Update (11/4): The rioting continues to spread. If anyone finds a headline with the word “Muslims” in it, please let me know.
Disabled woman set on fire by “youths.”
Recommended site: Know Islam.
Recommended book: Islam Unveiled.
Review of The Crisis of Islam.
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Paris is reaping what it’s sown, and if we don’t heed the warnings (as if the murder of thousands and destruction of two buildings in New York City weren’t enough), we can expect the same.
Lax immigration policies, prostration to the god of multiculturalism, and the refusal to fight fire with fire are three reasons why Muslim “youths” in Paris are rioting in the streets.
As I see it, the religion of Islam is inherently incompatible with the concept of individual liberty, a crucial component of western countries. It’s no accident that a culture like the West and a nation like the United States were envisioned and created by people who were either Christians and/or biblically literate and/or respected the Christian tradition. In countries under Islamic law, there’s no such idea as “individual liberty.” You’re either a Muslim or in danger of having your throat sliced open.
A growing problem in the West is not only our insane, suicidal embrace of “multiculturalism,” but an inability to recognize that Islam is an enemy intent on destroying freedom wherever it exists. Those Muslim rioters in Paris, angry about being unemployed or whatever their excuse, need to be crushed.
Instead, authorities are apologizing for throwing tear gas into a mosque. They’re smoking crack, right? If rioting thugs are hiding in mosques, why wouldn’t you try to tear-gas them out? This is similar to the Guantanamo Bay Koran-flushing and don’t-touch-the-temple memes that floated around.
Let me be clear, especially if you’re reading this blog for the first time. While I don’t believe every single Muslim on the planet is violent, I believe that the nature of Islam itself is violent. One of the most stunning things I ever heard was George Bush’s contention that Islam is a “religion of peace.” Yes, you have your Christian kooks blowing up child killers “in the name of God,” but generally, such incidents are isolated.
On the contrary, Islamofascism is the order of the day. Every day there’s more news of death at the hands of Muslims. Instead of taking an extremely hard line and putting pressure on Muslim so-called leaders to denounce these thugs and round them up, we’re the ones injuring our spines from all the bowing and scraping, trying to prove we’re not religious bigots. Forget that. I care more about my physical well-being and preservation of my way of life than what weak-willed, emasculated liberals say about me.
If Muslim extremists are willing to blow up themselves and children, we must be willing to do what it takes to stop them. We’re certainly able.
In response to the riots, President Jacques Chirac said the law must be enforced firmly but “in a spirit of dialogue and respect.” Whatever that means. Heart of a lion, he has.
This headline makes me sick: French youths riot for seventh night running. French youths? They make it sound so generic and ordinary, as if a bunch of rowdy, drunk teenagers decided to throw rocks at cars. These are radical Muslims, foreign invaders, destroying property and injuring people who graciously allowed them into their country in the first place!
The whole thing is comical, especially Chirac’s pleas.
You notice how Muslims adopt the tendency to riot, protest and cry “Discrimination!” once they’re in western countries, when such actions would render them headless in the countries they fled from? No gratitude at all.
I’m done. Carry on.
Bloggers: Jihad Watch (Update), Ace of Spades, Southern Appeal, Captain’s Quarters, Gateway Pundit, Yourish, Transterrestrial Musings on riots in Denmark, Outside the Beltway, Michelle Malkin on troop supporters…
It is a fact that the majority of the “youths†and “gangs†who have been rioting outside Paris for a week now are Muslims. You will not find that fact reported directly in this Washington Post story. You will read the rioters called “gangs of youthsâ€, “riotersâ€, “immigrantsâ€, and “poor†and that’s it.
Yet, the article notes that what sparked the riots was the death of two Muslim youths who decided to hide from a police checkpoint in a power substation, where they electrocuted themselves to death.
From a commenter:
Islam isn’t just incompatible with individual liberty, it’s incompatible with the very notion of civilized society itself.
Sources:
- France struggles as unrest spreads
- French Police, Gangs [That's more like it!] Clash for 7th Night; Shots Fired
- Can Blair regain his political authority after this fortnight? [It's long gone!]
- French Muslims face job discrimination [I wonder why???]
- Fresh violence hits Paris suburbs
- Six nights of riots in Paris ghetto split Chirac cabinet
- Shots fired as French riots escalate
- The Brussels Journal
- Yahoo! news
Blogger updates: Captain’s Quarters, Michelle Malkin is rounding up, Weapons of Mass Destruction, The American Princess…
Last year the acclaimed historian Bernard Lewis, formerly a great admirer of Islam, said that “Europe would be Islamic by the end of the century.”
He added, “at the very latest.” This leads to a conjecture: Would that leave the USA as the last bastion of the West? Or are we that already?
