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Austria’s Kurz: Fight ‘ideological basis’ of terrorism. Merkel: It’s not a conflict between Islam and Christianity.

Nov 15, 2020 9:00 am By Robert Spencer 32 Comments

European leaders met in a video conference to coordinate the “fight against political Islam” and quickly made clear that their fight is foredoomed. “Kurz would like to fight above all the ideological basis behind the terror.” All right. But then Merkel “declared that terrorism is not a conflict between Islam and Christianity. ‘Every form of religious hatred is condemned,’ said Merkel.”

That’s just wonderful, but in saying it, Merkel is making it clear that she is not willing “to fight above all the ideological basis behind the terror.” She is not even willing to admit what that ideological basis is. So will she approve of Europe-wide measures that would actually take on this ideology? Absolutely not.

Then EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sounds an ominous note. “She emphasized that one now wants to make the major Internet platforms more responsible. They are now to be obliged to process references to dangerous content within an hour and to delete them as quickly as possible.”

Given the European Union’s stance on what constitutes terrorism, that “dangerous content” is much more likely to be “right-wing extremism” than incitement to jihadist violence. But in the long-established usage of the European Union, “right-wing extremism” includes any honest discussion of the “ideological basis behind the terror.” So that is what is most likely to be silenced within an hour.

So the situation is most likely to be that these European leaders started out fighting against “political Islam” and will end up enacting measures that restrict any actual effective defense measures against “political Islam.”

“‘Must increase pressure against Islamist terror,'” translated from “‘Müssen Druck gegen islamistischen Terror erhöhen,'” Kronen Zeitung, November 10, 2020:

Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) flew to Paris on Tuesday to coordinate “on a European level” with French President Emmanuel Macron on the “fight against political Islam”. By means of a video conference, the two wanted to set the course for a common approach to “Islamist terror” in Europe. Together with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU Council President Charles Michel, Commission President Angela von der Leyen and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, they announced that they would join forces and reform the Schengen rules.

“More far-reaching measures must be taken so that we can live safely in Europe and defend our way of life,” said Kurz on Tuesday on the flight to his meeting with Macron in Paris. This was agreed after the terrorist attacks in Vienna at the beginning of last week, after Macron called Kurz on the evening of the attack.

Without further ado, jetted to Paris

A visit by the French President to Vienna was originally planned, but the plan was ultimately changed. Kurz flew to Paris on Tuesday, where, after a personal conversation with Macron in the Elysée Palace, a video conference with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel as well as EU Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen took place.

Joint fight against extremism

Following the cross-border exchange, Macron confirmed that the expressions of solidarity after the attacks in Paris and Vienna were very large. These would show that the threat of terrorism affects all EU countries. The French President also suggested implementing measures that have already been planned and decided in the fight against political Islam, or accelerating their implementation.

In addition to the action against hate propaganda on the Internet and a reform of the Schengen rules, the linking of common databases so that the security services of the individual states can work better together is also essential. “It takes reforms to enjoy our freedom and security,” Macron said.

Kurz relies on securing the external borders

Kurz also thanked other EU countries for the solidarity and support offered after the attack in Vienna. The most recent attacks would show again and again that existing measures also have to be implemented. “We are in constant danger”, warned the Chancellor urgently of “ticking time bombs” in our society.

Kurz spoke of thousands of “foreign fighters” in the EU. It is now very important to secure the EU’s external borders and to examine the financing of associations and institutions; Kurz would like to fight above all the ideological basis behind the terror.

Internet companies have a duty

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that terrorism is not a conflict between Islam and Christianity. “Every form of religious hatred is condemned,” said Merkel. In doing so, she wants to increasingly rely on a joint approach with Islamic countries. Merkel also emphasized that the question of Islamist terror will also be a key point at the EU Council meeting in December.

EU Commission President von der Leyen took a similar line. She emphasized that one now wants to make the major Internet platforms more responsible. They are now to be obliged to process references to dangerous content within an hour and to delete them as quickly as possible.

