“The interior ministry claimed the night passed ‘without any major incident’ – but almost 1,000 cars were set on fire and destroyed.”
The burning of 1,000 cars is not a major incident in captive, dhimmi France.
“The custom of setting vehicles alight on New Year’s Eve is said to have kicked off in the highly deprived and immigrant areas of Strasbourg, Germany and eastern France during the 1990’s.”
The solution, as far as the French government is concerned? More Muslim migrants!
“FRANCE BURNING: Officials ‘HIDE’ arson stats as 1,000 cars set alight in sinister torching,” by Aletha Adu, Express, January 3, 2017:
THE French government has been accused of hiding their inability to control the country’s sinister New Year’s Eve torching tradition as the interior ministry claimed the night passed “without any major incident” – but almost 1,000 cars were set on fire and destroyed.
On Sunday, the French officials chose to release a low figure of 650 destroyed cars which only indicated the vehicles that were “set on fire” – a figure which did not include those car that were completely destroyed and engulfed in ensuing flames.
But the official figures revealed a 17 per cent rise since last year’s arson attacks, as a total of 945 parked cars were torched during the terrifying tradition.
Pierre Henry Brandet, a spokesman for the French interior ministry, said: “Once again this year, the overall number of vehicles burned demonstrates that, however intolerable, the phenomenon is contained”.
In reality, 454 people were arrested by police throughout the night of New Year’s Eve and 301 of them were taken into custody.
Marine Le Pen’s National Front far-right party immediately condemned the French government for providing the figures that were “extremely hazy”.
A National Front statement read: “The new interior minister Bruno Le Roux… (initially) didn’t communicate the number of vehicles burned and considers that the number of cars directly set on fire to be ‘contained’ while even this constitutes a significant rise of 8 per cent.”
Protesting his government’s innocence, Mr Brandet said the initial low figures were “the most pertinent and the most coherent”.
Mr Brandet added: “There is absolutely no attempt at hiding anything. You have to look at the trend over several years, and what is significant is that there has been a significant drop over five years.
“These incidents are not tolerable and the perpetrators must be found and answer for their acts before justice.”
The custom of setting vehicles alight on New Year’s Eve is said to have kicked off in the highly deprived and immigrant areas of Strasbourg, Germany and eastern France during the 1990’s….

ich says
even if you replaced everyone with a muslim
it would only compound the danger
are governments dumb?
Creole Gumbo says
Right now I am not quite sure if the people in government are just dumb to begin with or if they become dumb after they get into power. Maybe it is a combination of both.
Carolyne says
Yes, Governments ae dumb.
Anne Smith says
They are dumb because once in power all they care about is staying in power and therefore their priority becomes keeping their votes.
Votes are really all they care about. Anything else is window dressing.
Terry says
Hollande -it was rumored-got some 95% of the Muslim votes, when he was elected. So, why should he change anything? His cars did not burn.
eur says
only 1000? Muslims, you can do it better. Paris= dar al islam…..
Dan says
Yeah right.
Anybody pass car fires here New Years Eve?
Dan says
By this I meant, France claiming it was without major incident.
Cause if “Only a thousandish cars were burned” is peaceful, then with NONE burned here, we must be freakin’ Paradise.
Terry says
French version of ” CASH FOR CLUNKERS”? But no good scrapyards near Paris?
Asking
Andrea says
Probably is the governmet trying to stimulate the French car industry 🙂 🙂
gravenimage says
This is what Muslims are doing for the French automobile industry:
“France: Peugeot car plant closed as Muslim workers took ‘too many prayer breaks’”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2017/01/france-peugeot-car-plant-closed-as-muslim-workers-took-too-many-prayer-breaks
somehistory says
It seems so long ago now that we first had news of Paris burning through the illegal actions of moslims….who were deprived and had no-go zones where the police feared to tread. And the questions that were asked about “what can be done” to stop the setting of cars alight and the rampaging in the streets…have been answered by bringing in more people who will set cars aflame.
What good does hiding the numbers do? It just shows that lies are told when anyone can see for themselves when they reach the street to discover they no longer have a car to drive. Who reimburses the poor car owners?
kellann says
How soon the people forget…it is getting to the point where these atrocities are just everyday happenings.
The MSM hide A LOT of what is really going on! They couldn’t keep up with it, even if they tried to now!
