Former sex symbol and actress Brigitte Bardot who railed against the ritual slaughter of Eid al-Adha and halal slaughter for decades in France passed away on December 28. The actress was vilified as anti-religious and anti-Muslim for remarks against animal abuse.
In 1996, for example, she said, “1,000 sheep were slaughtered last month…only 300 yards from my house,” as an example of how extreme the public slaughter had become. She was quickly termed “xenophobic” and “extreme right” by the Greens.
For animal lovers, Eid al-Adha is the saddest day of the year. To thank Allah for sparing Ibrahim’s child from death, Muslim families sacrifice sheep, goats, cows, buffaloes and camels in public in staggering numbers. In 2017, news outlets photographed rivers of blood in Bangladesh and a photo of a little girl dressed in her best clothes, standing in a street of blood. The holiday is on July 20 this year.
Ritual slaughter, both halal and kosher, in which animals are not stunned and spared the pain of suffering, has been hotly debated in Europe, sometimes pitting animal advocates against religious figures.
When Bardot and the president of Tunisia’s Society for the Protection of Animals approached French Interior Minister Jean-Louis Debre in the 1990’s about the outdoor, ritual slaughter he reportedly said he could not apply French humane slaughter laws to the event because he was intimidated by the nation’s four million Muslims, which had grown to five million by 2008.
The Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the Welfare and Protection of Animals protects horses, seals, dolphins, dogs, bears, tigers, rhinos, fighting bulls and food and lab animals. Her work was largely ignored by other animal welfare groups because she was believed to be anti-immigration, conservative and otherwise not “woke.”
In 2008, Bardot was convicted of inciting racial/religious hatred for a letter she wrote to then Interior Minister of France Nicolas Sarkozy objecting to the ritual slaughter of sheep in France by slitting their throats with no anesthesia. The cruelty-tolerating culture was “imposing its habits” upon France she wrote. Her trial ended with a conviction and fine of €15,000 though Bardot has been fined for religious hatred before and after her Sarkozy letter.
In 2019, she was charged with racial hatred, this time for objecting to cruel animal treatment on the French island of Réunion in a letter she wrote to the island’s prefect, Amaury de Saint-Quentin.
Cruelty to People Is Censored as “Anti-Muslim”
Censoring of news that could cast Islam in a bad light is hardly limited to Brigitte Bardot or animals news. Many across the world find beheadings, of animals or people, repugnant yet beheadings have a long and established history of use in punishment and treatment of enemies within Islam. When beheadings have occurred in recent years, the mainstream media cover the violence lightly, if at all, to prevent “anti-Muslim” sentiment, especially when the suspects are terrorists or have Muslim backgrounds.
For example, when 86-year-old French Catholic priest Jacques Hamel was beheaded in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray in 2016 by perpetrators pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS), news outlets wrote that he was “killed” not “beheaded” and ended coverage of the murder swiftly. News outlets continue to downplay the increasingly routine ISIS beheadings of enemies and even local people that appear in chilling videos to similarly avoid creating “anti-Muslim” sentiment.
The beheading of French middle school teacher Samuel Paty in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a suburb of Paris, in 2020 by an Islamic terrorist was given even less coverage than Jacques Hamel the Catholic priest. Why was he killed? Paty had shown his class offensive depictions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, while permitting students to leave the room ahead of time if they wished. The killer, who paid students to help him find the teacher, tweeted an image of the Paty’s head which he had removed with a long knife on social media –– yes, like the head of an animal.
Barbaric executions such as stonings and hangings in the Islamic county of Iran are also rarely covered by mainstream news media to avoid inflating anti-Muslim sentiment. Even the deaths and violent treatment of women and LGBTs are not even covered, though they are demographics which mainstream media are pledged to defend and put first.
The unreported – and unreportable — violence is not just beheadings, stonings and hangings.
When members of the far-right group, Britain First, posted an authentic video in 2017 of an Egyptian mob throwing a man off a roof, they were charged with “religious harassment.” The roof execution video, which was tweeted by then U.S. President Trump, was also defended by U.S. media. The Washington Post dismissed the footage as “old” and the New York Times dismissed the video as emanating from a “complex political situation.”
The take-home message is clear: it is worse to report on violence than commit it, when you are part of a politically protected minority.
