This was initially reported, predictably enough, as an attack on the mosque itself, as if some greasy Islamophobe had been behind the wheel. The reality is less surprising but more inconvenient for mainstream media mythmaking.
“Valencia: a North African shouting ‘Allah Akbar’ rushes 4 military personnel outside the mosque, according to witnesses (update),” translation of “Valence : un nord-africain fonce sur 4 militaires devant la mosquée en criant « Allah Akbar » selon des témoins (Màj),” Fdesouche, January 1, 2016 (thanks to Blazing Cat Fur):
One man of North African origin, aged about thirty years, was driving. He twice rushed his car at the soldiers, and according to several witnesses, was shouting “Allah akbar.”
The driver acted alone. “We have seen this person, he is of North African origin,” one of the imams of the mosque, Abdullah Dliouah, told AFP. According to witnesses cited by Mr. Dliouah, the man had not expressed jihadist sympathies before the time of the attack.

nag says
I actually read this as an attack on Muslims. No journalistic integrity. Now, this won’t be reported at all. World has gone to shit.
DP111 says
France is in a terrible situation, brought on itself by thinking its laicite culture would protect it. In practice, the authorities restricted and harried the church, while encouraging, and even financing the buiding of mosques. Islam sees the absense of Christianity or any spiritual presence, and the encouragement from authority as allah ordained, and as a vacant place to occupy.
So here we are. France now has to station the military to guard church services over Christmas. In some cases Muslims soldiers were guarding churches.
The media and authorities were over the moon with the above news. What they didn’t realise is that France has become like other “liberal” Islamic countries, where the state guards churches at Christmas or Easter, and other protected religious minorities, as part of the Dhimma pact. What has escaped the French inteligentsia, is that they have unwittingly submitted to Islam, and become dhimmis. Rest assured, the Dhimma bill will be delivered to France at an opportune time.
Linde Barrera says
In New York City, TV News 12 reported it with this caption under their “International News” — ‘France: Man attacks soldiers guarding mosque by driving his car into them.’ Doesn’t that read like the “man” was some infidel or non-Muslim? What a spin some of these news channels put on the news! It is disgraceful that reporters, whose mission it is to tell the news truthfully, whitewash any issue regarding Islam and what Islamists do.
Angry Aussie says
Clearly not an accidental oversight but pure manipulation of the facts. It’s shame he didn’t drive it into the mosque on a Friday afternoon. Then the headlines could read “Muslim man visits mosque and accellerates the path to Allah for himself and others”.
Richard says
Of course the media will report this as an attack on a mosque, instead of the truth, which is an attack on French soldiers.
They are no longer the reporters and guardians of the truth, they are now the propaganda machines and propagators of an evil and destructive ideology.
And why are French soldiers guarding mosques, instead of their citizens in the first place?
An attack is carried out on innocent citizens, as a result of the ideology spewed from the mosques and instead of putting the mosques under surveillance and guarding their citizens, they guard the mosques and import more potential attackers into their country.
Commonsense has deserted western leaders, It’s George Orwell’s 1984 in real life
“War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.”
dumbledoresarmy says
You asked, ” And why are French soldiers guarding mosques, instead of their citizens in the first place?”
EXACTLY.
Right now, it’s time to STOP with this farce of ‘protecting’ the mosques and tiptoeing delicately around the sensibilities of the adherents of the Cult of Perpetual Outrage.
Said adherents can go to hell!
If a jihad attack takes place – e.g. the mass-murderous attack on the Bataclan – then **a significant portion of available forces within the attacked country, both civilian [police] and military [the army] should be publicly and ostentatiously concentrated around churches, synagogues, schools, markets, transport hubs, and other particularly vulnerable INFIDEL locations/ institutions.**
Nowhere else.
Let the bl**dy mosques fend for themselves.
Indeed, what *should* happen after something like the attack on the Bataclan is *not* Infidel soldiers ‘protecting’ mosques but…a rolling series of surprise-raid-and-searches targeting every mosque in the vicinity and working outwards across the country, involving *soldiers and police, heavily armed, boots and all, marching without prior notice INTO the mosques*, with sniffer dogs alongside, to surprise-raid, search from attic to basement, and summarily interrogate all known leaders and members. Anything ‘funny’ or suspect uncovered during those searches? Finish doing the forensics then…shut the damn place down, permanently. Indeed, the mosque or mosques attended by those who carry out successful mass-murder jihad raids shouldn’t just be raided and searched and shut down but…bulldozed or dynamited flat, and all assets seized and used to assist the families of the murdered infidels.
This is a war and the mosques are the forts/ arsenals/ magazines/ arms factories/ safe houses/ recruitment-and-incitement centres. What do you do in a war? You attack the enemy’s forts – his forward operating bases – and you destroy them!
