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| Galliawatch : Philippe de Villiers à Bobigny |
| 2006-10-23 |
| Yesterday Philippe de Villiers appeared at Bobigny courthouse to answer charges of "provoking discrimination" brought against him by MRAP, relating to remarks he had made on July 15, 2005. On that day, during an interview on TF1 Television he had declared: "Islam is the humus of Islamism and Islamism is the humus of terrorism." Before going into the courthouse he granted a ten-minute press conference, of which the following is an abridged version. If you decide to watch the video, it may take a while to load. He speaks very slowly and clearly. I stand by my remarks on TF1 on July 15, 2005. That is, I call on all French politicians to leave their cowardice behind, to stop being afraid, and to dare to look squarely in the face of Islamization, the Islamic threat, so that they may refuse the continuing Islamization of our schools, airports, neighborhoods. That they not accept what I cannot accept - polygamy, forced marriages - there are 120,000 cases of polygamy and 70,000 forced marriages... Today we are far from July 15, 2005, and every day the facts prove me right. I'm thinking particularly of gynecologists and doctors who are sometimes beaten up by husbands who can't accept a person of the male gender performing childbirth on their wives. And Professor Redeker who is under fatwas, who lives hidden in a cellar, who lives in fear, without anyone in the upper echelons rising up to denounce this intimidation of a totalitarian nature... I have just learned from my lawyer that those who are suing me, those who would have me condemned by the laws of my own country, have disappeared, they've fled, desisted. It's possible they are voluntarily admitting to some procedural error, in order to avoid confrontation. I stand before this court and it's an honor for me - the last defender of the Republic against all ethnic separatists, in particular the Islamic separatists.I say to you that those who would see me condemned have preferred to drink shame, rather than defeat. And I say, and this is a priceless lesson for all my fellow citizens who I urge to be vigilant: When the Republic shows strength, Islam backs off... Reporter: What of the charge of provoking discrimination? Provoking hatred and discrimination is not in my culture, not in my family's culture, not in my personal culture. Provocation - it's the Islamists, they're the ones who provoke discrimination. In our hospitals and our schools. They want to impose their own norms, when they do not accept the laws of the Republic. I'm doing my proper job as a public servant when I say to Islamism: You will not have victory in our land. You are not here to make of France an Islamic republic...I'm in my proper role, it's not provocation. There's a majority of Muslims here to practice their faith serenely and in peace, but I say that if all Muslims are not Islamists, all Islamists act on behalf of Islam. And if put to a vote, this statement would win by an overwhelming majority: It is not for France to adapt to Islam but for Islam to adapt to France. Reporter: Isn't it excessive to speak of a Third World War? It's not at all excessive. When you think that the order was given, a few days ago and reported in the press, by the Nº 2 man in Al Qaida to hit France. What does that mean "hit France?' It means war. Terrorism is a new kind of war, but it's a war. They have already struck New York, Madrid, and London. They could strike us here. They would love to see us defenseless, crouching and yielding to their blackmail. I do not accept this intimidation. It is an honor for us that there are public servants who DO open the debate, who DO break the taboo. History will show that I was the first. All you have to do is read the papers, watch TV every day, every day you can see what's happening. The baggage handlers at Roissy airport that I spoke of in my book. At the time everyone said, "Oh you're exaggerating..." but look at what's happening. Reporter: Some Muslim workers at Roissy are accusing you of causing them to lose their jobs. My position, and I stand firmly by it, is based on confidential and trustworthy information from intelligence sources, is that there are networks of Islamists that have penetrated different services at Roissy airport... And there are baggage handlers who wear the red badge that authorizes them to enter restricted areas. There are baggage handlers who should be stripped of the badge. There were 50 mosques at Roissy, 25 of them clandestine. Now they have done a sweep of the clandestine ones. So everything I said in my book is coming true. And if the prefect of Seine-Saint-Denis is right when he says that at Roissy there are workers with terrorist ties, that is a serious matter and merits a firm response from the government... What does the Interior Minister do, besides chatter every night on the evening news, to expel the terrorists, the Islamists, deny them French nationality, so that they do not wreak havoc and make war on us... There is a difference between Islam and Islamism and there is a difference between Muslims and Islamists. If the prefect of Seine-Saint-Denis decided to strip some workers of the red badge, it's because there was a reason. The intelligence services are doing their job. I salute them and I salute the prefect of Seine-Saint-Denis who is doing a difficult job courageously. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #1 One Frenchman with spine still left. |
| Posted by: SpecOp35 2006-10-23 13:54 |