“They call them safe houses, but they are the graves of our failed tolerance.” “In Europe critics of Islam need police protection,” by Giulio Meotti, Israel National News, May 19, 2023: “Two men executed for offending the Koran”. This happened recently in Iran (in the meantime, no eyebrows were raised as Teheran was elected to […]
France: 35 people live under police protection because they have criticized Islam
The diversity that France is so intent on celebrating is turning into the forcible silencing of dissenting views. “A third of close protections concern people who have criticized Islam, according to the police,” translated from “Un tiers des protections rapprochées concerne des personnes ayant critiqué l’islam, selon la police,” Valeurs Actuelles, February 2, 2022 (thanks […]
France: Woman gets rape and death threats after saying “Islam has to submit to French laws”
“Islam has to submit to French laws, humour, reason and any form of criticism just like any other ideology, sect or religion.” Yes. All should be accountable to the same laws. This should be taken for granted by all French authorities as a requirement for living in France and a prerequisite for entering it as […]
“The more of us choose to stay silent, the more dangerous it becomes for the few who continue speaking out”
Gathered in Copenhagen “for a conference of terror attack survivors, artists and journalists vowed to continue fighting for free speech, despite a wave of violence targeting critical voices.” Last January, one of Charlie Hebdo’s most outspoken journalists quit her job because “it has gone soft on Islamist extremism. Zineb El Rhazoui accused the weekly of […]
Journalist quits Charlie Hebdo because it now bows to jihadis’ demand: “Mohammed is no longer depicted”
As I noted here, Charlie Hebdo has not only surrendered but switched sides. Most of the Western media has likewise surrendered, along with major figures of the intelligentsia, the Catholic Church, and more. What none of them seem to realize, or to care about, is that if you bow to jihadis’ demands in any detail, […]
Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre survivor: “We need to stop saying Islam is a religion of peace”
As a secular Muslim, Zineb El Rhazoui is allowed to say in the mainstream what others are excoraited as “anti-Muslim extremists” for saying. The truth is true no matter who says it, but in today’s culture of identity politics, it’s truer when coming from racially and culturally approved voices. “Zineb el Rhazoui, Charlie Hebdo survivor, […]