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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/09/the_french_government_fails.html

After only nine months in office, President Emmanuel Macron’s fourth government has collapsed. Prime Minister François Bayrou lost Monday evening’s confidence vote on his austerity budget by 364 to 194 votes. Bayrou announced his resignation for Tuesday. While markets largely remained calm, this does not mean France’s debt crisis has been postponed.

Bayrou Acknowledged the Severity of the Situation

Bayrou took responsibility for the dire state of French public finances and attempted to impose a fiscal consolidation program. With public debt at 114% of GDP and a net borrowing forecast of 5.4% for this year, the plan included €44 billion in spending cuts, frozen pensions, and the reduction of two public holidays — measures intended as a lifeline for the struggling economy.

Both the parliamentary majority and broad segments of French society fundamentally opposed the reform program. Another general strike is already looming.

With Bayrou’s resignation, the wavering Emmanuel Macron faces the task of appointing a fifth prime minister in two years. Until the upcoming elections in April 2027, any government, regardless of composition, will confront the same problems. Any form of fiscal consolidation will be torpedoed by entrenched political factions. France is stuck in a political deadlock, making debt consolidation seem impossible.

The Road to Disaster

This bizarre situation reveals that France’s political elite — and increasingly across all EU states under debt pressure — can no longer put economic necessity above ideological divides. The lost confidence vote is another nail in the EU’s coffin and will soon manifest in markets as a problem for the Eurozone, as investors realize France’s political impotence.

In recent days, Bayrou openly criticized the French lifestyle, identifying the welfare state as a core problem. He now experiences firsthand that anyone challenging the numerous privileges of the sprawling welfare system is ruthlessly punished. France defends its transfer society as a national sacred cow, even though this stance leads straight into fiscal catastrophe.

Europe’s Contagion Risk

For financial markets, the events in Paris are not good news. France’s “OATs” — Treasury bonds — showed little immediate reaction to the government’s collapse. Yet they had been under increasing pressure in recent weeks amid the brewing sovereign crisis. Yields rose, and the spread to German Bunds — Europe’s benchmark — widened to as much as 90 basis points, signaling risk.

French government bonds are now trading with a significant risk premium, much like UK debt. Contagion risk looms for the Eurozone if markets turn to other high-debt nations such as Spain, Italy, or Greece, potentially triggering a chain reaction reminiscent of the prior sovereign debt crisis.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21897/sudan-war-muslim-brotherhood

Sudan’s brutal civil war… is not just a clash between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their former military allies turned rivals, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). It is a calculated power grab by the Muslim Brotherhood, which appears to be using the SAF as a Trojan horse to dominate northeast Africa and the Red Sea, a critical artery for global commerce.

The Muslim Brotherhood, sponsored by Qatar, appears to be hijacking the SAF to stage a takeover, recycling old alliances under new guises. Despite recent concessions to the United States and Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood’s grip in Sudan — backed by Qatar and Iran — threatens regional and global stability, potentially including freedom of passage in the Red Sea.

[T]he Muslim Brotherhood — known in Sudan as the Islamic Movement — has entrenched itself in the SAF, and turned it into a tool for their regional ambitions to take control of northeast Africa and the Red Sea.

The Muslim Brotherhood is not just allied with the SAF; individuals in it seem to be steering the SAF to take total control of Sudan in order to make it the Muslim Brotherhood’s stronghold in Africa and the Middle East.

The SAF is infiltrated by jihadist factions such as the Al-Bara Bin Malik Brigade (the Muslim Brotherhood’s local military arm), the Bunyan Al-Marsous Brigade, and Justice and Equality Movement rebels led by Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim. These groups, tied to Bashir’s ruthless National Intelligence and Security Service, frame their fight as a “jihad” against the RSF, which is backed by the United Arab Emirates and Sudan’s secular civil society.

