Les Assises Internationales Sur L'Islamisation

The International Conference On Islamization

On Saturday December 18, a conference that promises to have a major impact on the current political and cultural discourse regarding the Islamization of France and Europe will be held in Paris at the Espace Charenton, from 9:00 to 6:00. Above is the poster announcing the event, which has been initiated, organized and sponsored by a coalition of groups dedicated to a common cause - to rid French soil of Islamic tyranny. These groups are of various persuasions, but many of them are leftist, which is what makes the event both unusual and perhaps transformative. Until now, any revolt against Islam has been the duty of the nationalist Right, in particular the Front National. But the FN, as everyone knows, was demonized by the press so relentlessly for so many decades, that many who would have cast their vote for Jean-Marie Le Pen were repelled and intimidated at the thought of voting for a "Fascist" and instead voted for the Establishment Right candidate: Jacques Chirac for twelve years and Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007, for five more.

To complicate matters, the FN began showing signs that it aspired to be a party of inclusiveness (this would of course include Muslims), with a strong centralized government and limited regionalism. In addition, the FN's position on religious and bio-ethical issues has often been a bit vague, leaving many Catholics wondering if the FN was not indifferent to the principles of the Church.

The French Left has been the realm of Socialism, unionism, anti-racism, anti-white racism, multi-culturalism, métissage, and unexpectedly, globalism. The Left, like the Establishment Right of Nicolas Sarkozy, espoused the Utopian notion of egalitarianism among ethnic groups, races and religions, raising it to the level of a universal good, and punishing any dissent against this unrealistic, unattainable goal by means of agencies such as MRAP, LICRA, SOS-Racism and HALDE. Through their advocacy of the European Union, and their support for affirmative action, for anti-French policies in education, for collaboration with Muslim authorities in the building of mosques and Muslim schools; through their protection of the criminal population, and their indifference to victims of crime, through their espousal of non-European immigration as another universal good, the French Left and the French ruling Right have displayed remarkable compatibility.

Traditionalists, patriots, sovereigntists and Catholics have tried, in one way or another, to oppose the behemoth of the two ruling parties - the UMP and the PS. Groups, associations, political parties, blogs, have all been formed to fight Islam, but these groups have always suffered from lack of unity. One of the biggest and most successful patriotic groups has been the Bloc Identitaire, an important organizer of the December 18 meeting.

Now, certain factions of the Left are rising in revolt against the Islamization of their country. They are doing what all of the left-leaning French bishops, politicians, talking heads, "philosophers" and professors have failed to do - they are saying that there are differences between Muslims and Europeans, differences that no egalitarian ideology can bridge. They are saying that life is not possible so long as Islam prevails. They are saying that their Republic - their "laïque" Republic is worth saving. They have perceived that the Church has failed, and they are returning to the law of 1905, separating Church and State, as the foundation on which the French State will have to be rebuilt. Whether they mean with a subjugated Islam, or without Islam, they do not say, but only the latter is a feasible solution. They are participating in the December 18 conference, despite the gulf they will create between themselves and their fellow leftists in the Socialist, Communist and Green parties. And despite the even larger gulf that now separates them from some of the right-wing organizers of the event.

HOWEVER, and this is significant, their presence is what may keep many traditionalists and religious Catholics from attending the meeting, just as it did back in June and September when Riposte Laïque organized its "Apéro" wine and sausage gatherings.

The meeting on December 18 will include speeches by numerous personalities engaged in the fight against Islam. Among them are Paul Weston, of the International Free Press Society; Timo Vermeulen, of the Dutch Defense League; Anders Gravers of SIOE; Renaud Camus, French author; Elisabeth Wolff, Austrian speaker who is being prosecuted for her remarks on Islam; Elena Chudinova, author of La Mosquée de Notre-Dame; Tommy Robinson of the EDL; Oskar Freysinger, Swiss deputy of the UDC party; Christian Vanneste, deputy of the UMP party (this is Sarkozy's ruling "Right"); Christine Tasin of Résistance Républicaine; Pascal Hilout and Pierre Cassen, both of Riposte Laïque.


