More on the Paris Intifada
A very thought provoking post on YARGB on the intifada in France reinforces the issue of assimilation. It points to a comment made by Chadi Bou Habib on the BBC news forum
Excerpt:
“I lived in France for 8 years and I have never understood why the “youths” deal with “social problems” only through riots. Until one day, I was admitted in a meeting of a so- called “cultural association” subsidized by the local council. A Muslim “brother” talked for about an hour on the difference between “us” and “them”, to conclude that whatever we do to “them” is of god’s will, a kind of Jihad. Well, the French authorities should start inquiring on the kind of “culture” they are subsidizing.”
I repeat myself, but normal people do not burn their own homes, or kill themselves. It’s the “us” and “them” problem all over again.
