News Round-Up
- “Two dead, almost 70 injured in German Christmas market terror attack” – Check the Telegraph’s home page for the latest developments in this horrific breaking story.
- “Saudi Arabian doctor, 50, who killed at least two is ‘an ex-Muslim who ranted against Germany for Islamising Europe’” – The man who drove his car into people at the German Christmas market, killing at least two and injuring dozens, was an ex-Muslim, according to the Mail, not a Jihadist.
- “Elon Musk backs AfD to ‘save Germany’” – Musk has upset Leftie Twitter by endorsing the AfD, but Alice Weidel, one of the party’s leaders, is delighted, reports the Telegraph.
- “In latest threat to German democracy, dangerous fascist Elon Musk tweets six words about Alternative für Deutschland” – On his Substack, Eugyppius gives short shrift to all those self-styled defenders of democracy wringing their hands in alarm about Musk’s endorsement of AfD.
- “My appointments to the Lords are true radicals, the smart and the very brave” – Kemi Badenoch explains why she nominated me and five others for peerages yesterday in an op ed for ConservativeHome.
- “Starmer is on the brink of erasing Brexit – but Kemi can still rescue it” – Labour has a huge majority and can ram through any deal it likes. But the Tories can still make life difficult for the Government if it tries to undo Brexit, says David Frost in the Telegraph.
- “Things must be bad for Starmer if he’s losing to Diane Abbott” – The pair clearly despise each other, but Sir Keir’s tendency to break promises has only divided them further, reports the Telegraph.
- “Banning the Granny Harmers song will backfire on the foolish BBC” – The BBC’s refusal to play ‘Freezing This Christmas’ by Sir Starmer and the Granny Haters will make it even more popular, writes George Chesterton in the Telegraph.
- “Anti-Starmer song tops sales and downloads charts but falls short of Christmas No. 1” – ‘Freezing This Christmas’ has racked up just over 14,000 sales in a few weeks but is pipped to top slot by Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’, according to the Telegraph. Shame.
- “Wham again? How Spotify and Apple killed the Christmas Number One” – Sorry, Sir Starmer and the Granny Harmers – a very familiar song has topped the festive charts, says the Telegraph. And algorithms are to blame.
- “Lord Mandelson picked as ambassador to US to win over Trump” – The New Labour grandee will take up the Washington role with sights set on wooing the incoming president and securing a trade deal, which may prove difficult, given some of the rude things he’s said about the President-elect, says the Telegraph.
- “Mandelson described Trump as a danger to the world and ‘little short of a white nationalist’” – The Telegraph produces some examples of the silly things Mandelson has said about Trump.
- “Lord Mandelson called an ‘absolute moron’ by Trump campaign chief” – Chris LaCivita, who masterminded Trump’s presidential bid, took to X yesterday to say what he thinks about Keir Starmer’s choice for U.S. ambassador, according to the Telegraph.
- “Almost nobody in Washington knows who Lord Mandelson is, says U.S. congressman” – Republican Glenn Grothman estimates that only 15 of the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives would be able to name the new British Ambassador, says the Telegraph.
- “When Trump wants to talk to Britain, he’ll call Farage – not Mandelson” – For a political genius, Mandelson has been on the losing side an awful lot of times, writes Dominic Green in the Telegraph.
- “The climate scaremongers: Mad Ed’s lies come back to haunt him” – Ed Miliband’s misleading promises are coming back to bite him on the bum, says Paul Homewood in the Conservative Woman.
- “Labour has walked into a Net Zero trap of its own making” – Britain does not have sufficient gas-powered generating capacity to meet demand when there’s not enough wind, points out Rupert Darwall in the Spectator.
- “Rachel Reeves has shattered economic confidence” – As the economy deteriorates, the pressure is only going to increase on the Chancellor to make savings in Government spending, writes Matthew Lynn in the Spectator.
- “Britain is living beyond its means” – The longer term-picture is that retail sales volumes remain 1.6% down on what they were on the eve of the pandemic in February 2020, says Ross Clark in the Spectator.
- “Scrapping Latin in state schools will impoverish us all” – Labour says it is opposed to elitism. But its decision to scrap a state school Latin programme will make classics the exclusive preserve of the rich, writes Lola Salem in the Telegraph.
