Post by Daniel on Aug 2, 2016 10:36:36 GMT -5
France’s Phony War on Terrorism
August 1, 2016
President François Hollande declared that France was “at war” with the Islamic State terrorist group after two Muslim attackers killed an 86-year-old Catholic priest. The two Jihadists made the priest kneel at the altar while they were slitting his throat and filmed the murderous ordeal. They then followed up by giving some sort of sermon in Arabic. After this horrific slaughter, President Hollande called for the country to fight the war against ISIS “by all means.”
This is not the first time the French government has declared war on ISIS. After the Islamic terrorist (Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhle) drove a large truck through a crowd in the French seaside town of Nice, killing at least 84, several French officials declared that France was at war with Islamic terrorism. The French Ministry of Defense confirmed the war footing by bombing Raqqa—the Syrian headquarter of ISIS.
The first time President François Hollande declared war on the Islamic State was after the November 13 Paris attacks—which killed 130 and wounded 683. You might remember—that was the day we all became “French citizens.” Muslims living in France didn’t share this harmony. They still saw themselves as an Island of true believers surrounded by a sea of infidels.
You certainly can’t fault French politicians for being hot headed or rash about Islamic terrorism. In January of last year, Jihadists killed 17 across Paris including 12 in a shooting at the office of the satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo and four in a Jewish kosher supermarket.
However, the attacks triggered only a mild national debate about France’s Muslim minority. “There are fractures, huge, gaping, in our society that must be resolved,” said Bruno Le Roux, leader of France’s Socialist Party.
Several French news organizations have said they will no longer publish photographs of people responsible for terrorist killings in order to avoid bestowing “posthumous glorification.” Le Monde published an editorial titled, “Resisting the Strategy of Hate” that danced around the simple fact that Islamic killers are proud of their evil deeds.
It would be wonderful to not see flattering photos of these shameless murderers on the news, but that’s the fault of the news media. In the past, when given a choice between showing a photo of an Islamist terrorist holding a copy of the Koran or working out at the gym, they show the gym photo. Since the press is so reluctant to place any blame on Muslims, I foresee this new strategy as being used to further cover-up the perpetrators of Islamic terrorism.
If the people of France want to free themselves of this madness, they first need to recognize that the Islamists are the problem. When Hollande warned against suspicion and anti-Muslim rhetoric, he showed why his war declaration has become a joke. You can’t say “unity is our strength” when you are sharing that unity with people who seek to kill by any means possible.
Islamophobia has become more of an irony than a prejudice. When people in France hear Allahu Akbar or a loud boom, the phobia that makes them run in terror—is the growing fear that a follower of Islam is about to take a life. The video of people running through the streets of Nice like scared rabbits should cause the French people—including the government, to question how they have become prime targets for these Jihadist attacks.
The second thing they need to do is stop letting Muslims pour through the borders into France. The images of people holding up welcome signs to hordes of so-called refugees has become a source of ridicule in light of all these terror attacks. But the carnage hasn’t caused the welcome signs to be taken down—a quarter million Muslims are still flooding into Europe each year.
The third step that French leaders need to take is to give the police the authority to track or detain the radical Muslims they already have in their country. One of the thugs that killed the Catholic priest was described by locals as a “ticking time bomb”—who had just been released from prison despite being determined to join Jihadist groups in Syria. If he had been kept under lock and key until he decided to join a more peaceful religion, the priest would still be alive today.
I do wonder if the reason why Islamic terrorism is running relatively unchecked in France and Europe is because the devil is creating a problem that the Antichrist will easily solve. Because the Beast will be ruthless in his authority, the people of Europe would cheer someone who used brute force to restore tranquility to the land.
“So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ‘Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?’” (Revelation 13:4).
--Todd
Posted with permission
www.raptureready.com/rap16.html
August 1, 2016
President François Hollande declared that France was “at war” with the Islamic State terrorist group after two Muslim attackers killed an 86-year-old Catholic priest. The two Jihadists made the priest kneel at the altar while they were slitting his throat and filmed the murderous ordeal. They then followed up by giving some sort of sermon in Arabic. After this horrific slaughter, President Hollande called for the country to fight the war against ISIS “by all means.”
This is not the first time the French government has declared war on ISIS. After the Islamic terrorist (Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhle) drove a large truck through a crowd in the French seaside town of Nice, killing at least 84, several French officials declared that France was at war with Islamic terrorism. The French Ministry of Defense confirmed the war footing by bombing Raqqa—the Syrian headquarter of ISIS.
The first time President François Hollande declared war on the Islamic State was after the November 13 Paris attacks—which killed 130 and wounded 683. You might remember—that was the day we all became “French citizens.” Muslims living in France didn’t share this harmony. They still saw themselves as an Island of true believers surrounded by a sea of infidels.
You certainly can’t fault French politicians for being hot headed or rash about Islamic terrorism. In January of last year, Jihadists killed 17 across Paris including 12 in a shooting at the office of the satirical newspaper, Charlie Hebdo and four in a Jewish kosher supermarket.
However, the attacks triggered only a mild national debate about France’s Muslim minority. “There are fractures, huge, gaping, in our society that must be resolved,” said Bruno Le Roux, leader of France’s Socialist Party.
Several French news organizations have said they will no longer publish photographs of people responsible for terrorist killings in order to avoid bestowing “posthumous glorification.” Le Monde published an editorial titled, “Resisting the Strategy of Hate” that danced around the simple fact that Islamic killers are proud of their evil deeds.
It would be wonderful to not see flattering photos of these shameless murderers on the news, but that’s the fault of the news media. In the past, when given a choice between showing a photo of an Islamist terrorist holding a copy of the Koran or working out at the gym, they show the gym photo. Since the press is so reluctant to place any blame on Muslims, I foresee this new strategy as being used to further cover-up the perpetrators of Islamic terrorism.
If the people of France want to free themselves of this madness, they first need to recognize that the Islamists are the problem. When Hollande warned against suspicion and anti-Muslim rhetoric, he showed why his war declaration has become a joke. You can’t say “unity is our strength” when you are sharing that unity with people who seek to kill by any means possible.
Islamophobia has become more of an irony than a prejudice. When people in France hear Allahu Akbar or a loud boom, the phobia that makes them run in terror—is the growing fear that a follower of Islam is about to take a life. The video of people running through the streets of Nice like scared rabbits should cause the French people—including the government, to question how they have become prime targets for these Jihadist attacks.
The second thing they need to do is stop letting Muslims pour through the borders into France. The images of people holding up welcome signs to hordes of so-called refugees has become a source of ridicule in light of all these terror attacks. But the carnage hasn’t caused the welcome signs to be taken down—a quarter million Muslims are still flooding into Europe each year.
The third step that French leaders need to take is to give the police the authority to track or detain the radical Muslims they already have in their country. One of the thugs that killed the Catholic priest was described by locals as a “ticking time bomb”—who had just been released from prison despite being determined to join Jihadist groups in Syria. If he had been kept under lock and key until he decided to join a more peaceful religion, the priest would still be alive today.
I do wonder if the reason why Islamic terrorism is running relatively unchecked in France and Europe is because the devil is creating a problem that the Antichrist will easily solve. Because the Beast will be ruthless in his authority, the people of Europe would cheer someone who used brute force to restore tranquility to the land.
“So they worshiped the dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, ‘Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?’” (Revelation 13:4).
--Todd
Posted with permission
www.raptureready.com/rap16.html