Posted on 11/10/2005 11:30:58 AM PST by LibWhacker
Brussels - After two weeks of violent urban unrest in France, Muslim communities in the country will face long-term retaliation, a Euro MP said Thursday, urging the French government to take action and condemn revenge attacks against Moslems.
French politicians had failed to give immediate assurance that they would support the country's unity, leaving citizens in a state of disarray and shock, British socialist MEP Claude Moraes said.
With no ethnic monitoring, France could not know the level of discrimination in the country, Moraes said, comparing the situation in France with Britain.
French police also had no guidelines for dealing with ethnic groups, the MEP pointed out.
Prompt and united condemnation of the July bombings in London prevented an anti-Muslim backlash, the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), a Vienna-based agency of the European Union, said when presenting a new report in the European Parliament.
'By publicly making clear that racism is unacceptable, political leadership can decisively reduce xenophobia,' EUMC director Beate Winkler said.
The strong stand taken by the British government, police, communities and Moslem leaders as well as by all E.U. member states managed to counter immediate revenge attacks, the report said.
It also found that swift responses by politicians in Britain were supported by the police and the media, trying to distinguish between the action of the bombers and Islam as a whole.
Condemnation of the July bombings prevented isolated anti-Moslem incidents across the E.U. from growing into large-scale retaliation, the report added.
'The united stand taken across Europe...has been an excellent example of cohesion and unity in action,' Winkler told reporters.
The EUMC report notes that in several E.U. countries, the London attacks triggered new political initiatives and a broad public debate about how to strengthen community cohesion and speed up the integration of minorities.
These initiatives now have to develop into an E.U. anti- discrimination policy, Winkler said. Responsibility would rest as much on the Moslem community as on majority communities.
'Dialogue between communities is crucial, and the Muslims should be more open to it,' British conservative MEP Syed Kamall added.
'We must move away from tolerance to respect for other cultures and religions,' Winkler said, urging E.U. governments to step up efforts to integrate minorities into society.
The EUMC report calls for active involvement of Moslem communities in institutionalised procedures of policy-making.
Police services should provide support to victims of racist crimes and governments should monitor progress of social inclusion, it concluded.
Excellent point. It should be the first thing to be done.
Cox & Forkum hit the nail on the head, again.
"Let them eat cake."
How about some pork chops first?
One needs to put these types of phrases in context to really understand the depth of their fall.
Hey,why don't they set their own buildings/cars on fire to show their sympathy!
"Islam is Peace" Says President
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010917-11.html
Islam, The Alleged Religion of Peace® ( TARP™ )? Click this picture:
No, I am not exaggerating. Click the pic, go to "last," and read backwards.
If you are not informed about this stuff, you will be made sick. If you are informed, you will be made mad, all over again.
Then, there is this little problem...
For "Thunder on the Border," click the picture:
Kindly note tagline:
I thougt the EU was too busy bending over for Iran.
"...urging E.U. governments to step up efforts to integrate minorities into society. "
They don't want to be integrated into our society. They wish to convert us. They seek to take over that which they didn't build and can't maintain. Talk with India about trying to integrate the muslims into their country. I wonder how long until France surrenders one of it's territories to the Muslims, in order to make peace.
It's not racism. It's a religious war! Not all arabs are Muslims.
This is the same mulsim crap we heard after 9/11.
Too bad they don't get to see what back-lash looks like. It just might stop their efforts at destroying civilization.
Deport Muhammadan anarchists and and shoot arsonists on sight
But that's not very sensitive to the rioters.
The E.U. would benefit from some large-scale retaliation.
Europe needs a whole lotta anti-Muslim backlash. At the very least, less servile slavering and fawning.
HA!
Only in America...
Normally, it's spelled "effete," but I think your spelling is a fitting variant when speaking about le French. ;-)
How about letting some of France's notoriously rabid cops loose on them?
Stuff goin' down like this might even get French Jews to vote for Le Pen. Le Pen is not saying kick out Jews, he is saying kick out immigrants who don't behave. That would be 99% Mooses -- nobody else seems to be bothering to bomb and desecrate synagogues in France.
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