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Cincinnati City Leader Caught Publicly Cheering for Vicious Beating of Whites, Wrote They Had It Coming

 

Our current political paradigm has elected officials unashamedly cheering for violence.

A city councilwoman landed herself in hot water when she applauded the barbarity that occurred in the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio, early Saturday morning.

Councilwoman Victoria Parks wrote via social media platform Facebook in reaction to the violence, “They begged for that beat down! I am grateful for the whole story,”

To drive the point home further — there is no leeway to interpret those comments otherwise — this is an elected official expressing joy in watching a vicious beating take place.

Her comments were screenshotted and later reposted to social media platform X.

Fox News confirmed through some investigation that this is an account belonging to a sitting city councilwoman. (Parks is “nonpartisan”; however, like other council members, she was endorsed by the Democratic Party.)

Ohio Republican Rep. Phil Plummer, who shared the screenshot, called for her resignation, saying, Parks “must resign immediately! Defending violent criminals who viciously beat innocent people is disgusting."

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The most common name for babies in UK

 

World Athletics introduces SRY gene test for athletes wishing to compete in the female category

 

The World Athletics Council has approved new regulations concerning eligibility conditions to compete in the female category for world ranking competitions.

The new regulations come into effect on 1 September 2025 and will be applied to the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 that begins on 13 September.

All athletes wishing to compete in the female category at the World Championships are required to undergo a once-in-a-lifetime test for the SRY gene – a reliable proxy for determining biological sex. This is to be conducted via a cheek swab or blood test, whichever is more convenient.

The testing protocol will be overseen by Member Federations as they prepare their athletes and teams for the Championships in Tokyo. 

Commenting on the new regulations and SRY test, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: “The philosophy that we hold dear in World Athletics is the protection and the promotion of the integrity of women's sport. It is really important in a sport that is permanently trying to attract more women that they enter a sport believing there is no biological glass ceiling. The test to confirm biological sex is a very important step in ensuring this is the case.

“We are saying, at elite level, for you to compete in the female category, you have to be biologically female. It was always very clear to me and the World Athletics Council that gender cannot trump biology.

“We particularly want to thank our Member Federations for their support and commitment in the implementation of these new regulations.”

The new regulations follow recommendations from the Gender Diverse Athlete Working Group approved by Council in March 2025. The Working Group spent over a year studying developments in law, science, sports and society concerning gender-diverse athletes and made the following recommendations which were widely consulted on earlier this year:

• Formally affirm the design of and goals for the female category.
• Revise the eligibility regulations so that they are consistent with the design and goals.
• Merge the DSD (differences of sex development) and Transgender Regulations, and, if the effect is to restrict opportunities for DSD athletes, adopt measures to address the reliance interest of those who are currently in the pipeline.
• Adopt a pre-clearance requirement for all athletes competing in the female category.
• Consider forward initiatives, including to support elite gender diverse XY athletes.

The female athlete category is defined in the Eligibility Rule 3.5, which states that only the following athletes may compete in this category:

a. Biological females.

b. Biological females who have used testosterone as part of male gender-affirming treatment further to a Therapeutic Use Exemption granted in accordance with World Athletics’ Anti-Doping Rules may not compete in the female category until the passing of a period of time after their last use of testosterone (the period of time will be not shorter than four years and will be determined by World Athletics on a case-by-case basis taking into consideration all relevant factors including the timing, duration, dosages and effects of the male gender-affirming treatment)

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Nova política de migração da Dinamarca prepara o terreno para uma reflexão a nível da UE

 

A Dinamarca reorientou o debate sobre a migração, adotando regras muito restritivas apresentadas sob o prisma de uma política progressista, e agora quer que a Europa faça o mesmo.

Quando se trata de migração, a Dinamarca mal consegue esconder o seu sentimento de vingança.

"O que tem sido a corrente dominante entre as nossas populações durante muitos anos é agora a corrente dominante também para muitos de nós, políticos", disse a primeira-ministra Mette Frederiksen no início deste mês, no Parlamento Europeu em Estrasburgo. "Finalmente".

O ministro da imigração dinamarquês, Kaare Dybvad, sente-se igualmente triunfante. "Lembro-me que quando ocupei este cargo, há três anos, o ministro austríaco era o único que apoiava estas ideias", disse Dybvad numa entrevista à Euronews.