Wellington says
Bardot was not only stunningly beautiful (and talented) but throughout her life was fearless. She not only criticized the idiotic and destructive Muslim immigration into Europe but also took to task the sanctioning of non-heterosexual behavior (how’s this for a euphemism?) and the idiocy of the welfare state. Her animal rights positions were also laudable and not accompanied by Leftist nonsense as is often the case. I came to admire her a lot. RIP.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Same here – RIP
I’m only surprised to learn that she only died today. I had heard about her decades ago, so obviously thought that she had passed on, somewhat unnoticed
I do cheer her for opposing halal slaughter. Incidentally, as a non-vegetarian, I’m not totally on board w/ her animal rights campaigns, but I do laud her for being consistent, which few animal rights activists are
somehistory says
At least this brave lady was not a direct victim of islime. Although the ‘fines’ and ‘convictions’ came from that evil, at least the muzzies didn’t get an opportunity to murder her.
An era is surely passing.
somehistory says
I just read something she said about her son, and I regret calling her a “lady.”
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Oh yeah, I read her Wiki biography, so am allowing for the probability of it being slanted
She had 4 marriages, and her idea of a relationship was as long as she could be kept sexually excited. In one of them, she got pregnant, and wanted to abort her child: however, at the time, French law didn’t allow it. When she and that husband divorced, he got sole custody. In one of her memoirs, she described that baby as a tumor growing inside her. While most women fall in love w/ their babies once they give birth, she hated it, and refused to breastfeed him
When the child was 12, he once asked his mom whether he could stay w/ her, and she refused. So obviously, he had an understandably bitter attitude towards her. Year later, when he married, he made sure not to invite Bardot to the nuptials. He also made it a point to rebuff her when she tried to mend the relationship once she became a grandparent
So yeah, on a personal level, she was a pretty mean woman. I also am not a big fan of the “animal-rights” crowd. As Rush Limbaugh used to explain, animals don’t have rights, for the simple reason that they can’t agree to, and live by, any code of conduct. A lion won’t agree not to kill a deer, a dog won’t desist from killing a rabbit, a shark will happily devour a sea otter. Now, all that doesn’t mean that we humans should be cruel to them, cause them needless pain or make them suffer while slaughtering them for food. But as Robert noted, she was unique in that she didn’t spare mohammedans on the practice of halal while slaughtering animals. Something that one doesn’t see from most animal rights advocates
somehistory says
What I read was not on wiki, but another news source reporting her death, etc.
She even told one person interviewing her that she would have preferred to give birth to a dog than the child she had.
somehistory says
Here’s another lady persecuted for her beliefs….because she’s not a muzzie expressing her thoughts.
“‘Treated as a criminal’: Grandmother criminally charged for inviting people to chat outside hospital”
“A 75-year-old woman has been criminally charged in Glasgow for standing near a hospital with a sign inviting people to chat. She is accused of violating Scotland’s buffer zone law, which prohibits influencing behavior near abortion facilities.
Rose Docherty faces two charges under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Scotland Act for displaying placards near Queen Elizabeth University Hospital between September 2024 and February 2025, The Sunday Times reports.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/treated-as-a-criminal-grandmother-criminally-charged-for-inviting-people-to-chat-outside-hospital/ar-AA1TaXD9?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=9dadb6bfa17748ade6f4e07213b1ad0d&ei=31
“…Docherty’s placard, which read, “Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want,”…
Troybeam says
She foretold the future of France. Sadly she was fined for speaking out. Her truth became reality.
Tim gallagher says
What a brave person she was. I can vaguely remember her speaking out against barbaric, sadistic Islam ages ago. One of the early ones to wake up and have the courage to speak out. She must been sickened by what France had become as the years rolled by.
somehistory says
Tim, I do not recall the exact year, but I seem to remember that when she was arrested for saying things about islam, it was covered here. I know I remember reading it, just not sure on what site.
Tim gallagher says
I can’t remember when it was, somehistory, I just have very vague memory of her being momentarily in the news for criticising Muslim cruel way of slaughtering animals. She is probably glad to have passed on with France having 9 percent Muslims and being a wreck of a country.
somehistory says
It’s the same for me, Tim. I recall seeing her photograph; she was wearing a white coat or holding a white dog, and there were cops and a crowd standing around.
She had a long life and probably didn’t look forward to seeing more and more of France given over to the cruelty.
Tim gallagher says
What did you think about the songwriting competitions, somehistory. The is, the international songwriting competition, the American one is the biggest. The one I’m going in is very generous in that they 10 different categories and they name the top 10 in each category. I am hoping some muso hears and likes maybe records a song of mine. It is impossible to get songs out to people otherwise.
somehistory says
Tim, I only looked at the contest from last year in Australia. I’m not sure I can find the American contest and have not looked it up yet.
