Andrew Hussey of The Guardian writes sympathetically of the Muslim rioters in France, claiming that they are angry because they feel “the ideals of the Republic” do not apply to them. More of his comment can be found here: “In the suburbs, too many feel France’s founding ideals don’t apply to them,” by Andrew Hussey, The Guardian, […]
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Alan Mendoza of the Henry Jackson Society’s Absurd Observations About the Muslim Riots in France
The Henry Jackson Society, named after one of America’s greatest senators and based in London, can occasionally be counted on for political common sense. But not this time, I’m afraid. The executive director of the society, Alan Mendoza, has just delivered himself of some remarks to Fox News on the Muslim riots that might have […]
Al Aqsa Mosque cleric in 2019: ‘France will become Islamic country through jihad’
Where was and is the outcry in the West over what Sheikh Abu Taqi Al-Din Al-Dari said in 2019, in a video which is now making the rounds again because of the crisis in France? Al-Dari stated his call for conquest during a sermon at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The sermon, in which he stated that […]
France: Snapshots From The Front
Policemen Set Upon by Muslim Mob: ‘Beaten On The Ground Like Dogs” During the riots, a mob of 20 Arabs set upon two off-duty policemen, after one of them had been recognized as a policeman. More on this outrage — one among so many — can be found here: “French riots: 2 off-duty police officers […]
Rioters need reinforcements: France brings back 10 women suspected of jihad activity from Syria camps
What could possibly go wrong? The whole country is on fire as it is. Apparently the thinking of the Macron government is “The more the merrier.” “France repatriates 10 women suspected of jihadism, 25 children from Syria camps,” AFP, July 4, 2023: France on Tuesday repatriated 10 women and 25 children who were held in […]
France and the Muslim Riots
A long comment on the riots in France by Vincent Trémolet de Villers, translated and somewhat abridged: Are looting and riots the result of social exclusion, as we are told? It is true that we hear this worn-out discourse about abandoned suburbs, with a cohort of commentators and politicians who, instead of truly condemning this […]
In France, Muslim Mayhem and (Attempted) Murder
To hear his friends tell it, and of course his mother, Nahel Merzouk, the 17-year-old Algerian-French young man who was shot by the police, was a splendid fellow, never in any trouble, so why did the police have to go and do what they did? But it turns out that, having nearly run over a […]
France: ‘It’s one thing to read about it, another to see it with your own eyes’
I arrived in Paris yesterday and traveled to a city in the south of France. It’s one thing to read about it, another to see it with your own eyes. I walked through the streets of that southern city today. Shops destroyed, emptied of all contents: Swarovski, Orange, Apple stores. Most stores now boarded up. […]
France: 719 arrests, rioters ram burning car into mayor’s home, injuring his wife and children
France has brought this upon itself, and it will by no means be the only country in the West where it happens. “Police make 719 arrests as France burns for a fifth night: Rioters ram mayor’s home with a burning car ‘in assassination attempt’ that left his wife and children injured as protests sparked by […]
France: Rioters threaten Jews with new Holocaust
The French government either didn’t know or didn’t care about the deeply rooted antisemitism of Islam. They’re finding out now. « On va faire une shoah » ont-ils écrit sur le mémorial de la déportation à Nanterre pic.twitter.com/WCmAXoApQW — Observatoire du Décolonialisme (@decolonialisme) June 29, 2023 “France rioters threaten ‘Holocaust,’” translated from “Frankreich-Randalierer drohen mit […]