"Agora parece que há muitos mais países que se uniram em torno da noção de que devemos ter um controlo democrático dos fluxos migratórios."

Durante anos, a Dinamarca foi considerada a ovelha negra da política de migração da União Europeia. No rescaldo da crise migratória de 2015-2016, o país começou a adotar regras cada vez mais restritivas com o objetivo de dissuadir as chegadas e dificultar o acesso a salvaguardas legais, uma decisão impulsionada pela sua cláusula de exclusão do quadro de asilo da União Europeia.

Em 2019, a Dinamarca aprovou uma lei de "mudança de paradigma" que fez da proteção temporária dos refugiados a nova norma. A tónica passou a ser a autossuficiência para estimular a integração no mercado de trabalho e reduzir a dependência da segurança social. A residência permanente continua a estar disponível, mas sujeita a critérios rigorosos em matéria de emprego a tempo inteiro e de longa duração.

Ao limitar a duração do asilo, as autoridades dinamarquesas tornaram mais fácil verificar se os motivos de proteção continuavam a ser aplicáveis e, em caso negativo, se a deportação era viável.

A Dinamarca tornou-se o primeiro país europeu a declarar partes da Síria como "seguras", alegando que a situação no terreno tinha "melhorado significativamente". A decisão, que levou à revogação das autorizações de residência de centenas de refugiados sírios, revelou-se extremamente controversa e fez manchetes internacionais.

Em 2021, a Dinamarca assinou um memorando de entendimento com o Ruanda. Nos termos do acordo, transferiria os requerentes de asilo para um centro de acolhimento no país africano para aguardarem a análise dos seus pedidos.

Esta foi a primeira vez que um Estado-membro da UE adotou abertamente uma estratégia de externalização. A Comissão Europeia, que tinha criticado duramente um esquema semelhante entre o Reino Unido e o Ruanda, reservou-se o direito de intentar uma ação judicial.

"O tratamento externo dos pedidos de asilo levanta questões fundamentais sobre o acesso aos procedimentos, mas também sobre o acesso efetivo à proteção, em conformidade com as exigências do direito internacional", declarou um porta-voz da Comissão em 2022.

Um ano mais tarde, a Dinamarca abandonou o plano, mas manteve o princípio. Em vez de procurar a externalização a nível nacional, o país pretende ir mais longe: a dimensão europeia

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The effects of exposure to refugees on crime: Evidence from the Greek islands

 

 

Recent political instability in the Middle East has triggered one of the largest influxes of refugees into Europe. The different departure points along the Turkish coast generate exogenous variation in refugee arrivals across Greek islands. We construct a new dataset on the number and nature of crime incidents and arrested offenders at island level using official police records and newspaper reports. Instrumental variables and difference-in-differences are employed to study the causal relationship between immigration and crime. 

We find that a 1-percentage-point increase in the share of refugees on destination islands increases crime incidents by 1.7–2.5 percentage points compared with neighboring unexposed islands. This is driven by crime incidents committed by refugees; there is no change in crimes committed by natives on those islands. We find a significant rise in property crime, knife attacks, and rape, but no increase in drug crimes. Results based on reported crimes exhibit a similar pattern. Our findings highlight the need for government provision in terms of infrastructure, social benefits, quicker evaluation for asylum, and social security.

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How much refugees "earn" in UK?

The primary benefit for most working-age refugees is Universal Credit (UC). This benefit is designed to cover living costs, including a housing element.

Here are some of the weekly (or monthly, for UC) rates for 2024/2025 that can give you an idea of potential amounts, but remember these are components that build up a total, subject to individual circumstances and deductions:

Universal Credit (monthly standard allowances, as of 2024/2025):

    Single, under 25: £311.68

    Single, 25 or over: £393.45

    Couple, both under 25: £489.23

    Couple, one or both 25 or over: £617.60

Additional Universal Credit elements (if applicable):

    Child Element: £287.92 per child (for children born on or after April 6, 2017). An older, higher rate might apply for a first child born before this date (£333.33).

    Disabled Child Element: Low £156.11, High £487.58

    Limited Capability for Work (LCW) Element: £198.31 (though new claims for LCW without LCWRA are generally not made since April 2017)

    Carer Element: £201.68 (if caring for a severely disabled person)

    Childcare Element: Up to 85% of eligible childcare costs, up to a maximum of £1014.63 for one child or £1739.37 for two or more.

