Riposte Laïque Confronts Islam

The rally in front of the Iranian Embassy took place as scheduled on September 19. There is a long editorial by Cyrano at Riposte Laïque that describes the event, but does not tell how many attended. A few days before the rally, a video circulated on the web of a group of Muslims with a megaphone delivering a rant in the city of Limoges. In the 15-minute video, the Muslims make threats against the enemies of Islam, naming in particular Jews, and Christine Tasin of Résistance Républicaine. Due to its length and the fact that some of it was difficult to hear, I did not do a translation. Furthermore, from what I could see the ranters did not have much of an audience. However, Cyrano gives a more complete account of these events. Here are just some excerpts of his editorial:

(...) Our rally took place only because the police, as they had done on September 4, and we thank them again, prevented the violent counter-demonstrators from breaking up the meeting and attacking the participants. Two weeks ago it was the leftists who did the job for the Islamists. This time, at the end of the rally, we were treated to an attempt at intimidation by a commando of about ten young Muslim radicals, led by an older man. Only the rapid intervention by the riot police prevented the gathering from degenerating. We noticed the look of hatred emanating from the commando, especially the way they stared at the organizers of our rally who were exposed on the podium. There can be no doubt that in another context, if Sharia were to replace the laws of the Republic, they would have attacked us, as the revolutionary guards do in Tehran.

(...) In Limoges, there was on Friday an almost unbelievable spectacle in the downtown area between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. A man, with a megaphone, called for a civil war, a jihad. He cited Christine Tasin, declared that there were between 10 and 15 million Muslims in France, incited them to rise up against the French whom he called "scum", blamed September 11 on the Jews, called the law banning the burka racist, affirmed that he did not recognize our criminal code, incited Muslims to burn it, etc... a speech, heard by several dozen disciples, that must have terrified the peaceful residents of this city. And as if that weren't enough, they had to suffer through a demonstration with slogans demanding the right to wear the scarf and the burka.

Those interested in viewing this video can turn here. Special software is required. I was able to view it on my iphone, not the computer.

Below, a cartoon showing the man with the megaphone. Cyrano points out that the man did not say "they must be killed", but that he would have said it if he had dared. Thanks to Cyrano for this important clarification.

French scum! Impure! Miscreants! Jews, Christians, gays, they must be killed!


Cyrano speaks of the treasurer of the Roubaix mosque:

Like the treasurer of the Roubaix mosque, who condones stoning and who affirmed, in an interview with journalist John-Paul Lepers, that when Muslims become the majority in our country, France will have to submit to Sharia. This agitator announced what our future would be - our future, but above all the future of our children and grandchildren: dhimmis, subjected to Islam, or to death.

Cyrano moves on to Xavier Lemoine, the UMP mayor of Montfermeil. He is often in the news, due to his unusual honesty and vigorous stand against the Islamization of France:

(...) Only Xavier Lemoine, the mayor of Montfermeil - with whom we do not agree on all points - has the courage to get involved. He does not hesitate to cite the incompatibility of this religion with democracy and the Republic, and uses firm language with no concessions.

In an exclusive interview with Riposte Laïque, he details three issues relevant to Islam that cause grave problems for our society: the absence of laïcité in Muslim countries, the absence of equality of the sexes, and freedom of conscience, totally impossible in a political-religious concept like Islam, where it is obligatory for the religious element to fashion the totality of the lives of the citizens. We are impatient to hear this speech emulated by other UMP politicians and by some on the Left as well - why not?

French readers can consult the interview with Lemoine here.

Cyrano mentions the accusation by some journalists that France would be "Pétainiste" if the Roma gypsies are no longer allowed to occupy - illegally - public and private spaces:

But how can this government maintain an apparently merciless policy with the Roma (those who know us know that we are not bleeding hearts on this issue), and yet continue to close its eyes to the Muslim prayers and other signs of occupation of public space? If it were a credible government, then this Friday it would send in the police to all those places where Muslims, in complete violation of our laws, impose their religious practices on the population, and confiscate our streets.

(...) The real fascism, in 2010, is not Marine Le Pen, as the Left claims. It is the Islamist offensive, the rant in Limoges, and the intimidation in Paris. It is there, not elsewhere. It is wherever they have the right to break up meetings they don't like. It is in those rappers, most of whom claim to be Muslims, who hide no longer their hatred for France, and call openly for physical violence against the police and all that the secular Republic they hate represents.

(...) We have absolutely no belief in the efficiency of "moderate Muslims". We have no illusion that they would be able to bring the madmen of Allah to their senses. Nor do we have any illusions about the CFCM (French Council of the Muslim Faith), that works arm in arm with the most radical of Islamists. The more the fanatics increase their threats, the more the so-called moderates present themselves to the French authorities as responsible spokesmen to whom new concessions and new mosques are granted, to appease the agitators. It's so obvious!

Cyrano goes on to repeat that the struggle will continue, that rallies are being planned, and that more information will be forthcoming about these gatherings.

This editorial indicates that some members of Riposte Laïque are capable of more advanced thinking than many members of our own Republican Party, who insist that the only hope lies in the moderate Muslims, and who stubbornly refuse to acknowledge the incompatibility of Islam with American democracy.

Above I linked to the Limoges video at François Desouche. Here is one reader's comment (#664) in answer to another's question "What are you in fact?"

- Good question! I'm a Frenchman who lived through the Algerian War, all the while remaining neutral. I am not a racist, far from it. I am only a against the dangerous deviations hidden behind religions. Now, Islam, which is an anti-religion, is very dangerous for humanity. Even some Algerian friends are now aware of this. There. Have I answered your question? Let me emphasize again that a true Muslim can never be integrated into a true republic. Integration is Utopia. A Muslim worthy of this name must respect the juridical supremacy, fixed and immutable, of his religious principle:

1. The Muslim is superior to the non-Muslim
2. The man is superior to the woman
3. The Muslim is superior to the slave
4. The Muslim must obey the rules prescribed by the Koran and never the laws of the country in which he finds himself.

In short, integration can only take place if the republic is Islamic. Mosques in over-abundance. Time to act like a clown five times a day. Halal markets. Sunday replaced by Friday. Etc...