- “‘How is a convicted terrorist trying to sue me over my pub’s name?’” – Landlords across the country are defending the Saracen’s Head name after one establishment was taken to court for its “deeply offensive” sign, reports the Telegraph.
- “Stephen Fry criticises Stonewall’s ‘nonsensical’ stance on trans issues” – Stephen Fry hit out against Stonewall during an interview on Triggernometry, according to the Telegraph.
- “The Pill turned me gay: Woman blames sexuality change on contraceptive” – Amy Parker ditched the Pill in February after ending her seven-year relationship. By May the thought of dating men filled her with “disgust”, says the Mail.
- “Lib Dems barred domestic abuse survivor from standing as MP over gender-critical views” – A former parliamentary candidate is taking legal action against the Liberal Democrats, seeking £90,000 in damages after she was branded a “bigot” for wearing a T-shirt with a feminist slogan on it, reports the Free Speech Union’s blog.
- “Teacher jailed after row over transgender pupils is released” – The Evangelical Christian who was jailed for contempt in September after defying a High Court injunction banning him from the grounds of the school he taught at in Ireland has been released in time for Christmas, says the Mail.
- “Eight convicted of involvement of the 2020 beheading of teacher Samuel Paty” – Eight people have been convicted for being involved in the death of Samuel Paty, the teacher who was beheaded outside his school near Paris four years ago, reports the Mail.
- “Sara Sharif judge who made anonymity order claims ‘media could not be trusted to report fairly’” – The identities of those involved in the family court ruling remain unknown over fears of a social media ‘lynch mob’, according to the Telegraph.
- “Gary Lineker gives Sports Personality parting shot: ‘I never enjoyed presenting it’” – The former footballer cited the restrictions placed on what presenters can say as a reason for his indifference to hosting the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards, says the Telegraph.
- “‘Doctors are facing anti-Semitism from their colleagues – will the NHS protect them?’” – Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict, Jewish medical staff have faced increasingly frequent – and brazen – discrimination, writes Miranda Levy in the Telegraph.
- “Owen Jones’s obsession with Israel shows why it’s so hard to be a Jew at the BBC” – What is it about the Jewish state that so agitates the digital doofus? asks Jake Wallis Simons in the Telegraph.
- “On the crossroads at the edge of empire” – It’s time the British conservative movement thought hard about what an authentic domestic form of conservatism really looks like, writes David McGrogan on his News From Uncibal Substack.
- “Oligarchy dies in the light” – Have the plutocrats of the internet age finally realised that all Donald Trump wanted was their love? asks Freddy Gray in the Spectator.
- “Trump to demand Nato nations spend 5% of GDP on defence” – The President-elect will tell European countries told to bolster their defence budgets and shoulder the burden of defending Ukraine from Russia, according to the Telegraph.
- “An honourable peace is within Ukraine’s grasp” – With the Democrats out of the way, the new President will surely not want to lose the geopolitical advantages of thwarting Putin, writes Charles Moore in the Telegraph.
- “What’s the truth about the New Jersey drone sightings?” – It’s increasingly hard these days to get a grip on some news stories in the modern media landscape, according to Gareth Roberts in the Spectator.
- “The free world has abandoned Hong Kong” – The heads of our intelligence agencies have highlighted the security threat China poses for several years, but Sir Keir and others have ignored their warnings, reports the Spectator.
- “Macron and the ‘Mamadous’: French president accused of racist, sexist and homophobic remarks” – Critics of Macron claim to be stunned at a string of “politically incorrect” remarks he’s made recently, says the Telegraph.
- “France says bird flu-free after month without outbreaks” – France has declared itself to be free of avian influenza in the absence of any new outbreaks for more than a month, says Reuters.
- “If I was to make a parody of a woke Hollywood trailer that checks every conceivable PC box in 2 minutes, I would make exactly this trailer” – Matt Walsh has found a trailer for what could be the most woke film ever made.