Ali Ahmed Karti, the U.S.-sanctioned Islamic Movement leader, is, as reported by Arab media outlets, a key orchestrator of the SAF-Muslim Brotherhood alliance. Since his student days, Karti has organized Brotherhood loyalists in the army, and later packed the SAF with jihadists.

One analyst suggested that the five generals were dismissed after Burhan met with U.S. Special Envoy Mossad Boulos in Switzerland, on August 11, 2025. Researcher Mujahid Ahmed, however, warns that the Muslim Brotherhood’s influence persists, extending into civilian institutions, especially the foreign affairs and justice ministries. According to the Ayin Network, Al-Burhan apparently still relies on Karti and Bashir’s loyalist, Ahmed Haroun, for battlefield support, indicating a tactical, not total, break.

Iran has been supplying the Muslim Brotherhood-SAF axis with arms, including Ababil-3 and Mohajer-6 drones, which were delivered to Port Sudan in March and June 2024. Satellite imagery viewed by the BBC confirms their presence at a military site near Khartoum. Iran’s support of this Muslim Brotherhood-SAF axis, tied to its ambitions to have a presence in the Red Sea, coincides with the Brotherhood’s goals: namely, threatening U.S. allies such as Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Burhan’s “cosmetic” purge of Islamist generals shows that indeed he can be influenced by Egypt and by the United States, but his reliance on the Muslim Brotherhood’s financial and military support limits his ability to implement any real reforms.

Sudan is evidently very much a part of the Muslim Brotherhood’s global agenda. Ignoring events there will only allow a hostile stronghold to emerge in a region strategically vital for the interests of the West.

Sudan’s brutal civil war, often overshadowed by global headlines, is not just a clash between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their former military allies turned rivals, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). It is a calculated power grab by the Muslim Brotherhood, which appears to be using the SAF as a Trojan horse to dominate northeast Africa and the Red Sea, a critical artery for global commerce.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/09/10/russia-testing-nato-with-reported-drone-strikes-within-polish-territory-n2663034

What is going on in Poland? Is Russia insane? Moscow seemed to be testing NATO last night, launching reported suicide drone attacks on Poland. These aerial devices breached Polish airspace, which Warsaw described as an act of aggression. As of now, we have no reports of casualties, but fighter jets were scrambled in response to the threat. The Polish government issued a shelter-in-place order for nearly 10 million Poles (via NYT):

BREAKING: The Polish government is warning 8.5 million Poles to “STAY HOME” after the Polish military shot down alleged Russian drones which invaded their airspace “The operation is still ongoing,” the Polish military says.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/uk-muslim-counterterrorism-minister-called-white-men-the-enemy/

“For over two centuries, the Home Secretary has safeguarded the nation. Today, we begin a new chapter as we welcome Shabana Mahmood to the Home Office as the new Home Secretary,” the British government announced.

It is indeed a new chapter for the Pakistani Muslim politician, who took her oath of office on a Koran and who has now become the highest ranking Muslim in the British government.

And a new chapter for Islamic colonialism as seeing the white flag, 1,000 Muslim invaders crossed the Channel and invaded England on Mahmood’s first day at work.

But it’s also a new chapter for the people of England as a Pakistani Muslim woman who has made no secret of her hatred and contempt for them will now be empowered to persecute them using not only her control over immigration to displace them, but also her new arsenal of ‘public safety’, ‘national security’ and ‘law enforcement’ power to escalate her targeting of them.

What sort of chapter it is can be understood from Mahmood’s past declaration that “the people you see holding the English flag most of the time down my neck of the woods will be the EDL and they are white and they are male and they’re bad people.”

The Home Secretary is responsible for law enforcement. These “white men” will be the ones she comes after. Mahmood had previously proposed banning offenders from ‘pubs’ instead of arresting them. This new twist on the Starmer regime’s infamous two-tier policing would punish Englishmen while giving Muslims a pass. And implement Islamic Sharia law in the bargain.

