Posted on 11/10/2005 11:30:58 AM PST by LibWhacker
Brussels - After two weeks of violent urban unrest in France, Muslim communities in the country will face long-term retaliation, a Euro MP said Thursday, urging the French government to take action and condemn revenge attacks against Moslems.
French politicians had failed to give immediate assurance that they would support the country's unity, leaving citizens in a state of disarray and shock, British socialist MEP Claude Moraes said.
With no ethnic monitoring, France could not know the level of discrimination in the country, Moraes said, comparing the situation in France with Britain.
French police also had no guidelines for dealing with ethnic groups, the MEP pointed out.
Prompt and united condemnation of the July bombings in London prevented an anti-Muslim backlash, the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC), a Vienna-based agency of the European Union, said when presenting a new report in the European Parliament.
'By publicly making clear that racism is unacceptable, political leadership can decisively reduce xenophobia,' EUMC director Beate Winkler said.
The strong stand taken by the British government, police, communities and Moslem leaders as well as by all E.U. member states managed to counter immediate revenge attacks, the report said.
It also found that swift responses by politicians in Britain were supported by the police and the media, trying to distinguish between the action of the bombers and Islam as a whole.
Condemnation of the July bombings prevented isolated anti-Moslem incidents across the E.U. from growing into large-scale retaliation, the report added.
'The united stand taken across Europe...has been an excellent example of cohesion and unity in action,' Winkler told reporters.
The EUMC report notes that in several E.U. countries, the London attacks triggered new political initiatives and a broad public debate about how to strengthen community cohesion and speed up the integration of minorities.
These initiatives now have to develop into an E.U. anti- discrimination policy, Winkler said. Responsibility would rest as much on the Moslem community as on majority communities.
'Dialogue between communities is crucial, and the Muslims should be more open to it,' British conservative MEP Syed Kamall added.
'We must move away from tolerance to respect for other cultures and religions,' Winkler said, urging E.U. governments to step up efforts to integrate minorities into society.
The EUMC report calls for active involvement of Moslem communities in institutionalised procedures of policy-making.
Police services should provide support to victims of racist crimes and governments should monitor progress of social inclusion, it concluded.
How about acting to prevent Moslem riots first?
Is this anyway to run a utopia?
The frog f***ups STILL don't get it.
If only there really was "an anti-Muslim backlash" with real guns and live ammo. Europe should be so lucky.
Whatever for? All the mainstream press accounts I've read said the riots involved "youths."
"anti-Moslem backlash"?
What form would that take in France, I wonder? Probably nothing more than a little more snootiness.
"Probably nothing more than a little more snootiness."
If they were to reach deep within themselves, they might rediscover their predilection for hacking off heads, albeit in a more orderly fashion than Jihadis.
Nah. They are more likely to resort to their predilection to engage in verbal abuse: "Let them eat cake."
"Let them eat cake."
Oh, well. Que sera, sera, say the old folks.
A backlash. Yeah, that's the first thing I'd be concerned about watching thousands of cars being torched in nightly rioting.
But that is just me enjoying idiots revealing themselves as such and there is some pleasure in that. The human side of this is tragic. There are a lot of fine people living on the continent. My heart goes out to them for the suffering they and their children will endure over the next twenty years as Islam rears it's ugly head over Europe and the leadership there frantically tries to pretend it isn't ugly.
'By publicly making clear that racism is unacceptable, political leadership can decisively reduce xenophobia
Thats right, what's needed is more talk. The problem is nothing more than the French do not understand that racism is unacceptable. I can see it now:
Pierre le Racist, sitting in a cafe, hears President Chirac say on the TV "Racism is unacceptable".
Pierre smacks his forhead, causing his beret to fly off, and says "It is? I did not know that! Thank you for clearing that up Mr. President!"
He then goes on to convince two people, who convince two more etc...until racism is wiped out of France forever.
All courtesy of the French President "making it clear" that racism is unacceptable.
Lets be more realistic. Chirac, de Villepin et al. can talk until they are blue in the face and it will change nothing. The French are effette (sp?) snobs. They always have been, they always will be. They think the muslim minority is below them and treat them as such. There is nothing the government can do to change this short of Clockwork Orange type mind control.
The writer here is a classic communist/socialist/lib who believe government is the answer to every problem. That is their biggest failing and biggest blind spot. In their minds there is no problem that cannot be solved with more government.
It's nice to know that nothing has changed over there. Two weeks of riots and their answer is to throw money and bigger government at the problem.
Good work, France. Keep it up!
Let the harumping from the EU elitists begin.
These eurotrash are totally nucking futz.
I see that his car hasn't been set on fire....yet.
When are Europeans going to hit back? You can't keep giving the schoolyard bully your lunch money forever. Sheesh : (
Preemptive apologies for non-existent revenge attacks. Damn, they're good.
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