Either Europeans, Americans. Canadians and Australians will stand up and fight, or they will lie down and succumb to the islamic invasion…what seems more likely?
Terry says
A few years ago, discussing these ANNUAL DEC 31-JAN 1 EVENTS (I guess like the Rose Bowl in Cal every Jan., or the Super Bowl, here in the US)- the majority-and as I remember the article- probably a super majority of the cars were owned by the residents of the area (IE lower/low income Muslims) -and that the rioters did not travel outside their neighborhoods.
Which makes as much sense as here in the US, having people (recall Baltimore, Md.; Ferguson Missouri; etc) burning businesses in the areas where they live-making it more difficult for the honest people in these areas to shop.
Not PC-
And, it was either last year or two years ago, some Frog official claimed that the number of cars burned was down, and there was a downward trend in these annual car burnings. As if that is something to be proud of.
Blurb1000 says
Maybe this could be the new tourist attraction i France? People from all over the world comes to join the carbecue party. It could even be good for business and the overall economy. Only cheap France made car of course.
Troybeam says
So France cars are one thing but what are you going to do or admit you have an Islamic population that cares nothing for the people of France and they begin to burn homes, homes that have stood since the French Revolution that cannot be rebuilt, homes of the very fabric of your tourism, they wll burn the Effill Tower, all your land marks and tourism ends, what will your nation do then. Money is an issue for all the Islamic demands that you bow to and frankly sh*t on your people while appeasing the Muslims, for what more car fires, attacks on your citizens. France until you grow a pair you deserve everything that the Muslims do to your nation, after all you invited them in and take their BS while sitting on your hands spinning.
Westman says
Google “40000 cars burned in france” and you’ll find a 2013 Times article stating that 40,000 cars a year meet their fiery demise in France, every year. Only 20% is fraud. About 32, 000 meet their demise at the hands of street thugs and “..poor and marginalized immigrant communities”.
Warning – sarcasm: Apparently the French governent has been deluding its citizens for 20 years about the severity of the problem to avoid tarnishing the reputation of groups like Buddhists, Quakers, Mennonites, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the Amish. What other groups could possibly be responsible?
France is in slow demise. I will always treasure the photos I snapped and the experience of Paris in the early 1990’s and will, sadly, never return. While I may not live long enough to hear that the treasures of the Louvre were destroyed by fundamentalist Muslims – my descendents will.
DR VSH says
I feel for U man… I REALLY FEEL for U, And this is the same demise that Hindu-India is going to face in future decades. Actually, it is a RACE between Christian Eu and Hindu-India as to which is going to IRREVERSIBLY get Islamized or at the least get partitioned / balkanized into Islamic and non-Islamic lands… HOW SAD THAT BOTH ARE CURSED WITH DHIMMI LEADERS!!!
Terry says
Westman–The Amish (most) don’t have cars ( more or less against their religion) and so probably would not burn other people’s cars.
Other groups-maybe should watch out for them. (Sarc)
Stan Lee says
The French government is ruled by the “politically correct” few based in EU HQ, Brussels, Belgium.
The people ruled by them, throughout the EU have given up, have run up the white flag, have no will to stop what should have been stopped long ago. Europe was once saved by an army of Polish workmen and farmers led by Jan Sobieski. It’s doubtful that many Europeans even know or care about it.
What of these fire-setters? They deserved to be shot under martial law, and martial law is what is needed! Or, you all can “love” your criminal elements like Merkel recommends! Then, you’d be as insane as she is and give them the materials to start more fires.
You’re just going to “leave it to “somebody,” but not yourselves, to save your countries.Unfortunately, they are yours to save. You surely are not adding longevity to your existences this way!
And, those invited/uninvited Muslim “guests” know well that no one has the fortitude to rise up, stop them, clear them out.
The way it looks right now, Europe would rather switch than fight. For God’s sake, you people, look around you! Ask yourselves….Is it all OK with you? If so, become the slaves they intend you to be!
If not, start behaving as though the nations in peril are yours to free from tyranny!
Carlos Danger says
good points!
Frenchmen and Frenchwomen……………will you choose slavery or stand up and seize freedom from your Islamic oppressors and your collaborationist governmental masters?
Terry says
Read the book by OBERMAYER- (Fighting For Peace, I beleive is the name)- see what kind of people he French are ( were during WW2).