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Fighting for Free Speech
If you believe that crock written in the DM above, that he’s got beef with the German government about the ongoing Islamization of Germany, is a supporter of Tommy Robinson and Israel and that he’s anti-Islam, you need your head read. So he’s so ‘anti-Islam’ that he chose to ram his car into crowds of German ( and many Western tourists ) families with kids instead of ‘kicking out time’ at the mosque? He allegedly had an explosive device, but again, he didn’t want to target those darn Muslims that he supposedly hates with it. I’m just waiting for the next inevitable plot twist, that he’s working for Mossad. So in the spirit of this being a developing story and that Twitter is awash with fake news there is this. As ever, take all with a pinch of salt; ”BREAKING: More details about the Christmas market attack suspect have surfaced, from UAE and Saudi Arabian 𝕏 users: “The perpetrator of the attack, Talib Abdulmohsen, is a 50-year-old doctor, a dissident of the Saudi government and an atheist with a Shia background. He has been residing in Germany since 2006. He is involved in several cases related to smuggling, legal fraud,… Read more »
I defer to experts on Islam, such as Robert Spencer; ”1. Vehicular jihad is a well-established practice going back years. ISIS has called for it. It is not a common practice among any other criminal or terrorist sector. 2. Saudi Arabia, where the Magdeburg perpetrator is from, is a hotbed of jihad activity. 3. Islam has doctrines calling for warfare against unbelievers. See Qur’an 8:39, 9:5, 9:29, etc. etc. 4. Islam has doctrines calling for deception under certain circumstances. 5. Jihad groups have been calling for attacks on German Christmas Markets. 6. Several jihad plots against Christmas Markets have already been foiled. 7. Muslims recently marched through a German Christmas market screaming “Allahu akbar” and “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet.” 7. It seems that the perp has been claiming to be an ex-Muslim — and a Zionist! — and has contacted several anti-jihad media figures, asking them to interview him. This leads to several possibilities. a. That he was a sincere ex-Muslim and Zionist, and decided to attack a target of jihadis in a manner in which jihadis often attack, for no clear reason. b. He was lying, in preparation for his jihad attack.… Read more »
Give it a few more hours and they will discover that he was a far right supporter and and AfD voter.
Your prediction has come amazingly true!
‘Insane’ Magdeburg Christmas market attack turns up heat on Germany’s politicians – POLITICO
“Reports suggested the German authorities had been warned about the suspected attacker. He allegedly supports the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which is currently in second place in opinion polls.”
They used to be called double agents!
It’s pretty obvious that this one is
Here’s a brief clip of him talking on the BBC. Seriously, what is it about the BBC? 🤷♀️ The Southport child-killer also featured on there years ago, and we know how paedophiles are always welcomed and protected in that highly unsavoury and corrupt organisation. “Double-agent” sounds about right. He had a public persona, that he’s obviously put a lot of time and effort into cultivating that image, but now he’s revealed his true colours. And I suspect “seeking asylum” is code for “terrorists seeking to embark on jihad”;
https://x.com/HoodedClaw1974/status/1870382726169219440
Indeed what better way for an ex-Muslim to express his outrage at the islamification of Germany than driving a 4×4 into the Christmas crowd?
Yes, the Christmas crowd where not a single hair on a Muslim’s head was harmed.
There’s many ex-Muslims translating the psycho’s social media posts online and more speculations. It’s very odd for him to live in Europe since 2006 and wait this long before carrying out such an attack. Did he just flip? It’s not the norm is it? Anyway, no doubt more will be revealed in due course;
”Taleb Al-Abdmohsen, who carried out the terrorist attack, was indoctrinated in Saudi Arabia as a Shia Muslim. He once confessed that he followed fatwas from his religious leaders that even permitted stealing from Christians. After moving to Germany, he announced that he had become an atheist. There are two possible explanations for his actions:
1.He remained committed to his beliefs but presented himself as an atheist for strategic reasons.
2.He genuinely became an atheist but could not fully escape the indoctrination of his childhood. When provoked or angered, this latent hatred for Christians resurfaced, leading him to act violently at a calculated time and place.”
https://x.com/BrotherRasheed/status/1870295208715497654
Trump to demand Nato nations spend 5% of GDP on defence
President Trump is playing all the right notes, highlighting the stupidity of the delusional ‘peace dividend’ that created the conditions for yet another war in Europe.
Ukraine has cost the West £500bn so far.
Reconstruction costs will be of the same order, probably more.
Soaring energy costs have cost households across Europe figures in total also of the same order.
5% on defence is good value in that context. Defence pays for itself many times over by deterring war; the only true victory.
