Blasphemy laws, Saudis ratchet up the war, lots of insanity documented: Links 1 on Feb. 26 – 2016
1. Egypt jails Coptic Christians for insulting Islam
An Egyptian court has sentenced three Coptic Christian teenagers to five years in prison for insulting Islam after they appeared in a video apparently mocking Muslim prayers.
A fourth defendant was sent to a juvenile detention centre by the court in the central province of Minya.
The teenagers argued they were mocking beheadings by the Islamic State group.
Egypt’s Christians have long complained of discrimination in the predominantly Muslim country.
The four teenagers were convicted by the court in the city of Beni Mazar on Thursday.
Security was stepped up around the court building, with a number of police vehicles reportedly deployed in the area.
2. Saudi warplanes to arrive at Turkey’s ?ncirlik air base on Feb 26
Saudi warplanes sent to support the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) coalition have been scheduled to arrive at ?ncirlik Air Base in Turkey’s southeastern province of Adana on Feb. 26, private broadcaster CNN Türk has reported.
The report said advance guards had already arrived at the base as of Feb. 25.
Four F-15E Strike Eagle jets will also arrive at the base, in support of the U.S.-led coalition.
3. Greece.
I have no idea what is going on here but it looks tense.
4. Greece recalls ambassador from Austria in migrant row
Greece recalled its ambassador from Austria on Thursday and warned it would not be treated as “Europe’s Lebanon” as the migrant crisis strained relations between EU states to breaking point.
Talks between European Union (EU) interior ministers in Brussels descended into chaos due to the row over Austria’s decision to call a western Balkans meeting this week without inviting Greece.
The EU’s attempts to forge a unified response to the biggest migration crisis in its history are fraying as individual 28 member states increasingly take matters into their own hands to protect their borders.
The Greek foreign ministry hit out at what it called “19th-century” attitudes and said the envoy’s recall was designed to “safeguard friendly relations between the states and peoples of Greece and Austria”.
(A complete read of this article helps shed light on the meaning of the video above)
5. The Latest: Dead pig found at German mosque building site
Police say a dead pig with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s name daubed on it has been found at a construction site where a mosque is being built in the eastern German city of Leipzig.
The animal’s corpse had the words “Mutti Merkel” written on it in red letters. “Mutti,” or “mom,” has become a common nickname for the German leader over the years.
Police spokesman Uwe Voigt said that “in view of the circumstances it appears likely that this is a xenophobic act,” news agency dpa reported. Authorities were investigating.
6. Kidnapped Swedish teen rescued from ISIS first interview
7. Four hundred people protest Austrian town’s plan to flood itself with muslim migrants. “Foreigner in our own city? Wiener Neustadt fights back!”
8. Ottawa City Hall held a ‘solidarity-with-women-who-wear-hijabs-as-if it-was-some-kind-of-birth-defect day. Apparently they needed to stage an event to curb fictionalized dramatizations of ‘islamophobia’ in the Western world. One reporter asked a salient question.
Police officers drove away despite spotting one of the Rotherham sex criminals abusing a young girl after he told them: ‘she’s just sucking my c*** mate’.
The gang which groomed, raped and abused teenage girls has today been jailed for a total of 102 years.
Shocking details emerged of an incident where police appeared to turn a blind eye to Bannaras Hussain receiving oral sex from a girl who was only around 12 or 13 at the time.
Bannaras, 36, abused the victim in a car park next to Rotherham Police Station. The prosecutor Michelle Colborne QC said: ‘(The girl) performed oral sex on Bannaras Hussain.
‘When, shortly afterwards, a police car pulled up alongside them and asked what was going on, Bannaras Hussain shouted “she’s just sucking my c***, mate”.
‘The police car drove off. He was indifferent to whether she consented or not.’
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Brothers Arshid (left), 40, and Basharat Hussain (middle), 39, committed multiple rapes and indecent assaults on teenagers in the South Yorkshire town. Their younger brother, Bannaras Hussain (right), 36, admitted ten charges – including rape, indecent assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm
10. Israel: Arab girl prayed, went to school and then to stab
The Jerusalem district attorney’s office on Friday morning submitted an indictment to the Jerusalem District Youth Court against a 14-year-old female Arab terrorist from the capital’s southeastern neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber.
She was charged with attempted wounding with serious intent and illegal possession of a knife, but not with attempted murder, for her thwarted attack last week on Monday.
According to the indictment, last week after watching TV broadcasts on the Palestinian Al-Aqsa channel about stabbing attacks, the young terrorist decided to conduct an attack herself and murder Jews.
11. EXCLUSIVE: Daesh Used Corrosive Chemicals Against Iraqi Civilians (VIDEO)
Sputnik has been granted rare access to a warehouse, where Daesh stored chemical weapons used in terrorist attacks against Iraqi civilians and security forces in the province of Anbar.
The footage shot on location shows an officer of the local self-defense forces talking about the compound known as Vinyltrichlorosilane, which is identified by the United Nations as a hazardous substance (UN ID: 1305).
(For Daesh please read: Islamic State)
12. New York to allow illegal immigrants to become school teachers
Perhaps their first lesson could consist of teaching federal law regarding “improper entry” into the country.
On the heels of Democrats pushing new legislation in New York City to allow illegal immigrants to vote, the state Education Department has announced they will allow illegals to become certified as school teachers.
Via the Press & Sun Bulletin:
Undocumented immigrants in New York will be able to apply for teacher certifications and professional licenses, the state Board of Regents said.
(A suggestion for the state of New York. You could cut your mugging rate to zero overnight if you just rename it as ‘forced purchase or loans’ and accuse the mugged person of hoarding)
13. Tony Blair and Countering Violent Extremism: The VICE News Interview
Thank you M., Richard, Wrath of Khan, Maria J., Oz-Rita, and many more. There was an interesting, perhaps nearly unbelievable event in Denmark yesterday. Will post on that late this aft. or early this evening.
More to come.
Source: http://vladtepesblog.com/2016/02/26/blasphemy-laws-saudis-ratchet-up-the-war-lots-of-insanity-documented-links-1-on-feb-26-2016/