Nothing, it seems has changed. Except now, they have no Charles De gaulle, to at least make a pretense of trying to save his country
kellann says
You’re right. Too many Europeans just do not have the will to fight. I do know a few who hate what is happening.. They are sick and tired of it all, but too afraid to be labelled a Nazi to bother.
But just a few won’t do it. Most are apathetic. The brainwashing has taken its toll.
Anne Smith says
Most English very certainly do have the will to fight, but we have been hamstrung and our weapons removed by successive Governments, who are so PC that anyone defending themselves is earmarked as an aggressor and sent to prison.
If our laws prevent us from self defence we can only change things by changing the Government. This is a fairly long term and difficult project. UKIP have led the way but most current MPs are so PC it is untrue.
Angemon says
Better than hiding up to 1 million rape cases in the name of “social cohesion”… Where were the “ENGLAND RAPED” headlines when those cases came to light? Plank, speck, etc.
ECAW says
Angemon – I’m shocked to see even you unthinkingly repeating that nonsense figure.
1400 in Rotherham. Let’s estimate 14,000 in total. Where are the other 986,000?
Pumbar says
The key is the term “up to”. My car could be worth “up to” £1,000,000 to a scrap dealer. In reality I’d be lucky to get £1,400.
Happy new year ECAW.
ECAW says
Happy new year Pumbar. Glad to see you’re still around.
Yes, “up to” is worthless. It’s “at least” that counts.
Pumbar says
I’m being moderated so I’m not sure how long I’ll be around here for. Not sure what I’ve done to merit the attention but ho hum eh!
gravenimage says
Pumbar, I very much doubt you are in danger of being banned. One can be “moderated” for all sorts of things, including having more than two links in your comment or by posting too frequently. (I run into this last one pretty often). 🙂
Michael says
Islam is not a religion..lets start from here.
it is a political ideology with war and death enshrined in its own articles..just like any party or group in politics. It has obedience to the rantings and sayings of an old perverted psychopathic murdering paedophile as its objective in life..to achieve purpose in islam it is to follow Mohammed in everything he has done…so that they may enter the kingdom of Jannah.their paradise. This life on earth means nothing but to submit..hence Islam..to submit.
I propose people understand that Islam is not a religion..but more a cult/party just as the Nazi party was with their own Mein Kampf as their substitute for the Quran. In this way, western governments should easily promote the closure of centres and promotion of an evil party…whos only intention is to kill off all non muslims and create the Ummah… or House of Islam worldwide. Stop Islam.
ECAW says
It’s both, that’s why it’s so effective and has been so long lasting. It’s most similar political movements, Nazism and Genghis Khan’s Mongol empire, both folded after time but the religious element is what allows the DNA of Islam to cross generations indefinitely (IMHO).
gravenimage says
Agreed, ECAW. Islam is a religion–it is just a very evil one.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Re: “(islam) is a political ideology” … “just like any party or group in politics.”
NO, it really, really isn’t.
Islam is only the world’s largest and oldest, ongoing CRIME gang – one whose holy-mobster “muslim” gang members’ #1 alibi to excuse their own criminal desires and actions is to blame a “god.”
davej says
Great, so this is the new “custom” for Muslims? Because they are “highly deprived”?
This is how they demonstrate their “superiority”?
Not buying it. The Government is following Muhammed Atta’s advice: “Keep quiet and you’ll be okay”. No, you won’t.
dumbledoresarmy says
My first thought when I read this article was … Sting Ops. My second? – Booby Traps.
If there are certain areas where an unattended vehicle is likely to be set fire to by mohammedan thugs, why is it seemingly beyond the wit of the French police to set traps? Lay ‘bait’, so to speak. Wait. Watch. POUNCE. Since it’s so widespread, choose a particularly bad, er, ‘hotspot’ for special attention and focus on cleaning *that one* up, before moving to the next.
Catch the Mohammedan arsonists in the act, and give them a really, really nasty and memorable surprise into the bargain. I shan’t go into details, but anyone with a modicum of imagination can, I am sure, think of all sorts of amusing possibiliities. And then..once they’re *caught* …. **enforce the law**.
