Well, yes. And those differences are rooting in Islamic teaching regarding Muslims and infidel women.
The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (33:59) The implication there is that if women do not cover themselves adequately with their outer garments, they may be abused, and that such abuse would be justified.
“TJ de Créteil: ‘There is still a long way to go in educating men, especially when they come from Pakistan,'” translated from “TJ de Créteil : « Il reste beaucoup de chemin à parcourir dans l’éducation des hommes, surtout quand ils viennent du Pakistan »,” by Adèle Cailleteau, Actu-Juridique, September 9, 2024 (thanks to Medforth):
Mr. M. is brought before the judges of the Créteil judicial court for sexually assaulting a woman in Choisy Park and hitting her husband. Despite his clean record, he is brought before an immediate appearance due to his irregular status in France and is at great risk: the prosecution is requesting ten months in prison with a committal warrant.
For the last hearing of the day, the benches of the 12th correctional chamber of the Créteil judicial court have emptied: there are only the magistrates, the defense lawyers and the civil parties, the defendant, his interpreter and a journalist.
“Unless my memory is failing me, we saw each other on May 14 and you promised me that we would never see each other again?” the judge begins.
“Yes.”
“Why are you here?”
“It’s because of my alcohol addiction…”
More specifically, Mr. M., 32, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in Choisy Park, then hitting her husband and using cannabis as a repeat offender.
Finally, the defence lawyer has the floor. He stands up and says: ‘There is still a lot to be done in educating men, especially if they come from Pakistan. This one is the result of a patriarchal system, this culture where forced marriage is still practised.’ The lawyer develops his line of defence for several minutes, focusing on the cultural gap between the laws of the country where Mr M. is on trial and the customs of his country of origin….
The presiding judge then examined the statements of Mrs G., who described the following scene: after spending some time with relatives at Choisy Park, she decided to go home and began walking out of the park. After a few steps, she felt like she was being followed and turned around when Mr M. allegedly touched her genitals with his hand, insisting on her buttocks, without penetration. She claimed to have punched him in the shoulder, to which he allegedly replied: “I want you.” Mrs G. immediately called her husband who had remained in the park; he ran up and was allegedly hit by Mr M.: “He continued to come towards my husband, who pushed him away with his fists.” The couple called the police, who arrested Mr M., who was very drunk (0.83 mg of alcohol per litre exhaled when he blew into the balloon). Examined by a doctor from the forensic unit, she received six days of temporary incapacity for work due to the psychological repercussions of what had happened: she explained in particular that she had been sexually assaulted a few years earlier and that the situation “rekindled suffering”. Her husband received one day of temporary incapacity for wrist pain.
The presiding judge asked the defendant what his version of events was. He began to recount a completely different scene, explaining that he had simply told this woman, “dressed very scantily”, that she was “very beautiful”. He seemed to be searching his memory and then added: “Maybe I touched her, I was drunk.” Looking genuinely upset to be there, the defendant then came to the meeting with Mr G.: “I was leaving the park because I had to take the bus. I was on my phone, a guy came up from behind. He asked me if I had touched his wife and punched me.
“What were you doing on your phone?” asks the presiding judge.
“I was watching a song on YouTube.”
“When searching the phone, the investigators immediately came across a video chat application with naked and attractive young women.” (The defendant shakes his head and waves his hands impatiently, but the judge continues). “When you see that, can you imagine that when you see this young woman walking by, you think she’s attractive too?”
“No, that’s out of the question,” translates the interpreter. Then he adds, dejected: “He won’t let me translate…”
“We found other sites with photos of young women,” continues the judge.
“Okay, I’ll take responsibility.”
“Is that what you were watching when you were sitting on the bench?”
“No.”
The defense lawyer asks his client two final questions, which have the merit of clarifying the situation:
“Do you admit to having put a hand on this lady’s buttocks?”
“Yes.”
“If Mr. G. and Mrs. G. were here, what would you like to tell them?”
“That I made a mistake and ask for their forgiveness.”
Mr. M.’s criminal record does not mention any convictions, but he appeared before the same judge a month earlier for illicit drug use (300 euros fine). Homeless and in an irregular situation in France, he claims to want to leave the country to go to Spain….
After a break for deliberation, the court found Mr M. guilty on all three counts (sexual assault, violence, cannabis use) and sentenced him to eight months’ imprisonment with an arrest warrant and a ten-year ban on residing in France. He must pay 2,000 and 200 euros to Mrs G. and Mr G. respectively.
“But I’m not in a position to pay,’ says the defendant and seems to sincerely regret it.
“There is an organisation, Sarvi, that will pay for you, and if you stay in France, you have to pay back.”
“And after eight months in prison, I’ll be deported?”
“That’s another organisation that takes care of that.”
Goofy says
He is absolutely right in pointing to the difference between Pakistani culture or rather unculture and the culture of France.
In a way it is helpful that he doesn’t refer to the alleged “religion” of Islam, which is merely a devout front for the Deen of Islam, the ugly totalitarian social order.
Without hiding behind the claim of having freedom of religion there is a good chance that we may finally rid our societies of th horrors of Islam.
James Hoagland says
Is this ‘cultural difference’ enough to have him deported?
SC says
He is the guest he either learns the rules or goes to Jail. Exactly the same as would happen in an Islamic Country.
abu taleb says
The culture of Pakistan is the culture of Islam, because Islam controls every thing in muslims’ life. So the culture of Islam includes rape and other sexual harrassment on women.
That is Islamist males like Islam so much because basically they are the lowest scumbags on earth.
David M says
What a bad Muslim he is, he isn’t allowed to drink alcohol as a Muslim.
Tony Rice says
And n’ere the twain shall meet