Posted on 07/29/2005 8:35:32 PM PDT by quesney
It's a start...
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France ejects 12 Islamic 'preachers of hate'
By Colin Randall in Paris
(Filed: 30/07/2005)
The gulf between British and French treatment of preachers of hatred and violence was thrown sharply into focus yesterday when France announced the summary expulsion of a dozen Islamists between now and the end of August.
A tough new anti-terrorism package was unveiled by Nicolas Sarkozy, the interior minister and a popular centre-Right politician.
Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Sarkozy: 'We have to act against radical preachers'
His proposals reflect French determination to act swiftly against extremists in defiance of the human rights lobby, which is noticeably less vocal in France than in Britain.
Imams and their followers who fuel anti-western feeling among impressionable young French Muslims will be rounded up and returned to their countries of origin, most commonly in France's case to its former north African colonies.
Mr Sarkozy also revealed that as many as 12 French mosques associated with provocative anti-western preaching were under surveillance. Imams indulging in inflammatory rhetoric will be expelled even if their religious status is recognised by mainstream Muslim bodies.
Those who have assumed French citizenship will not be protected from deportation. Mr Sarkozy said he will reactivate measures, "already available in our penal code but simply not used", to strip undesirables of their adopted nationality. "We have to act against radical preachers capable of influencing the youngest and most weak-minded," Mr Sarkozy told the French daily Le Parisien.
The first to be caught in the new round of expulsions is an Algerian, Rena Ameuroud, whose brother Abderraham was jailed in France earlier this year for his part in a jihadist training exercise in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris. He faces immediate deportation for allegedly urging fellow-worshippers at a Parisian mosque to engage in "holy war".
At least seven French nationals are now known to have been killed while fighting with anti-coalition insurgents in Iraq, in some cases as suicide bombers, the minister said. A further 10 are believed still to be there. France, which has Europe's largest Muslim population with estimates varying from five to nine million out of a population of 60 million, has long prided itself on its stern approach to terrorism.
Mr Sarkozy's crackdown on those "promoting radical Islamist polemic" was disclosed at the end of a week that began with French anger at Britain's failure to extradite the alleged financier of Islamist bombings in Paris in the mid-1990s. Rachid Ramda, 35, an Algerian, has been held for 10 years while fighting attempts to return him to stand trial. Survivors and victims' relatives who gathered this week at the St Michel station in the heart of Paris to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the worst attack, which killed eight, called on Britain to "stop protecting" Ramda.
They are unimpressed by his supporters' claims that he is a "gentle and peaceful" man who devotes his time in the Belmarsh top-security jail in south-east London to learning the Koran by heart, studying English literature and comforting other Muslim prisoners. Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, has approved Ramda's extradition - as did his predecessor David Blunkett - but his removal depends on High Court proceedings.
French ministers and commentators have long expressed exasperation at British handling of individuals who support terrorism, arguing that greater emphasis is being placed on their human rights rather than on security interests.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Kinda posted here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1453527/posts
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The silence or lack of repudiation by a majority of mainstream Muslim bodies is deafening.
Where's the outrage that Islam, the "religion of Peace", is getting such a bad rap becuz of a few indulging Imams and fanatics.
"His proposals reflect French determination to act swiftly against extremists in defiance of the human rights lobby, which is noticeably less vocal in France than in Britain."
Huh? 1st declaration that Moslem toughs will be kicked out. And this general statement - less vocal on "human rights"? Acting swiftly? This can't be the France I know. Can't be.
OK, joke's over guys!
Now THERE is a policy every nation should learn! About ******* time!
May there be hope for the French?
SAM alert!
Hey Washington....please take note!
Congrats France - smart move!
I dont get this. Remember, this is the country that got in a tizzy about whether muslim girls could wear head scarves with their school uniforms, Chirac had to make a national speech about it. He tried to look like he was a tough guy over a foolish issue while doing nothing to stop the epidemic of crime from muslims in France. Sort of surprising that he found the stones to do this if saying "you must stick to the dress code" resulted in a national crisis.
Sarkozy must have a little extra Armagnac tonight. Good move.
Good for them. Maybe the world is beginning to realize what is going on.
They finally recognized that Muslims were corrupting their precious French Culture. A muslim majority in 20 years might even outlaw wine production.
My guess is that within a year they will require total immersion in French and outlaw speaking Arabic.
Wine and a pure French Language are the only 2 things a Froggie might actually fight for.
SO9
Isn't it a bit strange the name of the honcho is "Sarkozy"? I don't think that's very French. Sounds more slavic or russian......
Here we go again where the greatest "Frenchies" are really immigrants to their shores....?
SAM alert? LOL Now what'd I do?
How's the UP these days? Cold? Wet? Grouchy?
Certainly they should be able to come here after the abuse France is reaoing on them. Those are now some poor individuals and we are known for our compassion the world over.
I believe he is Hungarian, Rebel.
Ah! (Is he really, or is he 2nd-gen or so?)
Figures a tough French is no French at all....
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