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| Court upholds Paris police ban of anti-Islamist rally | |
| 2015-01-18 | |
| [Ynet]. A French court has upheld the Gay Paree police chief's order to ban a planned demonstration against radical Islamists in the wake of La Belle France's worst terrorism in decades. The Gay Paree administrative tribunal ruled in an accelerated judgment Saturday that police were authorized to ban Sunday's "Islamists out of La Belle France" rally. Two groups that promote secular and republican values were key organizers of the planned demonstration. A police official confirmed the ruling after Gay Paree police chief Bernard Boucault ordered the ban because the rally might incite civil unrest.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 I'm so glad my ancestors got on those boats . . . . |
| Posted by: Barbara 2015-01-18 13:45 |
| #5 Violence wins. Again. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-01-18 11:52 |
| #4 And then there's this, from Ynet: Anti-Islam rally in German city Dresden canceled over threat A group protesting what it calls "the Islamization of the West" says it is calling off a weekly rally planned for Monday because of what it says is a threat against one of its organizers. The group calling itself PEGIDA, or Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West, has organized rallies every Monday in the eastern city of Dresden. Last week's event drew the biggest crowd yet, with police estimating some 25,000 people attended. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-01-18 10:45 |
| #3 This may have something to do with that decision: Islamist militants 'plotting to target Germany anti-Islamisation marches': Militants discussed targeting Pegida movement, according to intelligence agencies cited by Der Spiegel |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-01-18 09:50 |
| #2 In Europe, only the ruling class has the 'right' to express what the nation feels. We have similar attitudes here as well (part of the Euro disease), but there are still areas they haven't co-opted yet. As long as the 2d Amendment lives, they'll respect that. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-01-18 08:21 |
| #1 "We have demonstrated the depth of our feelings---now, back to the business as usual." |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-18 04:45 |