Deterring war is the one thing the West is least interested in. Iraq, Libya, and so on, are such examples where UK, NATO have been only too delighted to assist USA in maintaining its world dominance – and oil supply. NATO was even happy to bomb Belgrade and other targets in the middle of Europe for 78 consecutive days, longer than the London Blitz.
And what has the West gained for its £500 billion in Ukraine? Mainly debt and diminished defence capabilities. And what has Ukraine gained? Mass death and destruction. Bravo. An excellent example of the Western ‘Rules based order’.
UK should certainly have a strong defence capability but only for its own defence, not for misuse by other nations.
‘At a closed session of the Arab Cooperation Council summit the following month, Saddam said that Iraq needed $30 billion, reportedly telling his Egyptian, Jordanian, and Yemeni counterparts: “Go and tell them in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf that if they don’t give it to me, I will know how to take it.’
British deployment of armour in the 1960s and the Coalition action of 1990/91 averted Iraqi expansionism. British deployments in Oman in the 1970s averted Yemeni expansionism. British deployments in the Falklands, prevented the military expansionism of Argentina and then, in Sierra Leone, that of another aggressive and oppressive state, Liberia (supported by Libyan mercenaries). Latterly, Gaddafi was intent upon turning Libya into a nuclear armed state.
British defence spending has, in general, been a force for good, keeping the peace across the world and, in Europe in particular, the ‘Long Peace’ 1945-2014.
The ‘peace dividend’ created the conditions for yet another war in Europe. Time, once more to restore deterrence through forward defence.
Sorry, but why should UK be interested in problems as far away as Iraq? Does or did ever Saudi Arabia (do they still have their bi-weekly public beheadings?) need military assistance from UK? With all their wealth (as opposed to ours)? And was UK particularly asked to intervene between Yemen and Oman? Why should we? (Oil, presumably.) And Gaddafi was really intent on turning Libya into a nuclear state? Would that have anything to do with the fact that Israel is a nuclear state and was unhappy with Gaddafi?
The world would be far better off without nuclear weapons. But then we would not live in fear, and all politicians want their populations in a continual state of fear – it is so good for the MIC.
Falklands, yes, that was British territory being attacked by a foreign country: that was a case for UK defence but otherwise your quoted cases were us sticking our noses in where they definitely did not belong.
And your repeatedly quoted ‘Long peace’ (69 whole years, wow) needs a very careful selection of dates and what comprises ‘Europe’.
‘Only days after the signing of the treaty, on 4th February 1899, the British government issued instructions to deploy naval force to prevent an attack on Kuwait. And in the 120 years since 1899 Britain has maintained a lasting commitment to Kuwait’s security.”
‘The KIO was the first such office of any Sovereign Wealth Fund, later managing Kuwait’s investments right across Europe. And Kuwait’s investments in the UK, from both the KIO and the private sector, have continued to grow exponentially since then. We warmly welcome and encourage further such investment because it is both responsible and for the long term.’
An honourable peace is within Ukraine’s grasp “Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied history of the United States of America.” As an opening bid from an incoming President regarding a key U.S. interest, that statement would, from a negotiating standpoint, be hard to better. Ukraine may not be a key U.S. interest, but peace in Ukraine, right now, most certainly is. ‘The political requirement is that the military situation in Central Europe be in balance-that it be stabilized so that global freedom of action is not impaired……A stable nuclear balance makes imperative a stable conventional balance in Europe. Without that stability there can be no political or military counter to expanding (Sino-Russian) influence in the Near East, South Asia, Africa, or in the great ocean basins upon which an interdependent world relies. Not the least of these ocean areas are the North Atlantic and North Pacific-vital to North Americans.’ DeWitt Smith ‘Russia is an empire: it perceives itself as an empire, it has an imperial history, and currently in geopolitics it sees itself as continuing to play the role of an empire. For this reason most Russian negotiations, not only… Read more »
I wondered how long it would be before you mentioned De Witt Smith again.
Strength in negotiations is a good starting point but it has to be backed up by more than bluff. US and NATO forces have hardly been impressive against the Russian military in Ukraine. The West is hampered by its multi-national, profit oriented defence industry, with its long-winded process of contract tendering and approval, and product development. Russia’s defence industry, on the other hand, is state-owned with workers motivated by knowing they are fighting for their own survival. Russia’s defence industry is also working 24/7; USA will need a long time to ratchet up its production and they are technically at a disadvantage – hypersonic missiles, for example. Russia also has a larger nuclear missile deterrent but let us hope it does not get to that …
Russian blusters belie the weakness of their negotiating position and President Trump knows it.