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Filed Under: Eurabia, European Union, Featured, Useful idiots, willful ignorance Tagged With: Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Sebastian Kurz, Ursula von der Leyen


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  1. newsupplements says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 9:18 am

    If you say there is no conflict between Islam and Christianity then you are only half right for Christianly and Islam are very different ideologies. It is only about a quarter of the Quran that agrees with Christianity, more than three quarters of says kill all Christians, in fact it exhorts Muslims to kill practically everyone who is not a Muslim does not agree to dhimmitude to serve under Islamic Muslims! In the west it is the politicians who are delivering all of our western nations to certain DHIMMITUDE under the control of Islam. In Africa there are incidents every day of Islamic Muslims murdering the unfortunate citizens of that continent for the sake of their 23$!! Fck! whilst the politicians hide behind smiley faces declaring a peaceful Islam where it is really no such thing.
    Dhimmitude
    Dhimmitude is a polemical neologism characterizing the status of non-Muslims under Muslim rule, popularized by the Egyptian-born British writer Bat Ye’or in the 1980s and 1990s. It is a portmanteau word constructed from the Arabic dhimmi ‘non-Muslim’ and the Frenchitude ‘subjection’.Wikipedia

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    • mortimer says

      Nov 15, 2020 at 9:29 am

      Reply to NS: While Islam is an ideology of mosque and state seamlessly combined, Christianity has a division of church from the state according to the words of Jesus ‘Render unto Caesar, the things that are Caesar’s, and unto to God the things that are God’s.’ (Mk12.17)

      BTW, ‘Dhimmitude’ is a very useful neologism created to describe a very real political system within Islam which Muslims did not name precisely. The ‘millet’ system is the closest Muslims came to naming it, but that is a particularly Ottoman form of Dhimmitude.

      Reply
      • James Lincoln says

        Nov 15, 2020 at 3:14 pm

        mortimer,

        To your point, another similar Christian reference regarding the separation of church and state:

        “Matthew 22:21 – They say unto him, Caesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.”

        King James Bible…

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        • Steve says

          Nov 16, 2020 at 7:33 am

          Allah be praised, Mujahid Merkel performs praiseworthy Taqiyya-Tawriya Jihad yet again, in service of Allah and Islam. Allah willing, she will have struck the decisive blow to bring Germany and Europe into the Ummah for all time, praise Allah!

  2. Dachlan says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 9:29 am

    Europe needs Donald Trump style.

    Reply
    • infidel says

      Nov 15, 2020 at 10:12 am

      Tell me about it man… My heart aches eternally that my man Trump is leaving. If myself as a total 3rd party Indian feels this much, I can feel the pain of Americans who love and voted for this man. One could never fault a leader for really loving his country and he always stood by his electorate and the promises he made. Against all odds he fought and what was supposed to be a Biden landslide turned out to be defeat snatched unjustly from the jaws of victory…… The fight against global Jehaad has taken a huge backseat,,, now that it looks sure DT might not make it to a second term. Feel very sad.

      Reply
      • Sylvia Drummond says

        Nov 15, 2020 at 11:31 am

        infidel – agree wholeheartedly

        Reply
      • CogitoErgoSum says

        Nov 15, 2020 at 3:59 pm

        It’s not over yet.

        Reply
  3. OTTER says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 9:34 am

    The definition of foolishness is that if your enemy thinks it is a religious fight and you deny that despite all evidence to the contrary then best of luck to you in the long run. Sayonara West.

    Reply
  4. mortimer says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 9:36 am

    Kurz is correct : ‘It’s the IDEOLOGY, stupid!’ (our motto)

    If we refute the ideology of jihadism, Muslims will leave jihad … that is the theory of Kurz … but it requires more than that. In fact, jihadism is clearly within Islam, just as the seed is inside the acorn and as the crocodile is inside the egg. When fully developed, political Islam is synonymous with jihadism.

    Debunk the Koran as a text of human origin and Muslims will leave Islam instantly. Austria needs to fund counterjihad writers to debunk the Koranic text and expose it as manmade fabrication.

    Reply
    • Clarino says

      Nov 15, 2020 at 2:06 pm

      If the archangel Gabriel appeared in all his glory and refuted his boss’s authorship of the koran, the imams would denounce it as a Western trick.