But, I have begun a song. Only a few lines, or I could submit one from some I wrote many years ago.
I haven’t been in a place in my mind in recent months to be able to concentrate much on things I want to do. No painting, no writing…
My daughter’s health issues have taken precedent.
Tim gallagher says
Your daughter’s health is the main priority and your own health as well, somehistory. All the best to you and your daughter. From what I see of those songwriting contests they seem to get huge numbers of entries.
somehistory says
Thank you, Tim.
Long time ago…seems like only a little while ago….I auditioned for a band led by one of the country music’s most popular artists and his wife. They really liked my voice and then the guy said he would hire me for backup if not for the fact I had a young son.
Not long after that, I saw where another singer/songwriter was visiting locally and contacted him. He actually came to my house (my son was still small), played and sang a couple of songs I had written. He said they were “commercial.”
So, I know I can ‘please some of the people some of the time” with my songs; But, as you say, there are so many writers and singers, mine would likely get lost in the sea of works.
But, I may decide to try at some point. My brain still works on things, even when I can’t sit down and really compose.
Anyway, thanks for the encouragement.
Tim gallagher says
Sounds as if you almost made it, somehistory. You must have a very good singing voice and your songs must be fairly good too.the contest I am going to go in takes most of next year as they make their way through the songs. But I don’t really care about that. I’m just hoping some muso likes a song or two and wants to record them. Worth a shot.
somehistory says
Thank you, Tim. I understand. Knowing people like what we do is important. I hope someone in the business gets to hear yours and lets you know some good news.
I gave a tape to one of Reba McIntire’s band. He told me he would give it to her. That was just before her band members died in a plane crash, and I never found out if she liked them or not. I don’t even know if he got the chance to have her listen.
Life happens and we don’t have much control. But, I can hope you have some success. The more things you do, the better the chances of a “shot” finding a target.
Larry Estavan says
“Paty had shown his class offensive depictions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, while permitting students to leave the room ahead of time if they wished. ”
But, according to news reports it was all a lie made up by a little girl.
“13-year-old girl lied about French teacher who was later beheaded, her lawyer says” –
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/samuel-paty-beheading-france-girl-lied/
“The unidentified girl told police that she lied about being in the class and falsely accused Paty of asking Muslim children to leave the class while he showed the pictures.
Her father, who has been charged in connection with the murder, posted several incendiary videos on Facebook based on his daughter’s testimony which identified Paty.
“Everything in the investigation showed very early that she lied,” the Paty family’s lawyer Virginie Le Roy told RTL radio on Tuesday.
She said she was “skeptical” of the version of events recounted by the girl. On Monday, the girl’s lawyer, Mbeko Tabula, told AFP, “She lied because she felt trapped in a spiral because her classmates had asked her to be a spokesperson.”
Le Roy added, “A spokesperson of what? Of lies, of events that never happened? This explanation does not convince me and makes me rather angry because the facts are serious, they’re tragic.”
The killing of Paty shocked France and led to a fresh debate about freedom of speech, the integration of France’s large Muslim population and the role of social media in whipping up hatred.
Paty was murdered in the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine by the 18-year-old Muslim extremist from Russia who had seen the online campaign against the teacher mounted by the schoolgirl’s father and another man, a known Islamist preacher.
Both of the individuals behind the Facebook videos have been charged with “complicity in murder” over their postings and are awaiting trial in jail, while the schoolgirl has been charged with slander.”
Mike GA says
At 91 she was still very much a sex symbol to our muslim firends.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Oh, muslims will rape anyone b/w the ages of 6 and 106. For them, it’s less about sexual pleasure, and more about humiliating infidels
somehistory says
Rape really has nothing to do with sex. It’s a power trip for the rapist; a put-down, an attempt at humiliating and shaming, which unfortunately works with many victims.
The rapist is saying to the victim; I can do this and you can’t stop me; and you’ll never get over it, nor will you be able to forget me. I’ve taken security, privacy, self-respect, and you can’t get any of it back.
that’s why age or looks don’t matter.
OLD GUY says
She was beautiful and talented R.I.P.
Martha Rosenberg says
Thanks everyone for astute comments on Bardot
Patrick says
When you oppose a leftist government, in bed with Islam, who favor Muslims over French citizens, you’re fighting a losing battle. In every European country where Muslims have used immigration jihad to smother the current population base, begin rapes, murders, burning of churches and synagogues, praying in streets, quickly building radicalization mosques, to organize and destabilize, Muslims are winning! Sharia is around the corner.