“French President Emmanuel Macron has launched a campaign against political Islam and Islamist ‘separatism’ over the past years.” Yet France is inconsistent in its approach. Leaving its borders wide open for infiltration is not prudent if Macron really wants to combat “political Islam and Islamist separatism.” France’s open borders are, in fact, an open invitation to those who are engaged in spreading political Islam and Islamist separatism. France’s academic institutions are also problematic. Take the recent case of French researcher Florence Bergeaud-Blackler of the prestigious Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Her conference at the Sorbonne to discuss her book about the Muslim Brotherhood was recently cancelled for “security reasons,” which is often a bogus excuse given to cover efforts to stifle free speech about issues that the institutions involved don’t want discussed. The European Conservative reports:
The French university has long been under the strong influence of what one may call ‘Islamo-leftism,’ i.e., the complacency of a part of the academic elite towards militant Islam, preventing any critical distance and any analysis of the Muslim religion and world. A researcher has just paid the price, seeing her planned conference at the Sorbonne on the Muslim Brotherhood ‘suspended,’ supposedly for security reasons.
Florence Bergeaud-Blackler believes that she is not in a position to do her job properly, even though she belongs to a state organisation specialising in research.
In fact, the European Conservative describes “a generalised resignation of the academic world in the face of cancel culture and Islam.”
The French government needs to confront the academic elite in order to protect the freedoms of thought and expression. The “Islamophobia” subterfuge has stymied efforts all across the West to educate people about Muslim Brotherhood maneuvering and the stealth jihad.
While France’s efforts are to be applauded for cutting off funding from the Muslim Brotherhood, France is in essence sabotaging itself. Open-door immigration needs to stop and “Islamo-leftism” (the red-green axis) needs to be confronted for its efforts to stifle the freedom of expression.
“France’s authorities freeze 25 million euros of Muslim Brotherhood’s funds: Le Figaro,” Egypt Today, May 18, 2023:
CAIRO – 19 May 2023: French authorities have frozen 25 million euros of the funds of the Muslim Brotherhood in France to limit the group’s activities, reported French daily newspaper Le Figaro this week.
The authorities have suspended eight out of 20 funds belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, after the General Directorate for Internal Security detected the suspicious funds linked to political Islam in France, sources told the French newspaper.
The funds were established in 2008 to direct money to the activities of general interest. However, the money of the funds was used illegally to operate and do maintenance for the mosques known to be close to the Muslim Brotherhood group, according to the sources.
The French authorities found legal evidence that requires resolving four of these funds, including the European Fund for Muslim Women, the Canadian Fund and Apogee Fund….
Bexarkat says
The French must be onto something…. Perhaps Uncle Joe will pay attention….naw, that won’t happen.
jewdog says
French authorities are probably captive to the notion that organizations like the MB are perversions of Islam, so borders open to all Muslims indiscriminately should be no problem. It’s the skittles dilemma write large: Would you take one from a handful if you knew one or two was poisoned? Not me.
DHZ says
And to this day there are many non Muslim Western scholars who would argue that the MB is not a terrorist organization. The Dunning Kreuger effect applies to college graduates as much as it does to the general population. So some of these supporters are just people who don’t know they are wrong and don’t know that they don’t know. In any case all Muslims who belong to the MB are “separatists” which by it’s nature ensures that Muslims will always be at odds with the rest of the World. Macron must surely know that it is inherently impossible for Islam to ever become compatible with any other religion/political ideology or stand up comedy routine.
“Open-door immigration needs to stop and “Islamo-leftism” (the red-green axis) needs to be confronted for its efforts to stifle the freedom of expression.” ?
James Lincoln says
DHZ,
Some readers may be unaware of the Dunning-Kreuger effect:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dunning-kruger-effect
OLD GUY says
Are the French politicians growing a pair? Or are the people of France tired of supporting the muslim migrants who live off of social programs and demand more and more while they complain and attack the citizens of France.
American politicians need to pay attention and restrict our borders and enforce our immigration laws. It is time to stop the Islamic/Muslim migration Invasion.