    Housing Element: This varies significantly based on Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates, which depend on the number of bedrooms needed and the specific area in the UK. For example, a single person in shared accommodation outside London might have an LHA rate of around £126-£136 per week (approx. £550 per month).

Other potential benefits (weekly rates for 2024/2025):

    Child Benefit:

        Eldest or only child: £25.60 per week

        Each additional child: £16.95 per week

    Personal Independence Payment (PIP): For those with long-term health conditions or disabilities (amounts vary widely depending on daily living and mobility needs, from around £28.70 to £108.55 per week).

    Carer's Allowance: £81.90 per week (if caring for someone receiving certain disability benefits for at least 35 hours a week).

Benefit Cap:

There is a Benefit Cap which limits the total amount of certain benefits a household can receive in a year. The cap depends on where you live:

    Outside Greater London:

        Couples and families: £22,020 per year (£423.46 per week)

        Single adult households (without children): £14,753 per year (£283.71 per week)

    Inside Greater London:

        Couples and families: £25,323 per year (£486.98 per week)

        Single adult households (without children): £16,967 per year (£326.29 per week) 

A Europa a caminho do fim

 

A invasão muçulmana nos Estados Unidos

 

Candidata do PS às autárquicas reunida com apoiantes

 

A quantidade de sites onde se prometem documentos portugueses em 24 horas...

 

Ban the burca, just like these european countries did

Several European countries have implemented full or partial bans on face veils, such as the burqa and niqab, in public places. The specifics of these bans (e.g., full ban, partial ban in certain public spaces like schools or public transport) can vary by country.

Here's a list of European countries that have banned the burqa or other full face-coverings:

    France: Was the first European country to implement a nationwide ban on full face veils in public places in 2010 (law came into force in 2011).

Belgium: Followed France in 2011 with a similar nationwide ban.

Bulgaria: Banned face-covering clothing in public in 2016.

Austria: The "anti-face-veiling act" came into force in October 2017, prohibiting full-face veils in public places.

Denmark: Announced a full ban on niqabs and burqas in May 2018, which came into force in August 2018.

Netherlands: Implemented a partial ban in 2019, prohibiting face coverings in specific public places such as government buildings, schools, hospitals, and public transportation.

Switzerland: Approved a nationwide ban on face coverings in public places through a referendum in March 2021, which came into effect on January 1st, 2025.

Germany: While there isn't a full nationwide ban, Germany has partial bans for certain professions (e.g., civil servants, judiciary, military) and in some states (e.g., for teachers in schools).

Luxembourg: Introduced a ban in 2018.

Latvia: A legal ban on face-covering Islamic clothing was reported to be adopted by the parliament in 2016.

Additionally, some localities in countries like Italy (e.g., Lombardy) and Spain (e.g., parts of Catalonia) have implemented their own restrictions, though these might not be national bans.

 

Excerto do livro "The Camp of the Saints", de Jean Raspail

 

"When the hundred vessels appeared, their crews had a good laugh: a European fleet, all lights blazing, had drawn up in a vast semicircle at the entrance to the bay. It looked as if they were expecting a review. The ships fired a salvo of blank cartridges, one after the other. Then a voice blared through megaphones, first in French, then in English: 

'Turn back! Turn back! France cannot take you in! Europe cannot take you in!' The Third World armada replied with a single, colossal cry. It was not a battle cry. It was the vast, primitive voice of hope, of welcome, a sort of joyous, triumphant bellow, like a child's gleeful discovery of a toy. And the ships continued to advance." 

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"The one hundred vessels began to enter the harbor, one after the other, in a long, silent procession. No trumpets blared, no flags waved. Just a slow, inexorable advance. From the shore, the onlookers—the few who remained—watched in a daze, as if hypnotized. There were no shouts, no resistance. Just the quiet ripple of the waves against the hulls, and the shuffling of countless feet as the first waves of humanity began to spill onto the beaches.

They were everywhere, a human tide: men, women, children, old people, all pouring out of the ships, their faces etched with a mixture of exhaustion and a strange, quiet triumph. They were not an invading army in the traditional sense, but a force of sheer numbers, overwhelming by their mere presence. The air filled with a murmuring, a new language, a new odor. Europe, it seemed, was no longer Europe."

