Paris Muslims complain of ostracism after terror attacks

AP ^ | Nov. 20, 2015 | JOHN LEICESTER

[PROCON]

PARIS (AP) -- Riding the Paris Metro to the city's Grand Mosque for prayers, Samia Mahfoudia says people shoot sideways looks at her 'almost as if they were saying 'Get off.'

Ahmed El Mziouzi, a Moroccan who has called France home for 42 years, says he's seen people staring at Muslims like him "a bit bizarrely" since attackers claiming to be acting in the name of Islam massacred 130 people, traumatizing the city.

[dfwgator]

Merde dur.

[Rome2000]

Ragheads would be well advised not to make any sudden moves and act in a very non threatening manner, like Ben Carson.

Lots of people with itchy trigger fingers

[Albion Wilde]

Paris Muslims complain of ostracism after terror attacks

Uh. Uhhhh. UNNNNGGGHHHNNH!

Nope. No luck.

My Give a Damn is busted.

[Albion Wilde]

They're lucky any of them are still alive. Not all that long ago mobs of angry citizens would have eliminated the problem with or without government approval.

The Sicilian Vespers springs to mind.

[sportutegrl]

He’s looking at me. Make him stop.

[Frank_2001]

And they were expecting something DIFFERENT??? /s

[TigersEye]

I had to look that up. That pretty much mirrors what I was thinking of.

Thanks for the historical reference!

[john drake]

Fat chance. Non-Muslims are not allowed in mecca.

[john drake]

Fat chance. Non-Muslims are not allowed in mecca.

[Caipirabob]

They’d make more sales here, I’m thinking.

[Al B.]

Thanks, Jeff. Blessings to you and your family.

[garjog]

[Vigilanteman]

What I find amazing is how these people can tell what somebody is thinking just by looking at them.

Some years ago, I had to take one of those corporate diversity classes. One of the corporate guys from India was telling us how intimidated he felt when an employee of a well-known electronics store was shadowing him and offering to help.

"He was profiling me because of my darker skin", the guy claimed.

I told him maybe he was actually doing it because there are a lot of Indians who live in the Pittsburgh area as doctors and IT professionals and he just didn't want to miss an opportunity for earning a commission.

After claiming he knew what the guy was thinking, the guy from India came off his high horse and admitted "Guess I never thought of that possibility."

[Mike Darancette]

Turn in the goats.

[Cementjungle]

since attackers claiming to be acting in the name of Islam

What, were they Buddhists working undercover?

[Vermont Lt]

Tough shit.

[Tea Party Terrorist]

Muslims in the west should leave racist hellholes like the US and Europe and go where Muslims are treated with dignity and respect, Muslim countries.

[Monitor]

Hmm, now where did I leave that violin?

[Zhang Fei]

After claiming he knew what the guy was thinking, the guy from India came off his high horse and admitted "Guess I never thought of that possibility."

It's the kind of thing that would happen in India, so he merely transposed it to the US, especially given that Indians have this idea that Hindustan would today be paradise on earth if not for Western (i.e. British) exploitation. The unspoken idea seems to be that Indian rulers were these great humanitarians, rather than the dissolute, wicked and greedy scumbags they actually were - men who built great monuments to themselves (like the Taj Mahal), whereas the Brits built useful things like schools, roads, canals, railroad track and ports.

[onedoug]

And ours.