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France : Writer of 'anti-Islam' article gets death threats
AFP via Expatica ^ | 09/28/2006

Posted on 09/28/2006 12:10:43 PM PDT by Republicain

SAINT-ORENS-DE-GAMEVILLE, France, Sept 28, 2006 (AFP) — A French philosophy teacher was under police protection Thursday after receiving death threats over an article he wrote in a national newspaper that accused Islam of "exalting violence", school and police officials said.

Robert Redeker has not attended classes at his secondary school near Toulouse in southern France since September 19, when his opinion column appeared in the right-wing daily Le Figaro.

"He received written death threats in the form of emails. On the face of it they were pretty serious," said the lycée's headmaster Pierre Donnadieu.

Police confirmed the threat but refused to comment on the protection Redeker is receiving.

Under the heading "In the face of Islamist intimidation, what must the free world do?", Redeker described the Koran as a "book of extraordinary violence" and Islam as "a religion which ... exalts violence and hate".

Likening Islam to Communism, he said that "violence and intimidation are the methods used by an expansionist ideology ... to impose its leaden cloak on the world".


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: europe; france; islam; sarkozy
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1 posted on 09/28/2006 12:10:44 PM PDT by Republicain
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To: Republicain

"We are not violent, and we'll kill you to prove it."


2 posted on 09/28/2006 12:11:14 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Republicain

...When he ought to be getting applause.


3 posted on 09/28/2006 12:12:30 PM PDT by Finop (Liberal wisdom defined... "It's not fair that you work harder than I do")
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To: Republicain

"A French philosophy teacher was under police protection Thursday after receiving death threats over an article he wrote in a national newspaper that accused Islam of "exalting violence", school and police officials said."

At least muzzies are consistent.


4 posted on 09/28/2006 12:14:51 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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To: Republicain
An english translation of his text can be read here :

What should the free world do in the face of Islamist intimidation?

5 posted on 09/28/2006 12:17:11 PM PDT by Republicain
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The French are witty?


6 posted on 09/28/2006 12:17:18 PM PDT by wastedyears (Give me Liberty or give me DEATH)
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To: dfwgator

I bet the pope is smiling....


7 posted on 09/28/2006 12:17:42 PM PDT by aquila48
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To: Republicain
Police confirmed the threat but refused to comment on the protection Redeker is receiving.

la none,la zippo,la zilch.....if we say we protect him ,who will protect us?

Doogle

8 posted on 09/28/2006 12:18:26 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF 69-73...."never store a threat you should have eliminated")
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Writer of 'anti-Islam' article gets death threats

/h - but it's the first thing that came into my head. :o)

9 posted on 09/28/2006 12:21:27 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Samsonite! I was WAAAYYY off!)
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To: Doogle

Pretty soon our club -- of those who have dared to speak the Truth about Islam -- will be pretty big. Maybe we can all move into the Vatican.


10 posted on 09/28/2006 12:23:51 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: Republicain

they need to start teaching that old "sticks and stones" saying in madrassas...:|


11 posted on 09/28/2006 12:23:51 PM PDT by callthemlikeyouseethem (Miss England: "Even moderate Muslims are turning to terrorism to prove themselves.")
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To: Republicain
Is there no Arabic word for "irony"?

I'm series! Every day is more ridiculous than the next!
12 posted on 09/28/2006 12:25:25 PM PDT by ryan71
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To: gardencatz

ping


13 posted on 09/28/2006 12:26:12 PM PDT by KJC1
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To: Republicain

You accuse my religion of exalting violence? I'll KILL YOU!


14 posted on 09/28/2006 12:26:49 PM PDT by Stand W (Confusion to our enemies)
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To: Republicain

I think I hear throngs of progressive Frenchmen rushing to the streets to defend this teacher's right to free speech (crickets chirping).


15 posted on 09/28/2006 12:27:06 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Islam came up with "Zero" to describe the rest of their creative output)
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To: Republicain

Now he's done it. Tomorrow will be more outrage in the arab street!


16 posted on 09/28/2006 12:27:32 PM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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17 posted on 09/28/2006 12:28:45 PM PDT by Prime Choice (True Conservatives don't vote for Liberals just because they have an 'R' by their name.)
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To: Republicain
Under the heading "In the face of Islamist intimidation, what must the free world do?", Redeker described the Koran as a "book of extraordinary violence" and Islam as "a religion which ... exalts violence and hate".

Proving his point, the muzzies then threaten to kill him!

Unless all of Europe starts standing up to this thuggery, they may as well submit to dhimmitude right now and save themselves the bloodshed. Me, I'd be making plans to get out to the USA or Australia....

18 posted on 09/28/2006 12:28:50 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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Well, either that or start packing - don't want to wind up like Theo Van Gogh. But I doubt a CCW Permit is easy to come by in France....


19 posted on 09/28/2006 12:29:51 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Republicain

Damn Muslims is stupid.


20 posted on 09/28/2006 12:32:20 PM PDT by Catholic Canadian (Formerly Ashamed Canadian - thank you Stephen Harper!)
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