Category Archives: racism

Candidate Who Blamed Gays for Disasters Wins Ill. Congressional Primary | Advocate.com

Political newcomer Atanus made news in January during an interview with the editorial board of the Daily Herald, another suburban paper, in which she said gay activism and legalized abortion are responsible for phenomena including tornadoes, dementia, and autism because they have aroused God’s wrath.

“God is angry,” she said. “We are provoking him with abortions and same-sex marriage and civil unions.” Party leaders quickly called on her to quit the race, but she refused.

via Candidate Who Blamed Gays for Disasters Wins Ill. Congressional Primary | Advocate.com.

Continued Intimidation of Sri Lankan Civil Society

Continued Intimidation of Sri Lankan Civil Society.

The United States is concerned by intensifying pressure on Sri Lankan civil society and human rights activists. We are especially concerned by the detention of well-known human rights defenders Ruki Fernando and Father Praveen Mahesan after they made inquiries regarding the arrest of another activist. While it is encouraging that Mr. Fernando and Father Mahesan have since been released, they continue to face harassment by security forces. We are also aware of reports that additional human rights groups are being targeted for investigation by security forces.

www.german-foreign-policy.com – Ultra-Nationalists – Bane of Peace and Freedom

The Annihilation of Jewish Latvians

Many members of the Waffen-SS being again honored on Sunday, had participated in the annihilation of Jewish Latvians. Right after Kārlis Ulmanis’ putsch May 15, 1934, Jewish Latvians employed by the government were fired. Jewish businesses were obliged to close. Immediately following their invasion in June 1941, the Germans carried out their first massacres, with Latvians’ practical assistance. Soon Latvian auxiliary police units were created, for imprisoning and guarding Jews, as well as to carry out assassinations.[3] Only 15,000 of the 90,000 Jewish Latvians were able to flee with Soviet troops in the summer of 1941 ahead of the Nazis’ invasion. Less than a thousand of the remaining 75,000 Jews survived German barbarism. Many of the Latvians, who had participated in the murders, joined the Latvian Waffen-SS, which in 1944 were engaged in the effort to defend the German killing fields from the Red Army. Around 140,000 Latvians had collaborated with the German occupiers.

via www.german-foreign-policy.com.

Israeli forces escort worshipers to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus | Maan News Agency

Muslims cannot worship in Jerusalem but… Hundreds of Jewish worshipers escorted by Israeli troops arrived overnight Thursday at Joseph’s Tomb near Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, locals said.

Local sources told Ma’an that over a dozen buses guarded by Israeli forces arrived at the tomb, who were deployed onto the rooftops of nearby homes during the visit.

Worshipers performed religious rites from midnight until the early morning hours, during which time Israeli soldiers remained stationed on the rooftops of private Palestinian homes.

via Israeli forces escort worshipers to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus | Maan News Agency.

Thousands pray in Jerusalem streets amid new Aqsa restrictions | Maan News Agency

Restricting access to exercise religious beliefs is democracy?

Thousands of worshipers prayed in the streets of Jerusalem on Friday after Israeli authorities imposed new restrictions on Palestinians’ right to pray inside the holy Al-Aqsa compound.

The compound — which is the third holiest site in Islam — was mostly empty on Friday after Israeli authorities prohibited all Palestinians under the age of 40 from praying there and set up barricades at the compound’s entrances to limit their access.

Many worshipers prayed at the gates of the compound while others prayed at the entrances to the Old City, although a limited number were able to pray inside the Al-Aqsa compound.

via Thousands pray in Jerusalem streets amid new Aqsa restrictions | Maan News Agency.

Israeli police restrict access to Aqsa compound | Maan News Agency

Israeli forces on Tuesday prevented Muslim worshipers under the age of 50 from entering the al-Aqsa mosque compound, locals said.

Israeli police closed all but three gates leading to the holy site and dozens of youths had to perform prayers in the streets after being denied access.

Israeli police detained two young men inside the compound, witnesses added.

via Israeli police restrict access to Aqsa compound | Maan News Agency.

Intolerable restraint of freedom to worship – remind anyone of how Jewish people were treated in Germany and Easter Europe and now this is how they treat Muslims?

“They all look alike” Defense does not cut it with Jordan! Israel ‘regrets’ fatal shooting of Jordan judge | Maan News Agency

Israel expressed regret on Tuesday over the fatal shooting of a Jordanian-Palestinian judge by Israeli troops at a West Bank border crossing, a statement from the premier’s office said.

“Israel regrets the death of Judge Raed Zeiter yesterday (Monday) at the King Hussein (Allenby) bridge and expresses its sympathies to the people and government of Jordan,” the statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.

The shooting, which took place on Monday morning, sparked the fury of both Jordan and the Palestinians, with protesters in Amman demanding the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and the abrogation of the two countries’ 1994 peace treaty.

via Israel ‘regrets’ fatal shooting of Jordan judge | Maan News Agency.

Pokagon Potawatomi Seeking to Have Squaw Creek Renamed to Nokmes Creek | Native News Online

The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, based in Dowagiac, Michigan, is seeking to have a name of a creek changed from Squaw Creek to Nokmes Creek.

The word Nokmes, which means “grandmother,” honors American Indian women, unlike the term “squaw.” Many American Indians consider the term extremely derogatory.

via Pokagon Potawatomi Seeking to Have Squaw Creek Renamed to Nokmes Creek | Native News Online.

Hunger strike by 750 immigrants at Washington state detention centre | World news | theguardian.com

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed that 750 detainees at the Northwest Detention Center in Washington state have refused to eat and say they are on a hunger strike.

via Hunger strike by 750 immigrants at Washington state detention centre | World news | theguardian.com.

Racists to Party Tonight at CPAC | Hatewatch

White nationalists attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) are planning to gather discretely this evening at a steak house in the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center near Washington, DC, which is playing host to the conference. The gathering is sponsored by  the National Policy Institute (NPI), a white nationalist “think tank” whose mission is to “elevate the consciousness of whites, ensure our biological and cultural continuity, and protect our civil rights.” The institute studies the so-called “consequences of the ongoing influx that non-Western populations pose to our national identity.”

NPI’s Richard Spencer privately announced the gathering and guest of honor, Jared Taylor, editor of the white nationalist magazine American Renaissance. Taylor argued in those pages that “Blacks and whites are different. When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western civilization — any kind of civilization — disappears.” T

via Racists to Party Tonight at CPAC | Hatewatch.