There are many in the West who indefatigably support the tiny group of moderate Muslim spokesmen, confident that they will affect the transformation of Islam. The reality is that because of Islam’s death penalty for heresy and apostasy, genuine Islamic reformers (as opposed to the legion of deceivers who insist that when Islam is properly understood, there is nothing to reform) are hunted and forced into hiding by their violence-minded coreligionists. This stymies chances for actual reform.
“A brave French imam with a bulletproof vest and a bounty on his head,” by Giulio Meotti, Israel National News, April 22, 2021 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Hassan Chalghoumi is an imam in the Drancy mosque and president of the Conference of Imams of France (the alternative to that dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood). Sentenced to death by Islamic fundamentalists, Chalghoumi must wear a bulletproof vest even in the mosque, as told by a documentary on Bfmtv that aired a few weeks ago.
To blend into anonymity, his relatives also had to sacrifice his surname, which on Islamist sites circulates everywhere, in Yemen, Iraq and in Tunisia, his native land, where a man threw himself at him to hit him shouting “Chalghoumi traitor”. Le Parisien says that Chalghoumi never sleeps two nights in the same place in France. A bounty was placed on his head by terrorists in the sum of 150,000 euros.
When he supported the law banning the burqa in public, Islamists put his mosque under siege. They entered the prayer hall and the imam was “exfiltrated”, as they say in the jargon. Because one of the Islamists exclaimed: “Aiqtalah aiqtala! Kill him! Kill him!”.
“It is the price of the freedom of someone who has lost his freedom” Chalghoumi told me. “And who could lose his life…”…
Peter Buckley says
Must admit I’m enjoying watching the ummah implode.
So-called “extremism” is of course precisely the reason so many “moderates” are now leaving the cult.
Islam is now in an impossible situation.
What wondrous times are these…….
citoyen says
Cancel culture on steroids.
If I were King of France for a day…
or even a man in a suit running a modern secular state…
Infidel says
Can we resurrect King Louis XIV, pull out the Edict of Fontainebleau, do a ‘search & replace’ of the words ‘Hugenot’ w/ the words ‘muslim’, ‘Protestant’ w/ the word ‘islam’, re-publish it w/ the edits and then get him to re-sign it? B’cos muslims would be a lot more deserving of such a purge than the Hugenots did back in the 16-17th century
Lavéritétriomphera says
@Infidel,
Louis XIV issued the Edict of Fontainebleau revoking the Edict of Nantes because the customary law of the kingdom was one faith, one law, one King http://apeuroslspawan.weebly.com/louis-xiv-ldquoone-king-one-law-one-faithrdquo-essay.
That is still topical, our real motto is: one faith (Secularism), one law, one of head of state.
We will never accept the partitioning of the country.
Infidel says
So if Protestantism couldn’t be tolerated, why is islam tolerated?
Lavéritétriomphera says
@infidel,
Salut,
Times have changed, but the soul of a nation doesn’t change. Secularism is our bastion against religious fanaticism and we will not be silent while freedom of expression is under threat.
Amitiés
Mohini says
Not surprising since it’s always been this way. Any person who has suggested modifications to the tenets of Islam or implemented them, has been exiled or killed.
gravenimage says
France: Imam supports niqab ban, Muslims threaten to kill him, put a bounty on his head
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This is one of the major reasons why there is so little reform in Islam…
Andrew Blackadder says
All together now… islam means peace… islam means peace… islam means piece… islam meanss piss… islam means piss…. keep it going guys…islam means piss…. By jove, i think Ive got it…
ROBERT CARRILLO says
Surprised? Not at all..
Giacomo Latta says
”When he supported the law banning the burqa in public, Islamists put his mosque under siege.”
At the risk of repeating myself, there is always someone more muslim that you are.
gregbeetham says
The stupid Islamists are transgressing themselves and causing corruption in the land because researchers have not found any requirement in the Koran for the wearing of the niqab or the burqa.