Tony Blair yesterday told radical Muslims that they had a “duty to integrate” into British society and warned them they could not be allowed to override what he described as the country’s core values of democracy, tolerance and respect for the law. “Our tolerance is part of what makes Britain, Britain. Conform to it; or…
Before leaving the Netherlands for the United States last summer, Ayaan Hirsi Ali said: “I am leaving, but the questions about the future of Islam in our country remain.” With the exile of the Somali congresswoman, the combat against Muslim integrationists escalated, and the polemic over Islam and integration seems to be stomped out in…
The number of people charged by police with racially aggravated offenses rose by 28% last year, figures have shown. Out of a total of 7,430 cases, 6,123 defendants were taken to court between April 2005 and April 2006, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Statistics also showed 43 people were charged with religiously-aggravated offenses, a rise…
They set fire to two places of worship in Annecy in 2004: four young extremists are judged during a week of trials, a first for this type of affair. The trial court at Haute-Savoi is as of this morning trying two veterans, a supporter of PSG, and a chauffeur. They are accused of having burned…
The recent efforts to bring forth an Islam “_ la fran_aise” is running up against resistance from the countries of origin of French Muslim immigrants, anxious to preserve their influence. The training of imams in France would be the key to deveoping an Islam integrated into the Republic; a French Islam. This training remains precarious,…