‘The Russian defense industry, while firing on all cylinders, is behind the technology curve as Chinese substitutions turn out to be lacklustre. As a result, it is easier for Russian industry to reproduce old Soviet models of equipment, rather than create technically more complex Armata tanks and Su-57 aircraft.’
The Russian economy, interest rates at 21%, is looking towards 2025 in trepidation.
‘Drill, baby, drill’, oil prices heading towards $40, spells doom. That’s why President Trump said it.
‘There is an unavoidable downside to flight at hypersonic speeds: a layer of superhot plasma is generated around the missile’s airframe, which interferes with radio transmissions to or from it.
That in turn means that the weapon can’t use communications, satnav or radar.
It will be unable to hit a moving target and, being limited to inertial navigation, won’t be very accurate in hitting a fixed point.’
The Oreshnik attack on Dnipro was very accurate. And there is currently no defence against hypersonic missiles, which is a definite advantage point over other missiles.
Plasma does not form instantaneously – the air takes a finite time to heat up and ionise.
The Oreshnik used multiple independently targeted warheads which will be projected through the plasma field when close to their broad target area and will not immediately develop their own plasma field, during which time they will be able to reset their guidance and refine the targeting. Since they will be comparitively close to their targets they are likely to be highly accurate even if using solely inertial guidance. The accuracy it actually achieved has already been mentioned by CGW.
I was wrong yesterday: the Russian economy is in fourth place in the world, not fifth, in terms of PPP.
Their rate of inflation is 9% but so were the salary increases last year.
I am sure the Russians are looking forward to 2025 with their country being in a far better economic and social situation than ours.
Some Russian friends of mine (he is a lorry driver and his wife a housewife) own their own house and can afford to holiday in Thailand in January. They managed the Maldives and Bangkok this year. Life is certainly tough for ordinary provincial Russians at the moment.
‘The video of the strike indicates that each of the six warheads released six submunitions for a total of 36 artificial meteorites weighing about fifty pounds each.
According to current best estimates, the RS-26 has a ‘Circular Error Probable’ or CEP of 90-250 meters , meaning that half the projectiles would lie inside a circle of that radius. This is accurate enough for a nuclear warhead with a blast radius of several kilometers, but not for a handful of kinetic warheads.
A rough calculation suggests that if the CEP is 150 meters, then 36 submunitions landing at random would only give about a 6% chance of scoring one hit on a house-sized target bewteen them.
No surprise they seem to have missed, especially as the video indicates the spread may have been wider than this.’
‘Elevated salaries have fueled inflation, driving up the cost of everyday goods, including butter, potatoes, and eggs. Several regions have reported a rash of thefts of butter and other dairy products, as prices climb. Some retailers have taken to putting dairy products under lock-and-key to prevent theft.
Rates on residential mortgages are also soaring, in conjunction with the Central Bank’s interest hikes, which has in turn choked off home and apartment sales in a growing number of regions.
The ruble’s drop, meanwhile, will make imported goods more expensive’
‘When you’re a Russian retiree living on a limited income, it’s bad enough trying to contend with skyrocketing prices for staples like eggs, potatoes, or butter. Now add to the list of worries: a swooning ruble hitting lows not seen in years.
“I see these prices, my eyes get wide,” said one retired history teacher who lives in St. Petersburg and tries to get by on a 19,100-ruble ($187) monthly pension. “What’s going on? Prices are rising for absolutely everything.”
Apostate jihadis is all the world needs right now.
It’s my personal, non-expert opinion, that he never was an apostate. This is classic ‘Taqiya’, in that it was a cover based on deceit of the ‘infidels’, a tactic written about and advocated by their Koran. But it still leaves the question: why wait until now? That’s a lot of years and Christmas market killing-spree opportunities to let go by when you’ve been living in a European country since 2006. I think the fact he’s a psychiatrist who just happened to flip out is a bit too convenient, though I’m not implying psychiatrists are somehow immune to mental health issues or even psychotic episodes, but I don’t buy it. Perhaps he will reveal more himself now that he’s in custody. If he was so into helping other ex-Muslims why did he avoid speaking to this ex-Muslim about his experiences? ”I am a former Muslim, and I closely follow the stories of those who leave Islam. I often connect with them on social media, interview them, and explore their reasons for leaving the faith. Over the past 20 years, I have interviewed many ex-Muslims. I reached out twice to @DrTalebJawad , inviting him to share his story/ and other topics on… Read more »
”Actions speak louder than words!
