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Thursday, November 03, 2005

French Muslim Riots: The European Future

The riots in France are obviously very disturbing. Violence erupted days ago when two Muslim teens hid from police in a power substation and were electrocuted and has gotten worse ever since.

Notice how long it takes for the AP article to mention that the riots were taking place in Muslim neighborhoods (at first it just says a "band of youths"). Then, when the article discloses that the riots were started my Muslims, the journalist adds:

The violence has exposed deep discontent in neighborhoods where African and Muslim immigrants and their French-born children are trapped by poverty, unemployment, racial discrimination, crime, poor education and housing.

So in effect, it's not even their fault for starting riots - they are simply the peaceful, sympathetic victims. Europe needs to wake up because this is their future if they aren't more careful with Muslim immigration and integration.