This is, of course, one of the great problems for all of Europe. See Gunther Jinkeli, European Muslim Antisemitism: Why Young Urban Males Say They Don’t Like Jews.
“Besides, with the animosity toward the French nation, there will be no integration as long as we will not be rid of this ancestral anti-Semitism that is kept secret (…) as an Algerian sociologist, Smain Laacher, very bravely said in a film that will be aired on France 3, ‘it’s disgraceful to keep in place this taboo, knowing that in Arab families in France and beyond everybody knows but will not say that anti-Semitism is transmitted with mother’s milk,” the quote continued.
A friend who was raised in Pakistan tried to tell some liberal Jews that she was raised to be an anti-Semite, and their response was “We don’t believe you.” I thought their response was just LCE. Maybe it’s a fear that if they believe it and – Allah (PBUH) forbid – they repeat it, they’ll end up like Georges.
At least 12 people have been murdered in three attacks by suspected Jihadists from France on Jewish targets in that country and in Belgium since 2012.
The anti-Islamophobia collective called Bensoussan’s statements “dangerous and in line with far-right rhetoric” targeting Muslims.
So “far-right” is a criminal term, and those who decide what’s “right” are people who probably place themselves on the “left center” when they’re on the far “left.” What’s the danger here? Islamophobia or Islamo-fascism imposed and policed by proleptic dhimmi on the left trying to appease triumphalist Muslims.
The language of the law, that’s used extensively to harass people critical of Muslims (like Christine Tasin, présidente de Résistance Républicaine) runs as follows:
le délit d’incitation à la discrimination, à la haine, ou à la violence à l’égard d’une personne ou d’un groupe de personnes à raison de leur origine ou de leur appartenance ou de leur non-appartenance à une ethnie, une nation, une race ou une religion déterminée
the crime of inciting to discrimination, hatred or violence in respect to a person or group of people because of their origin or belonging or not belonging to an ethnicity, nation, race or specific religion.
The language here is broadly inclusive and extremely amorphous: “incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence…” What’s the borderline between dislike and hatred, between treating someone with suspicion – the French are normally proud of their méfiance – and discrimination (presumably they mean “prejudice” – without the ability to discriminate, no creature can survive). And with the exception of incitement to violence, since when are these actionable crimes?
But three prominent French writers and historians — Jacques Tarnero, Yves Ternon and Michel Zaoui – disputed the allegations, calling the complaint against Bensoussan “scandalous.”
The cautions taken against Bensoussan “are part of a strategy of intimidation intended to censure any lucid statement, any form of criticism,” they wrote in a statement they published online last week.
Precisely. This is designed to stop any criticism of Islam, even criticism that does no more than, as did the film Fitna, cite what Muslims themselves say.
The Collective Against Islamophobia in France wrote in its statement that Paris prosecutors initiated the prosecution against Bensoussan “in light of the gravity of his remarks.” However, hate-speech indictments are “quasi-automatic” in France when police receive complaints of defamation, according to the L’Express news website.
This is not healthy.
The case advances. To contribute money to Ben Soussan’s defense, go here.
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