Is it possible that the Muslims who are for peace and tolerance are the ones who aren’t following the teachings of their religion. Should we wake up and actually start condemning not just the terrorists, but the religion as well?
La Shawn Barber makes an excellent point that none of the reports of the “unrest “in the banlieux makes any mention of the religion of the rioters. Actually I think she’s being a little easy on the whole thing…
Are we breeding our own Intifada? Could we eventually face the same thing in the U.S. that France is dealing with now? Not from the Muslim youth that is at odds with the French government, but from our own home-grown illegal immigrant population.
Today, we are continually witnessing Biblical prophecy happening right before our very eyes!
…Three thousand years ago God inspired King David to predict that the reborn nation of Israel would be immediately surrounded by enemies, including the Arab nations of Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria.
What has happened to Paris is a massive influx, over a very short period of time, of people whose culture, religion, and language are foreign to Europe. The French have made no effort to assimilate these people, and the immigrants have in turn willfully (or perhaps deliberately) dropped out of native French life.
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My post yesterday was on the fact that we are witnessing biblical prophecy right before our very eyes. Included within the prophecies are names of the ancient nations (and their current day names)that would rise up against Israel in the End Times.
The Muslim riots happening in Paris is just more indication that these people cannot be appeased. They are out to destroy Israel and any nation that doesn’t hate Israel like they do. The lack of preparedness of the Paris government shows how the liberalism of that country makes them so weak and vulnerable. Hope this tragedy finally wakes them up to reality!
Oops. Posted the wrong link. That’s what happens when I have too many windows open! I don’t know how to correct it, so I will repost the correct link here. Sorry about that LaShawn!
You were asking whether any papers were using Muslim in the headline, but the only mentions I see are related to where the rioting is occurring, not who is rioting. An example is:
French Leaders Unable To Reach Plan To Stem Riots in Muslim Areas.
“inherently incompatible with the concept of liberty.”
Exactly! Speak that truth!
Delving deeper, Islam is inherently incompatible with the concept of ‘free will’. Islamic ’submission’ is about ridding your life of temptation, as a Muslim does not believe they have the ‘free will’ to resist certain temptations.
Its often asked: ‘Are we at war with Islam?’
We are at ideological war with whatever portion of the Islamic world does not believe in free will.
A lot is being read into the Paris rioting, some going so far as to imply that this says something about the essential nature of Islam, and others saying this is a preview of what will happen in this country if we “tolerate” muslims.
At the risk of sounding PC, I would only point out that youths rioting in Paris – be they Muslim or whatever – is nothing new at all. Every few years, Paris experiences civil disturbances for one reason or another. The rioting was much much worse during the student uprisings in Paris in 1968 – and that had nothing to do with Muslims.
Much much worse still is the rioting going on right now in Argentina against Bush: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/11/04/bush.summit/index.html
These riots make the clashes in Paris seem puny. Are we now to suppose that there is something deeply evil in the nature of Argentinians?
Speaking of riots…
“When the strongest nation in the world can be tied up for … years in a war … with no end in sight, when the richest nation in the world can’t manage its own economy, when the nation with the greatest tradition of the rule of law is plagued by unprecedented lawlessness, … and when the President of the United States cannot travel abroad or to any major city at home without fear of a hostile demonstration – then it’s time for new leadership for the United States of America.â€
— Richard Nixon, 1968
Boo…
Hiss…Aaron!
Of course, how typical of someone who gets his info from CNN…a.k.a. the Communist News Network.
The Argentinian protest turned dinky ‘riot’ was most likely Staged!
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Do I detect yet another Nixon comeback in the works, this time in 2008? Makes sense – he is squeaky clean compared to Hilly the Hun!
Nixon in ‘08! As a Democrat this time of course.
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“Every few years, Paris experiences civil disturbances for one reason or another.”
Aaron, it’s nice to know something in Old Europe still works like it’s supposed to.
AS a Christian I know that Christianity is not about democracy. God lays down the laws and expects us follow them. I don’t seen anywhere in my bible where God ever asked anyone for their opinion or vote. God is omniscient and all powerful, truly the first and last word.
France is not a “Christian” country. It is secular and anti-religious. There is discrimination against North Africans and blacks, some of whom are Christians. My born again Congolese friend lived there- in the ghetto suburbs- les banlieux- and he said the discrimination was horrible.
This is not a Muslim issue- it’s a poverty issue and shames the secular humanism of the French.
Sorry, I lived in France for 2 years and your description of it as a place with “Lax immigration policies, prostration to the god of multiculturalism, and the refusal to fight fire with fire” is completely backwards.
