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MESOP : EUROPE HAPPY GOING ISLAM

Europe: Allah Takes over Churches, Synagogues / THE LAST DAYS OF EUROPE

  • In the Dutch province of Friesland, 250 of 720 existing churches have been transformed or closed. The Fatih Camii Mosque in Amsterdam once was the Saint Ignatius Church. A synagogue in The Hague was turned into the Al Aqsa Mosque. In Flanders, in place of a famous church, a luxury hotel now stands. Catholic arches, columns and windows still soar between menus and tables for customers.
  • “The French will not wake up until Notre Dame becomes a mosque.” — Emile Cioran, author.
  • Germany is literally selling its churches. Between 1990 and 2010, the German Evangelical Church closed 340 churches. Recently in Hamburg, a Lutheran church was purchased by the Muslim community. Read all : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74228

 

MESOP : THE FINAL REST OF THEM …….

MESOP : Leftovers of ISIS attack in Wusta street in Qamislo – Watch terrible (!) pics –

http://www.mesop.de/?p=74216

 

MESOP EXCLUSIVE BACKGROUNDER – US GENERAL VOTELS CONTRACT WITH PKK/PYD

بولات جان Polat Can – Polat Can says US general visit was to improve US YPG SDF ties

بولات جان Polat Can @PolatCanRojava

زيارة الجنرال جوزيف فاتيل الى كوباني والحسكة واللقاء الذي تم بيننا كان تاكيدا على تقوية وتطوير العلاقة بين التحالف الدولي وقواتنا(YPGو SDF).www.mesop.de

 

MESOP : US GENERAL VOTELS CONTRACT WITH PKK/PYD / A SUMMARY

 

Nicholas A Heras ‏@NicholasAHeras  – Great article, with the #Syrian #Kurds perspective on Gen. Votel’s visit to the #USA FOB inside of #Syria – www.mesop.de

 

MESOP TODAYS COMMENTARY : Israel’s Need to Take a Stand against the Assad Regime: A Moral Imperative and Strategic Necessity

INSS Insight No. 823, May 22, 2016 – By Amos Yadlin

The Middle East is being reshaped by an extended process that began over five years ago, and its end-point is currently impossible to predict. Still, it can be assumed that the parties involved with the conflicts in the region in general, and in Syria in particular, seek resolutions through an attempt to reshape the power relations between them and the state structures in the area. Against this background, Israel has a fundamental interest in ensuring that Iran and Hezbollah will not be the forces that are strengthened within the framework of a new order in the Middle East. Gone are the days in which Israel could impartially observe the developments in Syria from the sidelines.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74226

 

MESOP : Treasury sanctions al Qaeda, Islamic State ‘financiers and facilitators’

22  May 2016 09:29 LONG WAR JOURNAL – The US Treasury Department has designated 5 members of al Qaeda’s international “facilitation and fundraising” network, as well as one of the Islamic State’s “critical facilitators” in North Africa. One of the newly designated jihadists, known as Abu Sulayman al Muhajir, was as an extremist preacher in Australia before relocating to Syria and joining Al Nusrah Front. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74199

 

WEST KURDISTAN (SYRIA)

MESOP : US GENERAL VOTEL’S SPECIAL MEETING WITH PKK/PYD IN SYRIA / WEST KURDISTAN

Top U.S. commander makes secret visit to Syria

By Robert Burns | AP May 21 at 6:48 PM – The Washington Post – NORTHERN SYRIA — On a secret trip to Syria, the new commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East said Saturday he felt a moral obligation to enter a war zone to check on his troops and make his own assessment of progress in organizing local Arab and Kurd fighters for what has been a slow campaign to push the Islamic State out of Syria.“I have responsibility for this mission, and I have responsibility for the people that we put here,” Army Gen. Joseph Votel said in an interview as dusk fell on the remote outpost where he had arrived 11 hours earlier.  Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74201

 

MESOP : APO’S (PKK)  IMPERIALIST COMBATANTS / Head of US Central Command Makes Secret Visit to Syria (“INREASED CONFIDENCE!”)

