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[''The Impure Beast."]

Dieudonne, inventor of the quenelle gesture,
a reverse Nazi salute which has become extremely
popular in anti-Semitic circles, has been convicted
ten times in France for inciting racial hatred against Jews.

PARIS (EJP)---CRIF, the umbrella representative group of French Jewish organizations, slammed French theaters for presenting anti-Semitic comedian Dieudonne's new shown titled''The Impure Beast."

The show, among other anti-Semitic references, features dirty jokes about Ilan Halimi, a French Jew who was tortured and murdered in 2006 because he was Jewish."CRIF deplores the many theaters that chose to offer him a podium to disseminate to an instrumentalized audience his hatred of Jews and of those who dare criticize him," the Jewish group said in a statement about Dieudonne's six-month tour, which is due to begin on December 27 at Zenith Nantes Metropole, one of the largest event halls in western France.

CRIF in particular criticized the Fimalac event hall operator, which owns Zenith. Some one third of Dieudonne's 20 bookings across France are in theaters owned by Fimalac, CRIF said, and called on French Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin to "remind the firms of their obligations, moral and otherwise." Several French mayors banned Dieudonne'sprevious tour in their municipalities, at the request of then-Interior Minister Manuel Vals, who is now France's Prime Minister.

Dieudonne is the inventor of the quenelle gesture,a reverse Nazi salute whichhas become extremely popular in anti-Semitic and extremist circles across the French-speaking world and worldwide.
He has been convicted ten times in France for inciting racial hatred against Jews.

http://ejpress.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51035&catid=2

[Ten injured as attacker rams van into French Christmas market]

Ten injured as attacker rams van into French Christmas market

Nantes (France) (AFP) - A driver ploughed into a Christmas market in western France, injuring 10 people before stabbing himself, a day after a similar attack in another French city, as authorities played down fears of a terrorist motive.

At least four people were badly hurt, one of whom was critical, after the latest incident in the city of Nantes, the third attack in three days by individuals against civilians or security forces in France, sparking fears of possible copycat action.

Authorities were quick to stress there were no apparent terrorist motives in the latest attack, describing the perpetrator as "unbalanced". On Sunday a man shouting "Allahu Akbar" drove into pedestrians on the streets of the eastern city of Dijon, injuring 13. The driver was suffering from a severe psychological disorder, a prosecutor said.

On Saturday, a man was shot dead by police after walking into a police station in the central town of Joue-les-Tours and attacking three officers with a knife. He too had yelled "Allahu Akbar".

"We cannot speak of a terrorist act," local prosecutor told reporters at the scene of the latest incident, saying that initial evidence pointed instead to an "isolated case".

http://news.yahoo.com/ten-injured-driver-ploughs-french-christmas-market-192313711.html?soc_src=copy

["Prioritizing"]

Criminal Aliens may be Allowed to Remain in Country Under Executive Action Despite Policy "Prioritizing" their Deportation

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Ranking Member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today that executive action taken by President Barack Obama may continue to allow thousands of undocumented criminals to remain in the country even though they have been identified as a priority for deportation by his own administration.   

Grassley sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson expressing his concerns that despite a 2011 enforcement memorandum prioritizing the deportation of convicted criminals, the department released more than 36,000 of them back into U.S. communities during fiscal 2013, including 169 homicide convicts.  During this same time frame, the Obama administration reportedly released an unknown number of people who had been convicted of 426 sexual assaults, 1,075 aggravated assaults, 228 kidnappings, 647 hit-and-runs, 1,317 domestic violence offenses, and thousands of other dangerous crimes, including treason.

http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/criminal-aliens-may-be-allowed-remain-country-under-executive-action-despite

["Allahu Akbar"]

Paris (AFP) - A driver shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest") as he ploughed into groups of people in the eastern French city of Dijon on Sunday injuring 11 people, two seriously, a source close to the investigation said.

"The man, born in 1974, is apparently imbalanced and had been in a psychiatric hospital," the source told AFP, adding that "for now his motives are still unclear". The attack came the day after a French convert to Islam was shot dead after attacking three police officers with a knife while also reportedly crying "Allahu Akbar" in the central town of Joue-les-Tours.

The driver in Dijon was arrested by police after targeting passersby at five different places in the city on Sunday evening, a police source said. "Nine people were lightly injured and two others seriously but their lives do not appear to be in danger," the source added.

Witnesses told police that the driver shouted "Allahu Akbar" and "that he was acting for the children of Palestine," a source close to the investigation said. Interior Minister told French television station TF1 on Sunday that the man who was shot dead the day before after attacking a police station in Joue-Les-Tours was "very unstable". The anti-terror branch of the Paris prosecutor's office has opened a probe into that attack, with the line of inquiry focusing on an attack motivated by radical Islam.

http://news.yahoo.com/man-shouting-allahu-akbar-drives-crowd-france-injuring-211915875.html?soc_src=copy

["racist"]

A demonstration targeting discrimination and racism is to be staged in Bulgaria's capital Sofia on Sunday afternoon. The event has been organized as a response to what civil rights groups describe as "racist" remarks of politicians.

Activists are warning against the silencing of criticism vented at the government after its discriminatory comments about citizens belonging to the ethnic Roma community.In their words, the approval for the government's actions has been more prominent than dissension voiced by the public.Earlier in December Health Minister Petar Moskov announced a controversially perceived measure to prevent systemic attacks to which emergency medical aid teams are subject when working in certain neighborhoods across Bulgaria.The minister explained emergency teams would not enter these areas unless their safety was guaranteed.Moskov said about two-thirds of the attacks occur in Roma-populated neighborhoods, and his comment sparked the anger of many NGOs which accused him of using "racist" rhetoric.Others, however, voiced their support for his steps which in their words were aimed at finally putting an end to the picture of beaten medical teams trying to provide aid across the country. Emergency aid workers also backed Moskov's move. Meanwhile Valeri Simeonov, co-head of the nationalist coalition Patriotic Front, questioned the Roma people's human nature.

- See more at: http://www.novinite.com/articles/165558/Anti-Discrimination+Protest+to+Be+Held+in+Sofia+over+%27Racist+Remarks%27+of+Gov%27t