[An Nahar] Leading bishops have voiced alarm at a rise in anti-Islamic sentiment in La Belle France and admitted that hardening attitudes within the Roman Catholic church are fueling the trend. Any concern from the leading bishops about hardening attitudes within Islam?
In comments that will add to pressure on President Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, and a fine job he's doing of it... to respond to demands from La Belle France's large Moslem community to speak out on the issue, the Bishop of Angouleme, Claude Dagens, said he was profoundly concerned by recent developments.
"It is with much pain that I notice the emergence of a Catholic Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... , in the same way that there has been a Catholic anti-semitism for centuries," Dagens told Agence La Belle France Presse in an interview on the sidelines of an assembly of French bishops here.
Dagens said his concerns had been heightened by the controversial "Moslem demographics" presentation made at the Vatican last month in which Cardinal Peter Turkson predicted that Islam would eventually become the dominant religion in Europe.
The Vatican subsequently distanced itself from a film which included a claim that La Belle France could have a majority of Moslems within four decades, but Dagens acknowledged that the episode reflected a worrying shift in attitudes.
"We are living in a society where fear is seeping into every corner. That's true for Moslems but also for Catholics."
Dagens comments, echoed by a number of his colleagues here, came in the wake of a call by La Belle France's Moslem Council, the main representative body for the country's estimated five million Moslems, for the President to publicly condemn Islamophobia.
Behind the call lies resentment based on a perception that Hollande and his ministers have given greater priority to combating a recent rise in anti-semitism than they have to defending the Moslem community in the face of a parallel trend.
Earlier this month, Hollande vowed that La Belle France would wage a relentless fight to eradicate anti-semitism from society, describing it as a "national cause."
Abdellah Zekri, one of the leaders of the Moslem Council, called for La Belle France's Islamic community to be offered similar support.
"Given the rise in the number of Islamophobic acts and anti-Moslem racism, we want a formal declaration from the President of the Republic that includes the Moslems of La Belle France in this national cause," Zekri said.
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The world is pretty much divvied up between those who want to cancel themselves out and those ready and willing to do the cancelling...
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I'd be pretty pissed about Islam every time I got my French Car Insurance bill
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11/11/2012 11:19 Comments ||
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I get so confused about whether people are being xenophobic or islamophobic? Suppose, we forget all the PC $hit (merde, kak, gowno, dritt, skit, mala etc.) and just say the citizens of France are being realistic. John F. Kerry will help straighten things out.
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Anti-Islamic sentiment comes from the muslims being anti-west dumbasses. Just either convert and get it over with, or join the call against barbarians.
Hundreds of French nationalists have demonstrated in Paris against Islamist extremism, chanting the French anthem and saying the religion has no place in the country.
Protester Romain Cyiril says, "France was always a welcoming country, but for the first time we have to deal with a religion which can't and doesn't want to integrate itself."
Three weeks ago, dozens of far-right French activists stormed an unfinished mosque to protest immigration policies that have made France home to Western Europe's largest population of Muslims. There are an estimated 5 million or more Muslims in this nation of 65 million, although under French law the government does not track religion.
The French government has denounced anti-Islam extremists.
Saturday's protest was organized by a nationalist group called the Republican Resistance.
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No it's not, was it too late in July 1989? Was it too late on Dee Day when France invaded Spain? Hell no! It's never too late. Are you with me? Aiiiiiiiiiiiii no akerbar.
German schadenfreude knows no bounds, particularly when it comes to the United States. The country loves to feel superior to a superpower like America. Yet Germany also harbors a childish infatuation with Obama -- one which has little political grounding. The reasons are psychological.
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fully 93 percent of the country (Germany) would have voted for him (Obama) in this election
We weren't quite as foolish here in the U.S. Nearly half of the voters in the U.S. did not vote for Obama. There are some 94 million eligible voters in the U.S. who did not vote. One couldn't say either party has a mandate. A no vote may mean that neither candidate was suitable.
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Germany needs those exports. No money in US no Audis exported. Enjoy bailing out the PIIGS, German Taxpayers™.
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11/11/2012 14:24 Comments ||
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The article is an exaggeration. While it's true that most Germans prefer Obama over Romney, the "crush" on him is long gone. Romney has given Germans no reasons to like him, he didn't visit the country and frankly, he has given nobody much reason to like him except for being a Republican.
I've seen Obama in Berlin 2008 and was utterly unimpressed by his empty phrases. Since then I've been joined by many sane Germans. For many Obama has shown to be a disappointment. They only mention his Nobel Prize with a snark. But they still don't like Romney.
But then again, nobody has to now. He's fading away.
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11/11/2012 18:17 Comments ||
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EU, I appreciate reading your views from across the pond. You are more perceptive than many of our voters in the US.
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Thank you JohnQC
Let me just add that there is no need to go into a depressive mood now. Obama's incompetence will become more obvious in the next two years. Republicans still control the House so they can and hopefully will prevent any nonsense he might try.
In two years take back the Senate, chose a candidate who appeals to a wide diversity of Americans. Don't buy that demographic crap of "angry old white males". A charismatic, steadfast, principled Republican can and will appeal to a majority of Americans. This country was not built on entitlements, it was built on freedom and justice for all.
Even Romney could have won this. A better Republican certainly will. I don't think that after four more years of Obama people will be waiting for Hillary.
Obama was (and still is) popular because of his speeches. Let's face it: His speech after winning was excellent. It was a speech a Republican could have given, too.
The difference? A Republican would have meant it. And followed through. Obama had promised to unite Americans in 2008. That didn't happen of course.
Ronald Reagan could.
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I'm sorry EC, but there will never be a mythical "better Republican." The problem is perceptions. If the guy pointing at the freight train barreling down the tracks and frantically waving us off, has to be morally flawless and also "charismatic" before we'll listen to him, we'll get smashed to bits, and we'll deserve it.
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