And take a leaf out of the book of those who cleaned up first the NYC subways and then the city generally – treat the trapped and captured car-burners as Bratton and co. treated farejumpers – give them the full treatment, complete body search, sniffed all over by police dogs to see if they have been dabbling in explosives or in illegal drugs, cross-check fingerprints and DNA against unsolved crimes data base, investigate for possible immigration and identity fraud, look for connections with jihad-promoting mosques and actual jihadis, look for organised crime links, look for welfare fraud.
and then apply the law, rigorously. If they turn out to be illegal immigrants or to have obtained either residency or citizenship by fraudulent means… subject them to the maximum punishment for vandalism and arson, then give them the boot. If they hold citizenship… start working out how to rejig the laws so that they can be deprived of it, and given the boot.
Now, the *current* national government of France won’t do it.
But I am putting the idea out there just the same, in hopes that some of our French posters and lurkers will read it, and that the idea may filter its way along to persons who might, in future, find it.. inspiring.
gravenimage says
Yes–that one never hears of these arsonists being caught–even thought there must be well established patterns at this point–just implies that French authorities have decided to live with this. Of course, it just emboldens more Muslim savagery.
Terry says
Graven,
I have read- various times over say, the past 8 to ten years, that these are ( a sort of) New year’s Eve tradition in Paris.
As I posted somewhere- they do this almost (if not) exclusively where they live- their neighborhoods. So, they – besides being evil, vicious, and nasty, appearantly aren’t that bright.
gravenimage says
I’m sure some Muslims’ cars get torched–but the main targets are still Infidels. But Jihadists love destruction in general, and don’t care if some of their own get caught in the cross-fire. As they see it, they are either good Muslims and will applaud it; or they are bad Muslims and deserve to be victimized just like the Kuffar.
Carlos Danger says
Le Pen ’17.
Charles Martel ’18.
John Doe says
for the ones that do not know…
Champ says
islam brings nothing but hell on earth …
More Ham Ed says
All the fumes and pollution not to mention destruction of property and loss of transportation to and from work (immigrants actually “work” ???) – I thought leftists cared about the environment, guess not.
kellann says
We didn’t hear ONE peep on the news about this in Germany. They downplay and downright LIE about everything.
The only things they report on are those they can’t possibly avoid, and even those events are downplayed.
kellann says
There seems to be no chance for “integration” or “assimilation” when dealing with these pieces of human waste material.
We were much better off WITHOUT them. They need to be deported. Forthwith. No excuses for the numerous crimes they have committed, no humanitarians, or “do-gooders” there to plead their pathetic cases. JUST BE GONE WITH THE NO GOOD HORDES!
John Timmermans says
Muslims burn 1000 cars in France on new years night. They have burned many thousands in prior times. French police caught 450 muslims and 300 plus are charged. Tarek Fatah a columnist and x-Muslim told all Americans the way they try to solve the problem with radical Muslims it totally wrong and he says they never get it to clean up radical Muslims. I don’t quite know how Tarek would clean them up but in Hitler times they would be loaded up and put them in gas chambers that seem to be the only way to stop radical Muslims.
ECAW says
Are you just here to give the impression that Jihad Watch welcomes proponents of genocide? It doesn’t. Robert Spencer never advocates violence nor do most of the commenters here. Have you come to the right website?
UNCLE VLADDI says
Yes. Violence in self-defense is exactly as immoral as initiating the violence is.
We must never ever apply the death penalty to murderers, but must in stead shelter clothe and feed them for the rest of their lives.
That will certainly discourage the other devout members of their gangs from attacking our wives and children, as their god has demanded of them for the last 1,400 years, too.
For as our wisest of leaders recently said, “When you kill your enemies, they win!”
– Justin Turdeau –
😉
ECAW says
So you don’t know the difference between self defence and genocide. Nothing more to be said then.
gravenimage says
Lauding Hitler here is just grotesque. Defending against Muslim violence is *not* the same as shipping Jews off to Auschwitz. Moreover, Hitler was a great admirer of Islam. Take your claptrap elsewhere.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
1,000 vehicles torched is the new normal there. What is to be done? Nothing can be done under the present set up. Moslems always force the Infidels around them to bear all manner of indirect costs, so let the Frenchmen pay jacked up auto insurance rates.
New normal. Diplomatic formal. It’s gotten verboten to admit reality, civilizational suicide paranormal.