Mahmood had urged adopting the definition of Islamophobia manufactured by the All Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims. That definition would ban anyone from mentioning that Mohammed, the prophet of Islam, was a pedophile, referencing “Muslims spreading Islam by the sword or subjugating minority groups under their rule” and claimed that discussing the “issue of ‘grooming gangs’ which was a dangerous “trope” that increased the “vulnerability of Muslims to hate crimes”.

After a Muslim terrorist murdered three little girls, Mahmood, in her role as ‘Justice Secretary’ cheered as 500 prison cells described as “inhumane” were prepared for protesters against Islamic colonization and terrorism. Criminals were released to make room for those who had spoken out against the horrifying Islamic atrocity against English children.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21856/pakistan-china-bri-debt-trap

Pakistan, which possesses nuclear weapons, is nevertheless almost totally dependent on the People’s Republic of China for military weapons systems, infrastructure improvement and energy projects.

Pakistan is also in debt to China, its largest creditor, to the tune of $29 billion. Without continued Chinese financial assistance, Pakistan would fail to meet scheduled repayments of its international debt, which now amounts to $130 billion.

China’s financial rescue of its South Asian ally probably saved Pakistan from having the International Monetary Fund (IMF) declare it global credit risk. Such a declaration by the IMF could have resulted in the severe curtailment of foreign investment, as well as to decreased access to additional international loans. Consequently, if this had materialized, even China, might not have been able to stabilize the government of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, which already is struggling to survive amidst soaring inflation, a weakening currency, high unemployment and dwindling foreign reserves.

China might initially have hoped that Pakistan would serve as a model to attract interest from other states to embrace its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China has sponsored 122 BRI projects in Pakistan, and might also have hoped, as with other BRI investments, to create a debt trap for Pakistan, as it has for other nations…. As of 2021, according to The Guardian, “Researchers have identified debts of at least $385bn (£286bn) owed by 165 countries to China for ‘Belt and road initiative’ (BRI) projects…”

Two interconnected flagship projects of China’s BRI program in Pakistan significantly threaten to reduce Pakistan’s national sovereignty: the “China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), and the Gwadar Port Facility in Southwestern Pakistan along the coastline of the Arabian Sea…. Both projects appear to serve China’s interests more than they do Pakistan’s.

Pakistan’s latest sovereignty-concession is its caving to China’s insistence that it improve relations with Afghanistan’s Taliban regime…. The TTP’s primary objective is to overthrow the government of Pakistan, replacing it with a strict Islamist state. Despite this bloody feud between the Kabul and Islamabad, Beijing has agreed to extend the CPEC BRI project to include Afghanistan.

Gwadar is likely eventually to serve as a Chinese naval base, which will help challenge India’s prominence in the Indian Ocean. Gwadar also would provide China with increased power projection in the Indo-Pacific Region. China’s aggressive intrusion into its permissive ally Pakistan, certainly, violates Beijing’s stated “Principle of Non-Interference” that supposedly governs its diplomatic relations.

This latest projection of power in the Indian Ocean region is similar to what China has already achieved off the Horn of Africa, with its naval base at Djibouti, and — take notice, United States and its Latin American allies — what Communist China could be planning for Peru’s new mega-port on the eastern Pacific.

Pakistan, which possesses nuclear weapons, is nevertheless almost totally dependent on the People’s Republic of China for military weapons systems, infrastructure improvement and energy projects.

Pakistan is also in debt to China, its largest creditor, to the tune of $29 billion. Without continued Chinese financial assistance, Pakistan would fail to meet scheduled repayments of its international debt, which now amounts to $130 billion.

Pakistan’s foreign policy decision-making is also reportedly hostage to Chinese influence. Islamabad has even established joint border security programs with Chinese paramilitary teams, an arrangement that additionally threatens Pakistani sovereignty.

https://www.spiked-online.com/author/kunwar-khuldune-shahid/

Malaysia’s slide towards Islamic fundamentalism appears to be unstoppable.