Islam is a geopolitical cult. A ‘religion’ that behaves like a ghetto gang. It is *all about* seizing and controlling *territory*, this-worldly “turf”. (See Patrick Sookhdeo, “Faith, Power and Territory”, which makes it all very clear, using the core Islamic texts). So…the punishment for attacking Infidels on their (the Infidels’) own turf should be …the LOSS of ‘turf’. Every time the Muslims attack within the lands of the Infidels they should *lose* one of their beachheads.
EYESOPEN says
Excellent post Dumbles! And a very Happy Gnu Year to you and yours! {;o)
commonsense says
Brilliant, and absolutely spot on.
abad says
So he wasn’t from Syria? LOL
don vito says
Nah, hitler’s grandson.
Mike says
In a related case, why does the liberal elite and MSM have this ‘artificial’ mental block when trying to understand why intelligent university educated Muslims commit terrorism. Some years back we had two Muslim doctors from Jordan who tried to blow up Glasgow airport in Scotland and now this Muslim woman with a university degree plots to kill Londoners. These aren’t your social misfits with low IQ’s or persecuted Muslims that the liberals always use as an excuse, these people are supposedly intelligent with a high IQ but they still resort to Islamic terrorism.
If its nothing to do with Islam, perhaps liberals can offer an explanation !
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3381530/What-drove-magistrate-s-daughter-plot-bomb-massacre-week-Britain-s-unlikely-jihadi-jailed-life-anguish-loving-middle-class-parents.html#comments
petey says
Of course they can, your obviously a greasy islamaphobe racist hater, and you disgust me, now be gone…or something to this effect, oh and Im quite sure they would be upset and offended as well
Matthieu Baudin says
“…According to witnesses cited by Mr. Dliouah, the man had not expressed jihadist sympathies before the time of the attack…”
Jihad is a duty of the faithful. Just what the bounds of Jihad expression are to be, in our communities, it is our job to make perfectly clear and to enforce compliance stringently. During the current war against Islamic Terrorism, it should be made possible to immediately and indefinitely close any mosque that tolerates violent rhetoric within its precincts.
Michael Copeland says
“Violence is the heart of Islam.”
Ayatollah Yazdi.
Richard Ashton says
It’s obviously one of those lone wolf mentalists again.
Maxwell says
So were these Soldiers ‘guarding the mosque’ or monitoring the mosque?
..why would this muslim feel the need to attack soldiers that were protecting them?
Michael Copeland says
Islamic State specifically encouraged musllims in the West to attack soldiers and police. Being the enforcers of man-made law they are opposers of Sharia.
Baucent says
The BBC framed the story as a “man who was a resident of Lyon drives car at soldiers guarding a mosque”. No mention he was a muslim, so vague enough for many readers to assume the man was probably a “right winger”
Regular Jihad watchers will know after Friday prayers the faithful are often rev’ed up ready for Jihad against the infidel.
Pamela Preedy says
Indeed, Baucent, here in England this incident was reported in the vaguest terms by the BBC teletext so that it became an ambiguous story leaving many questions. “Why were the soldiers ‘guarding’ the mosque?” “Who was the man who drove the car at them – a muslim objecting to soldiers being near the mosque, or just objecting to soldiers, period?” “Or was he a non-muslim objecting to the soldiers ‘protecting’ the mosque?”
The BBC is so mealy-mouthed and PC that it does not report all known facts anymore, just a bowdlerised version of them that avoids putting muslim lunatics in a bad light.
Withholding truth and facts is a gift to the enemy in this undeclared war. Those who support the enemy are traitors.
Alan says
It’s fucking incredible how the mainstream media molds it into what they want, that it was done by a crazed muslim-hater, trying to say that they were trying to RAM THE MOSQUE. But the truth is actually that it was a muslim tried RUNNING OVER THE SOLDIERS while screaming Allahu Akbar. The mainstream media molded it into a “those mean, bad muslim haters”, they will have a media blackout immediately after they find that it was actually a muslim!!!
Graham says
How crazy that soldiers that are protecting a mosque are considered a threat and enemies of Islam. How brainwashed are these people!
Charli Main says
Nothing new here. Just another mentally ill Muslim that has misunderstood the texts of the peaceful Koran, Hadiths and Suras.
Scott says
Reports I heard downplay him being Muslim hmmm Allah Akbar didn’t hear that reported wonder why wonder wonder why.
Rob says
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11568455
No mention of driver shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ in this AP report.
ballotcode says
Just as S.L. Jackson said [I was hoping it was a white conservative] the media is hoping that it is not a Mohamedan. Unfortunately [for the media] they just can’t help themselves.
The most base human characteristics are on full display in Mohamedan culture.
Mike says
Its par for the course that the left immediately give a knee jerk reaction to events like this when it suits their policies & ideology only to find out they were wrong shortly afterwards. Of course they rarely admit their mistakes although Obama did have to recant after his outburst over that college professor in Cambridge, Mass. Its certainly the case that over mass shootings San Bernandino and this case, they automatically assume its white supremacists and either directly blame them or imply its them rather than waiting for the real truth.
Angemon says
Let me guess: another sudden case of mental insanity?