PS: Entre 2017 e 2024, o número de imigrantes em Portugal aumentou 267%. As consultas a utentes estrangeiros nos CSP do SNS aumentaram 332%. O número de alunos estrangeiros inscritos nas escolas públicas aumentou 309%...

 

 

Entre 2017 e 2024, o número de imigrantes em Portugal aumentou 267%

 

Starvation in Gaza

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horrible pickpocket in Rome, Italy (English Version)

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Turista chocado com crise migratória em Paris

 

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Deep Into Portugal’s Most Notorious Favela (Cova da Moura)

 

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Anarchy in Europe as North African and Middle Eastern gangs senselessly terrorise innocent victims

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The Night That Changed Germany's Attitude To Refugees

 

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Norway: Rape prevention classes for refugees

 

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Muslim population in UK doubled from 2001 to 2021

 

The Muslim population in the UK has experienced significant growth over the last 20 years, as revealed by the decennial censuses.

Here's a breakdown of the evolution based on available data, primarily from the UK censuses:

Key Census Data Points (England and Wales):

    2001 Census: 1,524,887 Muslims (3.1% of the population)

   2011 Census: 2,660,116 Muslims (5.0% of the population)

    Growth from 2001-2011: An increase of over 1.1 million people, representing a 74.4% growth in the decade.

2021 Census: 3,801,186 Muslims (6.7% of the population)

    Growth from 2011-2021: An increase of over 1.1 million people, representing a 42.9% growth in the decade.

Overall UK (including Scotland and Northern Ireland where data is available):

    2001: Approximately 1.6 million Muslims.

    2011: Approximately 2.8 million Muslims.

    2021: Approximately 4.0 million Muslims (6.0% of the total UK population).

Summary of the last 20 years (2001-2021):

The Muslim population in the UK has more than doubled in the last 20 years, growing from around 1.5-1.6 million in 2001 to nearly 4 million in 2021.

Factors contributing to this growth:

    Higher birth rates: Muslims in the UK generally have a younger age profile and higher fertility rates compared to the general population. This contributes significantly to natural population growth. In 2011, nearly half (48%) of Muslims were under 25 years old. The 2021 census data further indicates that growth is driven by a younger population born in the UK.

Immigration: While not the sole factor, continued migration from Muslim-majority countries has also played a role in the growth of the Muslim population.

Conversions: While official data is limited, estimates suggest that thousands of Britons convert to Islam each year, contributing to the growth.

Current Significance:

    Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom after Christianity.

In the 2021 census, for the first time, fewer than half of the people in England and Wales (46.2%) identified as Christian, while those with "no religion" increased significantly (to 37.2%). The growth of the Muslim population stands out against these trends.

Muslim communities are becoming more dispersed across England and Wales, although significant concentrations remain in major urban centers like London (where 15% of the population is Muslim), Birmingham, Bradford, Manchester, and parts of the West Midlands and North West. 

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Imigração: que futuro?

 

1. "1.5 million immigrants" - Definition is Key:

First, let's consider the "1.5 million immigrants." This figure likely refers to the foreign-born population residing in Portugal (which may include naturalized citizens who were born abroad) or a broad estimate of foreign residents (which includes those with temporary or permanent residence permits, and sometimes an estimate of those awaiting regularization).

    According to Trading Economics, Portugal's foreign-born population was 1,703,848 in December 2024. So, 1.5 million is a reasonable estimate for the current (mid-2025) foreign-born or foreign resident population.

2. Family Reunification is Already Authorized and Ongoing:

It's crucial to understand that family reunification is already a fundamental right and a significant ongoing process in Portuguese immigration law. It's not a new policy that "if authorized" will suddenly kick in.

    Portuguese law allows foreign citizens legally residing in Portugal to bring their family members (spouses, minor and dependent adult children, dependent parents, and sometimes minor siblings under guardianship) to live with them.

    Recent changes (July 2025) have made some aspects stricter, for example, requiring foreign nationals to complete two years of legal residence before applying for family reunification (with exceptions for minor children already in the country).

