French Resistance to Jihadism: The broad implications of Sarkozy’s election.

NRO ^ | 5/10/2007 | Walid Phares

[Uncledave]

Le Ping de France

[Uncledave]

Le Ping de France

[Rocko]

Bump.

[Migraine]

It shows that they’re starting to think with their brains for a change, instead of just with their appetites and frilly little feelings.

[Migraine]

When the handwriting’s on the wall, the time for handwringing is over. Time to read it and respond. I think they’re “getting it”...

[sageb1]

“radical clerics were financed by Saudi and other Arab regimes, spreading Wahhabism and Salafism across the country”

This is happening here.

[ichabod1]

Seulement en la “Nique” des temps.

[biggiant1]

Viva la france’

[ishabibble]

Bookmarked.

[Alberta's Child]

The notion that France's troublesome Muslims are "jihadists" is a bit misleading. Most young Muslims in France aren't radical fundamentalists at all . . . in fact, one of the defining characteristics of Muslims in France is that they are almost completely secularized.

Most people would probably be surprised to learn how harshly the government in France deals with radical Islam. If an imam in Paris or Marseilles were to stand up in a mosque and exhort his followers to "kill the Great Satan" (as they do in Great Britain all the time), he stand a good chance of being arrested and summarily deported on very short notice and with very little due process. Which is kind of ironic, when you consider France's "surrender monkey" reputation and thn so-called international outrage at how the U.S. treats detainees at Guantanamo Bay.

The civil unrest that France has seen in recent years is more accurately described as a long-running Rodney King riot, in which unemployable young men who have been coddled to the point of unbearable boredom by a welfare state seize the opportunity to burn cars and buses as perhaps the one chance in their life to do anything newsworthy at all.

[SolidWood]

in fact, one of the defining characteristics of Muslims in France is that they are almost completely secularized.

Prove it.

[expatguy]

... in fact, one of the defining characteristics of Muslims in France is that they are almost completely secularized.

Excuse me????!!

Sorry but you are wrong

[maxsand]

I like the sound of “French Resistance.”

[doug from upland]

Join me in contacting the French embassy to congratulate them -— http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1831303/posts

[GaryMontana]

hmmm

[Alberta's Child]

Do a Google image seach on those riots in France over the last couple of years. One thing you'll notice is that many of those rioters are wearing "western" clothing -- and in some cases even "designer" clothing like leather jackets, name-brand apparel, expensive athletic shoes, etc. If it weren't for the complexion of the rioters, you'd think you were looking at a photo from any ordinary European soccer riot, or a G-8 protest.

But the real clue is this . . .

Those rioters were permitted to engage in completely violent activity with almost no legal constraints at all over a period of days, weeks, and maybe even months. If they were really interested in "jihad," don't you think they might have done more damage than that? Heck -- I don't think I even remember reading about any fatalities (or even serious injuries) in those riots.

If that's a "jihad," then those French Muslims ought to be ashamed of themselves. When I was a kid I could do more damage with my group of friends even without having the carte blanche from the police.

Unlike the situation in other western countries, most Muslims in France aren't immigrants. They're typically the children of gainfully-employed immigrants from former French colonies (Algeria, for example), most of whom have very little connection to Islamic practices at all.

Check out the guy in the photo below who's about to get himself a "wooden shampoo." I'll bet he's no more of a Muslim than the A-hole who attacked Reginald Denny during the Rodney King riot in Los Angeles.

[Eighth Square]

I think they're getting it............Yep, now lets pray to God that WE get it!

[wideawake]

One thing you'll notice is that many of those rioters are wearing "western" clothing

Kind of like the 9/11 hijackers were.

And we all know those 19 young men were completely secularized.

[trimom]

Quel bon mots!