Strategy Page – VOA – 22 May 2016 – – The top U.S. commander for the Middle East made a secret visit to Syria on Saturday to look at cooperative efforts among Arab, Kurdish and other forces to overcome Islamic State militants. – Army General Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, spent nearly 11 hours in Syria, visiting locations where U.S. special operations forces are working with local fighters in the battle against IS. Reporters accompanied Votel on his visit but, for security reasons, were not allow to disclose his trip until it was over.  Read more: http://www.mesop.de/?p=74206

 

MESOP Syria Daily: Regime & Hezbollah Press Offensive Near Damascus (CLICK FOR MAP!)

May 22 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview -The Assad regime and Hezbollah continued their offensive near Syria’s capital Damascus on Saturday, hoping to complete the capture of the southern part of the East Ghouta area.Enabled by rebel in-fighting and the move of Hezbollah forces from the rest of Syria, the regime won its first notable victory in months last week with the capture of a series of villages, including Deir as-Safir and Zibdeen.On Saturday, Hezbollah and the Syrian Army — including units of the Republican Guards and the 4th Mechanized Division — attacked the last rebel-controlled village in southern East Ghouta, Harasta al-Quntara – Click for full Text and MAP : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74220

 

MESOP : REFUGEES TROUBLE IN GREECE & TURKEY

Greek Decision Highlights Fundamental Flaws in EU-Turkey Refugee Deal

By Vishakha Sonawane – International Business Times –  2016-05-22 – As uncertainty looms over the refugee deal between the European Union and Turkey, Greek judges ruled that a Syrian asylum-seeker should not be sent to Turkey terming the country unsafe, according to reports Friday. Amnesty International said the decision might put the EU-Turkey deal in peril. Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74208

 

SOUTH KURDISTAN (IRAQ)

MESOP : Kurdish Objectives in Iraq’s Political Crisis / BY ISW

by: Emily Anagnostos with Patrick Martin – 22 May 2016 – Key Takeaway: Iraqi politics are deadlocked. Several political parties and blocs boycotted the Council of Representatives (CoR) following the Sadrist protesters’ first breach of the Green Zone on April 30. The Kurdish Alliance, a bloc that consisted of nearly one-fifth of the CoR, withdrew on May 5. The bloc has now split, and two of its component political parties, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) and Gorran, formally reunited on May 14 to create a new bloc.  The PUK and Gorran were incentivized by the urgent need for financial assistance to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and likely by Iranian urging. A loan from the IMF in which Baghdad and the KRG will have a share proved decisive in incentivizing their cohesion. The PUK-Gorran Alliance will therefore likely strengthen ties between Baghdad and Arbil. Their rival, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), retains ambitions of regional  – Watch Graphics + Full Text : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74213

 

NORTH KURDISTAN (TURKEY)

MESOP Turkey Analysis: The Prime Minister is Now A Secretary to the President

Writing for Al-Monitor, Mustafa Akyol examines the consolidation of power by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as Prime Minister Ahmet Ahmet Davutoglu is replaced by one of the President’s loyal supporters:  Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) declared its new chairman on May 19: Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications Minister Binali Yildirim. Party delegates still need to “elect” Yildirim to the position May 22, but that is only a formality. Once he becomes party chairman, Yildirim will form a new Cabinet, get President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s approval, and begin his job as Turkey’s new Prime Minister early next week. Who Are You? Read all http://www.mesop.de/?p=74218

 

THE GERMAN KURDISH CHAPTER

MESOP : DER VORERST LETZTE STAND DER DINGE

„WAS SAGT DIE SCHARIA?“

„Was bedeutet das für die gegenwärtige politische Situation? Den Extremismus bekämpft man nicht, indem man gegen den Islam streitet, sondern mit ihm“. –  Karen Krüger, FAS/FAZ 22 Mai 2016

…. Warum also und weswegen? Auf alle Fälle pro Islam, den man im besten Fall in einer milderen Variante allgemein  verwirklicht. Mit ihm heißt immer nur – für ihn ! Soweit wenigstens sind wir inzwischen. (MESOP)

 

