Is French Muslims' jealousy of Iraqi Muslims fueling their anger?

November 9, 2005 | syriacus

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October 25 -- Official tally shows Iraq constitution passes.

October 27 -- Weeks of rioting begin in France.

Any underlying connection?

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Do the French Muslims youths wish they had the future that the Iraqi youths have?

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Perhaps I should have asked, "Is French Muslims' envy of Iraqi Muslims fueling their anger?

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Iraqis have a future of their own making. French Muslims have to rely on the arbitrary kindnesses of the French.

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Bush said that establishing democracy in Iraq would cause other Muslims to want democracy.

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The US went into Iraq with an intent of democratizing the country.

On the other hand,

France went to Africa to gain colonial possessions

[Patrick_k]

If the Iraqi constitution were not to pass, we would have seen a syrian counter-offensive in Lebanon. Now that it has passed, the Al-Seyassah Koweiti daily (Nov. 7 page 1)sees in the French intifada a hand of the Syrian and Iranian services in response to the French position vis-a-vis the nuclear iranian problem.

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a hand of the Syrian and Iranian services in response to the French position vis-a-vis the nuclear iranian problem.

Interesting.

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"The Government and the peoples of Kurdistan invite you to discover their peaceful region, a place that has practiced democracy for over a decade, a place where the universities, markets, cafes and fair grounds buzz with progress and prosperity and where the people are already sowing the seeds of a brighter future."