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Hollande, Merkel Speak Up for Europe’s Muslims
Wall St. J. ^ | January 15, 2015 | WILLIAM HOROBIN and ANDREA THOMAS

Posted on 01/15/2015 11:34:32 PM PST by Steelfish

Hollande, Merkel Speak Up for Europe’s Muslims Charlie Hebdo Attacks in Paris Have Fueled Debate Over Radical Islam By WILLIAM HOROBIN in Paris and ANDREA THOMAS in Berlin

French and German leaders sought Thursday to reassure Muslims about their place in European society, cementing calls for unity after a series of attacks last week in France by Islamic extremists.

Speaking at the Institute of the Arab World in Paris, President François Hollande said that Islam is compatible with democracy and Muslims are the main victims of Islamist militants.

“Muslims are the first victims of fanaticism,...

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; charliehebdo; deathtoislam; europeanunion; france; francoishollande; germany; islam; jihad; muslims; nato; paris; steyn; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 01/15/2015 11:34:32 PM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

I am embarassed to be of european christian heritage because of these jihadi apologists who ignore the reality around them. These people are duping so many people with their stupid deliberate lies.


2 posted on 01/15/2015 11:36:33 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Steelfish

New world order puppet show.

Who or what is a Charlie Hebdo anyway ? The crazy names new world order comes up with the name their terror operations is getting dumber every day.

The Batman guy. Sandy Hook. Charlie Hebdo ? Who has time to read the rubbish the infotainment propagandists print ?


3 posted on 01/15/2015 11:38:42 PM PST by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
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To: Steelfish

Scared witless! They have no idea how to control what’s coming.


4 posted on 01/15/2015 11:46:59 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Steelfish

A frump and a schlump. Perfect mouthpieces for 21st century Euro-cowardice. The scary part is, Merkel may have a physically bigger pair of ‘nads than Hollande does.


5 posted on 01/15/2015 11:48:15 PM PST by Viking2002
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6 posted on 01/16/2015 12:05:44 AM PST by MtnMan101
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To: Secret Agent Man
Re: “Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.”

Saw another Bronson tag line on a different thread:

“Je Suis Charlie Bronson.”

7 posted on 01/16/2015 12:28:20 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

I don’t think I’d use the term scared witless. I live in Germany and can see the big picture.

Elections for France and Germany are not that far away. Germany’s next national election is fall of 2017. There is a fair amount of apprehension that the new upstart right-wing party (AfD) will go further than just seven or eight percent. If this topic of immigration issues and anti-Islam continue on...AfD could wind up with a high-thirty percentage, probably just enough to edge out all other parties, but basically unable to form a government collation with any of the five next parties. And the second place party might not be able to find enough support to reach the fifty percent point.

It leads onto very unstable times for Germany, if this plays out.

For France, same story.

You are looking at a very drastic change in Europe by 2018, and very far to the right. This disturbs some political players. The main issue though....immigration is mostly a failure, and you can’t find some gimmick to separate the good Muslims from the bad Muslims.


8 posted on 01/16/2015 12:36:20 AM PST by pepsionice
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“Muslims are the first victims of fanaticism,...


not true! they come after the islamists have killed the Christians and Jews and other beliefs then if the muslims aren’t practicing pure islam do the islamist target them.


9 posted on 01/16/2015 1:01:49 AM PST by RginTN
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To: Steelfish

The West elites have gone insane....crippled with fear & doubt. Evil days.


10 posted on 01/16/2015 1:02:34 AM PST by LongWayHome
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Germany, France Speak Up for Europe’s Nazis
Kristallnacht attacks in Berlin and Paris have fueled debate over radical Nazism.

French and German leaders sought Thursday to reassure Nazis about their place in European society, cementing calls for unity after a series of attacks last week in France by Nazi extremists.

The French president said that Nazism is compatible with democracy and Nazis are the main victims of Nazi militants.

“Nazis are the first victims of fanaticism,...


11 posted on 01/16/2015 1:04:39 AM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: pepsionice

It always comes down to elections and holding on to power, even by sacrificing principles. The surrender monkeys will only add to the instability. By saying that Mohammedism is compatible with democracy is to deny facts.

Name one country where democracy and Mohammedism coexist. NONE. Oh, there are some that pretend. Singapore, Turkey and Egypt are about as close as you can get but there is no freedom of religion.

