German Catholic Historian Blocked by Facebook for Comments on Islam

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Renowned German Catholic historian and writer Michael Hesemann experienced first hand the censorship of Facebook after he was blocked for reporting and posting for what is basically the truths of Islam.

He wrote from a historical perspective about Islam and the spread of the religion.

Dr. Michael Hesemann

But apparently, to Facebook’s many censors, the truth was too much to take.

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From Catholic Citizens (thanks to Jihad Watch):

A few days ago, LifeSiteNews had yet another report on how the big globalist social media companies – Google, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube – are doing all they can to suppress and discourage some of the more conservative media outlets dedicated to spreading truth.

It is in this larger context that we turn our attention to a story from Germany, where Facebook has recently deleted a post by a renowned German Catholic historian and prolific book author. As the Austrian Catholic news website Kath.net reported on 20 March 2018, Dr. Michael Hesemann – who is known to our readers for his discovery of an important historical 1918 letter concerning the organized Freemasonic plans to destroy throne and altar – was notified by Facebook that his comments on the historic role of Islam in Europe had been deleted, because they do “not correspond to our community standards.” As the Facebook notification continues, they will delete any comment that “attacks persons because of their race, ethnicity, national background, religious orientation, sexual orientation, sexual identity, or physical impairment.”

This is what Hesemann said which Facebook determined to be in violation of its policies:

Islam always plays only one role in the 1700-year-old history of the Christian Occident: the role of the sword of Damocles which hung above us, the threat of barbarism against which one needed to unite and fight. In this sense, Islam is not part of German history, but the defense against Islam!

Dr. Hesemann made this comment in the context of the current discussions in Germany after Horst Seehofer, a newly appointed member of Chancellor Merkel’s new cabinet, insisted on 16 March that “Islam does not belong to Germany” and that Germany has been formatively influenced, rather, by Christianity.

According to Kath.net, Dr. Hesemann has now been punished by Facebook for his confirmatory comment about this matter, reminding his readers of the fact that there was, in the history of Christianity, a vivid memory of serious mortal confrontations with Islam. Facebook has banned Dr. Hesemann from using his Facebook account for thirty days — a move some users are referring to as “Facebook Jail“. The action taken against Hesemann has already provoked wide attention in Germany.

Dr. Hesemann himself has written an open letter to Facebook, protesting its censuring of his public remarks. In his open letter, he refers to the constitutional right of free speech which is especially protected with regard to academic freedom. He adds “With my being blocked for 30 days (!), Facebook has violated, to my own chagrin, my right to free speech and I consider taking legal steps against it.” Dr. Hesemann, who received his Ph.D in history and teaches in this academic field at a Catholic academy, “immediately commented” upon Seehofer’s own comments which at the time had been contradicted by Chancellor Merkel herself. In giving proof for his claim that Islam has been always a threat to Christianity, he refers to the case of the time of Charles Martell (732), that of the Crusades (1096-1294), as well as the Holy League and the Ottoman Wars (16th and 17th century).

Dr. Hesemann continues by saying: “Islam, with its brutal intimidation techniques, let alone with the idea to spread a religion with the help of the sword in the first place, has been understood in Europe generally as barbarism.” “When you look at [Martin] Luther’s Sermons on the Turks, for example, it becomes clear how true my claim is,” he adds. Dr. Hesemann then shows how the defense against Islam has mainly contributed to the unification of Europe and to its own specific identity. “This is an incontestable historical fact, even if you [Facebook] might see it as not ‘politically correct.’”

Dr. Hesemann also refutes the insinuation that he had attacked “persons” because of their religious affiliation. “This is explicitly not the case,” he says. He was explicitly speaking about the past, and not about “the present or living persons.” “The only person who was indirectly concerned is Horst Seehofer whom I did not attack but whom I supported,” Hesemann adds. The German historian reminds Facebook that a substantial critique of a religion is not the same as a personal attack, something which applies to his own Catholic Faith, as well. Dr. Hesemann ends his open letter to Facebook with these words:

Thus I would like to urge and ask you to continue to stand on the foundation of the German Constitution and to omit a censorship which excludes the author of a plain historical analysis for thirty days from his social life and from any communication with his circle of friends.

As Dr. Hesemann informed Onepeterfive, Facebook has not yet responded to his open letter.

Dr. Hesemann has shown courage in the past by researching and writing about the history of the genocide of the Armenians committed by the Turks at the beginning of the 20th century. With the help of some 3,000 historical documents from the Vatican archives which he discovered, Hesemann was able to give further evidence about this historical event. In gratitude for his work, he received an honorary doctorate from the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia. Dr. Hesemann has written 41 books which have been translated into 16 languages.

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MattBracken
MattBracken
5 years ago

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taxpayer22
taxpayer22
5 years ago

Does Facebook Hate Black Women?

Facebook policy team deems Diamond and Silk’s page ‘unsafe to the community’.

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

ONLY if they disagree with the LEFTY agenda!
The left have become fascists.

JTLiuzza
JTLiuzza
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

“The left have become fascists.”

No. They always were. It’s only after they accumulate enough power do they exhibit it overtly. Barely scratch the surface of any “progressive” and you’ll find a seething, angry, wannabe tyrant.

Carol
Carol
5 years ago
Reply to  JTLiuzza

And fill their coffers. The peons don’t matter.

CrustyB
CrustyB
5 years ago
Reply to  taxpayer22

The Communist Polish government arrested Lech Welesa as “a danger to the state” under the exact same mentality. The Second American Civil War isn’t coming, it’s already here.

Lyle Hartman
Lyle Hartman
5 years ago
Reply to  CrustyB

Yes, and the left is aggressively fighting it and the right hasn’t woke up to the fact that the fight really exists.

