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    Mohammad Will Style Your Hair — And Slit Your Throat

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    Mohammad Hussain Rashwani is a Syrian “refugee” who came to Germany for a better life. He is a skilled hairstylist, and found employment working for a woman who owns a hair salon in Herzberg. He did so well that he was touted as a model of successful “integration” in Modern Multicultural Germany.

    Yesterday there was a little integration glitch: Mohammad was unable to resist emulating his namesake, and slit his employer’s throat.

    I hardly need to point out that this incident has a Mohammed Coefficient of 100%.

    Many thanks to Egri Nök for translating the two articles below from Lausitzer Rundschau. The first is a flashback to last summer, for background:

    Syrian Hairstylist finds employment in Herzberg

    Salon owner Ilona Fugmann is amazed by his skills

    August 31, 2016

    Herzberg — In early September, Ilona Fugmann will give the Syrian Mohammad Hussain Rashwani a permanent position in her hair salon in Herzberg. The 38-year-old’s skills immediately convinced her. Mohammad Hussain Rashwani is an example of how well integration can work out.

    It was late June when Mohammad Hussain Rashwani introduced himself to Kevin Freiwald, the job adviser in charge for refugees at the Elbe-Elster job center in Herzberg. He said he was a hairdresser and was looking for work. Bärbel Meyer of the employers’ service of the job center knew of salons that were looking for good staff. “The demand in Elbe-Elster is very high. There are always three, four hair salons looking for staff,” she said. The job management staff member’s words fell on sympathetic ears with Ilona Fugmann, who had opened a salon in Herzberg in mid July. She wanted to give Mohammad Hussain Rashwani an apprenticeship first. But the ultimate goal was regular employment. “It is very difficult these days to find real good staff in the hairdressing craft. Why shouldn’t I give him a chance?” says Ilona Fugmann.

    She immediately realized that Mohammad Hussain had an excellent command of his craft. He also gets along well with the two female colleagues in the salon on the Mönchstraße. “The chemistry is right. Admittedly, Mohammad is a proud person, but very attentive and prudent. He even helps with the clean-up,” says Ilona Fugmann.

    Salon in Damascus was destroyed

    Even though the Syrian only began the apprenticeship a few weeks ago, he already has regular customers, his colleagues say. The customers are just as convinced by his skills as his boss. This is no surprise. Mohammad Hussain Rashwani reports that he, a master hairdresser, and his family operated two salons in Damascus for more than fifteen years. The women operated the salon for ladies, and he operated the one for men. He does not have a problem with the fact that in Germany ladies and gentlemen are served in one salon. But he needs to brush up his skills on ladies’ hairstyles. Nevertheless, that won’t be difficult for him; Ilona Fugmann is certain. She will give Mohammad Hussain Rashwani regular employment. He is very happy about that. He came to Germany because his salon in Damascus was destroyed. He wants to start a new livelihood in Herzberg. Now that he has employment, his family can come, too. The 38-year-old has a wife and two children. He misses them very much.

    The only thing that is still difficult for him is the German language. He tries very hard and is taking a language course at the community college. But in the meantime, he uses a translation app on his mobile phone to communicate with colleagues.

    Language skills a problem

    It is not everyday that a refugee like Mohammad Hussain Rashwani finds a job in Elbe-Elster. “In his case, it is a lucky constellation, and everyone involved is helping”, says the job center boss Eike Belle. “In the metal industry, with its many safety regulations, integration is much more difficult,” the manager says.

    There are 411 refugees currently registered as unemployed in the job center for Elbe-Elster county. Only five to ten percent have got a sufficiently advanced command of German that they can find work, says Eike Belle. That is why they try to combine German language courses with career training, and offer several welcome courses. In addition, the refugees can use all the offers that German job seekers use.

    [Photo caption: Kevin Freiwald of the job service allows himself to be convinced by the skills of Mohammad Hussain Rashwani, under the eyes of Eike Belle, Bärbel Meyer and Ilona Fugmann (right to left). Photo: Rudow]

    The second article is about yesterday’s unfortunate incident:

     

    Herzberg: Syrian hairstylist slits boss’s throat

    Suspect arrested. Committing magistrate will decide today

    June 29, 2017

    HERZBERG A bloody deed horrified Herzberg (Elbe-Elster) on Wednesday. A salon owner was attacked by her Syrian employee, and gravely injured.

    He was regarded the paramount example of successful integration. The Syrian Mohammad H. (39), a master hairstylist who had fled his homeland, started a new life and found work in Herzberg. He was appreciated and popular in the salon of Ilona F. (64). This makes what happened yesterday, Wednesday, even stranger.

    As the Prosecution Cottbus confirms, around 6:30 PM Mohammad H. assaulted his boss with a knife, and injured her neck. Another Syrian (22) interfered and “in doing so, prevented worse,” Chief Prosecutor Gernot Bantleon reports. It is yet unclear to the prosecution what sparked the attack. Investigations are ongoing.

    The injured woman was taken to hospital. She had to undergo surgery and is in in-patient treatment. Her condition is not critical. Mohammad H. was arrested and will be presented to the committing magistrate today. “We asked for an arrest warrant to be issued for attempted murder,” says Bantleon.

