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2005-10-31 Europe

France Debates Public Funding of New Mosques

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Posted by lotp 2005-10-31 08:45|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wow..that is a really bad idea. When you have a gun pressed to your head, you don't offer to buy the bullets.
The Islamists don't care where the mosques come from or who builds and pays for them,they know no gratitude - infidels is infidels.
Good bye France, thanks for the....umm....ah, oh I know Sophie Marceau!

Posted by JerseyMike 2005-10-31 08:53|| 2005-10-31 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Sarkosy thinks he can make the muslims dependent on the state. Not sure its the best approach, but at least someone is taking the issue seriously.

BTW, IIUC, the Protestants support this cause they have trouble getting new churches built, just as muslims have trouble getting new mosques built - both cause of opposition by local authorities. Though the Muslims tend to have trouble from local conservatives, and Protestants (usually african origin, and evangelical) tend to have trouble from lefties.

French Jews of course have as many Synagogues as a declining community needs, so dont share the Protestants concerns.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-10-31 09:37|| 2005-10-31 09:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Dhimmi, Dhimmi coco bop, Dhimmi, Dhimmi, bop bop.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2005-10-31 09:47|| 2005-10-31 09:47|| Front Page Top

#4 A big part of the problem is having 15% of the population dependent on the state for their food and shelter, allowing them idle time to channel their inadequacies into islam and believing they are really the ubermensch receiving their jizya. Now the state wants to formally subsidize seething too? If the French had any sense or survival instincts, the only thing they would subsidize is boat fare to the maghreb.

Posted by ed 2005-10-31 10:06|| 2005-10-31 10:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Hey, I never turn down jizyah, no matter what it looks like.

Posted by imam oron 2005-10-31 10:26|| 2005-10-31 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 How about funding public flogging in city squares? A taste of the lash would focus the minds of those "immigrant" kids burning down the suburbs.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-10-31 11:41|| 2005-10-31 11:41|| Front Page Top

#7 Didn't the French win the Battle of Algiers, but fail at the hearts and minds programe a few years back (1950's)? Have they learned nothing from the Arab mind? Or more importantly I suppose, have not we?

Posted by Besoeker 2005-10-31 12:26|| 2005-10-31 12:26|| Front Page Top

#8 Besoeker,

I think that there might be an unwarranted assumption in "but fail at the hearts and minds ".

Just sayin' ya know, but they gotta have one before you can win it. I haven't seen a lot of evidence in favor of the construct just yet.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2005-10-31 13:31|| 2005-10-31 13:31|| Front Page Top

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