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Mosque attack in southwestern France

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France arrests 8 over mosque attack 
Wed, 28 May 2008 19:29:04 

French police have arrested eight people, including several soldiers, over an arson attack on a mosque in southwestern France.

The suspects, aged 18 to 30, were taken into custody Wednesday for questioning over the April 20 attack in Colomier near the city of Toulouse, in which arsonists started a fire in the mosque entrance and trashed a next-door prayer room. 

The arrests took place near the cities of Toulouse, Castres and Carcassonne, where two soldiers were reportedly detained at their barracks, AFP quoted local newspaper La Depeche du Midi as saying. 

State prosecutor Michel Valet said it was “too soon to say” if the suspects had links to extreme-right groups. 

President Nicolas Sarkozy has vowed to step up the fight against Islamophobia in France following the mass desecration last month of the Muslim section of the country’s biggest war cemetery. 

France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim community, estimated at five million. 

HE/MMN 

Written by damirniksic

May 31, 2008 at 2:38 pm

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France 2004

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April 20, 2004

Minorities and integration

Anti-Islamism in France

by Scott Martens

One of the things I looked for during the recent discussion about anti-semitism in France was some statistics about anti-Islamic and anti-Arab violence for comparison. I was shocked that I couldn’t find any. The French government went out of its way to disagregate data about antisemitic attacks, but could not even be bothered to track attacks on mosques. I knew that there had been attacks on mosques – I remembered seeing them on the news – but no figures seemed to be available. All I could find was Tariq Ramadan, a fairly visible European Muslim intellectual, making the same complaint.

Today’s news from AFP leads me to think Ramadan may be on to something:

Swastikas drawn on the entry to a Strasbourg mosque

STRASBOURG (AFP) – Swastikas were painted on the gateway to a Strasbourg mosque before dawn Tuesday, according to police sources. Furthermore, the inscription “death to arab” (sic) was printed on the surrounding wall of this predominantly Turkish mosque in the Meinau district [of Strasbourg]. Two outdoor garbage cans were burned without causing damage to the building. The imam of mosque, who lives at the mosque, heard a noise around 2am and was able to put out the fire, according to the management of the Eyyub Sultan mosque at a press conference. They have made out a complaint.

The mosque spokesperson, Cengiz Dogan, said that “We condemn this unacceptable act, which unfortunately is not unprecedented.”

“This odious act targets the entire Muslim community and is a part of an atmosphere in which more and more racist and islamophobic acts are taking place,” added Abdelhaq Nabaoui, president of the Alsace regional council for Islamic affairs, who listed a number of “similar” events in the area.

Last week, a mosque in Hagenau (Bas-Rhin dept.) was the victim of an attempted arson and two swastikas were drawn on the building. A funeral parlour in Oberhausbergen, near Strasbourg, was also the target of an attempted arson and swastika-painting, according to Mr Nabaoui. Finally, at the beginning of April, five headstones – four Muslim and one Jewish – from the military semitary in the Cronenbourg district of Strasbourg were desecrated, notably by marking them with swastikas.

Alsace is a very conservative part of France, particularly with regard to religion. It may not be very representative. However, this sort of news leads me to wonder to what degree the recent upswing in reported anti-semitic acts in France might have to with increased attention as much as an actual increase in anti-Jewish sentiment, and whether anti-Islamic violence is being drastically underreported.

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May 31, 2008 at 10:11 am

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Fight against Anti-Islamism

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SELCUK GULTASLI s.gultasli@todayszaman.com International
Turkey Convinces Europe to Fight Against Anti-Islamism
The Council of Europe is set to fight against anti-Islamism as a priority policy for the first time. Anti-Islamism has been included in the text as a dangerous inclination that has to be fought against upon the insistence of Turkey at the historic summit that 46 Council members attended. The conclusion draft of the summit included the notion of “Islamophobia”. The inclusion of this notion in the European organizations’ documents for the first time is described as the success of Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan prioritized the issue on the agenda during his speech at the summit on May 16 and asked the Council to adapt effective mechanisms against anti-Islamism.

With Turkey’s support again, member states of the Council asked for the encouragement of inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue to develop universal tolerance and reconciliation in the final declaration. A decision envisioning the Council to appoint a coordinator regarding this issue and a Local Administration Congress to take effective action has also been stated in the action plan. Analysts evaluate the decision as the crucial success of Turkey. Even an ordinary Muslim is perceived as a “potential terrorist” in the West following the September 11 attacks in the US as analysts pointed out and the summit decisions will contribute to overcoming this issue.

