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To: chronicle who wrote (1228407)	5/11/2020 1:18:25 PM
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Pakistan: Muslim cleric touts use of coronavirus aid to convert Christians to Islam MAY 11, 2020 11:00 AM BY ROBERT SPENCER It’s the same story in every one of these cases. If Christians were using coronavirus aid to convert Muslims to Christianity, there would be insistent international headlines for weeks, New York Times studies on the unethical practices of missionaries, CNN exposés on forced conversion by Christian evangelists, etc. But you won’t hear about this anywhere except here. “Cleric in Pakistan Touts Use of COVID-19 Aid to Convert Minorities to Islam,” International Christian Concern, May 8, 2020: 05/08/2020 Pakistan (International Christian Concern) – Church leaders and human rights activists in Pakistan are speaking out against a video in which an Islamic cleric claims his organization is using COVID-19 food aid to convert non-Muslims to Islam. Pakistani Christians claim this cleric and his organization are misusing the COVID-19 pandemic to abuse Pakistan’s already persecuted religious minorities. Appearing on Mandi Channel, an Islamic TV channel in Pakistan, an Islamic cleric claims his organization, named Dawat-e-Islami, is converting non-Muslims to Islam using COVID-19 food aid. The cleric specifically brought up an example of a man who recently converted to Islam. “The staff of the organization offered him conversion against food which he accepted,” the cleric claimed. The cleric went on to say the converted man was renamed Muhammad Ramdan and has started following the Islamic ritual of fasting. Approximately 45% of Pakistan’s population lives below the poverty line, earning most of their income through daily labor jobs. Pakistan’s national lockdown, which started on March 21, has cut off many of these laborers from earning daily wages. Pakistan’s Christian community has been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to widespread discrimination and intolerance, Pakistani Christians have been marginalized to the country’s poorest and most vulnerable sections of society. Many Christians depend upon the daily labor jobs which have been curtailed by the lockdown. In addition to these challenges, reports of Christians being denied desperately needed food aid have come to light. Since the lockdown started, International Christian Concern (ICC) has documented at least four incidents in which Christians were denied food aid because of their religious identity….

To: chronicle who wrote (1228407)	5/16/2020 2:19:33 AM
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Head of National Microbiology Lab resigns Ottawa seeking permanent replacement for Dr. Matthew Gilmour Karen Pauls · CBC News · Posted: May 15, 2020 8:51 PM Dr. Matthew Gilmour has resigned as head of the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. He and his family will move to the U.K. to start a new position in July. (Public Health Agency of Canada) The head of the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg has suddenly resigned to work with a bio-research institute in the United Kingdom. Dr. Matthew Gilmour is leaving to work for the Quadram Institute Bioscience, and will be filled in for by his adviser, Dr. Guillaume Poliquin, until a permanent replacement can be found, according to Canada's chief medical officer, Dr. Theresa Tam. "Join me in wishing Dr. Gilmour and his family the very best as they embark on this exciting journey," Tam said in a series of tweets late Thursday, amid her usual stream of postings about the coronavirus pandemic. Poliquin is an infectious disease pediatrician and has conducted research for several vaccines, including one that prevents pneumonia, blood poisoning and meningitis among children in the North. He is a senior medical adviser for the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), working in the special pathogens division at the NML, and as a medical adviser to Gilmour. The Quadram Institute said in a statement Gilmour will lead a group researching Listeria. Dr. Guillaume Poliquin, centre, is the new acting head of the lab. (Warren Kay/CBC News) Gilmour started working at the NML, Canada's highest-level containment lab, as a junior research scientist in 2004. According to earlier statements from both PHAC and the federal government, Gilmour trained with physicians as a clinical microbiologist in 2012 and revamped NML's core values to include the importance of working directly with communities on public health. In 2015, he succeeded Dr. Frank Plummer as head of both the NML in and the Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses in Guelph, Ont. The job involves managing the delivery of laboratory public health and emergency preparedness programs, providing strategic scientific advice to officials and representing the lab nationally and internationally. As a researcher, Gilmour worked on responses to the Ebola and Zika outbreaks and more recently, to COVID-19, though he has not been in the public eye very much during the pandemic. Health Canada, which appeared to be caught off guard by his resignation, declined interview requests for Gilmour and Poliquin. Gilmour started working at the NML, Canada's highest-level containment lab, as a junior research scientist in 2004. (Trevor Brine/CBC) Not surprised Steven Theriault worked with both men at the NML. He left two years ago to start Winnipeg-based Cytophage Technologies Inc., a company creating viruses that kill anti-microbial resistant bacteria. "I wasn't surprised that Dr. Gilmore was leaving," Theriault told CBC News. "When you talk to Matt, you always talk about science and he really is passionate about it … Maybe it was just the best opportunity for him to move forward again as a pure scientist … as opposed to running a building or running an entire program like that." Theriault predicts Poliquin will do a good job leading the lab through the pandemic, given his expertise in public health and vaccine development. However, he noted Poliquin will take over an organization dealing with budget cuts, a hiring freeze, poor morale, and an on-going RCMP investigation into two scientists who were evicted from the lab last summer for what PHAC described as a "possible policy breach." Xiangguo Qiu and her husband Keding Cheng have been named in numerous conspiracy theories linking