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by Soeren Kern
• July 26, 2016 at 5:00 am
- "The
United States is full of anglicized German names, from Smith to
Steinway, from Miller to Schwartz. The reason: integration was made
easier. ... I think that German citizens of foreign origin should
also have this possibility." — Ruprecht Polenz, former
secretary general of Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Union.
- Non-Muslim
immigrants generally choose traditional German names for their
children to facilitate their integration into German society. By
contrast, Muslim immigrants almost invariably choose traditional
Arabic or Turkish names, presumably to prevent their integration
into German society. A 2006 study found that more than 90% of
Turkish parents give their German-born children Turkish first names.
- A 2016 study
found that 32% of ethnic Turks in Germany agree that "Muslims
should strive to return to a societal order such as that in the time
of Mohammed." More than one-third believe that "only Islam
is able to solve the problems of our times." One-fifth agree
that "the threat which the West poses to Islam justifies
violence." One-quarter believe that "Muslims should not
shake the hand of a member of the opposite sex."
Ruprecht Polenz, a former secretary general of
Germany's CDU party, believes the German law which regulates name changes
should be amended to make it easier for Muslim migrants to change their
legal names to Christian-sounding ones. (Image source:
stephan-roehl.de/Flicker)
Muslim migrants in Germany who feel discriminated against should be
given the right to change their legal names to Christian-sounding ones,
according to a senior German politician.
The latest innovation in German multiculturalism is being championed
by Ruprecht Polenz, a former secretary general of the ruling Christian
Democratic Union (CDU). He believes the German law which regulates name
changes (Namensrecht) should be amended to make it easier for men
named Mohammed to become Martin and women named Aisha to become Andrea.
German law generally does not allow foreigners to change their names
to German ones, and German courts rarely approve such petitions. By
custom and practice, German names are only for Germans.
According to Polenz, who served as a member of parliament for nearly
two decades, the law in its current form is "ignorant" and
should be changed:
by A.J. Caschetta
• July 26, 2016 at 4:00 am
- President Obama
has surrounded himself not with military strategists but rather with
fiction writers, wide-eyed diplomats whose strategy is "don't
do stupid shit," and law enforcement officials who believe that
"Our most effective response to terror and hatred is
compassion, unity and love."
- Only
"rightwing extremism" is obvious to the Obama
Administration. Everything else is apparently too complex and
nuanced for labels. Even Micah Xavier Johnson, who said that he was
motivated by "Black Lives Matters" rhetoric and hatred of
white people, is a conundrum to the president, who bizarrely
asserted that it is "hard to untangle the motives of this shooter."
- The Obama era
is one of willful blindness to the jihadist movement that has
declared war on America. CIA Director John Brennan purged the word
"jihad" from the agency's vocabulary. Obama's two
Attorneys General have done the same at the Department of Justice.
- The federal
government has spent the last 8 years pretending that
"rightwing extremists" are more numerous and dangerous
than the careful and intelligent jihadist attackers, whom it insists
are just "madmen" or "troubled individuals."
Left: The 2009 Department of Homeland Security
assessment titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and
Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and
Recruitment." Right: Micah Xavier Johnson, who murdered five Dallas
police officers and injured nine others, said that he was motivated by
"Black Lives Matters" rhetoric and hatred of white people.
Anyone surprised by President Barack Obama's recurring attempts at
exploiting jihadist attacks in his efforts to restrict gun ownership
should read the earliest known document concerning terrorism assembled by
his administration. The unclassified assessment by Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and
Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and
Recruitment," is dated April 7, 2009 -- a mere 77 days after Obama's
inauguration.
The document was leaked shortly after its release to law enforcement
officials across the country and made public by Roger Hedgecock on April
13, 2009. It laid out the new president's legislative and executive
priorities on terrorism, guns and immigration. Uniquely combining these
three issues would become a predictable, coordinated pattern during
Obama's two terms in office.
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