The 3rd Council of Europe summit has for the first time mentioned “Islamophobia” in the 9th paragraph of the Warsaw Declaration that was accepted on Tuesday, May 17. The Council has reached the following decisions regarding the issue: Condemnation of any kind of intolerance and discrimination based on gender, race and religious beliefs in particular, including Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, the fight against these within the framework of the Council of Europe and the use of effective mechanisms and rules to combat these problems.

Thus, anti-Islamism as well as anti-Semitism will be dealt with within the framework of legal proceedings. The Council reports will include anti-Islamist movements. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) will closely monitor these movements. The Commission will record in which country anti-Islamism increases or how it is reflected.

 

18.05.2005

Written by damirniksic

May 31, 2008 at 8:59 am

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Confused racist

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Fallaci wrote that terrorists had killed 6,000 people over the past 20 years in the name of the Quran and said the Islamic faith “sows hatred in the place of love and slavery in the place of freedom.”

After 20 years of such a horrifying activitiy they are still behind serbian militant christian extremists lead by Karadzic and Mladic who killed 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in three days in Srebrenica in 1995. doing it in the name of Christian and Slavic Supremacy over Bosnian “Turks”. It seems that mechanized nationalist, imperialist and racist  ”christian militants” has better, more legal, more “rational” and more effective ways to kill more Muslims all around the world, during the shorter period of time, and without appearing as someone who ”sows hatred in the place of love and slavery in the place of freedom.”

 

However, the following is an example of islamophobic material.

 

http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/sina50525.htm

The Fall of Europe


Ali Sina  

May, 25, 2005

In an act of total insanity, the Council of Europe, decided to ban criticism of Islam equating it to anti-Semitism.  

Selcuk Gultasli in zaman.com wrote: “Anti-Islamism has been included in the text as a “dangerous inclination” that has to be fought against upon the insistence of Turkey at the summit that 46 Council members attended. The conclusion draft of the summit included the notion of “Islamophobia”. The inclusion of this notion in the European organizations’ documents for the first time is described as the success of Turkey.  

The 3rd Council of Europe summit has for the first time mentioned “Islamophobia” in the 9th paragraph of the Warsaw Declaration that was accepted on Tuesday, May 17. The Council has reached the following decisions regarding the issue: Condemnation of any kind of intolerance and discrimination based on gender, race and religious beliefs in particular, including Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, the fight against these within the framework of the Council of Europe and the use of effective mechanisms and rules to combat these problems.

Thus, anti-Islamism as well as anti-Semitism will be dealt with within the framework of legal proceedings. The Council reports will include anti-Islamist movements. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) will closely monitor these movements. The Commission will record in which country anti-Islamism increases or how it is reflected.”

This is the beginning of the fall of Europe. Anti-Islamism is not the same as anti-Semitism. Islam is a belief system, Semites are a race. We can’t equate a race to a doctrine. Racism is sheer evil. Apart from the fact that no race is better or worse than other races, unless one is Michael Jackson, one can’t change his race. Instigating hate against a race is instigating hate against mankind. Doctrines that instigate racial hate must be condemned and those who engage in racial slurs must be brought to justice.

Prohibiting criticism of Islam is like prohibiting criticism of Judaism or Christianity. No one in his right mind would suggest criticism of these religions should be banned. The very fact that these religions have reformed and have adapted to modern times is because they were criticized. Only during the inquisition, criticism of Christianity was against the law. Are we trying to introduce Islamic inquisition to appease Muslims? Are we trying to institute the blasphemy law that is practiced in Saudi Arabia , Pakistan and Iran to make Muslims happy? This is insane!

Islam advocates the hatred of the Jews in particular but also of Christians who according to the Quran have corrupted their Scripture and call Jesus the son of God. The Quran’s biggest condemnation is reserved for the people of other religions and of no religion. All these people, including Jews and Christians are considered to be najis and fuels of hellfire. This is hate. This is hate-mongering. There is no other way to put it. Why are we not banning the Quran? Why are we not condemning Islam for blatantly advocating hate?   

