Here we go again with the constant and never-ending gaslighting. The CCIF in its statement below calls itself an “anti-racist association.”
What race is Islam again? What race is Islamic jihad? In reality, there are Muslims, and Islamic jihadis, of all races.
In any case, the closure of the CCIF, if it actually happens, is the first indication anywhere in the West of governing officials realizing that charges of “Islamophobia” are used to impede and obstruct counterterror efforts, and to shut down analysis of their motivating ideology.
“France to close down nation’s biggest anti-Islamophobia organisation,” 5Pillars, November 20, 2020:
France’s Interior Minister has announced plans to dissolve the country’s largest anti-Islamophobia organisation, the Collective against Islamophobia in France (CCIF).
After the killing last month of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty, who showed blasphemous cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) to his class, Gerald Darmanin declared the CCIF an “enemy of the Republic.”
In October, Darmanin took similar action against France’s biggest Muslim charity, BarakaCity.
“In accordance with the instructions of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister, I have notified the officials of the CCIF of the intention to initiate the dissolution of their organisation,” Gerald Darmanin said in a tweet yesterday. He specified that those in charge of the collective “now have 8 days to make their observations known.”
In response, the CCIF leadership said it had nothing whatsoever to do with the attack against Samuel Paty and it has been slandered by the French establishment.
“For the last week the CCIF has been slandered without interruption and in many media a real hatred has been expressed against our association, accompanied by thousands of messages of insults and threats on social networks, without the slightest reaction from the government. Although we have always been attacked in public debate, even by political figures, the defamation and false accusations which are today brought against us mark a real turning point in the process of destabilisation of human rights defenders.
“For the past week, political figures, polemicists and certain media have tried, by all means, to implicate the CCIF in the Conflans-Sainte-Honorine attack. The Minister of the Interior very quickly declared that the CCIF would be ‘obviously involved’ in this tragedy and immediately announced that he wanted to dissolve our association. And this despite the facts clearly demonstrating that the CCIF had no involvement whatsoever in this abject assassination.
“No anti-racist association has ever been entitled to such treatment in France. The accusation against us is unfortunately an extreme illustration of what many Muslims suffer in France: the suspicion of solidarity with terrorists when they are silent and the accusation of hypocritical concealment (taqiyya ) when speaking…
terry sullivan says
macron is a waste of oxygen
Templesr says
Oh your French then I bet that’s a NO I am so Shute up
mortimer says
Macron is making waves. He seems to be turning into an Islamo-REALIST.
Infidel says
On the contrary, the Macron of this year is radically different from the pusillanimous character that ran France for the last 3 years. He’s suddenly discovered a spine that he didn’t think he had. First, earlier this year, he rebuffed any demands from woke agitators to rename streets or other remnants of the ‘racist past’, and held firm, and the protests dissipated. Then, after the beheading of Samuel Paty, instead of the usual apologetics about Islam, he cracked down on the jihadists, started deporting them and is now drawing out a charter that Muslims must accept if they are to remain in France. That’s completely different from how previous leaders in Europe have acted.
Yeah, he may still be far from where we’d want him to be, but this is nothing like the past hand wringing that Western leaders did when confronted by Jihadists. Other leaders of Europe, particularly Germany, Spain, Italy and Sweden, ought to follow his lead
James Lincoln says
Infidel,
I think that you’re right about Macron. What he needs most is very strong support from the rest of the Western leaders…
LR says
Yes. It’s about time. I am quite pleased there seems to be some backbone developing, and I agree we must support every person speaking up against Jihad, supporting free speech, and an education based in critical thinking.
And, thinking of offended Muslims, that want to destroy free speech I watched this video. Again.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x7PpE15yh58
gravenimage says
How does shutting down the Islamophilic Collective against Islamophobia in France make you a waste of oxygen? This is actually a *good thing*.
Infidel says
Yeah, I think Terry is commenting based on his reputation, rather than what he’s been doing lately. Mark Steyn too noted this change in Macron, whom he habitually mocks
Antiislamicman says
Islam is not a race any fool of any colour can be a Muslim.
Muhammad was a 7th century caravan robber and a slave trader of black people.
Muhammad said the devil is a black man.
Muhammad said a black man will destroy the pagan black stone. Islam is racist.
Templer says
Well at least mumhamad was wright about something
gravenimage says
Muhammed was a racist. How does this make him right about anything?
Shaman says
I think Templer agreed with Muhammad about a Black man will destroy the pagan black stone, Gravenimage, not with Muhammad’s racism. Black People could destroy this religion of horor, since Islam is racist towards them, who knows. Hopefully this horrible religion will come to an end soon and that ugly Kaaba will be destroyed. I cannot imagine any worse ideology than Islam which will take place of Islam when it’s dead, as a person who lives in a Muslim-majority country.
peter says
Arabs were one of the greatest slave traders in the history . The same goes on even today in many muslim Arab countries with exploitation and abuse of immigrant workers from many third world countries. No international organization worth it’s salt including UN making any noise about it .
livingengine says
CAIR is part of the CCIF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wuDb2Z-810
gravenimage says
Thanks, livingengine.
somehistory says
Yes, cair is a terror org, part of the mb and should have been indicted in the trial in Dallas in 2008. It should be declared an enemy of the state and even if they don’t ban cair, they should arrest all of its members for belonging. As they arrest members of the AB, they should arrest members of the mb.