MESOP : GRATULOR DAN DINER – 70 JAHRE  GEGEN ALLE IDENTITÄT, AUCH JÜDISCHE

  • In Erinnerungen an die Dreiergespräche mit Cherifa Magdi + Dan + mir –

Im Gespräch hat Dan Diner einmal gesagt, das Wort „Identität” werde man in seinen Schriften vergeblich suchen, es sei  ihm zuwider. Nicht einmal in der siebenbändigen „Enzyklopädie jüdischer Geschichte und Kultur”, die er herausgegeben hat, einem Lexikon von unerschöpflichem Reichtum, finde sich der Begriff. Wer die Frequenz kennt, in der „Identität” — deutsche, jüdische, europäische, westliche und was nicht noch für eine —die Publikationen aus Diners Forschungsgebieten, der modernen Geschichte und der des Judentums, heimsucht, kann einschätzen, wie eigensinnig dieser Historiker ist.  –  Eigensinnig zunächst, was seine Distanz zu aller gefühlsgeleiteten Geschichtsschreibung angeht. Die Beschäftigung mit dem Judentum etwa, notierte er, werde hierzulande oft von den guten Absichten derer motiviert, die etwas wiedergutmachen wollten. Für die Erkenntnis sei das aber oft kein Vorteil, weil es die Schwierigkeiten eines Gegenstandes unterschätze, der seit langem räumlich verstreut sei, von unterschiedlichsten Stufen der Religiosität bis hin zur Absage an den Glauben bestimmt ist und bei dem auch weit zurückliegende Zeiten in den negativen Bann des Holocausts geraten sind. Volltext http://www.mesop.de/?p=74203

 

MESOP „OPEN SOCIETY“ : THE LAST DAYS OF EUROPE /  Nicht ICH spreche, sondern es spricht mich / APPS für Idioten

App für Analphabeten „Lernen ohne Schamgefühl“

Für erwachsene Analphabeten ist das Leben ein alltägliches Versteckspiel. Imgard Schwiderski & Stefanie Trzecinski wollen mit ihrer App betroffenen Menschen helfen.

22.05.2016, von Julian Dorn – FAZ – Problem Analphabetismus: Millionen Deutsche können nicht richtig lesen und schreiben. –  Frau Trzecinski und Frau Schwiderski, knapp fünf Millionen erwachsene Deutsche können nur kurze Sätze lesen und schreiben, weitere zwei Millionen nur einzelne Wörter, und etwa 300.000 Menschen sind selbst damit überfordert. Sie alle gelten zumindest als funktionale Analphabeten. Wie kann das sein? http://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/app-fuer-analphabeten-soll-auch-erwachsenen-helfen-14244230.html

 

MESOP : ALLES IDEOLOGISIERTE KLEIN- , WEG-,  & SCHÖNREDEN HILFT NICHTS / KEIN ZWEIFEL : CHRISTEN WERDEN IN LAGERN IN DER BRD DRANGSALIERT –  Mehr als 120 Notierungen im Internet –

  • Muslimische Security verprügelt Christen im Asylheim

 

MESOP : APO’S (PKK)  IMPERIALIST COMBATANTS / Head of US Central Command Makes Secret Visit to Syria (“INREASED CONFIDENCE!”)

Strategy Page – VOA – 22 May 2016 – – The top U.S. commander for the Middle East made a secret visit to Syria on Saturday to look at cooperative efforts among Arab, Kurdish and other forces to overcome Islamic State militants. – Army General Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, spent nearly 11 hours in Syria, visiting locations where U.S. special operations forces are working with local fighters in the battle against IS. Reporters accompanied Votel on his visit but, for security reasons, were not allow to disclose his trip until it was over.  Read more: http://www.mesop.de/?p=74206

 

MESOP Syria Daily: Regime & Hezbollah Press Offensive Near Damascus (CLICK FOR MAP!)

May 22 – By Scott Lucas – eaworldview -The Assad regime and Hezbollah continued their offensive near Syria’s capital Damascus on Saturday, hoping to complete the capture of the southern part of the East Ghouta area.Enabled by rebel in-fighting and the move of Hezbollah forces from the rest of Syria, the regime won its first notable victory in months last week with the capture of a series of villages, including Deir as-Safir and Zibdeen.On Saturday, Hezbollah and the Syrian Army — including units of the Republican Guards and the 4th Mechanized Division — attacked the last rebel-controlled village in southern East Ghouta, Harasta al-Quntara – Click for full Text and MAP : http://www.mesop.de/?p=74220