3. Predicting the Increase Due to Family Reunification is Complex:

Given that family reunification is ongoing, the question shifts from "how many if authorized" to "how many more will come through family reunification or as a result of it?" This depends on several unknowable factors:

    Eligibility and Desire: Not all 1.5 million immigrants will have eligible family members abroad, or they may not wish to bring them to Portugal.

    Average Family Size for Reunification: This is highly variable. While statistics for general family size exist (e.g., Lisbon's average household size is around 2.24), this doesn't directly translate to how many dependents each immigrant applying for reunification will bring. Some might bring a spouse and two children, others just a spouse, or dependent parents.

    Administrative Capacity: The speed and efficiency of AIMA (the Portuguese immigration agency) in processing family reunification applications will also influence the rate at which people arrive. Delays have been noted in the past.

    Economic Conditions: The financial capacity of the immigrant in Portugal to support their family members (proving sufficient means of subsistence and accommodation is a requirement) is a major factor.

    Long-Term vs. Immediate Impact:

        Immediate: There will be an influx of family members who join existing immigrants. This adds directly to the immigrant population.

        Long-term (Birth Rate): The "birth rate superior to the Portuguese birth rate" means that over time, the immigrant population, through natural growth (births within immigrant families), will contribute disproportionately to Portugal's overall population, further increasing the number of people of immigrant origin. This is a generational effect, not a direct "number of immigrants" from reunification.

Conclusion: No Exact Number, but the Trend is Clear

It's impossible to give a precise number like "X more immigrants" directly resulting from family reunification on top of the existing 1.5 million. However, we can say with certainty that:

    The total population of foreign residents and people of immigrant descent in Portugal will continue to increase, due to ongoing new immigration, the already existing family reunification processes, and the higher birth rates within immigrant communities.

    Family reunification is a major component of this growth. It is designed to allow families to be together, and many eligible individuals will utilize this right.

If the "authorization" implies an acceleration or loosening of family reunification policies (which, as of July 2025, seems to be the opposite with a new 2-year residence requirement), then the influx could be even more pronounced. But even with current rules, it's a constant factor contributing to Portugal's changing demographics.

Therefore, rather than a single new number, think of it as a continuing and significant demographic shift where the foreign-born and immigrant-descendant population continues to grow, both through direct migration (including family reunification) and natural increase.

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Quase meio milhão de soldados africanos lutaram do lado de Portugal

 

A Guerra Colonial Portuguesa (1961-1974) envolveu uma mobilização de larga escala por parte de Portugal.
Aqui estão os números mais relevantes sobre os soldados que participaram:

    Total de Mobilizados: Aproximadamente 1.400.000 (um milhão e quatrocentos mil) homens foram mobilizados para as forças armadas e serviços civis auxiliares ao longo de todo o conflito.
    Destacamento Anual em África: Em média, cerca de 107.000 homens eram destacados para as zonas de guerra em África a cada ano.
    Composição das Forças:
        No início do conflito, em 1961, Portugal tinha cerca de 79.000 militares.
        No final da guerra, em 1974, o total das Forças Armadas Portuguesas atingiu 217.000 efetivos.

        É importante notar que, do total de mobilizados, cerca de 400.000 eram soldados africanos recrutados localmente. Na década de 1970, a participação de africanos nas tropas coloniais operacionais representava cerca de metade do total. A guerra foi um esforço militar e humano gigantesco para Portugal, um país de dimensão relativamente pequena. 

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As "patrulhas muçulmanas" em 2013, em Londres

 

Durante dois anos, em Londres, patrulhas islâmicas atacaram, verbalmente e de forma intimidatória, homens e mulheres que não se vestissem nem se comportassem como muçulmanos. Os seus alvos foram homens com bebidas na mão, a quem obrigavam a despejar o conteúdo dos copos, mulheres ocidentais, a quem alegavam que não podiam vestir assim - normalmente - numa zona onde havia mesquitas. Após diversas queixas, a polícia acabou por deter vários dos elementos que integravam essas patrulhas.

Três dos membros da patrulha foram condenados em novembro e sentenciados em 6 de dezembro de 2013. Jordan Horner, que usa o nome islâmico Jamaal Uddin, declarou-se culpado de duas acusações de agressão e duas acusações de uso de palavras e comportamentos ameaçadores, e foi condenado a 68 semanas de prisão. Ricardo MacFarlane, de 36 anos, que se declarou inocente, foi condenado a um ano por perturbação da ordem pública e dois anos por usar palavras e comportamentos ameaçadores. Royal Barnes, de 23 anos, que aguardava julgamento adicional por vídeos ofensivos sobre Lee Rigby e, portanto, não pôde ser identificado na época, declarou-se culpado e recebeu uma sentença de seis meses por perturbação da ordem pública. 

