Barbara Amiel in the Telegraph frames the hijab debate in France in the same way that I framed it here last week: “The question is not whether French and Muslims can co-exist with each other so long as Muslim schoolgirls are bareheaded. Rather, it is the fundamental question of whether Muslim groups will become part […]
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Imam, other terror suspects held in France
An imam has been arrested in a terror sweep in France: “French anti-terrorist police detained seven people including the imam of a mosque in a series of dawn raids Tuesday targetting Islamic militant circles near the southeastern city of Lyon, police officials said.” This from AFP, with thanks to Nicolei. In 1999, the Sufi Sheikh […]
France seeks Al-Qaeda member who missed flight
“French authorities are searching for a passenger who failed to show up for an Air France flight that was canceled because of security concerns on Christmas Eve, France’s justice minister said Wednesday.” So says AP. “The man, who was ticketed for Air France flight 68 from Paris to Los Angeles on Dec. 24, was believed […]
France “” and dhimmitude “” unveiled
Dr. Abu Ziyaad writes a charming piece at the pro-jihadist site Jihad Unspun in which he calls for restoration of the caliphate and the laws of dhimmitude. The caliph was the successor of Muhammad as the religious, political, and military leader of the worldwide Muslim community. Radical Muslims today want to restore the caliphate in […]
Iran criticizes France’s “extremist decision”
“Iran on Sunday criticized French President Jacques Chirac’s ‘extremist decision’ to back a ban on Islamic headscarves and other conspicuous religious signs at schools.” This from AFP, with thanks to LGF. It’s amusing to see the government of Iran calling any other entity “extremist,” but it gets worse: “‘We regard this as an extremist decision […]
France condemned for “religion attack”
Our friends at Al-Jazeera report that “an international human rights organisation has condemned France for attacking freedom of religion.” Thanks to nicolei. The International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights said on Wednesday a proposed new law which would ban Islamic headscarves and other religious insignia in schools would contravene the most basic human rights. The […]
Jordan’s radical Muslims denounce France on veil
As Jacques Chirac speaks out against the veil, the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan speaks out against France: “Jordan’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood Movement Saturday condemned France’s trend towards banning Muslim women from wearing the veil, or headdress.” This from UPI. “Spokesman for the movement, Yahya Shaqra, accused France of applying ‘double standards’ by its plans to […]
Jihad warriors trained in rural France
Perhaps attracted by the congenial surroundings, “French Islamist militants, who later spent time in al-Qaida military camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan and went on to became soldiers of the jihad, underwent their first group training exercises in the bucolic surroundings of the forest of Fontainebleau, investigators said yesterday.” This from the Guardian, with thanks to […]
The Decline of France — and the rise of the Islamo-leftist alliance
In Onward Muslim Soldiers I entitled a chapter “Everybody must get stoned: The strange alliance between radical Islam and the post-Sixties Left.” Now Christopher Caldwell in The Weekly Standard shows how rapidly the alliance between the Left and radical Islam is progressing in (where else?) France. A few of Caldwell’s keen observations: “While America believed […]
Culture clash in France
The conflict in France between Islam and secularism has so far centered around the hijab, the headscarf that Muslim women and girls wear. It has become symbolic of a larger challenge to France’s secular society: “A French school yesterday expelled a 12-year-old girl who refused to remove her headscarf in class, a family acquaintance said. […]