Israel, Who Are Your Friends?
Freedom of Speech and Radical Islam: A Head On Collision!
On Wednesday November 2, early in the morning, while I was in Paris, the weekly satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo was firebombed and its website hacked, leaving a picture of mecca along with multiple verses from the Qu’ran.
The reason for the attack was the cover of the magazine depicting the prophet Mohammed saying:“100 lashes if you don’t laugh your heart out!”. Additionally, the magazine had been retitled Charia Hebdo for the occasion. I am not necessarily a big fan of Charlie Hebdo, yet the magazine’s bombing is a symptom of a deeper problem plaguing Europe and already threatening the rest of western civilization: A complete lack of courage!
Freedom of speech is a right that civilized countries have enjoyed for several hundred years, France is a perfect example of it. France has had a longstanding reputation of being prone to satirical literature. And yes, the staff at Charlie Hebdo has often pushed the envelope too far, which has gotten them in trouble before.
On the other hand, Numerous cartoons are published weekly all over the middle east depicting Jewish people and Israelis killing, eating, maming and abusing Palestinians. Some of them are extremely graphic and offensive as those making fun of the Holocaust or using the crucifixion to depict what Jewish people are doing to the Arabs.
Yet, to date we have not seen ONE Arab embassy bombed, we have not seen ONE Arab newspaper destroyed, we have not seen ONE person hurt as a result of the Arab media’s vitriol constantly thrown at Israel. Why? Because even though in very bad taste, freedom of speech is such that a lot and often too much can be said about someone without risking any punishment, it is still FREEDOM of speech!
Organization such as the Anti-Defamation League are usually quick to denounce such acts, and rightfully so, but their cries only go as far as asking for an apology and/or a retrieval of the insulting cartoon.
The Arab world in general and radical muslims in particular know this very well. As a matter of fact, they [islamists] use freedom of speech every single day to promote their destructive agenda. Western civilization created an environment condusive to freedom of speech, freedom of press and freedom of religion, but that goes against the grain of Sharia, so for radical Islam, it must be stopped.
The problem is that those who will do anything to nip freedom of speech in the bud live in countries where they have been welcome for decades but have refused to integrate, slowly recreating a retrograde society based on a system that hasn’t evolved in 1400 years. And very few people will do anything to stop them.
Many countries of Europe are succumbing under the pressure of radical Islam. France is way up on the list with England. As a matter of fact, France has the largest community of Muslims in Europe and it is now a recognized fact that that very community has become an unavoidable voting block. The result is that President Sarkozy, who is months away from a second presidential race, must tread lightly when reprimanding any Muslim act of violence or destruction. Voting “YES” for the inclusion of Palestine into the UNESCO might help his numbers as well, and of course, calling Benyamin Netanyahu a liar in a (not so private ) conversation with President Obama during the G20 summit in France, will go a long way towards appeasing the muslim vote and possibly putting Sarkozy back in the Elysee Palace for a second term.
France needs the chutzpah to corral the muslim community into the ideological arena that most of the western world is in, but I fear that multiculturalism and tolerance, the very tools that they thrived to use to create a better world are now bitting them back.
The French still know how to live and how to eat but they have forgotten how to stand for truth and freedom of speech…ANY FREEDOM for that matter!
Sharia welcome, Israel beware!
Sharia Ruled Neighborhood Coming Soon to a Town Near You!!!
Born and raised in Paris France, I had grown accustomed to experiencing a certain envy for American gadgets, music records, jeans and other icons from the USA that us Europeans would always have to wait for and pay a premium for. In the 21st century, distances, delays and prices have been reduced to such a point that we can now say that we live in a global marketplace. Nobody seems to be ahead of anybody anymore except maybe in one area where they actually shouldn’t be.
What I mean is that there is one change in Europe that we in America have not experienced yet. There is one area where Europe is ahead, way ahead of us, and that is the “Sharianization” of cities across the country.
We, in America, know (that is for those who really bother to ask) that Radical Islam is slowly fighting a “silent jihad”, infiltrating all levels of government, educational system and corporate world. But outside of a large concentration of Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan, the push for Sharia Law in America hasn’t been received very well, and we have organizations like Act4America or activists/authors like Pamela Geller, Melanie Phillips, Robert Spencer or Mark Steyn among others to thank for that. The fight is real but it is not too late for the battle to be won on American soil.
On the other hand, Europe is now on the fast track to becoming Eurabia, a term coined by activist/author Bat Ye’or in the mid 70s and popularized in 2005 in her book Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis. “The silent Jihad” and stealth muslim demographics have slowly taken over as we are starting to see in Europe. The growth ha sbeen constant and exponential for the last fifty years
This has been a growing concern of mine and now, as I start to see the “injection”of sharia virus strain in the European blood line, I wonder not what can be done to stop it but simply how fast will the virus spread.
A Muslim group in Denmark known as “Call to Islam” is pushing to establish “Sharia Law Zones” in parts of Copenhagen and then other Danish cities. Sharia Police would make sure that anybody doing anything contrary to the teaching of Islam would be punished. But they are not alone, this is not an isolated case but more an emulation of many other countries of Europe.
Similar situations where Sharia is established in neighborhoods, including in some cases Islamic tribunals set up for family affairs such as marriage, divorce, child custody or inheritance, exist in countries like England, Belgium, France, Germany and Spain to name just a few.
In fear of an social explosion due to the lack of muslim integration in French society, France has just finished publishing a 2,200 page report documenting the imminent danger titled “Suburbs of the Republic”
Muslims come and establish families in countries that are not their land of origin, they do not integrate, they organize under Islamic law and one thin slice at a time through the unnoticeable “Salami Effect”, western civilization is being reduced to near oblivion or worse: to the state of “Dhimmitude” (a state of “protection” for “dhimmis” or non-muslim /infidels under Islamic rule).
This is all happening in Europe under the very eyes of those who care to look and of on the watch of many native European leaders. Many of them feel helpless and maybe they are indeed!
The cancer of radical Islam and the establishment of the Caliphate under worldwide sharia law is not just a bad dream that will go away in the morning. It is very real and it is making some giant, irreversible steps in Europe towards a Sharia controlled continent. It must be fought in the name of truth and freedom for all. If not abroad, then at home in America.
When I say that we need to fight for freedom and truth, I realize that real freedom and saving truth can only be found in the person of Yeshua the Messiah (Jesus) who by his sacrificial death and resurrection offered the whole world reconciliation to God.
I found Him 28 years ago and made him Lord of my life. All people, including Muslims need to come to Him because He is the only way.
Islam: Lie and kill infidels! (Surah 3:28, 16:106) (answering Islam)
Christianity: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you! (Matthew 5:44)
I ask you, which one is the true “religion of Peace”?
Don’t fall asleep America or soon you will be awakened each morning at 5 A.M by the call to prayer coming from a minaret near you!
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