Texas Attorney General claimed 3 homes as his primary residence

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, Angela, are longtime owners of a $1.5 million house in a gated community outside Dallas. In 2015, they snapped up a second home in Austin. Then another.

The problem: Mortgages signed by the Paxtons contained inaccurate statements declaring that each of those three houses was their primary residence, enabling the now-estranged couple to improperly lock in low interest rates, according to an Associated Press review of public records. The lower rates will save the Paxtons tens of thousands of dollars in payments over the life of the loan, legal experts say.

The records also revealed that the Paxtons routinely flouted lending agreements on some of their other properties.

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Whites-only community plotting expansion to another state as its efforts to build a ‘white nation’

 

A far-right ethnonationalist group that has set up a “whites-only” community in a remote part of the Ozarks in northeastern Arkansas is reportedly exploring the possibility of expanding north into Missouri.

Return to the Land (RTTL), which describes itself as a private membership association (PMA) for individuals with “traditional views and European ancestry,” opened its first community in Arkansas in October 2023 and is now considering entering a second state, likely near Springfield, according to NBC’s regional affiliate KSNT.

The group is opposed to mass immigration, multiculturalism and “forced integration” and reportedly does not welcome non-white, non-Christian or LGBT+ people, explaining that its members are seeking to “separate ourselves from a failing modern society” and return to pastoral living.

“You want a white nation? Build a white town?” RTTL’s co-founder Eric Orwoll asks in an X video promoting the initiative. “It can be done. We’re doing it.”

RTTL’s flagship community spans approximately 150 acres of land, is home to 40 inhabitants, and features its own cabins, roads, wells, a community center, and a schoolhouse. 

It was followed by a second site nearby that opened in January this year, with the group listing a further Ozarks site as upcoming and aspirations to move into the Appalachian mountains on its website.

Speaking to Sky News journalist Tom Cheshire – who visited RTTL’s first “fortress for the white race” and found a world of fresh goat’s milk, flute recitals, family kickball games and creek swimming – Orwoll expressed a nostalgia for the America of the 17th century encountered by the Virginia settlers.

“I would probably feel more comfortable there because I’m white and that’s the way this country was when my ancestors came there,” he said, overlooking the Native Americans soon to be displaced by the colonists.

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Four in 10 feel Muslim immigrants have negative impact on UK

 

The Independent - Aine Fox

Friday 25 July 2025 

Four in 10 Britons feel Muslim immigrants have a negative impact on the UK – and more than half think Islam is not compatible with British values, according to a survey.

The findings have been described by an imam as “deeply worrying”, and showing “high levels of anti-Muslim sentiment” in Britain.

The polling was commissioned by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community ahead of a gathering for what it described as the UK’s biggest Muslim convention – the Jalsa Salana – this weekend in Hampshire, expected to be attended by 40,000 followers of the faith.

This year’s convention is “opening its doors to sceptics of Islam and those with any questions about the faith”, organisers said – noting that two Reform UK voters are due to attend to hear about the religion.

The YouGov survey of 2,130 adults in Great Britain in mid-July asked people if they felt different groups of immigrants by religion generally have a positive or negative impact on the UK.

While 41% said Muslim immigrants have a negative impact, the proportions feeling this way were much lower for other groups.

Around 15% felt this way about Hindu immigrants, 14% about Sikh immigrants, 13% about Jewish immigrants and 7% about Christian immigrants.

Just under a quarter (24%) of respondents felt Muslim immigrants had a positive impact on the UK, lower than for any of the other religions stated.

Earlier this week, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner urged Labour colleagues to acknowledge people’s “real concerns”, pointing out that immigration was one of a number of factors having a “profound impact on society”, as she updated Cabinet on her work on social cohesion.

Some 53% of those polled said they believed Islam is not compatible with British values, while 25% said it is and 22% said they did not know.

