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| Rape Rate Rises in France Along With Spread of Islamic Fundamentalism |
| 2004-04-22 |
| Samira Bellil .... has penned Dans l’enfer des tournantes (In the hell of the tournantes; the last word is a slang term for gang rape). Published last month, the book has shocked France with its graphic accounts of the attacks and Bellil’s impassioned denunciation of the increasing violence and sexual abuse committed against young women in the banlieues [poor housing projects]. Since 1999, rapes within the banlieue have increased by 15% to 20% every year.... Reports of sexual assaults against women have risen across France, with court convictions for rape having soared by 61% between 1995 to 2000. Banlieue women must also deal with the spreading influence of Islamic fundamentalism, which threatens their liberty in other ways. "Over the past 10 years, the condition of women in the banlieues has radically deteriorated," says Fadéla Amara, president of a national association of banlieue women and head of the "Neither Whores Nor Submissive" movement, which campaigns for women to be allowed to live normal, modern lives. "We’re seeing increased insults of young women wearing jeans, a rise in forced or arranged marriages, more young women obliged to drop out of school and a greater incidence of polygamy," she says. "There comes a point when women must say, ’That’s enough.’" ..... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #13 Barbara - LOL! Touche! Puhleeze keep kicking ass - just don't kick mine! |
| Posted by: .com 2004-04-22 4:37:31 PM |
| #12 mojo: A few ultra-lib yankee women want to join Augusta CC (a private club) because they can't. And to cause problems. And to get publicity. Can't see it myself. I've never been interested in joining a boys' private club; I've always set my sights much higher. :-p |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-22 4:27:22 PM |
| #11 Women want to join the Augusta CC? Why, for God's sake? |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-04-22 1:22:36 PM |
| #10 One 13-year-old girl in northern France was raped by as many as 88 youths over a four-month period earlier this year before alerting her parents. In September in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil, a court sentenced a band of youths to five to 12 years for repeatedly raping a local 15-year-old girl. In most cases, the perpetrators don't seem to realize that they've committed a grievous crime. Um - Um - Teen rape? Don't seem to realize they are commiting a grevious crime? If anybody says something about "Different God, Different Culture, Different Mountain Top", they ought to be smacked! |
| Posted by: Anonymous4052 2004-04-22 12:34:34 PM |
| #9 Ah yes...shocked to see you here Martha! I also wonder what the rate of female beatings is doing (I suppose going up in the name of "cleansing" the family name when you don't wear your burka). Amazing that Hamtramack, MI will soon look and sound like (and probably smell like) Riyadh, right here in the good ol' US of A! |
| Posted by: BA 2004-04-22 8:46:40 AM |
| #8 The best way to fight the rape of women in France is to allow women to join the Augusta Country Club |
| Posted by: Martha Burke 2004-04-22 8:37:28 AM |
| #7 We’re seeing increased insults of young women wearing jeans Oh my giddy Aunt. |
| Posted by: Howard UK 2004-04-22 8:02:34 AM |
| #6 Good idea! And all Islamofacists businesses need to be marked somehow, so we know who they are. A crescent symbol shouldn't upset them too much. |
| Posted by: Anonymous4426 2004-04-22 7:58:36 AM |
| #5 I agree,JFM. Let's start by shutting down Mosques that are supported with Saudi/Wahabie money. |
| Posted by: raptor 2004-04-22 7:10:08 AM |
| #4 Did you know that Churches in Muslim countries don't have bells in order to not hurt Muslim sensitivities? Anyone for giving them not more, not less than what they give to others? |
| Posted by: JFM 2004-04-22 5:21:41 AM |
| #3 Yeah, John - I read about that. They're nuts. "Low-pitched voices" my ass. And it's nothing like church bells (and I'm not christian). If this passes, watch for "inexplicable" damage to those loudspeakers. I predict "electrical problems" aplenty. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-22 2:39:34 AM |
| #2 Barbara, This bring up something very intresting. Islamofacists are here to stay and the virus has found a host in Detroit!! http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38044 Read it and weep!! |
| Posted by: John Long Hair 2004-04-22 1:08:37 AM |
#1 Rape Rate Rises in France Along With Spread of Islamic FundamentalismQuelle surprise! There comes a point when women must say, ’That’s enough.’For Phrawnce, that point was about 20 years ago, honey. You all are waaaay behind in kicking the Islamofacists in their microscopic nuts. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-22 12:41:15 AM |