Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Paris riots: almost amusing

From USA Today:

In a rare show of unity, the Islamic community is working in tandem with the French authorities, which requested that local Muslim imams help restore peace. The imams appealed for calm but to no avail. This week, the Union of French Islamic Organizations stepped up efforts by issuing a fatwa, or religious decree, condemning the riots.

The fact is that most youth do not identify with Islam or religious leaders in this situation because their discontent is not about religion. It's about justice.

Like I said earlier in the week, the reason that the rioter didn't respond to the local imams is that they are not being controlled by the local imams, Rather, they area being controlled by force outside the country -- al Qaida and Iran. "Discontent" about "justice" doesn't build bomb factories.

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