      Reply
  5. Emilie Green says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 9:43 am

    “But then Merkel ‘declared that terrorism is not a conflict between Islam and Christianity. ‘Every form of religious hatred is condemned,’ said Merkel.'”

    But it is exactly THAT conflict.

    The left – always wrong but never in doubt.

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  6. Yogi says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 10:34 am

    If is not a conflict so why in France this savages burning the churches, poop on the statues on Maria and Josef , be heading Maria statues
    It’s not the hate of religion?Merkel you traitor, you deny everything what this criminals say or do , justice will come to You soon..

    Reply
  7. eduardo odraude says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 11:13 am

    I wonder if Merkel is still an ignoramus about the core of Islam, its fundamentally violent, totalitarian, expansionist theocratic nature…

    Reply
    • observer says

      Nov 15, 2020 at 2:14 pm

      eduardo odraude says
      Nov 15, 2020 at 11:13 am

      I wonder if Merkel is still an ignoramus about the core of Islam, its fundamentally violent, totalitarian, expansionist theocratic nature…
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Exuardo, she is ignorant to the core. No chance of her awaking from her slumber ( = ignorance).

      These vipers are going to be slithering all over Europe (with intent to strike) now that there has come the faintest glimmer of light (as in gathering of European leaders on this matter).
      Kurz is so right iro their presence in Europe. There will be a price put on his head too not long from now.

      The situation does not bode well for Europe or for the world…

      Reply
  8. Michael Copeland says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 11:14 am

    Merkel declared that terrorism is not a conflict between Islam and Christianity.
    Islamic leaders do not share that view.

    “Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those are witless. Islam says: kill all of the unbelievers as they would kill you all.”
    — Ayatollah Khomeini

    “Allah, oh our Lord, vanquish Your enemies, enemies of the religion in all places. Allah, strike ..the Christians and their supporters …. Allah, count them and kill them to the last one, and don’t leave even one.”
    — Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Palestinian Media Watch

    “Christianity should be destroyed and wiped from the face of the earth”.
    — Sheik Farook al-Mohammedi

    “Waging warfare against the infidels is the highest expression of fidelity.”
    — Hassan al Banna, Co-founder of the Muslim Brotherhood

    “, killing you and fighting you, destroying you and terrorizing you, … are all considered to be great legitimate duty in our religion.”
    — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 defendants

    “Muslims must kill non-believers wherever they are unless they convert to Islam.”
    – Ali Gomaa, Grand Mufti of Egypt

    Merkel is uninformed.

    https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/11/kill-them-muslims-explain/ Print Your Own

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    • gravenimage says

      Nov 15, 2020 at 11:16 pm

      Spot on quotes, Michael. Thank you.

      Reply
    • john smith says

      Nov 16, 2020 at 10:43 am

      Thank you for this Michael, your doing a good job.

      Reply
  9. Michael Copeland says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 11:29 am

    Memo to Merkel:

    Islam is not restricted to worship: Islam is government. Islam is exclusive.

    https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/07/islam-is-government/

    Reply
  10. don vito says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 11:56 am

    I don’t believe merkel any more than I believe b.hoff. From where, did you merkel, develop such a belief?

    Reply
  11. Infidel says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 12:10 pm

    I think by now, it’s fair to say that Merkel is the worst chancellor that Germany has ever had! Adolf included!

    At the end of this process, I think all European countries will end up leaving the EU, and cracking down on open borders and immigration. Only question is – how long!

    Reply
  12. somehistory says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 12:48 pm

    merklel…such a jerkel. This creature is an enabler of terrorism, of terrorists, of the spread of the evils of islam.

    There is not “working with moslims countries” against terror. They don’t want it in their countries…but they want to spread it to all other countries until the world is devoted to islam. The leaders of moslim countries ***know*** for a certainty that islam teaches terrorism, commands it, encourages it and promises (empty, except for the money they receive from such entities as the p.a. a.k.a. the plo. rewards for it.)

    merkel is fully aware that moslims are in Germany to destroy the State government and the German people. She is fully aware they are in France, and every other place to takeover for islam. She’s okay with that. Otherwise, she would be agreeing with Mr. Kurz. She has invited moslims in and they have brought terrorism with them and she’s just fine with that.