In Terengganu, a state on the west coast governed by the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), two-year prison terms and fines of up to 3,000 ringgit (£527) are to be imposed on men who skip Friday prayers. The authority for these punishments comes from the Hadith, or sayings of Muhammed – a source of much of the Sharia law that governs Malaysia’s approximately 20million Muslims.

This new law is extreme even by Islamist standards. Not even theocracies like Iran and Saudi Arabia imprison and fine prayer-dodgers. The Taliban, which is the most oppressive Islamic regime in the world, limits the offence to government employees.

This turn towards radical Islam in Malaysia, a popular destination for Western tourists and long considered a moderate Muslim country, has been decades in the making. In the 1980s, Malaysia’s ‘Islamic Revival’ was led by its longest-serving prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad. Mahathir’s 1981 manifesto, ‘The Malay Dilemma’, merged nationalism with Islam, and emphasised the difference between native and Chinese Malays. He oversaw the Islamification of Malaysia’s politics and, critically, its education system.

Only now are we beginning to comprehend the impact of Mahathir’s reforms. In Malaysia today, prison sentences are enforced not only over missed prayers, but for eating during daylight hours in Ramadan. In 2019, a man was handed a 10-year prison sentence for ‘anti-religious activity’ online – effectively a blasphemy offence. Last year, a father of five was publicly caned at a mosque in Terengannu for the Sharia crime of ‘close proximity between unmarried couples’. Police in Kelantan – a state also governed by the PAS – arrested 20 men for hosting what the authorities described as a ‘gay party’ just last month.

It isn’t just sexual minorities under threat in Malaysia. Shia Muslims – of whom there are roughly 200,000 – were referred to as a ‘national security threat’ by a prominent Sunni cleric in 2018. Religious extremists have marched under banners that urge the government to ‘eradicate Shias from Malaysia’. A government fatwa that designates the sect as ‘deviant’ gives police the authority to harass and persecute Shias almost as they please.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/europes-elites-want-a-great-replacement/

One of the consequences of the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023, was this: they reminded native Europeans that a good many of the millions of Muslims who live in their countries are not necessarily the friendly bearers of cultural enrichment that politicians claim them to be. After Gazans massacred Israelis on such a terrifying scale, native Europeans were compelled to recognize that the same thing could happen – tomorrow morning – on their own turf. Little wonder that anti-immigration parties have won more support.

And nowhere in Europe, perhaps, has awareness of the danger of mass immigration spiked more than in Britain. A handful of brave souls have been talking about the Muslim rape gangs for years, but even now precious few of the perpetrators have been brought to justice. A not inconsiderable percentage of Muslims in Britain admit to pollsters that they’d like to see the country subjected to sharia law. A long list of major British cities have Muslim mayors. Even as native Brits struggle to find decent, affordable housing, the government is putting Muslim illegals up in luxury hotels.

Those who dare to complain publicly about any of these things risk arrest and prosecution. Indeed, while people are allowed to march in the streets waving Hamas flags, displaying the Union Jack or the St. George’s cross – the flag of England – is treated as a crime. For years, both the Conservatives and Labourites have repeatedly promised to reduce immigration and repeatedly broken their promises. Reform UK, the party whose electoral fortunes have skyrocketed as a result, seems too timid to do what’s necessary to rescue the UK from full Islamization.

Perfect timing, then, for an article in the Guardian arguing that Britain, and indeed all of Europe, needs to increase immigration levels. “Those wanting to shut Europe’s borders,” avers the British journalist Alex Clark, “must contend with a stark demographic reality: the continent’s native population is expected to fall sharply over the next century in an era of low birth rates.” So if anti-immigration parties take control in Europe and actually succeed in reducing immigration rates, it “could speed up the population decline of Europe, creating economic shocks including slower growth and soaring costs from pensions and elderly care.”

