A Muslim-run France? Novel sparks Islamophobia row

france24.com ^ | Jan. 5, 2015 | france24

[Berlin_Freeper]

France's most notorious and internationally best-known novelist Michel Houellebecq insisted Saturday that his new book “Submission”, which envisions a future France ruled by a Muslim government, is not a far-right racist scare story.

“Submission”, which is released in French on Wednesday, has been the subject of intense debate in recent weeks, particularly for its portrayal of Islam.

In 2001 Houellebeck described Islam as “the stupidest of all religions”, a position he has since vocally distanced himself from.

But his latest book has stirred criticism from all quarters and been attacked widely by the French media and on social media. France’s Muslim community accuse the author of inciting Islamophobia in a country with Europe’s biggest Muslim population.

[Rummyfan]

“The Koran turns out to be much better than I thought, now that I’ve reread it — or rather, read it,” he said. "The most obvious conclusion is that the jihadists are bad Muslims ... an honest reading will conclude that a holy war of aggression is not generally sanctioned, prayer alone is valid."

I think he got it wrong.

[BenLurkin]

Message from a Time Traveler
Dan Simmons - Official Web Site ^ | April 1, 2006 | Dan Simmons

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1610142/posts

[Rummyfan]

Well, whether or not we like it....Muslims are here to stay...

Oh really? There may come a time when distinguishing between good muslims (if there is such a thing) and bad muslims will be a luxury civilization cannot afford.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Frenchies invited them in...

[MotorCityBuck]

Nice “Manchurian Candidate” Reference. Great movie. Angela Landsburys best IMO.

:)

[arthurus]

I think Chruchill had a different understanding of the Koran.

[arthurus]

Muslims are bad as far as any non-Muslims are concerned. Bad Muslims are Muslims who do not follow all the strictures of the Koran and of Shariah. Good Muslims are the baddest Muslims vis a vis civilization.

[arthurus]

How about deporting any Muslim who is a radical

It doesn't make any sense to leave any Moslems in a civilized country at all. Deport them ALL.

[Awgie]

Christianity + free markets + US constitution have proved to be too successful. Those who do not relate to The American Trinity are determined to undermine and destroy it...because they cannot produce similar results with their ideology.

[AmericanVictory]

Give him the Jules Verne prize.

[huldah1776]

Yes, thank you, I found the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry3NzkAOo3s

[huldah1776]

Israel was conquered by the Babylonians when they turned away from God. Our nation and many others are doing all the things God hates and He is just.

[huldah1776]

Pew research article on Muslim population in the world with these links to current population and projection (remember, child sacrifice and contraception which God hates is reducing population):

http://globalreligiousfutures.org/explorer#/?subtopic=15&countries=Worldwide&chartType=map&year=2010&data_type=number&religious_affiliation=23&age_group=all

http://www.pewforum.org/2011/01/27/the-future-of-the-global-muslim-population/

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2013/06/07/worlds-muslim-population-more-widespread-than-you-might-think/

[huldah1776]

Countries with negative population growth, Europe:

http://geography.about.com/od/populationgeography/a/zero.htm

I looked up negative population growth and most of the articles were for climate change groups teaching that negative population growth is a must. So I went back to pew and found an article with 10 projections for population growth.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/03/10-projections-for-the-global-population-in-2050/

[huldah1776]

The group Negative Population Group also gives out scholarships so I was wondering if any groups were countering this abomination with scholarships for having large families, as God intended.

http://www.npg.org/about-us/our-vision.html

If conservatives do not become activist, someone else will.

[Sam Gamgee]

Kill those who judge us for being violent! LOL

Got to get this book.

[Berlin_Freeper]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3244294/posts?page=20#20

[Col Freeper]

[verga]

My Favorite one is with the Fire arms logos.