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France upholds ban on Muslim engineer from nuclear sites for his links to “jihadist networks”; his lawyer cries “Islamophobia”

Sep 2, 2014 11:11 am By Robert Spencer

FrancenuclearsiteThis is the question that will determine whether or not free societies will survive: will they take steps to protect themselves from the threat of jihad and Islamic supremacism, or will they drop such protective measures so as to avoid being seen as “Islamophobic”? Britain has for years chosen the latter path, and now, on the brink of disaster, trying to backtrack, but it may already be too late. France, at least in this instance, chooses the former path. But they will have much more trouble with this sort of thing in the near future nevertheless.

“France bans Muslim worker from nuclear sites,” AFP, September 2, 2014 (thanks to all who sent this in):

A French court has upheld a ban on a Muslim engineer from accessing nuclear sites, citing his links with what it termed as “jihadist networks”, but his lawyer called it a case of Islamophobia.

Lawyer Sefen Guez Guez told AFP news agency on Monday that he was looking at launching an appeal.

The 29-year-old working for a firm subcontracted by energy giant EDF had been granted access to nuclear installations as part of his job throughout 2012 and 2013.

But in March this year, the man – who cannot be named according to French law, had his pass to enter the Nogent-sur-Seine nuclear power station revoked.

Officials said he had links with a violent armed group and that he was in touch with an imam involved in recruiting people to fight in Iraq.

A court in the north-eastern town of Chalons-en-Champagne upheld the ban saying the management could prevent those “undergoing a process of political and religious radicalisation” from accessing sensitive sites.

The lawyer for the man cried foul and argued that his client had no police record.

“There is no proof of these supposed links,” Guez Guez said.

In June 2014, Guez Guez successfully had the ban revoked by an appeals court. But when the engineer turned up for work, he found he was once again refused access – this time by EDF – to his place of work, and his lawyer appealed again.

France is home to some five million Muslims – the largest Muslim population in western Europe.

Like a number of European countries, France has expressed concern over young people leaving the country to fight in Iraq and Syria, and who could pose a risk to domestic security on their return.

According to official estimates, about 800 French nationals or residents, including several dozen women, have travelled to Syria, returned from the conflict-ridden country or plan to go there.

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  1. dudeski says

    Sep 2, 2014 at 11:45 am

    I worked on safety cases applying EU COMAH legislation to Cases of Major Accident Hazard sites, complete with radii of fatalities, and we do NOT need this information passed to probable OR possible jihadists.

  2. Frank Randall Tillman says

    Sep 2, 2014 at 12:16 pm

    Kudos to France ! WAY TO GO!!!

    But “just removing his access is NOT enough” remove his ass from France.

    BE BOLD !!

    STAND IN THE GAP!! tell Islam(& all who show fealty to it) to go to HELL!!!

  3. Wetwork56 says

    Sep 2, 2014 at 12:30 pm

    Mr. Robert Spencer-JW Staffers, Thank you for bringing attention to an otherwise unthought of (for myself anyways) and quite unnerving scenario with this report, it opens up yet another can of worms posed by the threat of radical Isalm.

    I must congratulate France for its measures to prevent entry to the facility by this individual. Clearly they should have (prevented entry), BUT, I question as to why they even allow subcontractors ANY work/entry at such a facility in the first place.

    After reading this report I googled-Top 10 Nuclear Countries- and came up w/ this link:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_by_country

    I knew France had quite a few nuclear sites and wanted to know where they ranked. (2nd behind the USA), but the disturbing thing was that Pakistan plans on constructing 32 nuclear power plants by 2050.

    Again Mr Spencer, thank you for JW and all the hard work to expose the incredible danger posed by Islam.

  4. Don McKellar says

    Sep 2, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    As it says in the article, britain is now trying to back track. See Cameron’s latest news conference here is a link to the youtube video of the full press conference.
    You will notice Cameron again displaying his politically correct ignorance of Islam at first, but then you will hear him talk about implimenting EXACTLY what Robert Spencer suggests at the end of his piece. ie: “call on Muslims in the U.S., the UK and elsewhere to teach against these understandings of Islam that they ostensibly reject. ”

    http://youtu.be/G4HDt9PUkeI

    UK’s Muslim population is about 5% (that they know of). France has an even worse problem on its hands. What is it, 8% of the population? More? Have they cut off Islamic colonization yet? Why not?

  5. RonaldB says

    Sep 2, 2014 at 1:15 pm

    The rubber will meet the road if the Muslim engineer appeals to the European Court of Human Rights, and the court orders France to allow the engineer to enter.

    At that point, the fork in the road will be critical. The European countries can either jettison the practice of diluting their sovereignty, or it can acquiesce in the advancement of Islam and the coopting of national borders. If France surrenders, the smaller countries will come under even more pressure, possibly involving invasion, to obey the EU bureaucracy.

  6. mariam rove says

    Sep 2, 2014 at 1:22 pm

    Good for France!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!! M

  7. Anon says

    Sep 2, 2014 at 5:53 pm

    Another muslim suffering from respectophobia, complyophobia, safetyophobia, trustophobia, etc.

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