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- Yves Mamou: Europe: "Big
Business" Colludes with Islamism
- John R. Bolton: America Needs a
Post-ISIS Strategy
by Yves Mamou • July 1, 2017 at
5:00 am
- For
"Big Business," the more things that are declared
"forbidden" in the name of Islam, the more products
declared "permitted" must be produced for "good
Muslims" to buy.
- In
the 1970s, Iran and Saudi Arabia, which were engaged in a
competition to spread their vision of Islam worldwide, found
help from multinationals such as Nestlé, which had in mind the
creation of the large global halal food market.
- The
next stage is that if most Muslims consider a veil and halal
food an Islamic obligation, they will soon ask for sharia law
and Islamic courts -- as in Great Britain.
Shop sign
in French and Arabic for a halal butcher's shop in Rue de Patay,
Paris. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons / Mu)
When there is a profit to be made, capitalism has no
political spirit and can collude with any ideology -- from
democracies to totalitarian tyrannies. This view was most recently
set forth by the French anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blackler
in her book, "Le marché halal ou l'invention d'une
tradition" ("The Halal Market or the Invention of a
Tradition").
Bergeaud-Blackler claims in her book that
"halal" food (food that, in Islam, is religiously
permitted) was "recently invented" as a label and as a
potential commercial market, in a collusion between Iranian
fundamentalists and multinational agrifood businesses. In an
interview with the French daily newspaper, Liberation, she
said:
by John R. Bolton • June 30, 2017
at 10:00 am
Russia has
a new air base at Latakia, Syria, is involved in combat operations,
and issues diktats about where American warplanes in the region may
fly. Pictured: A Russian Air Force Su-24 passes a Syrianair Airbus
A320 at Latakia. (Image source: mil.ru/Wikimedia Commons)
The headlines out of Syria are eye-catching: There
are signs the Assad government may be planning another chemical
attack. American pilots have struck forces threatening our allies
and shot down a Syrian plane and Iranian-made drones. The
probability of direct military confrontation between the U.S. and
Russia has risen. Yet the coverage of these incidents and the
tactical responses that have been suggested obscure the broader
story: The slow-moving campaign against Islamic State is finally
nearing its conclusion — yet major, long-range strategic issues
remain unresolved.
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