If the Saudi perpetrator @DrTalebJawad
truly hated Saudi Arabia, he would have targeted Saudi Arabia, not Germany. If he hated Islam, he would have attacked Islamic gatherings or symbols. The fact that he carried out his attack in Germany, targeting Christians at a Christmas market, points to only one conclusion: the thing he hated most was Christians. A terrorist’s actions are driven by what they despise the most, and in this case, his target makes his motives clear. It doesn’t matter what he has pretended to be.”
https://x.com/BrotherRasheed/status/1870313257707139241
I agree, of course. To what extent it’s him, or the “powers that be,” or both in concert, trying to pin it on the AfD remains to be seen.
My point is just the implausible strategy that every extremist wants to do mass murder at Christmas Fairs.
All we have yet to see is Putin targeting Christmas fairs out of revenge for Kursk, and the police targeting Christmas fairs because they’ve been infiltrated by the Far Right.
I too go for Taqiya, or just possibly backtracking on apostasy and proving his credentials. Either way, jihad is written all over it – as the comments in the MSM seem to agree.
Yes, his claimed support for the “FAR-RIGHT AFD” has now been trotted out. See this:
‘Insane’ Magdeburg Christmas market attack turns up heat on Germany’s politicians – POLITICO
I’m probably having a slow day, but I thought tne movie trailer was a skit, didn’t realise it was for real.
PS congrats Lord Toby of Scepticus, may your ermine be fluffy.
“The Pill turned me gay: Woman blames sexuality change on contraceptive”
Apart from being drivel the headline does not match the article. The DMs article headline is ‘Stopping the pill turned me gay’ – which is entirely different from the DS link and also different from what the woman is reported to have said:
So not ‘The Pill turned me gay’ or ‘Stopping the Pill turned me gay’, but ‘The Pill kept me straight’. All of it total bullshit of course.
Although it may be “so hard to be a Jew” at either the NHS or BBC, these people should be damn happy they are not Palestinians suffering at the hands of the Israeli Jews in Gaza.
DDN has posted two new videos: the first (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd6bM0ETG-I) is for all those sceptics who still do not believe Israel is carrying out genocide in Gaza – the scenes of destruction are breath-taking, and the second (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1QL3ZQvtU) is a tribute to the Palestinian men who are fighting for the survival of their families in Israel, something the NHS and BBC colleagues are definitely spared.
What a coincidence!
1) WINTER SOLSTICE 2024: Fake Ex-Muslim, claiming to hate Muslims, used Muslim Vehicular Jihad against nearly 200 Ethnic Europeans in Magdeburg, 8 years to the day after a previous attack on a Christmas Market in Berlin. The death toll may soon rise due to the grave injuries. NOT ONE MUSLIM WAS HARMED.
Occult Ritual Human Sacrifice?
2) BIRTHDAY OF OSIRIS 2011: Fake Neonazi Anders Breivik, claiming to hate Muslims, killed 77 Ethnic Europeans in two separate attacks in Norway.
NOT ONE MUSLIM WAS HARMED.
Occult Ritual Human Sacrifice?
3) MAGDEBURG 1524 (exactly 500 years ago): The Father of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther, “returned to Magdeburg at the invitation of the mayor and delivered a moving sermon at St. John’s Church on June 26, which initiated a profound transformation in the city. Inspired by Luther’s words, parts of the council became open to new ideas and began to engage with the Reformation. Just a few days later, THE CATHOLIC MASS WAS ABOLISHED, and many of the Magdeburg congregations adopted the evangelical order of worship and church governance.”
Magdeburg is in Saxony-Anhalt, to this day a majority Protestant state.
“Two weeks prior to the attack, an Iraqi man was arrested on suspicion of planning an attack against a Christmas market in AUGSBURG, BAVARIA.
“The Augsburg Confession is the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church, and one of the most important documents of the Protestant Reformation. The Augsburg Confession was presented by a number of German rulers and free-cities at the Diet of Augsburg in 1530.”