Mohamed Allal bases his case on the claim that the iron for the Eiffel Tower came from Algeria, but this isn’t true, it came from Lorraine. But the pursuit of victimhood status, and the favors that come with it, pushes all inconvenient facts aside. This is closely related to the “Islamophobia” phenomenon, in which Islamic supremacists claim victimhood in order to deflect attention away from jihad violence and Sharia oppression, and to shame and destroy those who dare to call attention to that violence and oppression.
“Video. When an Algerian Journalist Demands That ‘France Return the Eiffel Tower to Algeria,'” translated from “Vidéo. Quand un Journaliste Algérien Exige que ‘la France Rende la Tour Eiffel à l’Algérie,” by Leïla Driss, Le 360, March 11, 2021:
A guest on the set of the Algerian channel Lina Television, journalist Mohamed Allal accused France of looting Algerian iron and demands an apology… As well as the return of the Eiffel Tower.
The wounds of the Algerian war are still very difficult to heal today, as France and its former colony in the Maghreb are struggling to draw a line over a lackluster common past. In a program broadcast on the Algerian channel Lina Television on January 28, but picked up and commented upon by the French press only since March 9, journalist Mohamed Allal has thus made himself the mouthpiece of an Algeria which is still waiting for apologies on the part of France, in particular “for having stolen its country, its wealth and its treasures.”
And among the wealth looted by France, the journalist mentions certain materials, such as iron, even if it means claiming the Algerian ownership of the largest French monument built with iron as its main material… The Eiffel Tower.
It is therefore necessary that “France returns the Eiffel Tower to Algeria,” he proclaimed, supported in this claim by part of the Algerian Web, insisting on the fact that this Parisian monument owes its existence to the exploitation of iron ore “extracted from the Barbary soil” and which legitimately belongs to the Algerians.
This assertion was already made in 2018 on the airwaves of the Beur FM radio channel, which indicated that the metal in question was extracted from the “Zaccar and Rouïna mines” in Algeria, even if it meant twisting history, as the iron used for the construction of the Eiffel Tower for the Universal Exhibition of 1900 came from mines in Lorraine.
A demand which, for want of being exact, unfortunately triggered a wave of xenophobic comments on the web, proposing in return to return of the Algerians of France to Algeria, or as retorted in return by the novelist, reporter and director Pierre Rehov on the set of the show les grandes gueules, to restore the property of the French in Algeria.
Buraq says
OK, when is his creed going to admit it stole the contents of its holiest book from other faiths? We want these contents returned! Clown!
Brando says
There was a time when Algeria was a better place,and even Part of Western Civilization:
in ANTIQUITY it produced two great writers:
1.APULEIUS (124-170):
novelist who wrote a book about a man who accidentally transformed himself into a DONKEY and was sold from master to master,
called “The Golden Ass/ The Metamorphosis”
2.AUGUSTINE of HIPPO (354-430)
Greatest Christian philosopher of Antiquity,who wrote:
“Confessions”
“The City of God”
gravenimage says
True, Brando–but this was all before the Muslim conquest.
Brando says
There are some who assimilate and become quite French,like anti-Islam writer LYDIA GUIROUS( born in ALGERIA).
1.She says she is still Muslim but says the Koran has terrible passages in it. You can never be sure when a Muslim is using TAKIYA ( dissimulation) or is sincere.But I think she is sincere.
2.She married a CATHOLIC in a CATHOLIC church called ST AUGUSTINE in Paris( it was intentional),
and believe it or not, her PARENTS assisted the wedding.
HER 5 BOOKS CRITICAL OF ISLAM
Her latest book (2021) is in favor of ASSIMILATION of Muslims:
“Assimilation : en finir avec ce tabou français / to finish with a French taboo”
The others are:
1.”Allah est grand la République aussi ” ( Allah is Great but so is the (French) Republic)(2015)
2.”Je suis Marianne”(I am Marianne ( Marianne is the SYMBOL of the French Republic) (2016)
3.”Ça n’a rien à voir avec l’islam ?” ( That that has Nothing to do with Islam?) (2017)
4.”Le Suicide féministe” ( where she critiques how Western feminists protect Islam)(2018)
A VIDEO OF HER( she is the one with black hair and eyes)
https://youtu.be/YtDwvIpVcyo
toomanyhobbies says
Just when I thought this was not possible; a new level of stupid appears.
Bruce 'Pilgrim' Stanton says
Will Algeria pay for the dismantling and shipping?
Chrissie01 says
Algeria – with all its natural resources – until recently had a positive balance trade. ‘This country is filthy rich in terms of natural resources. They are just totally incapable of using any of it for the benefit of their country, corrupt and dishonest breed that they are.
Cunningness is their watermark. Not technical genius.
gravenimage says
How long would the Eiffel Tower last in Algeria?
jirtu says
But the hot air to build the tower came from Algeria’s Sahara Desert.
melizza says
Why isn’t he demanding the return of the 10s of thousands of Algerians currently in France?
gravenimage says
+1
Keith O says
Good point. They can do a swap!
moqifen says
Even if the iron ore came from Algeria (which it didn’t) what would the Algerians used it for – a world wide recognised symbol – no it would be swords for killing infidels and knives for genital mutilation. Anyone name anything the Algerians have done or made that made the world a nicer or better place ?
