Syrians in Germany protest sexism, racism in wake of Cologne attacks

Beneath a gray January sky, a handful of men gathered in front of the towering Cologne Cathedral carrying placards and waving German and Syrian flags. Then, as curious bystanders began to trickle over, the men unfurled a banner with a message scrawled in black and green.

"We're refugees from Syria," it read in German. "We're against racism, sexism and war."

It marked the beginning of the first of two demonstrations on Saturday meant to counter the increasingly negative image of refugees in the wake of the events in Cologne on New Year's Eve.

Since that night, in which more than 500 women reported being sexually harassed in front of the main train station by a mob of men, most of them from migrant backgrounds, male refugees from the Middle East feel they're suddenly the enemy in a country that only a short while ago had celebrated their arrival.

Jabbar Abdullah, a 28-year-old Syrian who organized the first, smaller demonstration, said he wanted to convey to the public that there was a distinction between the men who committed those crimes and ordinary refugees.

Jabbar Abdullah, a 28-year-old Syrian who organized the first, smaller demonstration, said he wanted to convey to the public that there was a distinction between the men who committed those crimes and ordinary refugees.

Lord Foul wrote:yeah, and you know what.....we dont beleive em..not one little bit

because......

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:yeah, and you know what.....we dont beleive em..not one little bit

because......

I knew you'd say that.

Lord Foul wrote:yeah, and you know what.....we dont beleive em..not one little bit

because......

Raggamuffin wrote:There's that phrase "genuine refugees" again. What is making some people think that someone can't be a genuine refugee and at the same time be capable of sexually harassing a woman?

Didge wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:There's that phrase "genuine refugees" again. What is making some people think that someone can't be a genuine refugee and at the same time be capable of sexually harassing a woman?

Someone genuine is seeking snactuary and safety, being grateful to their hosts. Someone coming knowingly to commit criminal acts is not genuine are they but have intentionally come to commit harm. They are not fleeing anything. I am not saying some are not refugeees, but they lose that status in my book, when they knowingly break the law

Didge wrote:Wow, about a couple hundred protesters.
So the attackers at Cologne organised 5 times as many people

Whilst this seems like good news, those missing shows how actually this is more concerning. I mean 200 out of 1 million refugees let in last year?

Yes there is a massive problem which sadly genuine refugees like these good people will take the flak because a large number of people have gotten in off the crisis

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Didge wrote:Wow, about a couple hundred protesters.
So the attackers at Cologne organised 5 times as many people

Whilst this seems like good news, those missing shows how actually this is more concerning. I mean 200 out of 1 million refugees let in last year?

Yes there is a massive problem which sadly genuine refugees like these good people will take the flak because a large number of people have gotten in off the crisis

Absolutely, since we can say with all certainty that the other 999,200 of them supported the attacks.

Didge wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Didge wrote:Wow, about a couple hundred protesters.
So the attackers at Cologne organised 5 times as many people

Whilst this seems like good news, those missing shows how actually this is more concerning. I mean 200 out of 1 million refugees let in last year?

Yes there is a massive problem which sadly genuine refugees like these good people will take the flak because a large number of people have gotten in off the crisis

Absolutely, since we can say with all certainty that the other 999,200 of them supported the attacks.

Of the known attacks that is
Like I say, they attackers were better organisors and this pulled in a few hundred
That is poor in my book, they should have been out in their thousands condemning

Lord Foul wrote:probably not ben, they likely have the same attitude as the left, and dont give a damn about them, except it might make their life uncomfortable....

see the problem that everyone misses is that such behaviour is culturally endemic isnt it...

its not "exceptional" to see women as mere "playthings" within that culture, especially women who are merely living within our cultural norms

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Didge wrote:
Of the known attacks that is
Like I say, they attackers were better organisors and this pulled in a few hundred
That is poor in my book, they should have been out in their thousands condemning

Protest movement grow over time, they don't start huge in most cases.

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Lord Foul wrote:probably not ben, they likely have the same attitude as the left, and dont give a damn about them, except it might make their life uncomfortable....

see the problem that everyone misses is that such behaviour is culturally endemic isnt it...

its not "exceptional" to see women as mere "playthings" within that culture, especially women who are merely living within our cultural norms

I wish you'd stop pretending the left doesn't care about the German victims, it's getting old, it's stupid and it's a terrible accusation to just mindlessly blurt out. You're like a shit-flinging monkey.

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Beneath a gray January sky, a handful of men gathered in front of the towering Cologne Cathedral carrying placards and waving German and Syrian flags. Then, as curious bystanders began to trickle over, the men unfurled a banner with a message scrawled in black and green.

"We're refugees from Syria," it read in German. "We're against racism, sexism and war."

It marked the beginning of the first of two demonstrations on Saturday meant to counter the increasingly negative image of refugees in the wake of the events in Cologne on New Year's Eve.

Since that night, in which more than 500 women reported being sexually harassed in front of the main train station by a mob of men, most of them from migrant backgrounds, male refugees from the Middle East feel they're suddenly the enemy in a country that only a short while ago had celebrated their arrival.

Jabbar Abdullah, a 28-year-old Syrian who organized the first, smaller demonstration, said he wanted to convey to the public that there was a distinction between the men who committed those crimes and ordinary refugees.

http://www.dw.com/en/germans-and-refugees-protest-sexism-and-racism-in-wake-of-cologne-attacks/a-18984761

It's funny, the "liberal media" isn't reporting this very much ...