Headline News 03/06/2016 

Headlines:

• Hate Group in Texas Threatens to Kill Muslims — And Nobody Asks Where the Group was Radicalized
• Turkey Warns Germany it has Made Historic Mistake
• Chinese Government Releases White Paper Defending Crackdown Against Islam

Details:

Hate Group in Texas Threatens to Kill Muslims — And Nobody Asks Where the Group Was Radicalized

An extremist group of white, presumably Christian men in Texas are training against a non-existent Islamic “uprising” by dipping their bullets in pig’s blood and bacon grease to target Muslims. The fact that consumption of pork is forbidden in Islam is well-known. The extremist group, based in Irving, refers to itself as “Bureau of American Islamic Relations” (BAIR), an obvious mockery of the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR), which carries out crucial work to safeguard the constitutional rights of Muslims in the United States. Members of BAIR think that lining bullets with pig blood would ensure that their Muslim victims would “go straight to hell”, according to a video released by AJ+. One BAIR member in the video stated, “A lot of us here are using either pig’s blood or bacon grease on our bullets, packing it in the middle so that when you shoot a Muslim, they go straight to hell”. David Wright, spokesperson for BAIR, said he was “going to start doing something about Muslims... now”. That’s code word for “I’m going to threaten Muslims with violence”. Members of BAIR live in a fantasy world where Muslims pose the greatest threat to “civilization”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since 9/11, white right-wing terrorists have killed almost twice as many Americans in homegrown attacks than “radical Islamists” have, according to research by the New America Foundation. BAIR’s perception is not reality. The data, as Loon Watch points out, simply does not support their irrational view that Muslims pose a threat to the United States. On the FBI’s official website, there exists a chronological list of all terrorist attacks committed on American soil from the year 1980 all the way to 2005. According to this data, there were more Jewish acts of terrorism within the United States than Islamic (7% vs 6%). [Source: Huffington Post]

Left unchecked by the US government, Islamophobia today has become a conveyor belt for Christian militants desperate to kill Muslims. Trump’s possible election as president will only make such matters worse.

Turkey Warns Germany it has Made Historic Mistake

Turkey has launched a furious attack on Germany and threatened consequences after Berlin voted to recognise the World War I massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide. Ankara condemned the Bundestag's decision an 'historic mistake' at a time when Europe is relying on Turkey for help with the migrant crisis. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the resolution 'will seriously affect relations' between Germany and Turkey. Ankara immediately recalled its envoy to Germany and summoned the German charge d'affaires to the Turkish foreign ministry. Only one MP voted against and another abstained as the German parliament approved overwhelmingly by a show of hands the resolution titled 'Remembrance and commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities in 1915 and 1916' earlier today. In the public gallery, onlookers including members of the Armenian community held up banners saying 'thank you' as the parliamentary speaker announced the result of the vote to applause. The resolution, put forward by the ruling left-right coalition and the opposition Greens, carries the contentious word throughout and also puts partial blame on the German Empire, then allied with the Ottomans and which failed to prevent the atrocities. The 'genocide' recognition comes at a particularly awkward time as Germany and the European Union are relying on Turkey to help stem a record influx of migrants even as tensions are rising between both sides over human rights and other issues. Yerevan has long sought international recognition of the 'genocide', but Ankara rejects using the term to describe the killings more than a century ago and argues that it was a collective tragedy in which equal numbers of Turks and Armenians died. [Source: Daily Mail]

Last week Cameron attacked Turkey, today it is Germany sending a clear message that Turkey is not welcomed in the EU. Europe continuously sets the bar high for Turkey to join the EU, and undertakes actions such as the Armenian vote to embarrass and ridicule Turkey, but Erdogan presses ahead with EU membership. This is an insane policy followed by Ankara.

Chinese Government Releases White Paper Defending Crackdown Against Islam

The Chinese government has defended the crackdown against Islamic militants in Xinjiang  province, declaring that it will not allow any foreign organisation or individual to interfere in its religious affairs. The crackdown has been described by the government as a “just act” to safeguard its fundamental interests of the country and the people. A Chinese government white paper titled ‘Freedom of Religious Belief in Xinjiang’ said that religious extremists spread radical and extremist ideologies and in the name of religion, take extreme means to establish a theocracy. The paper asserted that the freedom of religious believes in Xinjiang province “cannot be matched by that in any other historical period.” “The positive role of religious circles in promoting economic development and social stability is well displayed, the government’s capability of administrating religious affairs is constantly strengthened, international exchanges in the religious field are being expanded and the proliferation and spread of religious extremism are being effectively contained.” Religious extremism is by nature “anti-human, anti- society, anti-civilisation and anti-religion,” the paper says. The paper opposes the politicisation of religious matters and criticizes other country’s interference in China’s internal affairs in the name of religion. “China…will never allow any foreign organisation or individual to interfere with China’s religious affairs.” Xinjiang, which has over 10 million Uyghur Muslims of Turkik origin, is in turmoil for the past few years over Uyghur unrest over the settlements of Hans, the dominant community in China from different provinces settling there. China has witnessed several terrorist attacks over the years for which Beijing blames the separatist East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM). Xinjiang shared borders with the Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), Afghanistan, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. [Source: Indian Express]

China is extremely worried by its Muslim population. The government in Beijing has tried everything to stop the rise of Islam and failed. The white paper is just another nail in the coffin of the Chinese leadership, which is bound to fail in its efforts to curb Islam.