    She may as well begin wearing the full body bag.

    Reply
  13. Kepha says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 1:45 pm

    Angela Merkel grew up under the DDR. He knowledge of Islam is small, and, even if her father was a Protestant clergyman, her knowledge of Christianity is probably alo scant, thanks the vitiation of vital religion in Europe thanks to a mix of Schleirmacher, Graf, Wllhausen, and Baur.

    Reply
  14. Yogi says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    She is that stupid, or she just look stupid..

    Reply
  15. brian murphy says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 7:18 pm

    Merkel is so blind to the imminent and lethal threat of radical Islamism, despite all the murders and physical attacks made my Muslim migrants against innocent civilians in Germany and Europe over the last 10 years or so; it is ridiculous to hear her simplistic explanation. Kurtz is correct in stating the “ideological basis” of terrorism, which is part of the ingrained belief of Islam, which has always existed since the creation of Islam around 650 A.D. This central belief is readily acknowledged by Erdogan, who readily admits that there is no such belief as moderate Islam and the constant atrocities by Muslims over the last 1400 years merely confirm that Islam is an existential threat to all peace loving human beings and Islam admits that their objective is to wipe out and murder the “infidel” or non Muslim where ever and when ever they can.

    Reply
  16. gravenimage says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 11:07 pm

    Austria’s Kurz: Fight ‘ideological basis’ of terrorism. Merkel: It’s not a conflict between Islam and Christianity.
    ………….

    More willful denial from Merkel.

    Reply
  17. Ren says

    Nov 15, 2020 at 11:56 pm

    Merkel is a clueless woman on islam.

    Reply
    • Steve says

      Nov 16, 2020 at 7:42 am

      Allah be praised, Mujahid Merkel performs praiseworthy Taqiyya-Tawriya Jihad yet again, in service of Allah and Islam. Allah willing, she will have struck the decisive blow to bring Germany and Europe into the Ummah for all time, praise Allah!

      Reply
    • Steve says

      Nov 16, 2020 at 7:43 am

      Allah be praised, Mujahid Merkel performs praiseworthy Taqiyya-Tawriya Jihad yet again, in service of Allah and Islam. Allah willing, she will have struck the decisive blow to bring Germany and Europe into the Ummah for all time, praise Allah!.

      Reply
  18. Oren says

    Nov 16, 2020 at 12:51 am

    How obvious that islam is at war with all non muslims, including moderate muslims,for 1400 years straight. Islam is at war with the atheist, with the homo, with the communist, in case the world has forgotten islams hand in helping defeat the USSR in afghanistan, at war with the hindu in india, at war with the budhist in china, even at war with the witch doctor in africa.
    Recognizing that islam has A solution to racial inequality, namely the deception and violent conquest of non muslims, would go A long way to actually having A coherent conversation with muslims. Europe appears to be to terrified to have any depth of thought as of yet, they seem to think that fighting against muslims is the same as fighting for their own racial supremacy. They are mistaken, deportations, cutting families off of government benefits, and arresting muslims who threaten and intimidate others are fine tools for attaining the submission of most muslims, and being able to get their help in hunting down the remainder.
    But hey, as long as screaming racism works, even from arguably the biggest slave owning empires of the world, might as well use it to take people down. There fear proves they are not the chosen people to lead the world, and their religious ideals are weak and meaningless. In G-d I trust.

    Reply
  19. Andrew says

    Nov 16, 2020 at 2:07 am

    The West is NOT at War with islam however islam has always been at War with everybody for the past 1400 years.
    Merkel should maybe ask the muslims to stop driving trucks into Christmas Markets in Germany, or raping young German girls but no no no, she cant do that as she would rather point out the “Right Wing”, people who are reacting to the rape and destruction of Germany.
    islam and Nazism are close bed fellows, Hitler LOVED islam, some Officers even converted to islam, there was even a muslim Military Platoon created until Hitler..
    Can somebody pass this Historical information over to Mama Merkel…

    Reply
    • Steve says

      Nov 16, 2020 at 7:41 am

      Platoon? More like a couple of divisions, at least.

      Reply

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