Still wondering at what point I should be concerned...
Riots Spread, Jews express fear as synagogues attacked
This story seemed atypically illuminating to me...one wonders what keeps the teen from moving to the glories of Africa? Certainly not the might and brutality of French Law Enforcement?
...going to keep watching, and praying.
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Terry, I am leaving the saturday after Thanksgiving and will be there until the following Thursday. I will be downtown here: Centre de recherches biomédicales des cordeliers. It is south of the Seine and east of the tower. Just heard word that some trains going to anf from DeGaulle airport have been stopped because of attacks...nice.
if i may add a little counter argument. although i definitely do not condone this sort of violence. this is not new for France (who has a horrible record when it comes to race relations in regards to their immigrant population.). the majority of the rioters are Algerians. and as most should know, France's history there is one of violence and subjugation. Their war for independence was bloody as hell, as French troops were notorious for their masacre and torture.
and for what Luz had stated, i think the Irish, Jews, Italians, etc., who emigrated here throughout the 19th century might have something else to say about this. The were utterly persecuted.
as well, Frances sensitivity towards any religion is quite pathetic. In the nascent days of the riots, numerous Mosques promulgated a Fatwa condeming the violence and those perpetrating it. However, Chirac, exuding tolerance for all religions, publically stated that tey did not recognize the fatwa and did not need the muslim population to intervene.
Naw, dude, I'm done blaming the west. In the end, Islam and Islamic nations have AS MUCH (perhaps more) to apologize and be ashamed for as the west...though only the west sees fit to actually feel guilty about such things. The Pope can offer official apologies to Muslim countries for the Crusades, but what Imam has even bothered to apologize for the centuries of Islamic imperialistic conquest, domination, and subjugation that led up to the Crusades?
I cannot speak to french internal policy, but I also cannot hide feeling just a tad bit happy to see their smugness toward american "intolerance" get smacked around abit.
It's seems "our" Muslims are doing pretty okay here in the land of the free despite the widespread "islamophobia" purported to exist here. (And I say this as a committed "Islamophobe.")
Joel....THE ENTIRE WORLD IS A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE AND SUBJUGATION...no one's hands are clean...no one. But today it is so wonderfully fashionable to point fingers at those who currently sit on top. But this no greater revelation of truth than to claim that the west can do NO wrong. It's just as stupid.