Thorsten
Thorsten
5 years ago

allah’SS (40/2) Qur’anic

‘perspective about Islam’

… with spreading His word via sword https://quran.com/9/5 ‘… means, on the earth in general’ http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2581&Itemid=64 http://schnellmann.org/muhammad-the-first-nazi-ss-man.html

felix1999
felix1999
5 years ago

The LEFT could care less about history or facts. It doesn’t matter what he writes to affirm his positions. The LEFT doesn’t want to hear about it or care. The LEFT is in bed with Islam. If you are critical of Islam, you lost your voice on their platform.

Davey Dunn
Davey Dunn
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Pig book of lies

Carol
Carol
5 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

The left is in bed with them for as long as it aligns with their goals. If they get their way, you’ll see a big change. Of course with the islimists, they might be in for a ‘mean’ surprise.

Mahou Shoujo
Mahou Shoujo
5 years ago

face book is an occasion of sin, all Christians should avoid it.

Davey Dunn
Davey Dunn
5 years ago

Quran fags book followers of Mohammed Muslims Islam Isis Islamic dogs

roccolore
roccolore
5 years ago

Facebook is okay with jihadists and rapists.

Dennis
Dennis
5 years ago

Makes me wonder whether and when this will happen here. To refuse to accept history is downright wrong and dangerous. Just like those who deny that the Holocaust ever happened, such denial and refusal to accept what had actually happened in the past opens the box for all kinds of horrible and deadly events. Recognizing what history teaches us should always be appropriate in that we can learn from the experiences and mistakes made by our ancestors, and we are given the opportunity to correct those mistakes today. If we continue to turn our back on what history has taught, we will suffer the consequences. Today, we are seeing the continued use of the belief system that is Islam to promote its Aryan concepts and its expectation of world domination. History has shown that this belief system is evil incarnate. We, here in the free world, must continually use history to remind ourselves that unless we protect ourselves from this sadistic belief system, more horrible events will unfold. Suppression of history is the height of stupidity. I expect that Facebook will apologize and remove this unreasonable ban.

Freedom Vine
Freedom Vine
5 years ago

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John Forbes
John Forbes
5 years ago

This is like Blaming the Crusades again! The CRUSADES HAPPENED as a RESULT of 400 Years of MUSLIM ATTACKS against Christian communities in the CHRISTIAN EMPIRE!
Then it took 700 years to shove them out of SPAIN!
RESEARCH THE HISTORY & TAKE THE CURRENT ARGENTINIAN DIMMI POPE ALONG AS WELL!!

John Flynn
John Flynn
5 years ago
Reply to  John Forbes

Amen to your suggestion on the “current argentinian dimmi (sic) pope”….

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

I now believe what they say. Fakebook was founded by the CIA. They FOMENT wars, they like intrigue so they can spread propaganda around and CONFUSE everybody. That’s their game or they won’t ever get a budget.

That is why this country will go bankrupt and why paper money was worthless from day one. Ya ‘ll been played….

Good bye!

R. Arandas
R. Arandas
5 years ago

I tried reporting a profile with an Islamic State flag at least twice, but Facebook refused to take any action.

Yet I have friends who have had their accounts banned because of saying things critical of Islam. It is frankly outrageous, and laughable if it has not become so serious.

Stephen Honig
Stephen Honig
5 years ago

Facebook just blocked me for 30 days, because I told the truth. I said anyone who follows the Koran is evil, because the Koran is an evil book.

mezcukor
mezcukor
5 years ago

I was banned too.Fuck facebook

Shirley Rosenhohn
Shirley Rosenhohn
5 years ago

every day more and more people are stopping using Facebook, an idiotic way of wasting time…
Kids should read books and practice sports instead of becoming zombie-like automatons and getting fat!

Carol
Carol
5 years ago

These social-ist media sites are run by a bunch of commies. They’ve got theirs, under capitalism, so &rew the rest of ya!!!
Their attitude is “We got ours”. LOL to the rest of you. Keeps the competition down.

Halal Bacon
Halal Bacon
5 years ago

The only conviction fawkbook’s zuckersmuck has is avoiding a conviction

John Flynn
John Flynn
5 years ago
Reply to  Halal Bacon

….of course, that could always change, couldn’t it?

Lancelot Blackeburne
Lancelot Blackeburne
5 years ago

The professor is right about about the history of Islam but the article also mentions his belief and writings on “Organized Freemasonic plans to destroy throne and altar…”?

If the professor believes such things then, to my mind, he is little more than a conspiracy theorist.

nonetheless, there is a very real problem with censorship on Facebook and other social media. But if this professor seriously believes in Freemasons’ conspiracies to “destroy throne and altar” then he is not the best candidate with which to make a counter argument against Facebook censorship.

There are far more credible people who have been censored by Facebook. Let’s use them in our counter arguments and leave this professor to his conspiracy theories.

There are many others, such as Robert Spencer and Raymond Ibrahim, who can make the case fir Islamic history and Facebook censorship without being tainted by advocacy of crackpot conspiracy theories.

IzlamDownpressesHumanity
IzlamDownpressesHumanity
5 years ago

Like any fascists muslums can’t afford for their ideology to be questioned…

Lydia Church
Lydia Church
5 years ago

The truth is banned on FB. Orwell is alive and well.

Loyal Phillips-Kuhn
Loyal Phillips-Kuhn
5 years ago
Reply to  Lydia Church

Orwell was an optimist…

Thurston Howell III
Thurston Howell III
5 years ago

“they will delete any comment that “attacks persons because of their race, ethnicity, national background, religious orientation, sexual orientation, sexual identity, or physical impairment.”

ATTACKS

Telling the truth about history is not ATTACKING.

Facebook is for snowflakes run by one of the most incompetent snowflakes of all.

Davey Dunn
Davey Dunn
5 years ago

Quran fags

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