    Attempted murder! Why, surely Mr. Rashwani will be sentenced to at least eighteen months in jail if convicted! Even with time off for good behavior, he won’t walk the streets of Germany again until at least the middle of next year…

    http://gatesofvienna.net/2017/06/mohammad-will-style-your-hair-and-slit-your-throat/

    JW Brother Beheaded in Kansas

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    Decapitation defendant claims religious conflict, seeks new lawyer

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    The Wichita woman who sought an exorcism before being charged with murder in a decapitation has asked for a new lawyer based on an argument about religion.

    Rachael Hilyard contended that she and her defense attorney have an “extreme religious conflict” and that he has kept her from getting a psychological evaluation.

    In a court hearing Friday, a judge denied her request for a new lawyer.

    Hilyard, 35, is charged with first-degree murder in the April 9 decapitation of 63-year-old Micki Davis. One of Davis’ sons was Hilyard’s ex-boyfriend. Officers responding to a 911 call found Davis’ severed head in Hilyard’s kitchen sink.

    In a neatly organized and handwritten letter Hilyard addressed to a Sedgwick County judge earlier this month, she laid out her concern about her attorney, Jason Smartt.

    “The victim in my case was a Jehovas Witness. I think he is one as well,” Hilyard wrote in the June 9 letter. “I am Catholic & this was a crime of God. I am requesting a change of counsel.”

    Later in the letter, Hilyard expounded. “On a different case, this would be irrelevant. However, I am Catholic & and the head of a Jehovas Witness was found in my kitchen sink. I think she may have been a high ranking member in this religion.”

    But one of Davis’ sons, Jeremy Rush, said Tuesday that Hilyard is wrong about his mother: “At no time whatsoever in her life was she a Jehovah’s Witness.” Davis’ daughter, Jacona Gillespie, agreed, saying that Hilyard is “absolutely wrong.”

    At another point in Hilyard’s letter, with occasional typos, she wrote, “Its a known fact about Jehovas Witnesses & brainwashing. The less contact I have with Jason Smartt the better.”

    Hilyard also said she has been attending Bible study and getting substance abuse treatment in jail. “If I was really a danger to society I would have trouble doing those things!”

    She remains in jail on a bond that has been raised to $500,000.

    Hilyard said she needs a psychological evaluation “due to my history” and has been asking Smartt “for two months to order one.”

    She wrote that Smartt has told her lies, including that if she went for an evaluation, “I’d be stuck in Ossawatamie or Larned” for 10 to 15 years “waiting for trial! (That was what scared me away from the eval in the 1st place)”

    In a postscript, she added: “Maybe I’m just being paranoid, but he keeps talking about this ‘neurological’ assessment coming up. Is he trying to get me hypnotized? I’m scared my lawyer is not on my side at all, he is on the side of the victim.”

    At a court hearing Friday, Hilyard argued the points in her letter, but Judge Jeff Goering denied her request for a new lawyer. So Smartt is still her lawyer, Smartt said Tuesday. Smartt is Hilyard’s co-counsel, with fellow assistant public defender Chris Omlid.

    Smartt said he couldn’t comment on any religious belief he might have.

    Police said Hilyard summoned Davis to Hilyard’s home on West Rita near South Seneca to get her son’s property. Hilyard began attacking Davis in the garage before Davis’ 9-year-old grandson fled, police said

    Hilyard’s case drew extra attention after she said in a jailhouse interview with The Eagle that she had sought an exorcism for “evil spirits” in her house just a few days before the killing.

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    http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article158436404.html

    FOUR WITNESSES SURVIVE GRENFEL TOWER FIRE IN LONDON

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    NORTH KENSINGTON, London – Not less than four members of Jehovah’s Witnesses survived the inferno that ravaged the 24 storey Grenfel Tower, London killing at least 79 people.

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    None of the witnesses died in the inferno, which has led to revolution and evacuation of about 25 other blocks that have failed fire resistant test in London.

    The 4 witnesses however lost their apartments and properties in the fire. 

    “Witnesses that live near the now fire-gutted apartment building provided food, clothing, and monetary aid to their fellow members and their families that were affected. The Witnesses are also offering spiritual comfort to the grieving members of the North Kensington community”, the JWs said on their website.Jehovah’s Witnesses are known worldwide for their speed in mitigating the affliction of their neighbours worldwide.See full statement below.

    Jehovah’s Witnesses are assisting victims of a catastrophic fire that engulfed the Grenfell Tower, a 24-story apartment building in the North Kensington area of London, in the early morning hours of June 14, 2017. Authorities are reporting that at least 79 people were killed.

    Four Witnesses were evacuated from the apartment building, two of which were residents of Grenfell Tower. Fortunately, none of them were injured, although the Witnesses’ apartments were among those completely destroyed in the blaze.

    Witnesses that live near the now fire-gutted apartment building provided food, clothing, and monetary aid to their fellow members and their families that were affected. The Witnesses are also offering spiritual comfort to the grieving members of the North Kensington community.

    http://starconnectmedia.com/four-witnesses-survive-grenfel-tower-fire-in-london/

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