MERKEL TELLS TRUMP THAT THE GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM IS NO EXCUSE
FOR BANNING MUSLIM MIGRANTS
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/01/merkel-tells-trump-that-global-fight-against-terrorism-no-excuse-for-banning-muslim-migrants;
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Trump’s executive order isn’t really a ban on Muslims entering. It is
a temporary halt on immigration from seven jihad terror hotspots. But
that is too much for Merkel, who would rather see her citizens murdered
in jihad attacks than stop the Muslim migrant influx, even though there
is an unknowable number of jihadis among the migrants. The Berlin truck
jihad massacre was not enough for Merkel. And she will see much, much
more. 
“Merkel says fight against terrorism no excuse for U.S. entry ban,” by Andrea Shalal and Andreas Rinke, Reuters, January 29, 2017:
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told U.S. President Donald Trump that the global fight against terrorism was no excuse for banning refugees or people from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States, her spokesman said on Sunday.
Steffen Seibert said Merkel had expressed her concerns to Trump during a telephone call on Saturday and reminded him that the Geneva Conventions require the international community to take in war refugees on humanitarian grounds.
“She is convinced that even the necessary, decisive battle against terrorism does not justify putting people of a specific background or faith under general suspicion,” he said.
Seibert said the German government regrets the U.S. entry travel ban, would review the consequences for German citizens with dual nationalities, and would “represent their interests, if needed, vis a vis our U.S. partners”.
The German and Dutch foreign ministers issued a joint statement on Sunday saying they were pressing U.S. authorities to determine what the order meant for their dual nationals.
“We are determined to protect the rights of our citizens and will take rapid action within the European Union about the steps that are now needed,” Germany’s Sigmar Gabriel and his Dutch counterpart Bert Koenders said.
Trump ordered on Friday a four-month hold on allowing refugees into the United States and temporarily banned travelers from Syria and six other mainly Muslim countries.
Seibert’s comments were the first indication of discord over the issue between Merkel and Trump, who had highlighted common interests such as strengthening NATO and combating Islamist militancy in a joint statement after their 45-minute phone call.
Thomas Oppermann, who heads the parliamentary faction of the Social Democrats, the junior partner in Merkel’s right-center coalition, called Trump’s order “inhumane and foolhardy” and said it would result in significant damage to the U.S. economy.
“The order contradicts everything that makes up the United States’ good reputation as a country of immigration,” he told Die Welt newspaper. “No one should be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs.”…