There is no western nation more opposed to the idea of multiculturalism than france. French liberals and conservatives alike will tell you that it’s a purely “Anglo-saxon” invention. The only acceptable option in France is absolute assimilation to their idea of “Frenchness” The immigration laws are much stricter than ours – Muslim clerics get expelled for preaching undemocratic values. and there is constant tough talk about getting tough on immigrants (see Sarkozy, or worse, Le Pen and his 18%).
You could not have picked a worse country to make your case. If anything France should be an American conservative’s paradise. But you know what? It’s been a total failure. the french talk till they’re blue in the face about how there can only be “French” citizens, not hyphenated “Arab-French”, “African-French” etc. somehow that hasn’t made the ghettos vanish. you basically have traditional white french people, a few arabs (& others) who’ve fully adopted white french ways, and the remaining arabs who are considered suspect b/c they are not indistinguishable from white people. just watching the officials on french tv, it is clear how out of touch they are with this segment of french society.
It’s well past time someone stood up for America’s “liberal” approach to ethnicity. We have our divisions but I’ll say this – go into any inner city black neighborhood here and you’ll find black cops who stand for law & order as much as the next cop but don’t hide the fact that they’re black and that black culture belongs as much to them as to any gangbanger. same goes for latinos. compare that to the CRS (french nat’l cops) in the projects- they look like a foreign occupying army. America has lots of people who bridge cultural gaps. France’s obsession with forcing everyone into the preexisting notion of Frenchness hasn’t worked. Too many people are still outside it and the “real” french refuse to deal with that, since their ideal works in theory. They have no idea what to do now b/c authority is held exclusively by traditional french elitists, they have no one who’s used to the streets and knows how to stand up to the thugs. That’s what a get tough conservative approach gets you.
one of these days someone is going to connect the dots. Soccer is the indoctrination to internationalism. If America continues to act like them, it will only encourage them. Mom, Apple Pie and Baseball
Or a reccess activity gone amuck.
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Good points. I have heard much the same thing from African-French friends who live in Paris. The French are terribly racist – which is very ironic since they seem always to hypocritically condemn Americans for racism.
While predominantly North African, and hence Muslim, you are also correct in pointing out that there are surely quite a few Christians among the youths engaged in these riots. This doesn’t have to do with religion, but with the tensions built up in an impoverished underclass. That does NOT mean that the violence is anyway justified… but it is also not accurate to say that the violence is somehow inspired by or indicative of Islam.
Due to tight labor regulations, 10% of France is unemployed, 23% of French under 25 are unemployed, and in the Muslim “ghettos” of France, youth unemployment reaches 30%.
The artificial rationing of French jobs means they go only to the most skilled, oldest, and most well-connected French, leaving out most young Muslim immigrants.
The French “Continental” labor model has lead to this. Muslim youth don’t riot in the U.S. because they have a job to go to the next day, and hope for their future careers. In France, immigrants have much less hope.
Let’s compare the Muslim minority in France with the Latino minority in the U.S. The Latino unemployment rate in the U.S. is around 7%, much less than the national unemployment rate in France! Even undocumented workers can go down to the local 7-11 parking lot and get a job for the day in the U.S., and 90% of them make more than the Federal minimum wage.
This is not to excuse any behavior, but it is human nature for idle young men to cause trouble, regardless of race or religion.
La Shawn,
IMHO you are half-wrong. Not about Islam, which gives these young people neither sustenance in spirituality nor hope of a better world to come. You are wrong not to attribute the major part of the blame to the French and to their revolution. Truth is that Liberty, Egality and Fraternity form a triad that mocks the Trinity but, God is not mocked and every now and again the same old vicious cycle of revolutionary violence and unbelief breaks out again.
It was all mapped out in Groen van Prinsterer’s Lectures on Unbelief and Revolution which are best available in English in Harry van Dyke’s book. Islam is a menace, especially for those who believe its tenets but France’s secular revolution is worse and deserves closer examination by ourselves.
“French youths riot for seventh night running. French youths? They make it sound so generic and ordinary, as if a bunch of rowdy, drunk teenagers decided to throw rocks at cars. These are radical Muslims, foreign invaders, destroying property and injuring people who graciously allowed them into their country in the first place!”
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I’m not sure that you really know France or Europe. Dont’t listen to your american TV or papers, they’re kidding you.
France had a empire in Africa during more then a century. Almost half of Africa was French untill the fifties.
So, these young people are french. There are about 15 to 25 years old. They were born in France. There parents were also born in France, because Algeria, Morroco and many West African countries were French when they did it. So it’s much more complicated than a simple “Christians” against “Muslims”. Sorry.
If you want to have a true information : there are a few cities near Paris were radical islamists are strong. Every one knows them, and the police does of course. But in these cities, nothing has yet happened there.
These riots comes from poverty, unempolyment, and very-very aggressive politic from french governement against poor people.
If you know what means “la coupe est pleine” in french. That’s it.
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