Note that Pascal Hilout (left) was born Mohamed Hilout. He is a secular North African who does not believe there is a difference between Islam and Islamism. He has said:

"For the love of France, but also of our fellow citizens and our Muslim neighbors, and for the love of future generations, we must fight against the propagation of this infection that afflicts the soul, the mind and our day-to-day lives."


Note that writer Renaud Camus (left) has said:

"It would be useful some day to learn the deeply neurotic reasons that are pushing so many European countries with ancient and prestigious cultures, and their leaders above all, against the will of the people, into policies that so closely resemble adherence to voluntary servitude and self-abdication. Unless we are talking about suicide, pure and simple."

Source: Novopress

Note that Elisabeth Sabaditsch-Wolff, an Austrian correspondant who writes for Gates of Vienna, is being prosecuted for hate speech. Recently she gave a speech at a meeting in Israel of anti-Islam activists, including Geert Wilders and Paul Weston. You can read the text of her speech at VFR. Here is a brief passage:

"The death of a civilization does not come only when sand dunes drift in over the rubble of a once-proud city. The end is not necessarily marked by an invasion of barbarian hordes, or the burning and looting of our homes and businesses.

A civilization can also die from within, when it forgets the core values that once made it great, when it stops believing in its own fundamental tenets."

Note that Paul Weston also delivered a speech in Israel last week. Those interested can read it at Gates of Vienna. Here is one excerpt:

"Surveys suggest that 40% of Muslims in Britain wish to live under Sharia Law. Their massively expanding numbers — which will continue to grow at breakneck speed even if immigration were stopped tomorrow — coupled with their undiluted fanaticism, can mean only one thing — Britain is going to have to fight for its very survival within the next 20 years."

Note that the Russian author of La Mosquée de Notre-Dame (The Mosque of Notre-Dame) is among the speakers.

Who are the sponsors and organizers of the meeting? The list is very long. Here are some names, in French:

Résistance républicaine, Actions Sita , Bivouac-ID, Bloc identitaire, Blog des gaullistes populaires, Cared, Cercle Aristote, Comité Lépante, Drzz-info, Free World Academy, Institut Européen de Socialisation et d’Education (I..E.S.E.), Laïcité et République Sociale, L’Elan Nouveau des Citoyens (ENC), Liberty vox, Le Gaulois, Ligue du droit des femmes, Ligue de Défense Française, L’Observatoire de l’islamisation, L’Ordre républicain, Novopress, Parti de l’In-nocence, Puteaux-libre.over-blog.com, Rebelles.info, Réseau LHC (Liberté, Humanisme, esprit Critique), Riposte Laïque, Solidarité des Français, Union gaulliste, Vérité, valeurs et démocratie.

Notice that the Front National is absent, and that most of the groups are Gaullist, leftist, or "laïque". There are no specifically Catholic organizations here. However, the wonderful Joachim Véliocas, a Catholic who administers L'Observatoire de l'islamisation, is participating.

Notice the presence of a left-wing group called Laïcité et République Sociale. They decided, after much deliberation, to attend the meeting despite their disagreements with the Bloc Identitaire. In a long article posted at Riposte Laïque, Hubert Sage, head of the group, explains why and how the decision to attend was made. Time permitting, I will post on this.

For the moment, we can see that the Left is slowly fragmenting, the nationalists are still divided and do not appear to have any interest in attending the meeting, but Riposte Laïque and the Bloc Identitaire, though of different persuasions, are churning out information and articles by the bushel. The same is true of Bivouac-Id, a website that covers the Islamization of Europe and the world, with emphasis on France.

We are seeing the coming together of people of different values and visions, for the purpose of saving their country. But without more input from the FN, and other nationalist parties, without a major awakening on the part of the Left, without a truly cohesive program that everybody can buy into, and without the much-needed uprising of the good people of France, we will still be in the realm of wishful thinking. (Note that I did not include the Church in the above list, because I am assuming the Church, as a whole, will not take a stand against Islam, even if certain Church officials and priests do. I could be wrong.)

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Much more on this to come in the days ahead.

Below, a drawing from Riposte Laïque, extolling Liberté Egalité Fraternité Laïcité, with a touch of the multi-culti.