Houellebecq was talking about armed action against Muslim institutions, as “resistance” after “entire territories come under the control of Islam.” At least from the looks of the report below, he was not advocating violence or vigilantism, only noting that it would likely come. That may be Houellebecq’a view, but as far as the Grand Mosque of Paris is concerned, he may not hold it. Their criminal complaint is only going to make people in France think that Houellebecq was right, and that some Muslims are trying to shut down all negative speech about Islam and impose an intellectual conformity that would conform to Sharia speech restrictions.
As for me, I do not support any violence or vigilante action. Nor do I believe that Houellebecq should be prosecuted or punished in any way for expressing his views.
“Paris Mosque Files Complaint Against French Islamophobic Writer,” by Eddie Hudson, 24PalNews, December 30, 2022 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
On Thursday, the Grand Mosque of Paris announced the opening of a criminal case against French writer Michel Houellebecq over his anti-Muslim statements amid a surge of Islamophobia in the country.
The decision came after a “long conversation” between Houellebecq and another writer, Michel Onfray, and was published in Front Populaire magazine in November, the statement said.
In the article, Houellebecq said that people in France are “arming” and may attack Muslim institutions when “whole territories come under Islamic control.”
“People are arming. They buy rifles and take shooting courses … I think that resistance actions will occur when entire territories come under the control of Islam. Well, the Bataclan is the other way around,” he said.
For the officials of the Grand Mosque of Paris, these “lapidary remarks” were “unacceptable and incredibly cruel.”…
The statement noted that while criticism of religion is permitted in a democratic society, the comments in the article “call for the complete rejection and exclusion of the Muslim component.”
“Under these circumstances, the Grand Mosque of Paris has decided to file a complaint… against what it considers to be an act of inciting hatred against Muslims,” the agency added.
Linde B. says
Hatred of Islam is not the same as hatred
of Muslims. And in my humble opinion,
Islam should be outlawed in all Western nations. Everyone in Western nations
should hate Islam. Yet, I believe in FREE SPEECH FOREVER. But unfortunately
Islam does not. More than half the population of Afghanistan is suffering
right now-Jan. 2023-from food shortages and lack of hygienic products, but the Taliban officials in the government of Afghanistan are only concerned with
being “disrespected”. They are lousy, demonic leaders. Islam in my opinion,
is the religion of Satan 😈 because it
denies the crucifixion of Jesus Christ,
God Incarnate. It is one thing to choose
not to believe something spiritually, but
to deny that a historical fact happened?
That is disillusionment! 🤪 Islam supports that disillusionment.
Jim J Fox says
Agreed. If as a kaffir you don’t hate Islam only two possibilities – you are totally ignorant… or have serious mental health issues.
SecondEve2 says
Strange, isn’t it? The same people who keep complaining about the unfairness of Islamophobia, ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO PRODUCE SO MANY TERRORISTS, WHO PROCLAIM THEY ARE TERRORISTS BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGION!
James Lincoln says
SecondEve2,
Certainly seems “strange” and illogical to a non-muslims.
For muslims, they are just following the tenets of islam.
Michael Copeland says
The Paris mosque complains that
“the comments in the article “call for the complete rejection and exclusion of the Muslim component.””
The mosque has decided to file a complaint… against what it considers to be
“an act of inciting hatred against Muslims”.
Islamic law calls for the complete rejection and exclusion of the non-muslim component. See Koran 3:85:
“And whoever desires other than Islam as religion – never will it be accepted from him,….”
Koran (Islamic law) 60:4 incites hatred against non-muslims. It praises, as an “excellent pattern”, the announcement by Ibrahim (a muslim) to the Jews:
“between us and you enmity and hatred forever”.
Hypocrisy.
Michael Copeland says
“Enmity and hate shall forever reign between us” – Osama bin Laden
“Muslims …must have … enmity and hatred of …kaffirs” – islamqa.com
“The Muslim nation is one nation, to the exclusion of all others” – placard
https://gatesofvienna.net/2020/02/islams-agenda-muslims-speak/
Fitna says
Remember these are the same people who will make it legal to rape marry women and children…as well as terrorism as SecondEve2 pointed out above. If they’re giving us trouble now, it’s just a tip of the iceberg of the evil they will unleash on us if they take over.
Ofc they’re going to cry about Islamophobia, right till the very end. If they could kill us instead they would, but their numbers are too small so they resort to threats and intimidation. The key is to ignore their whining and push to have them deported and their evil death cult banned.