The decision of the Council of Europe is oxymoronic. How can we condemn anti-Semitism if we are not allowed to criticize Islam that incites hatred of the Jews and says God transformed them into swine and apes? Is this not insult?  

There is a fundamental difference between religions and people. One is made of flesh and bones and the other is merely a doctrine. People must be protected, but doctrines don’t need to be protected. They have to be scrutinized, questioned and if found dangerous or wrong, rejected. Doctrines that advocate the hatred of people must be criticized and banned, not protected. How can we protect the rights of people to life and to freedom if at the same time we protect doctrines that incite hatred against them? If someone calls Muslims filthy, untouchable, impure, he is inciting hate. He should be stopped. This is clearly a racial insult. But the Quran calls all of us who are not Muslims najis. Najis means filthy, untouchable, impure. Why criticizing this book of hate should be against the law? Is this not double standard? is this not hypocrisy? Is this not dhimmitude? Why Muslims should be allowed to insult everyone else but criticizing their hateful doctrine should be against the law?  

This decision simply makes no sense. It is a contradiction. You can’t ban anti-Semitism and anti-Islamism at the same time. Islam is anti-Jew and anti-Human. The two don’t go together. They are mutually exclusive.

Today May 25, 2005 an Italian judge, Armando Grasso, in city of Bergamo, ordered the best-selling writer and journalist Oriana Fallaci to stand trial in her native Italy on charges she defamed Islam in her book “La Forza della Ragione” (The Force of Reason) 

In it, Ms Fallaci. argues that Europe is turning into “an Islamic province, an Islamic colony” and that “to believe that a good Islam and a bad Islam exist goes against all reason”.

Fallaci wrote that terrorists had killed 6,000 people over the past 20 years in the name of the Quran and said the Islamic faith “sows hatred in the place of love and slavery in the place of freedom.” Fallaci spoke the truth. These are facts, not her opinion. 

Adel Smith, president of the Muslim Union of Italy, sued the writer, claiming that Ms Fallaci’s book is offensive to Muslims.

So what? The Quran is offensive to all Mankind. No one, including Ms. Fallaci, can go far enough to insult Muslims the way the Quran insults non-Muslims, calling them, kafir (blasphemers), najis, fuels for hellfire, enemies of God, etc. But the Quran does not stop there. It actually incites violence against the non-Muslims. Muhammad asked his followers to instill terror in the hearts of the unbelievers, to wage war against them, to smite their heads from above their necks, to deceive them, to kill them wherever they find them, even to rape their wives. Why such a book should be protected and why criticizing it should be banned?

Europe is threading a very dangerous path. Two things can happen in Europe:

  1. Islam is left alone to grow unchecked, which means Europe will succumb to Islamism before the end of this century. Or 

  2. The Europeans sense the danger too late, panic, and give birth to Eurofascism to counter Islamofascism.

In either case Europe will be destroyed.

Curtailing freedom of speech, specially banning criticism of a doctrine of hate is foolishly dangerous. Europe is playing with fire. The path that Europe has taken today will lead to its fall before the end of this century, but more likely it will auto disintegrate in a civil war in the next two or three decades.

Concerned Europeans must:

  • Write to their Prime Ministers, Presidents and MPs and demand for freedom of speech and freedom to criticize doctrines of hate. Islam should not have privileges that Christianity, Judaism or any other religion does not have.

  • Organize campaigns to defend freedom of speech and beat the resolution of the Council of Europe.

  • Support candidates that are conscientious and are not willing to sell their souls and your country to Islamists for vote.  

  • Politicians are like prostitutes, one will do anything for your money, and the other will do anything for your vote. Boycott those politicians who pander to Muslims for their votes with your vote.

  • Support parties that have anti Muslim immigration policies and are not afraid to call a spade a spade. At this moment, saving Europe is more important than your political ideology. Bite the bullet and vote for parties that you don’t like but have clearly the interest of saving your country from Islamofascism in mind.  

 

Sign the petition. Keep Turkey out of Europe 

ISLAM AND RACE:

When Europeans became Mohammedans they became to all intents Turks and called themselves such; they were no longer Greek, Servian, or Bulgarian, as the case might be. In spirit if not in blood they were wholly gone over to the other race. Such is the power of the Moslem faith!

Frederick Moore, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 1912

 

 

Written by damirniksic

May 31, 2008 at 8:55 am

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