Sabah Ahmedi, aged 30  and known as “the young imam” online – where he has a large following, said he believes fear among people “stems from a lack of understanding of Islam”.

He said: “These findings are deeply worrying, revealing high levels of anti-Muslim sentiment in this country.

“As a British Muslim, it is tragic to think that we are disliked or hated because of our religious beliefs. It is unfair and unjust considering that the vast majority of Muslim immigrants to the UK are contributing positively.”

He encouraged people to “meet Muslims to see we are not a threat” and urged the media to “play a role as well”.

He added: “Instead of focusing on the tiny minority of Muslim immigrants who cause harm, focus on the majority who are on the frontlines serving the NHS, our armed forces, the police, educational institutes and the like.

“We love this country and cherish its values of freedom and tolerance.”

The Union flag will be raised at this weekend’s gathering “alongside the Islamic flag of our community, to symbolise that love of our faith and country go hand in hand”, he said.

The survey findings also indicated younger people were less likely to feel Muslim immigrants have a negative impact and that Islam is incompatible with British values.

Mr Ahmedi said he was “encouraged by these findings that seem to show that the younger generation is more open-minded and that I hope it indicates a brighter future where Muslims are not considered a threat but an asset to this society”.

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK is mostly made up of people and their descendants who generally fled Pakistan in the 1980s in the face of religious persecution.

Members said they now face challenges and discrimination in the UK, from some Muslims who do not agree with their version of the faith and from other people who have subjected them to racist bullying because of their Pakistani ethnicity.

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“A Europa é uma prisão a céu aberto” – entrevista a Mamadou Ba, no jornal online "marca"

 

À conversa com Mamadou Ba, activista do Movimento SOS Racismo, procurámos perceber as lógicas históricas que conduziram à génese e persistência da Europa como Fortaleza. A fronteira, sempre vigiada e tantas vezes intransponível está assente, de acordo com Mamadou, “nos limites da capacidade geo-estratégica da Europa” e, como tal, é isso que “temos que interrogar, que não pode existir!”

R. Alves: Há um genocídio em curso às portas da Europa. Podes dizer-nos como é que tudo isto começou, fazendo uma espécie de arqueologia da Europa Fortaleza?

Mamadou Ba: Eu acho que nós podemos dizer, de uma forma genérica, que as fronteiras da Europa – fictícias, políticas e geográficas – se tornaram cemitérios a partir do momento em que a Europa se instalou numa situação de revanche histórica contra os países periféricos, nomeadamente as suas antigas colónias. Já havia mortes na década de setenta, eram poucas e não eram muito publicitadas, porque eram mais ou menos aventureiros que tentavam chegar à Europa através do Estreito de Gibraltar. 

Na altura, havia uma política de recrutamento de trabalhadores, ou seja, o acerto entre o que deveria haver de relação colonial entre a Europa e o resto do mundo era feito indo buscar trabalhadores em massa para trazer para alguns países da Europa, logo a seguir aos Trinta Gloriosos [período entre 1945 a 1975] e onde houve uma industrialização forte (i.e. França, Itália, Bélgica, Alemanha). A Europa reciclou a sua forma de trabalho escravo indo buscar, através de acordos bilaterais, trabalhadores em massa. Hoje, a ideia que nós temos é essa narrativa de que as pessoas vêm em massa porque decidiram vir em massa. Não! Alguém criou essa ideia de que havia uma possibilidade de as pessoas virem. 

Eu sei que para alguns esta comparação é muito forçada, mas ela tem alguma lógica histórica: o que a Europa fez logo a seguir às independências foi o que o faziam os navios negreiros quando iam buscar escravos. Portanto, a lógica da economia da morte, que resulta dessa massificação da imigração, foi uma coisa planeada e planificada por uma necessidade económica capitalista. Depois, quando a Europa começa a entrar numa fase de algum refluxo económico e, sobretudo, quando começou a perceber que já não havia possibilidade de controlar essas “manadas” – tal como no tempo colonial, ou no tempo da escravatura -, que as pessoas podiam ter alguma mobilidade dentro da prisão que era o seu estatuto e a sua condição de imigrantes, isso começou a criar problemas.

