To the Point

The late King of Morocco, Hassan II (reigned from 1961 to 1999), left a record of observations about Islam that the Western countries would do well to heed. In this short video, from a Belgian blog called Anti-Islam, he does not make threats, or issue warnings: he simply tells the truth.

Here is the French text, followed by an English translation:

"A partir du moment où on est musulman, on ne peut pas être laïc. En réalité, tous les chefs d’état du monde musulman, et je ne dis pas arabe, ne sont pas des chefs d’états laïcs, et quand ils disent qu’ils veulent être laïcs, je dis qu’ils ne sont plus musulmans. Car le droit musulman nous colle à la peau, qu’on le veuille ou non, tant sur le plan du droit public que sur le plan du droit privé."

"When you are a Muslim, you cannot be a secularist. In reality, all the heads of State of the Muslim world, and I do not mean Arab world, are not secularist heads of State, and when they say that they wish to be secularist, then I say that they are no longer Muslims. For Muslim law clings to our skin, whether we want it to or not, as much in terms of public law as in private law."

Note: Riposte Laïque and others who still believe in laïcité governing a large and growing Muslim population should take note of what he says. Muslims CANNOT, by nature, be secularists ("laïc").



There is a longer version, in which he speaks of the errors made by the Shah of Iran, posted at YouTube.