has to ask – how many other killings have the authorities encouraged and excused?} An Eritrean man died after being mistakenly shot and beaten following a shooting in southern Israel, officials said Monday.On Sunday, an Arab gunman opened fire on a crowd in a bus station, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding nine other people. The assailant then engaged in a gun battle with authorities before fleeing outside, where he was shot dead.Amid the confusion, an Eritrean migrant was shot by an Israeli security guard while crawling on the floor. A crowd of people, thinking the Eritrean man was the culprit, then surrounded him and began beating him, while several others rushed to his side in an attempt to protect him.The man died later that night in hospital.Reasons for the man’s shooting are still unclear. Government officials and members of the media have reacted with disgust at the man’s death.”It’s terrible,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon, according to the Associated Press news agency. “It shows you what a terrible situation we are in.”Speaking to members of his Likud Party on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was a “law abiding” country where “no one should take the law into their own hands.”

Source: Eritrean man, beaten and shot in Israel after being mistaken for attacker, dies from wounds | News | DW.COM | 19.10.2015

4 of 10 Danish Muslims want Quran-based laws – The Local

{They need to think again and understand they are in a new land and cannot change it into one that has never existed. It is not religion they preach but pure politics!}

Jens Peter Frølund Thomsen, a social studies professor at the University of Aarhus who specializes in the relationship between Danes and immigrants, said it is surprising that so many Danish Muslims think that their holy book should be part of the national legal system.  “Here is an indicator that religious beliefs interfere in some political opinions and attitudes. Our secular society, in which political power and the rule of law are hailed above all else, is something that many have reservations about. It shows that democratic norms haven’t taken root amongst all immigrant groups,” Thomsen told Jyllands-Posten.

Source: 4 of 10 Danish Muslims want Quran-based laws – The Local

Juncker: EU and Turkey agree on joint plan on refugees | News | DW.COM | 16.10.2015

The two sides are now in agreement on “the exact content of a joint action plan” to stem the flow of refugees arriving to Europe, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said after the refugee summit in Brussels early Friday.The EU and Turkey also agreed to “speed up” the talks on easing visa restrictions for Turkish citizens, according to Juncker.The plan mostly deals with providing more aid to help Turkey manage around 2 million refugees on its soil. Turkey is also the main starting point for the hundreds of thousands of refugees crossing the Mediterranean and entering Europe, with many EU officials pressuring the country to crack down on human smugglers.

Source: Juncker: EU and Turkey agree on joint plan on refugees | News | DW.COM | 16.10.2015

Aid for Lebanon? And if EU is only getting 7% of refugees – what’s all the fuss?

The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: the block of East Jerusalem feeds anger and feelings of revenge – Fides News Agency

“The imposition of Israeli checkpoints in Palestinian areas of Jerusalem represents a ‘safety measure’ that provides no security, but on the contrary increases anger and frustration, and thus feeds feelings of revenge”. This is how Father Raed Abusahliah, Director General of Caritas Jerusalem evaluates the potential negative effects of the closure of areas of East Jerusalem, where attacks by Palestinian suicide bombers in recent days have caused the deaths of several Israeli citizens. “In my opinion”, said Fr. Raed “they can impose all the blocks they want, but this will not ensure safety. The only way to achieve security and stability for all is to restore freedom to the Palestinian people”.

Source: The Director of Caritas Jerusalem: the block of East Jerusalem feeds anger and feelings of revenge – Fides News Agency