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As the scent of glühwein and roasted almonds fills the air at Germany’s beloved Christmas markets this season, an unmistakable pall hangs over the festivities. These centuries-old traditions, rooted in Christian Advent celebrations, are now fortified like fortresses with concrete barriers, armed guards, and soaring security costs—reminders of repeated vehicle-ramming attacks that have claimed dozens of lives.
The most infamous remain the 2016 Berlin market assault by an Islamist terrorist that killed 13, but heightened fears persist amid ongoing threats and the lingering trauma from last year’s deadly incident in Magdeburg. Soaring expenses have forced some smaller towns to cancel their markets altogether, dimming the lights of joy in communities that once gathered freely to honor the birth of Christ. The root of this destabilization lies in unchecked mass immigration, particularly from Muslim-majority countries, which has overwhelmed Germany’s capacity for meaningful integration. Successive waves of newcomers arrive without sufficient pauses for assimilation into German values—secularism, equality, and cultural traditions like these public Christmas celebrations. Many cling to ideologies incompatible with Western society, importing a violent strain of Islam that views such displays as infidel provocations worthy of attack. Without downtime to learn the language, respect women’s rights, or embrace religious tolerance, parallel societies form where radicalism festers, turning public spaces into potential battlegrounds and eroding the social cohesion that once made Germany a beacon of peaceful multiculturalism.
This is the tragic fruit of a violent Islamic religion allowed to take root unchecked: a society forced to barricade its most cherished holidays or cancel them outright. As concrete bollards replace open-hearted welcome, we see the slow surrender of European Christian heritage to fear. Yet in this season of hope, let us remember the true message of Christmas—light piercing darkness. Germany must reclaim control of its borders and demand integration, or risk losing its soul entirely. Merry Christmas, indeed, but one increasingly celebrated behind walls.
“You can’t give orders to your employees. It’s not allowed,” he says. Actually, says Knop, managing prostitutes is completely legal. The problem is making sure you don’t cross the line between “managing” them and “exploiting” them.
Helmut Sporer, Detective Chief Superintendent of the Crimes Squad in Augsburg, Bavaria, is one of many German policemen frustrated by the law’s greyness in this area. In October, he talked at a seminar in Brussels about a “flat rate” brothel in Augsburg. “Flat rate” places pay the prostitutes for a shift, making their money from the bar and the punters’ entry fees. The women working here were given strict rules: they had to be completely naked at all times and, according to Sporer, were sometimes obliged to offer unprotected sex. If they broke a rule, they had to pay a fine to the brothel. “The court declared all this to be legal,” said Sporer, because the brothel owners had “right of direction” over the women – as they would over any other employee.”
Go read the rest of the article to reconfirm your correct notion that prostitution (in whatever form) is not good for women.
I was surprised as anyone with the announcement by Angela Merkel that multiculturalism was a failure. The internal pressures she must have been facing must have been enormous as one would think that changing an official program of multiculturalism could be done without such grandiose announcements.
“Germany’s chancellor says attempts to create a multicultural society in the country have “utterly failed.”
Angela Merkel said Saturday that the concept that different cultures can live happily side by side does not work”
Well at least not in the way it has been working in Germany? Canada is a multicultural country and it seems to work pretty well here. There are differences though, but one would think that Germany, being a strong secular democracy, could reasonably accommodate immigrants of any stripe.
“She stressed that immigrants need to do more to integrate, including learning to speak German.
Merkel’s comments came as Reuters news agency said she is facing pressure from within the party to take a stronger stance on immigrants who don’t appear willing to integrate into German society”
This seems announcement seems to be going hand in hand with the growing levels of immigration from Islamic countries. I would have to say that if you are immigrating to a country it would be responsible on your behalf to take up said countries laws and customs. The secular rule of law is non-negotiable when it comes to integrating into a new society.
“Immigration issues have become a hot topic, and a recent survey by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation think-tank indicated more than 30 per cent of Germans believe the country is “overrun by foreigners.”
We will have to watch Germany carefully to see exactly what sort of response the government has in store. Will it be xenophobic nationalism or a clearer definition of what immigrating to Germany means, something in between?
We will have to watch Germany carefully to see exactly what sort of response the government has in store. Will it be xenophobic nationalism or a clearer definition of what immigrating to Germany means, something in between?
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