Templer says
One fine day the whole off Europe will ban Islam only hope I am not to old to fight them when it does happen
mortimer says
The police don’t need amateur fascists like you.
somehistory says
mortimer, are you not “fighting” islam? If not, then what are you doing commenting here…every day and often?
If islam gained such a foothold where you live that moslims were coming to your home to slit your throat, would you not defend yourself? It’s happening in places in Europe…schools, Christmas markets, restaurants, theaters. Those of us in the U.S. may face that sooner than we’d be prepared for with biden and harris making such grand moslim plans.
You enjoy too much calling people “fascists.” Look up the word in an ***old*** dictionary. It does not mean one who is ready to defend himself against evil.
mortimer says
The ‘Islamophobia’ smear is indeed GASLIGHTING … which is the practice of brainwashing or convincing mentally healthy people that they are going insane or that their understanding of reality is mistaken or false.
GASLIGHTING is a DISINFORMATION technique used by Islamists and their allies to short-circuit intelligent discussion of the very real jihad terror threat which stems from Islam’s authentic PRIMARY SOURCE TEXTS. Jihad is highly codified in Islam and we need to learn all we can about it so we can stop from happening. Jihad produces an average of 50 deaths per day in an average of 5 jihad attacks each day of the year.
Fred van de Bunt says
CCIF said they moved their operations abroad already, adding that the French State cannot stop them:
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/11/326590/france-to-dissolve-leading-anti-islamophobia-organization/
This means:
1) they are not going to defend themselves in courts against slander, and a wrongful decision of the French state, which they state they are victims of;
2) they deliberately avoid a frank discussion with the French State, that gave them 8 days for this.
3) they clearly avoid any democratic control, and this does not bode well.
Infidel says
What it means is
1) They know they have no legal case
2) As cowards, they’ve turned tail and run to the nearest country that’s still stupid enough to shelter them
I just wish we could do the same thing to Antifa, BLM and CAIR
gravenimage says
They are giving up and leaving, This is actually a good thing.
As far as their being a threat from abroad, no doubt they were *already* active in Dar-al-Islam.
tim gallagher says
I keep thinking that having an extreme dislike of evil, barbaric Islam, (being Islamophobic as I am) is the correct attitude for any decent person to have, and I do notice that the Le Pens do pretty well in elections in France, so many French people (not enough yet) do loathe Islam, which is good. I have trouble understanding how anyone, except for the Muslim enemy, could keep on defending islam. After so many terrorist attacks, beheadings, rape gangs, etc, you would think almost everyone would see what an evil thing Islam is by now. As mentioned, it is beyond stupid the way there is this claim made that loathing islam is “racist”. Islam is so obviously not anything to do with any particular race or skin colour,. It is a disgusting, evil ideology which has followers of all skin colours. Nothing to do with race. But, of course, any bullshit will do from the defenders of Islam. It has been good to see Macron getting a little tougher lately, though he is still pretty piss weak on Islam.
Crusades Were Right says
“Where we are WEAK we call you ‘Islamophobes’ and ‘racists’…
…but where we are STRONG we call you ‘kafirs’ and ‘dhimmis'”.
gravenimage says
+1
Keith O says
It would seem that Macron and a large section of the French people are finally coming to terms with the concept that they have been invaded and are at war with a barbarous army.
gravenimage says
France to close down nation’s biggest anti-Islamophobia org, which claims closure is motivated by ‘racism’
…………….
A bit more good news out of France.
And no–Islam is not a race.
Shaman says
F*ck anyone those who cry “OSLOMOPHOBOOOOOOO”.
I want to hit on faces of those who cry this claptrap word after millions of non-Muslims dead.
jca reid says
Islam is NOT A RACE!! No mention of the 100 MILLION plus souls enslaved by Muslims over the centuries. No mention that major Muslim countries formally gave up slavery only in the 1960’s. No mention of the treatment of 3rd World emigres who work in these countries which borders on Slavery, but certainly ruthless exploitation & breaking Human Rights with impunity.
somehistory says
Sometimes, when there is “group think,’ it takes a “thinking” person facing a challenge to separate from the “group,” and think about what is right in front of the eyes.
Mr. Macron has been trying to govern a country overrun by moslims and battling against “group think” that says it’s a “phobia” to denounce islam for its evil, to tell the truth about islam, to stand up to moslim bullies and their supporters when they are whining, calling names, making threats and killing people.
It isn’t racist and it isn’t an unreasonable view….whether fear or realism…to stand up and tell the Truth. islam is from satan the devil, and its adherents want us all bowing to them or dead; not telling the Truth for all to hear.