Now this is getting interesting. So far the aftermath of the jihad beheading of Samuel Paty has followed the pattern of other jihad attacks in the West: tears, candlelight vigils, pro-forma condemnations from elected officials accompanied with vows that we will not be “divided,” the whole stupid charade. But if Damanin actually challenges and closes down one of France’s chief organizations pushing the “Islamophobia” smear in order to stymie and silence opposition to jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women, that will be a huge step forward. Expect Damanin to drop this quietly in the coming days. But surprises have happened.
“France beheading: Minister wants to dissolve Islamic NGOs after murder of teacher Samuel Paty, Euronews, October 19, 2020:
France’s interior minister wants to dissolve two Islamic NGOs which he described as “enemies” of the state.
It follows Friday’s beheading of teacher Samuel Paty after he had shown caricatures of Prophet Muhammad in class.
Both NGOs have strenuously denied any wrongdoing.
“I am going to propose the dissolution of CCIF [Collective against Islamophobia in France] and BarakaCity, organisations that are enemies of the Republic,” Gérald Darmanin tweeted.
“We must stop being naive and face the truth: there is no accommodation possible with radical Islamism,” he added.
The minister told the Europe 1 radio station the two NGOs were “obviously involved” in the events that led to the killing of Paty, a history-geography teacher, near the school he worked at in Conflans Saint-Honorine, northwest of Paris.
Both have been accused since Friday of taking part in a social media campaign against the teacher launched by the father of one of his pupils.
In a statement released on Saturday, CCIF admitted it had been contacted by the pupil’s father but denied having harassed Paty.
“This is false and therefore constitutes libel of great abjection,” it said, adding that it had filed a legal complaint against a lawmaker and a journalist who had both made the claim.
CCIF also said that when Paty was killed, it was still verifying information the pupil’s father had provided to determine whether Muslim students had been discriminated against.
BarakaCity said meanwhile that it “has not committed any illegal act that justified dissolution.”
“By harming it and harming its beneficiaries and infrastructures, the government is committing an injustice that will endanger millions of people,” it added. It also indicated that it would file a legal complaint for “abuse of power”.
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR) said in a statement that it is “extremely concerned” by Darmanin’s call to dissolve CCIF and expressed its “strong support” for the organisation….