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/09/07/is-any-place-safe-to-visit-anymore-n4943423

I’ve always thought I’d eventually make it to the United Kingdom. It’s one of those “bucket list” destinations—castles, history, the pubs, the whole cultural experience, even the Harry Potter experience. But truth be told, over the past several years my appetite for visiting has cooled considerably. Sometimes the decline of a nation unfolds so quickly, you feel as though you’re watching it in real time. 

PJ Media previously reported on the recent arrest of Graham Linehan, the man behind the sitcoms Father Ted and The IT Crowd, and the whole incident has pushed the UK squarely into the category of places I may never set foot in. Short of a total course correction in British culture and politics, I can’t imagine ever going. 

Earlier this month, Linehan touched down at Heathrow from the U.S. and was immediately surrounded by five armed police officers—and then arrested for three tweets he posted back in April. His “crime”? Pointing out that letting a biological male into female-only spaces is, by definition, a violent, abusive act. He even joked that if authorities won’t step in to protect women, maybe ordinary people will have to. Predictably, critics ran with the line about “punch him in the b***s,” portraying it as some dire threat of violence. But anyone with half a brain could see it for what it was: hyperbole, a comedian mocking the absurdity of the world we’ve let ourselves live in. In Britain today, though, nuance is dead—and so is free speech.

Even Linehan’s bail conditions were an Orwellian overreach, banning him from accessing social media altogether. Those restrictions were only lifted on Saturday, highlighting again how intrusive and destructive the system is becoming. Public figures remain deeply split—some insist the police response was grossly disproportionate while others call his tweets “totally unacceptable.” Yet no one even questions the biggest outrage: that a citizen was placed in handcuffs over words.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21891/bangladesh-yunus-authoritarian

The silencing of Bangladesh’s media is not just about censorship — it is part of a larger transformation of the country into a breeding ground for radical Islamist politics that threatens the stability of the entire region.

By criminalizing the press, Yunus is dismantling the very institutions that could hold his interim regime accountable, while empowering Islamist groups that thrive in darkness.

Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladeshi franchise of Al-Qaeda, openly justifies murdering secular writers and bloggers by branding them “enemies of Islam.”

Yunus’s reliance on Islamist allies such as Jamaat-e-Islami undermines this role by pushing Bangladesh into a trajectory that will likely make it hostile to US interests.

If Bangladesh descends further into authoritarianism and Islamist radicalization, it risks becoming another Afghanistan — a sanctuary for extremist groups with transnational ambitions.

Washington cannot afford to remain silent while an unelected regime dismantles democracy and silences the media in Bangladesh.

Yunus has promised elections in February 2026, but his Islamist allies are already signaling their intention to sabotage the process. If the media remains silenced, if journalists remain in prison, the path is clear: Bangladesh will be robbed of its democracy and its people robbed of their voice.

Bangladesh stands at a dangerous crossroads. The persecution of journalists under Yunus is not merely an assault on freedom of expression – it is the deliberate dismantling of democracy itself. Every day that Monjurul Alam Panna and other journalists remain behind bars, Bangladesh moves closer to becoming another Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

If Yunus’s regime is not challenged now, Bangladesh will not just lose its democracy — it will proceed to export instability across South Asia.

For years, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been synonymous with the brutal silencing of dissent, turning his country into one of the world’s largest prisons for journalists. Today, shockingly, Bangladesh — once hailed as a moderate Muslim democracy — is following the same dangerous path under the unelected, military-backed rule of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus.

Since the Islamist-backed coup of 2024 that installed Yunus in power, the country has witnessed an unprecedented assault on freedom of the press. Journalists have been dragged to jail under trumped-up charges, assaulted in courtrooms, and criminalized under the vague Anti-Terrorism Act. The once vibrant Bangladeshi media, long known for its resilience, is now suffocating under a regime that increasingly mirrors Taliban-style authoritarianism.