I hope they find a Charles Martel II, to expel the Muslims once again from France and eventually Europe.
gravenimage says
France: Grand Mosque of Paris files criminal complaint against writer for ‘Islamophobia’
…………………………………………..
Michel Houellebecq wrote the novel “Submission”. This envisions an Islamic party winning in France after allying with the Socialists and imposing Shari’ah law. In his novel, most Frenchmen, including his protagonist, just supinely submit. Not really fiction…
James Lincoln says
gravenimage,
Regarding the novel, from Wikipedia:
“Marine Le Pen commented in an interview with France Info radio that the novel is “a fiction that could one day become reality.””
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submission_(novel)
Westman says
“..call for the complete rejection and exclusion of the Muslim component”
Well, that’s easy enough. Michel Houellebecq and Michel Onfray should take a different approach. All Muslims are not involved in making French society more dangerous. Be specific.
Try this approach, “The people, who burn cars on New Years and have violent demonstrations at every offense, have so undermined the French peoples sense of security that some might be inclined to arm themselves for protection.” Criticise the anti-French behaviors, rather than Islam.
No mention of Islam and if there is some criticism by the, “Grand Masjid”, the obvious reply would be: “Are you saying that it is your people who burn the cars and violently demonstrate?”
It can’t be criticised by Muslims without admitting it is Muslims doing the mayhem. They won’t pin the tail on their own donkey.
Scotsman48 says
In Belgium today,Jan 2023, there is a Legal Political Party known as The Islam Party and they openly state, loudly and often, on TV,Radio or on the streets of Brussels that they will turn Belgium into an islamic Nation once they take over the Government.
Remember that Brussels is the Capital of Belgium but is also the HQ of the EU.
I mentioned this recently to a 30 year old woman from Belgium and she laughed at my suggestion of her country becoming an islamic Nation where she will be required to wear islamic dress.
So if I tell a muslim fellow that I think his religion appears to be very violent and he then attacks me very violently for saying this then is he being a good muslim fellow by doing so?.
Inquiring minds want to know.
muslims around the World are laughing in the faces of Europeans while they piss on their shoes and tell them its raining.
clem.alford@talk21.com says
In my experience it is impossible to have a rational discussion with Islamists. Their indoctrination from childhood is so ingrained they really believe the absurd. For example Md. flew to heaven on a winged horse or that the sun sets in a muddy puddle!! Now they confuse the issue with race and say that opposition to Islam is racist. Since when has a religion become a race issue but that’s what they and their leftist supporters do.
libertyORdeath says
You nailed it. This disconnect is present in nearly every aspect of Western society today. We can’t have a real debate because we’re not relying on the same accepted facts as the other side.
We believe in free speech while the leftist/islamist alliance believes only in censorship and totalitarianism.
We believe in biology while the other side insists that men can be women and vice-versa and that men can get pregnant.
We believe in border security and the sanctity of citizenship while they use overly-generous asylum laws to game the system and replace the native population.
We believe that all people have the right to produce energy and strive for prosperity while they push for eco-totalitarianism and devolution.
We recognize the supremacist, authoritarian, chauvinistic, terroristic nature of islam while they insist that it is a “religion of peace”
We recognize that abortion is equal to child murder while they push a population control agenda.
It will be nearly impossible to come to any type of compromise when the other side is indoctrinated into a cult-like faith in ridiculous concepts. If reality is ignored at every turn, ther is little hope for change or progress.
R_not says
too bad they don’t file a counter suit for islam’s unbelieverophobia!!! That is worse than any islamophobe accusation!! When a ‘holey’ book says it is ok to kill or subjugate someone because they don’t worship their ‘god’ then that is worse. Maybe bring out the fact that islam is a deen and the ‘religion’ part of it falls down the ladder of its other objectives!!
Islam is a deen. This effectively translates as a totalitarian political and legal system, using force to control subjugated peoples.
Islam is a DEEN. What does that mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CaH2LJWk8U
tim gallagher says
This writer must be on the right track if the Grand Mosque are going after him. It amazes me how Muslims expect not to cop any criticism and hatred from their victims, the non-Muslims, when Muslims continually carry out terrorist attacks (over 40,000 since the 9/11 attacks), the rape gangs, etc, yet they seem to somehow think that they should remain above criticism, that is, islamophobia. To me, the more islamphobia the better because it means that more people are finally waking up to islam’s vile nature, and it is about time.