the novel coronavirus responsible for COVID-19, the NML, and the infectious disease lab in Wuhan, China. The RCMP and PHAC have consistently denied any connections. Xiangguo Qiu, seen here, and her husband Keding Cheng were removed from the lab last summer for what PHAC described as a 'possible policy breach.' (CBC) Theriault said there are several people who would could lead the NML, including two former heads of the special pathogens program: Heinz Feldmann, now chief scientist at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; and Gary Kobinger, director of the Research Centre on Infectious Diseases at Université Laval. They were responsible for successful Ebola vaccines and treatments while at NML. However, Theriault recommended hiring someone outside of government, ideally someone familiar with private industry because "we're moving in a different world of science." "There's a lot of great scientists there. They just sometimes need a little push in the right direction," he said. Online claims that Chinese scientists stole coronavirus from Winnipeg lab have 'no factual basis' Ouster of researchers from National Microbiology Lab still a mystery

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German intelligence exposes Muslim Brotherhood’s plan to undermine Germany MAY 16, 2020 11:00 AM BY RAMI DABBAS An internal intelligence report from the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) in state of Bavaria has warned of the growing security threat posed by Muslim Brotherhood. The report states that Muslim Brotherhood in Germany seeks to establish a comprehensive system of government which does not guarantee the sovereignty of the people, the principles of freedom, or equality. Transforming German society In its report, the BfV added that “the Brotherhood’s primary goal is to form a system of government and many of the Muslim Brotherhood’s principles are hostile to the German Constitution, especially the principles of democracy, the rule of law and a political system based on human dignity.” The report emphasizes that the essence of the Brotherhood’s anti-constitution principles and goals are stipulated in the “general system of the Muslim Brotherhood,” the general rules of the Muslim Brotherhood which were put forward by first generation of the founding fathers and Hassan al-Banna (the founder of the group in Egypt in the 1920s). The report also notes that “the Islamic Community Organization is the basic organizational structure of the Muslim Brotherhood in Germany, and this organization is a member of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe, which is the mother organization of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe, and is based in Brussels.” “Samir Falah, the former president of the German Islamic Society, was elected president of the Federation of Islamic Organizations in Europe in 2018,” reflecting the strength of the Muslim Brotherhood branch in Germany. Organizations affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood are dangerous The intelligence report warns of another umbrella organization in Europe, the European council for fatwa and research, which was established in 1997 in Dublin, Ireland, and aims to control the fatwa for Muslims residing in Europe. Yusuf al-Qaradawi is considered the spiritual leader of the group. “The Muslim Brotherhood is trying publicly to demonstrate openness, tolerance, and a desire to dialogue with governments and political institutions, but the group aims to replace the existing system with its own system,” the report reads. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has “monitored the sympathy of the supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood with terrorists (such as ISIS terrorists) on social media.” The report identified the Islamic Center in Munich, the capital of the state of Bavaria, and the Islamic Group in Nuremberg, as the most important organizations operating under the banner of the Islamic Society Organization in the state. The report accuses “the two organizations of having an institutional relationship with the Muslim Brotherhood and its boards of directors and a personal relationship with the leaders of the group.” Last August, according to the report, the Islamic Center in Munich published a document on its online platforms on “the treatment of women” which “did not include any mention or respect for German laws, and incited violence against women.” The report also warns that Muslim Brotherhood organizations are working as institutions parallel to the institutions and programs of the state, and that they aim to train imams in order to be a substitute for the government’s program to train imams in German universities. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Council of Imams and Scholars, which claims to be the main scientific organization for Muslims is attempting to infiltrate Islamic teaching departments at universities, the report warns. Bavaria is the capital of the Muslim Brotherhood in Germany At end of 2019, the number of Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Germany reached 1,200 people, 150 of whom were active in Bavaria. The state of Bavaria is of critical importance to the Muslim Brotherhood, as their presence in Germany began in the 1950s. The Islamic Center in Munich and the mosque attached to it were the very first institutions the group established in the country. The Muslim Brotherhood has a strong presence in Germany, through the Islamic Society Organization, and the many small organizations and mosques which are scattered throughout the country. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has classified the Muslim Brotherhood’s institutions and leaders and leaders in Germany as threat to constitutional and democratic order. Regarding the danger posed by terrorist groups in the country, Bavarian Minister of Interior Joachim Hermann notes in the introduction of the report: “We were able to save Germany from terrorist attacks in 2019, but given what happened in the same year in Britain and Norway France, the danger remains.” “The Internet plays an important role in coordinating terrorist movements and linking terrorist cells together.” “ISIS is trying to take advantage of the emerging Coronavirus pandemic, by keeping the security busy with the Pandemic, and to urge its followers to act and carry out attacks in order to destabilize Western societies,” he added.