Siddi Nasrani says
Egg timers, can’t think of anything else.
jca reid says
& it still continues! Islamic babblings & jibber-jabber given credence & support! France then ought to demand the return of Algeria to its original state: removal of – ALL Rail Lines, Airports, Sea Ports, modern Hospitals & Medications, Phonelines, TeleCommunications, Metalled Roadways & Bridges, ALL Engineering & Engineered Equipment e.g. Trains, Planes & Automobiles. Think that’s enough. After all where in the Quran & other Islamic Texts does it say tat Muslims can use “Kuffar” kit? It is “Shirk” after all. A good point is….. move 99.9% of Algerians out of France back to Algeria. They’ll be far, F – A – R happier & so will the French! The ones that can stay are the ones that have integrated, follow the Civil Laws of the Land & feel fortunate to live in a land that has Secular, Liberal Democracy.
VarAway says
Minor correction?
Algeria was not a French Colony.
It was a Departement Outremer, like the French Antilles and Tahiti.
( French Polynesia ).
Also, If this idiot journalist claims the steel came from Algeria as,
say iron ore, how come Algeria isn’t exporting any ore or steel products?
Rarely says
A rose by any other name…
Chrissie01 says
I cannot fathom them even to make straight nails out of it…it left on their own.
gravenimage says
The reason France entered Algeria in the first place in the early 19th century was because they would not stop pirating Infidel ships and enslaving their crews.
Algeria does produce some steel today–not the case with the Eiffel Tower, though.
Rob says
Hey, I’m from Broolyn NY and do I have a bridge deal for you!
gravenimage says
Algerian journalist demands that France return the Eiffel Tower to Algeria
…………….
This would be laughable even if Algeria was a steel-ptoducing locality–but it wsas not.
Pious Muslims are incapable of creating anything like the Eiffel Tower, and have mostly plotted to blow it up.
“Eiffel Tower and Louvre terror plot foiled”
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-28241855
And this:
“Terror plot to blow up Eiffel Tower uncovered”
https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/terror-plot-to-blow-up-eiffel-tower-uncovered-6676476.html
There are others dating back at least to the 1990s.
John Densler says
Lying is part of the Islamic agenda. There is even an Islamic term for this practice “TAQIYYA.” To us it is lying, perfectly acceptable to kaffars (that is you and me.) If you do not understand see: http://www.politicaliswlam.com
Andrew Blackadder says
If the Eiffel Tower goes back to Algeria then can all the people of Algerian heritage go with it..
Fred van de Bunt says
Algeria has a lot of Islamists around.
So, for some bad things that happened long ago, all of the French infidel people are still guilty nowadays, since infidels people are eternally guilty according to his God Allah.
And if you would ask this Islamist: ”What about the massacres all over France committed nowadays in the name of your God Allah? Isn’t this a more urgent matter, and in your reasoning all off the Muslims people like you are guilty of this and should apologize for this?”
jirtu says
What about the Muslim invasions of Europe? Muslim Arabs conquered Christian Spain and Portugal. They then invaded France but were stopped in Central France by Charles Martel but continued to attack Italy. They took Sicily and sacked Rome. Meanwhile, Muslim Turks invaded Christian Asia Minor (comprised of Armenia and Christian Byzantium) and then conquered Greece, the Christian Balkan Peninsula and headed to Austria where they lay siege twice to Vienna. In the east, Muslims Islamized Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India… all the way to Indonesia. So, who’s talking about invaders?
gravenimage says
+1
jirtu says
I have a better idea. France sends the Eiffel Tower to Algeria, along with the millions of Algerians who live in France and enjoy the benefits of the French state, France, French civilization, and Western civilization. Let’s hear it from Tunisia, Turkey, Morocco, Libya, Pakistan, etc. Is there something in a dusty corner of the Louvre that they claim as theirs?
Battle says
Buraq: Agree. Return our prophets. Way to go Buraq.
Battle says
jca reid: Agree. Return all infidel infrastructure improvements Way to go jca reid.
Battle says
VarAway: Agree. Not a colony. A Department. Liberty. Equality. Fraternity.
Department status is especially the equality part.
Way to go VarAway.
Quazgaa says
Wrong on all accounts.
The steel the Eiffel Tower is made of comes from present day Romania, from a town called Resita, which was at the time a major industrial center in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The place was already famous within the Empire for manufacturing railroad tracks.
gravenimage says
Quazagaa, the Eiffel Tower is not made of steel, but of iron–and the iron was forged in France itself:
https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/history-and-culture/15-essential-things-know-about-eiffel-tower#:~:text=The%20Eiffel%20Tower%20is%20made,in%20Levallois%20Perret%20using%20rivets.
Idir says
I’m a big fan of Robert Spencer (and I bought few of his really good books), but on this one, I disagree a bit. France acted really horribly in Algeria, we’re talking war crimes here, comparable to what Turkey did in Armenia, would you blame Armenians for asking turkey for an apology? The French committed a mass killing in Algeria equivalent to 15% of the total population and probably much more. Some historians say for example that two third (2/3) of the touareg tribes where killed. I do not defend this journalist for this stupid idea about the Eiffel tower, but I don’t blame Algerians in general for asking France to admit their crimes. And no, Algerians are not victims, we won our war against France and frankly, we were often on the winning side throughout history and enjoyed more freedom than any other people on earth, until islam came and fucked us. (I’m also skipping the part that Algeria is not a real country but a french invention, but that’s another discussion)
gravenimage says
As I have noted, the reason France was in Algeria in the first place was because Muslims there would not stop waging Jihad against the Infidels, including France. Then, trying to take credit for the Eiffel Tower is not “asking France to admit their crimes”. Then, it is Jihadists in Mali such as the Fulani who are killing Tauregs today.
And Algeria today is mostly a mess–that is what an adherence to Islam does to any people.