DR VSH says
It is going to be NOTHING SHORT OF A NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE by mad Muslims that is going to awaken the EU…. I dread for that day!! BUT IT IS SURE COMING… BRACE URSELVES.. and so also Hindu-India…
Brian Elm says
The Govt’s of the world are being bought off so they can’t afford to look the problem in the eye. This dispicable deal renders our leaders to spit on the Anzacs who fought for our countries and to surrender any dignity we had as a Nation. There are a scant few Polis who are ostracized by their colleagues for standing alone and speaking out. Unfortunately such dignified Polies often sucum to being ousted from office. The media is a tool whereby the perpetrators of the hidden hand are indoctrinating the general public to oppose anyone who speaks against Islam and to brand them as “Racists!” This is an attempt to silence the masses while the Muslims destroy,rape pillage and murder who ever they chose to.I think that if I were 30 years younger, I would venture into a Vigilante mob and wipe out as many as possible.What kind of a society do we have when the citizens of a Country are denied the very freedom, peace and democracy our forebearers fought for.
gravenimage says
Bought off–by whom? Muslim countries don’t have nearly the wealth of Dar-al-Harb, even with unearned oil money. This has more to do with denial and “political correctness” than it does with bribery.
Starlight says
Incorrect ! Get your facts right! It’s been an ongoing tradition since 1990’s to burn cars on NYE. Where is your evidence to say it’s muslims??
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/02/almost-1000-cars-torched-around-france-new-years-eve-government/amp/?client=safari
ECAW says
The fact that the burners are called “youths”. That is code in France for Muslims just as “Asians” is in Britain.
Chris Malan says
This article is low-quality journalism. It ASSUMES all these cars were set alight by Muslims. Surely, French and other hooligans were at least responsible for some of the cases. What percentage was set alight by Muslims? Do you even know? Are you just guessing?
It’s better to write less, but only report incontestable facts.
Joe says
The article states that the tradition was started by Muslim in Eastern France. The tradition has caught on and every year, a thousand or so cars burn. Even if some of the cars are not burned by Muslims (which has not been shown), the tradition started with them.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
It’s better to write less, but only report incontestable facts.
Well, given that the facts are not fully investigated doing that that’d be a shame. It’d have to ignore all the video they have of young Arab and Maghreb appearing men torching cars for a decade or two now. And not mention that the video was taken after Friday sermon in a nearby mosque. And write off the fact that no Infidels dare ever enter these neighborhoods, even the police only go when with protection. And dismiss all the video young Arab and Maghreb appearing men from these Moslem only cars burn openly declaring that they did it and they’re gonna do it again. Leave all this unaccounted for and then you’ve got high quality journalism.
Compared to this, quality journalism on Hillary’s felony treasonous influence peddling trading on the nation’s interest would only have a tiny number of major damning facts to leave unaccounted for.
Quality journalism requires that the suspects sign an affidavit admitting to the felony crime before they may be publicly accused. That’s how a society protects itself. Moslem Lives Matter too.
gravenimage says
All true, APF.
AmazedHuman says
And this is what’s happening all over the planet, with this planned invasion. Places like France and Germany and England – America under the Muslim control of Obama – places that allowed these terrorists in are now suffering and will continue to suffer until it’s acknowledged they are engaged in a war, and then start to fight to win it. Because war it is. Does anyone with a working brain think it coincidence that suddenly all around the world Muslim terrorists moved in – began to disrupt and destroy? Think again. Every bit of it planned and the world being engulfed in playing the sorry Political Correct Game was all a part of it….these terrorists politically corrected themselves into place and then let loose. Wise up, folks. They don’t want to assimilate, to join you. They want to kill you. To destroy you. Better fight before you can’t.
laverner says
France is such a wonderful place these days! Maybe they might want to assure a continuing tourist trade by resurrecting the French wing of the German Gestapo to keep things in order. Funny thing is, Germany is in greater need of a ruthless police force. Maybe they will have to invite in the Russians to assure the security of their Muslim populace!
gravenimage says
France: Muslims set fire to nearly 1,000 cars on New Year’s Eve
…………………….
Insanely, I recently saw this criminal barbarism blandly referred to as a “New Year’s tradition” by some dhimmit tool a couple of weeks ago.
Setting off fireworks and singing Auld Lang Syne are New Year’s traditions–burning cars and raping women *are not*.
Terry says
Graven,
To Muslims (not real people, in my view) BURNING CARS AND RAPES ARE NEW YEAR’S EVE TRADITONS in Europe. (The car burning, seems to be mostly confined to France-rapes probably all over).
For civilized people- fireworks, whatever. For me, i go to sleep early.