Em finais de setenta, início de oitenta, depois de ter desarticulado também as economias dos países de origem, através das políticas de ajustamento estruturais, decidiu: “Olha, nós vamos também, tal como liberalizamos a economia, vamos liberalizar a mobilidade”, o que implica fazer o quê? Nós criamos mecanismos de filtro, deixamos entrar quando quisermos, como quisermos para fazer duas pressões ao mesmo tempo: pressionar os países de origem – na gestão das saídas e entradas dos seus cidadãos – e pressionar a nossa classe trabalhadora. 

Deixando sempre entreaberta a hipótese de que pode vir uma ameaça de fora e, claro, que a Europa também está instalada na sua genética atitude imperialista. Ela acha que a única forma de poder ter acesso a recursos para alimentar a sua máquina económica é perturbar e destabilizar os países mais periféricos e a partir daí temos a Europa a fazer guerras por procuração no Continente Africano, no Médio Oriente e também no Extremo Oriente, coisa que não se fala muito nas narrativas. Tirando a Inglaterra, não temos nenhuma discussão sobre o que acontece, por exemplo, no Extremo Oriente (Malásia, Singapura). E há ali fluxos danados de imigrantes que resultam da herança da política imperialista britânica, tal como no Corno de África e no Próximo ou no Médio Oriente (Somália, Líbano). 

A própria conivência da Europa com o Estado de apartheid de Israel também cria fluxos migratórios forçados porque cria tensões em que as pessoas se vêem obrigadas a fugir para se salvarem. Depois, por um ajuste histórico de posição, logo a seguir à queda do muro de Berlim assistimos à implosão de parte importante dos países que eram limítrofes da Europa dita Ocidental. Com a guerra dos Balcãs isso foi uma forma que a Europa encontrou de arranjar uma desculpa para dizer: “Nós a partir de agora não podemos receber toda a gente”.

 Depois a Europa, do ponto de vista cultural, massificou uma forma de estar no mundo, ou seja, criou uma certa hegemonia civilizacional e cultural através da massificação da televisão e contou nisso com a conivência dos seus vassalos. Os poderes políticos desses países – que foram instalados, a maior parte das vezes, pela Europa ou por interesses europeus – tudo fizeram para criar uma condição de necessidade permanente das populações para aspirarem a ter uma coisa, um modelo de sociedade que não é o delas. E onde é que podem ir buscá-lo? É na Europa. Tal como a Europa fez quando empreendeu o imperialismo e o colonialismo, criou-se a ideia do El Dourado ao contrário.

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Polygamy: A special investigation into how Muslim men can exploit the benefits system

 

Ghulam is a taxi driver who lives in Blackburn, a once-booming textile town in Lancashire. He has a terrace house near his local mosque (one of 53 in the area), a silver Nissan car and a very complex private life.

For he has so many children that he struggles to remember their names, and five wives from various countries, including Yemen, Egypt, Turkey and his own birthplace, Pakistan.

Ghulam’s latest bride is a shy 20-year-old called Hafeza. He brought her to Britain from Morocco, soon after his 45th birthday earlier this year. They married in an Islamic wedding ceremony called ‘the Nikah’ in her village, with Hafeza’s pleased parents among the guests. 

Thirty miles across the Pennines in Yorkshire, pizza delivery driver Wasim, 27, has an equally complicated domestic life.

He lives in a part of Dewsbury called Savile Town, a network of 11 terrace streets dominated by one of the biggest mosques in Europe, where most residents are Asian with origins in Pakistan or India.

Wasim has three wives, the first of whom lives with him and their three teenage sons. His other two wives have separate houses in Savile Town, one down the road and another round the corner. He visits each two nights a week.

The women have had several of Wasim’s children and he hopes the youngest bride (aged 19) will soon present him with another baby. 

I learned of Ghulam and Wasim this week while investigating a subject that is taboo in politically correct Britain. It is the huge rise of bigamy (having two wives) and polygamy (more than two) in our Muslim communities.

The issue was recently bravely highlighted by Baroness Flather, a crossbench life peer who was herself born in Lahore, now part of Pakistan.

She warned the Lords (and also wrote an article for the Mail on the subject) about how our shambolic benefits system is being exploited by men hailing from Pakistan and other Muslim nations who indulge in multiple marriages — with taxpayers forced to foot the bill.

As Baroness Flather explained: ‘The wives are regarded by the welfare system as single mothers, and are therefore entitled to a full range of lone parent payments."

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