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posted by janrinok on Thursday April 19 2018, @12:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the oh-good-stronger-copyright-laws-/s dept.

French president challenges 'inward-looking nationalist selfishness' in Europe:

Emmanuel Macron has outlined his vision for the future of the European Union in Strasbourg. The 40-year-old, who secured the French Presidency in May on a pro-EU platform amid a populist surge in the bloc, delivered his highly anticipated speech to over 700 MEPs in the European Parliament on Tuesday.

Macron challenged "inward-looking nationalist selfishness" amid populist sentiment in the bloc and pushed for a more united and reinvigorated Europe. "Nationalism will lead Europe into the abyss. We see authoritarianism rising all around us," he said. "The response should not be authoritarian democracy but the authority of democracy."

Macron also sought to tackle the "poisoned debate" on migration, proposing the creation of a European programme that could subsidise local authorities which host and integrate refugees.

In a speech which touched on a range of issues, Macron recommended that copyright law be tightened to protect artists' "genius" and reiterated his support for tougher environmental legislation.

Meanwhile, Macron wants to "reform" Islam:

Speaking alongside the flag-draped coffin of a police officer killed in a terrorist attack in southern France, President Emmanuel Macron last month lay blame on "underground Islamism" and those who "indoctrinate on our soil and corrupt daily." The attack added further urgency to a project already in the works: Macron has embarked on a controversial quest to change Islam in France — with the goal of integration but also preventing radicalization.

He has said that in the coming months he will announce "a blueprint for the whole organization" of Islam. And those trying to anticipate what that will look like are turning their attention to Hakim El Karoui, a leading voice on how Islamic traditions fit within French culture.

It's hard to miss that the man who appears to have Macron's ear on this most sensitive of subjects cuts a similar figure. Like the president, El Karoui is an ex-Rothschild investment banker with an elite social pedigree who favors well-tailored suits, crisp white shirts and the lofty province of big ideas. The latest of those ideas is this: that the best way to integrate Islam within French society is to promote a version of the religion "practiced in peace by believers who will not have the need to loudly proclaim their faith."

Also at BBC.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @03:56AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 19 2018, @03:56AM (#668840)

    Nor do you mention that Muslims have always been permitted to steal the daughters of anyone living in or near Islam. We see that happening repeatedly in Africa today - Muslims show up at a girl's school, and steal girls by the hundreds.

    Citation please? Because I think you are spinning the actions of those abductors for your own disingenuous arguments.

    Again, citation for their motive please.

  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Thursday April 19 2018, @02:04PM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 19 2018, @02:04PM (#669094) Journal

    Fair enough. Our media pussyfoots around the issue, never really addressing it. Al Jazeera knows these people far better than our mass media moguls.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2014/04/nigeria-kidnapped-girls-sold-into-marriage-2014430174029374520.html [aljazeera.com]

    Nigeria's kidnapped girls sold into marriage

    More than 200 kidnapped girls and women have been reportedly sold into marriage with their Boko Haram abductors for $12.

    Scores of young girls and women kidnapped from a school in Nigeria are being forced to marry their Boko Haram abductors, a local human rights group has reported.

    Halite Aliyu, of the Borno-Yobe People’s Forum, told the Associated Press on Wednesday that more than 200 girls who were kidnapped two weeks ago had been sold to the fighters for $12.

    Aliyu said the information given about the mass weddings was coming from villagers in the Sambisa Forest, on Nigeria’s border with Cameroon where Boko Haram was known to have a number of hideouts.

    "The latest reports are that they have been taken across the borders, some to Cameroon and Chad,'' Aliyu said.

      It was not possible to verify the reports.

    "Some of them (the kidnapped girls) have been married off to insurgents. A medieval kind of slavery. You go and capture women and then sell them off."

    Trophy wives. Mohammed said it was perfectly alright to enslave an enemy's women, to take them in "marriage". Do with them as you will, they are yours, a reward for winning the battle.

    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday April 19 2018, @07:12PM (4 children)

      by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday April 19 2018, @07:12PM (#669234)

      One of these assumptions must be wrong.

      1) the girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram
      2) the girls were sold to Boko Haram

      Surely BH can't be selling them to itself? Or the head honchos are selling them to their underlings?

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      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday April 19 2018, @10:00PM (2 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 19 2018, @10:00PM (#669343) Journal

        No, actually, the two statements aren't mutually exclusive. My employer often has special little sales, in which products are made available to employees, but not the outside community. Other local employers do the same. Pilgrim's, for instance, has a store in a nearby town, in which they sell bulk products to their own employees.

        Your final question nails the situation. In the case under discussion, Boko Haram, conducts a raid, and captures a bunch of young women. They have a "salable product", but no readily accessible market. Boko Haram leadership decides to sell the product to it's own employees. And, of course, the military age males find these young women of child bearing age attractive - SOLD! "Sure, Boss, you can keep my wages for the last three months - I'll take that little hotty with the doe eyes!"

        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @09:15AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 20 2018, @09:15AM (#669571)

          My employer often has special little sales, in which products are made available to employees, but not the outside community.

          Wholey shit!!! Runaway's employer is involved in the sales of young girls??? And this makes Boko Haram legit? OMG! Or at least some God!!! Runaway, you need to find a new job, because where you are is putting you in danger of complicity in human trafficing. And clearly the toxic work environment is corroding you mind, as evident in your posts here. Type "I served on a Destroyer" if you need help. We will get a crack team of Soylentils right down there to extract you, you poor thing.

        • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday April 21 2018, @08:12AM

          by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Saturday April 21 2018, @08:12AM (#670008) Homepage
          Nah, Boko Haram conducts a raid, captures all the little boys, leaves the girls.
          Boko Haram gets no press coverage from this event.
          Next time Boko Haram conducts a raid, it captures all the little girls.

          Get your history right.
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      • (Score: 1, Troll) by FatPhil on Saturday April 21 2018, @08:15AM

        by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Saturday April 21 2018, @08:15AM (#670009) Homepage
        > Surely BH can't be selling them to itself?

        That is as stupid a statement as "surely English companies can't be selling (imported in this case) things to English buyers!!?!?1!??!yks!".
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