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than 1,000 armed soldiers have been deployed onto the streets of France
after a spate of Islamic terrorist attacks across the nation have left
many French citizens critical of the government’s denialism, and fearful
of increasing violence.
Breitbart The move stands in contrast to the official line of the French government that the attacks, in which the assailants were reported in all cases to
have shouted the Arabic salutation “Allahu Akbar” as they commenced
their rampages, had nothing to do with terrorism, and were completely
unrelated. The government has come under fire from opposition parties
for its denial of a terrorism link, with French social media users
reportedly cheering on the straight-talking rejection by the Front
National (FN).
The Times reports
the comments of FN deputy leader Florian Philippot which have
apparently got social media users excited: “This is obviously terrorism…
I wish they would stop playing politics and ideology, telling us that
there are systematically isolated acts by disturbed people”. France has
the largest Muslim population of any Western European nation, and the FN
believes the government is reluctant to say anything that could
antagonise the millions of Muslims settled in the country.
Many of the large, suburban
communities are known for their exceptional violence during the new year
celebrations, indulging in mass car-burnings and rioting are
predominantly Muslim. The French government euphemistically designates
these areas “Sensitive Urban Zones” and earmarks them for special
policing and spending programmes, but to ordinary Frenchmen they are
better known as “no-go zones”, where emergency services dare not tread.
The attacks have highlighted the
difficulty of pre-empting lone-wolf style Muslim attacks, and the
frightening speed in which Islamic radicalization can take place. The
mother of police station knife attacker Muslim convert Nzohabonayo has
reported her son only started taking an interest in religion, and
wearing traditional Islamic clothes a week before the attack.
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