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Swiss politician resigns after firing shots at Jesus picture
Blick (Switzerland) ^ | September 9, 2024 | Tobias Ochsenbein

Posted on 09/09/2024 2:38:01 PM PDT by Towed_Jumper

(Note: With some help from Google Translate, I've translated this article from the original German into English).

The Zurich GLP politician Sanija Ameti is resigning from the party leadership of the GLP Canton of Zurich after a tasteless Instagram post. The incident is having more and more consequences. The 32-year-old now needs police protection.

Sanija Ameti's (32) provocation has consequences: The GLP Switzerland wants to exclude the Zurich woman from the party. In the view of the party leadership, Ameti's continued stay with the Green Liberals will damage the party's reputation. In order to avert further damage, the parent party is now requesting that the cantonal party immediately initiate party exclusion proceedings. The cantonal party must ultimately decide on an exclusion.

Shortly before, it was announced that Ameti was resigning from the party leadership of the GLP of the canton of Zurich. Beat Rüfenacht, co-president of the GLP Canton of Zurich, confirmed this to Blick. Ameti is resigning from the party leadership by mutual agreement. There she was responsible for communication and campaigns. Her only political mandate is her seat in the city parliament of Zurich. She is also co-president of Operation Libero and works as a consultant at the PR agency Farner. Job gone too

As if all that wasn't enough for one day, it was also announced towards the evening that Ameti would be leaving the Farner agency. "CEO Michel Grunder says they are in talks with her," wrote the "Tages-Anzeiger". Only Operation Libero is standing by her. Sanija Ameti is valued as a politician, co-president and friend, the organization wrote on X.

The anger against Ameti is apparently so great that the 32-year-old and her family are now receiving police protection because of threats. The online portal kath.ch reports this. "I'm not feeling well and I don't know how much longer I can take this," she is quoted as saying.

Ameti sparked outrage at the weekend with a tasteless post on Instagram. She published photos of a shooting exercise in which she aimed at a picture of Mary and Jesus instead of a target. "Turn it off," the local councilor wrote. The holes in the heads of Mary and the baby Jesus were visible.

Merciless criticism

The reactions were fierce. The Russian propaganda channel RT, Romanian nationalists and Catholic groups from the USA are spreading screenshots of the event on social media. Ameti's party also condemned the action. It could also have legal consequences. Advertisement

Ameti himself apologized for the action and deleted the posts immediately. Ameti was even clearer to Blick: "That was absolutely stupid of me. I didn't think about it. I'm incredibly sorry. I ask for forgiveness from the people who were hurt by it."

The GLP Switzerland has noted that Ameti regrets her post on Instagram, has apologized for it and deleted the post. The party also welcomes the fact that Ameti has agreed to resign from the party leadership of the canton of Zurich. "However, they would like Ameti to also renounce party membership," the statement continues.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christianity; glp; greenparty; switzerland
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This women is (was), the co-president of the progressive movement, Operation Libero since 2021, and is a member of the Swiss Liberal Green Party. Apparently, she just happened to have some artwork of Mary and Jesus with her during a recent trip to the range. After she posted her shooting pics on Instagram there was apparently a large and vocal amount of blowback.

Here's a sample of her shooting skills:


1 posted on 09/09/2024 2:38:01 PM PDT by Towed_Jumper
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To: Towed_Jumper

Impossible.

I have been assured by a couple of FReepers that atheists aren’t mad at God.

She appears to be very angry.

How could God not recognize that she is a perfect person?


2 posted on 09/09/2024 2:44:34 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer” )
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To: Towed_Jumper

Well! It’s good to know that even Christians can get massively upset at a violently vulgar display of blasphemy.
For once, the phrase ‘awakened a sleeping giant’ may have some validity, at least for this week.


3 posted on 09/09/2024 2:44:44 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Towed_Jumper; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; MtnClimber; nascarnation; ...

Sicko bee-och.

I’m surprised that the muzziescum aren’t offering her “protection”.

Personally I’d be good with her capping herself.

My $0.02 worth...


4 posted on 09/09/2024 2:45:39 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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To: Towed_Jumper

Sanija Ameti is of Kosovo heritage.

Her parents fled the war in Kosovo and was given refuge in Switzerland.

Reminds me of the background of our own Ilhan Omar.


5 posted on 09/09/2024 2:46:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Towed_Jumper

Gee, a Bosnian muslim. Who’d a thought she’d be hating on Jesus and his Holy Mother, Mary. Too bad, so sad, bye bye.


6 posted on 09/09/2024 2:47:08 PM PDT by john drake (Lucius Accius-Roman,170 BC - "oderint dum metuant" translated "Let them hate so long as they fear")
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To: Towed_Jumper

“Das war nicht ich!”
(that was not me!)


7 posted on 09/09/2024 2:47:56 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: mabarker1
I’m surprised that the muzziescum aren’t offering her “protection”.

While researching this article I found a source that claimed Sanija Ameti is in fact a Muslim. However, I can't confirm this.

8 posted on 09/09/2024 2:49:32 PM PDT by Towed_Jumper (Please remain seated until your civilization comes to a complete stop.)
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To: Towed_Jumper

Same story from SwissInfo.ch:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-politics/criminal-charges-against-sanija-ameti-after-shots-fired-at-jesus-picture/87516891


9 posted on 09/09/2024 2:49:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: SeekAndFind
Sanija Ameti is of Kosovo heritage.

Many thanks for clarifying her background.

10 posted on 09/09/2024 2:51:53 PM PDT by Towed_Jumper (Please remain seated until your civilization comes to a complete stop.)
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To: Towed_Jumper

Words fail me on this one.

Clearly, the devil has this woman under lock and key. An exorcism may be her only hope.

Come quickly Lord Jesus.


11 posted on 09/09/2024 2:53:40 PM PDT by Thorium90
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To: blueunicorn6; Towed_Jumper

Like the young woman in Tennessee who tried to shoot up a Christian school - attempting to kill that which reminds her of truth.


12 posted on 09/09/2024 3:00:15 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: Olog-hai; Thorium90
She's actually a nice looking wench, but as for her soul?
13 posted on 09/09/2024 3:00:27 PM PDT by Towed_Jumper (Please remain seated until your civilization comes to a complete stop.)
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To: Towed_Jumper

So she’s a muzzi. Where’s her burka?


14 posted on 09/09/2024 3:00:30 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Towed_Jumper

That woman is both dangerous and a lunatic-she should be confined-are there any psych facilities in Switzerland? And at the risk of being pedantic-she is a “woman”, as in one-while “women” is plural/more than one. Autocomplete is badly programmed for grammar, and does not know the difference-it is a useless tool...


15 posted on 09/09/2024 3:09:29 PM PDT by Texan5 (`"You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a royally hard line"...)
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To: Texan5

she is not a lunatic.

She knows exactly what she is doing

She is evil and wishes to eradicate all signs of Christianity

including you.


16 posted on 09/09/2024 3:16:52 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: Towed_Jumper

Actions have consequences.

Deal with it, honey.


17 posted on 09/09/2024 3:17:33 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: Chickensoup

She’ll find out what a fool’s errand that is when she stands face to face with the One she denies and hates.


18 posted on 09/09/2024 3:21:50 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: Towed_Jumper

 Sick b***h even shot the birdie.
19 posted on 09/09/2024 3:22:53 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: john drake

I think she’s Albanian.


20 posted on 09/09/2024 3:23:51 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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