These two gutless cowards belong next to Neville Chamberlain. And we all know how that turned out.


12 posted on 01/16/2015 1:07:11 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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"Merde, not again! Our granddaughters will be in burkas!"
13 posted on 01/16/2015 1:08:43 AM PST by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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To: LongWayHome

>> crippled with fear & doubt.

Yup, fear political correctness more than Islam.


14 posted on 01/16/2015 1:09:02 AM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

What is the difference between a Radical Muslim and a Moderate Muslim?

The Radical Muslim wants to kill you.

The Moderate Muslim wants the Radical Muslim to kill you...


15 posted on 01/16/2015 1:10:02 AM PST by glock rocks (Whenever I find myself in a conundrum, I ask myself: What would Elvis do?)
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To: Gene Eric

I think the American public has no real understanding that the West is in a state of collapse. The USA no longer has a border. Millions of strangers walk our streets & cities like an invading army.

Our grandchildren will damn us for the future that we are leaving them....


16 posted on 01/16/2015 1:21:17 AM PST by LongWayHome
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Funny how “moderate” Muslims aren't in the streets protesting the jihadists that are murdering people in their name. Funny how “moderate” Muslims are doing nothing obvious to do something about the killers among them. But instead whine that when one of their brethren goes off and kills a bunch of people they will be harassed as a result.

F’em all.

If that ever changes, I'll take notice - but I won't hold my breath.

17 posted on 01/16/2015 1:36:04 AM PST by DB
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There is and always will be a problem which is that (i)slam will breed radicals and there is no way of getting away from it, ergo. no (i)slam no radicals.

Winston Churchill realized this long time ago.. ...And some people still do not see a reason to worry! (our fearless & ignorant leader along with his cohorts happens to be some of them)

Winston Churchill 1899. “Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. This is amazing. Even more amazing is that this hasn’t been published long before now.

CHURCHILL ON ISLAM Unbelievable, but the speech below was written in 1899.

(Check Wikipedia - The River War). The attached short speech from Winston Churchill, was delivered by him in 1899 when he was a young soldier and journalist. It probably sets out the current views of many, but expresses in the wonderful Churchillian turn of phrase and use of the English language, of which he was a past master. Sir Winston Churchill was, without doubt, one of the greatest men of the late 19th and 20th centuries. He was a brave young soldier, a brilliant journalist, an extraordinary politician and statesman, a great war leader and British Prime Minister, to whom the Western world must be forever in his debt.

He was a prophet in his own time. He died on 24th January 1965, at the grand old age of 90 and, after a lifetime of service to his country, was accorded a State funeral.

HERE IS THE SPEECH:

“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live. A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity. The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men. Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.

No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.”

Sir Winston Churchill; (Source: The River War, first edition, Vol II, pages 248-250 London).
Churchill saw it coming.

Another phrase coined by Churchill was “ Islam is to humans what rabies is to dogs” And radicals bred by(i)slam try to prove this point ad nausam

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18 posted on 01/16/2015 2:00:47 AM PST by saintgermaine (Is she somehow related)
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French and German leaders sought Thursday to reassure Muslims about their place in European society, cementing calls for unity after a series of attacks last week in France by Islamic extremists.

Are the French and German leaders telling Muslims that they support their bringing their culture, laws, and language to France and Germany without assimilating?

Are there 500 or more segregated Muslim communities (no-go zones) governed by local imams and abandoned by French police in France? Is this a good thing to ignore?

How long will it be before the entire country becomes a single no-go zone? How do you assimilate a culture that integrates religion and politics?

France and Germany have a vacuum because they have rejected their Christian heritage. This "vacuum" is being filled in by Islam.

19 posted on 01/16/2015 2:21:36 AM PST by olezip (Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. ~ Cicero)
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To: DB
Any religion asks their followers to follow the example of their prophet ( Muhammed, Jesus, Buddah..). All the terrorists are doing is following the example of Muhammed : he was a warrior, encouraged rape and killing of infidels, stoning adulterers, cutting off the hands of thieves etc. This is all in the Koran. So defending Islam as a religion of peace is absurd. It is like arguing that Hitler was a prophet and Mein Kampf was a religious text.Why isn't there any politician in the West courageous enough to point this out ? Why is there no journalist who bothers to read the Koran and ask these questions ?
20 posted on 01/16/2015 2:27:06 AM PST by Drtender
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