2005-11-07

The Violation of Muslim Civil Rights in France

TEHRAN, Nov. 6 (MNA) — Iran’s Association of Muslim Journalists (AMJ) issued a statement on Sunday condemning the violation of Muslims’ civil rights in France and calling on the French government to cooperate with them in establishing a fact-finding commission in order to investigate the conditions of French Muslims. The AMJ said that the mistreatment of Black French Muslims over the past two weeks has deeply influenced Iranian public opinion.

“We suppose that the French government has carried out the recent discriminatory and anti-human rights acts under the influence of the Zionist lobby in France to limit the social and personal freedoms of the Muslims residing in the country, which is quite unacceptable on the part of a country that claims to be democratic,” part of the statement read.

“The rough treatment of Black people whose countries were colonized by France for decades shows that colonialism is still dominant in the policies and the thoughts of the officials of France, who claim to uphold freedom and patience.

“The Association of Muslim Journalists wishes to express its protest about the organized suppression of poor Muslims residing in the suburbs of Paris, who have been living as second-class citizens and deprived of social and political rights for many years.

“Therefore, the Association of Muslim Journalists, as a non-governmental organization, seeks to establish a fact-finding commission to study the situation of Black Muslims in France and hopes that the French government will cooperate by granting them visas.”




Well, there you go then. Inability or refusal to assimilate into society = violation of civil rights. It also gives the victim the right to riot and burn. How could I have been so blind? It's so obvious to me now.

1 comment:

Paul Hue said...

If living in France is so terrible that it makes sense to burn cars and attack police, why move to such a place?

Why not not move to somewhere else?

What complaints in the original nation of these rioters's parents or grand parents were great enough to cause them to leave for France, but not great enough to cause them to burn cars and attack police?

How so such complaints -- the complaints in the original countries -- compare to the complaints against France?