The Scum of France

The “Scum” of France
by AbuOmar, 8 Nov 2005

Nicolas Sarkozy, the country's tough-talking interior minister, hardly
helped when he characterized the young men responsible for the violence
as la racaille. He was also the one responsible for pushing an
irresponsible and discriminatory law banning veils and headscarfs on
Muslim female students. He was also the one who pledged loudly to clean
the slums again using a slur, to “Karcher” - power hose them.

Now, the “scum” of France want to burn him. Interviews with the youngsters
aged no more than 16 reveal a clear revulsion for Sarkozy. They say that
they will not let up until Sarkozy, who incidentally comes from a
Hungarian immigrant family, is sacked.

The spark that inflamed what is inappropriately termed as the French
intifadah comes after two teenagers were accidentally killed in an
electrical power substation while running away from police. Then as the
rioting started, police fired tear gas into a mosque in Clichy-sous-Bois
which was packed with people in congregational prayers. There was neither
regret nor a show of empathy from the authorities.

The pattern of police harassment contributed to the fear, the intimidation
and the hate of the youth. Muslim and 2nd and 3rd generation Arab and Non
white immigrants are stopped and searched whenever it pleases the police.
The police raid and forcibly enter houses and humiliate their parents by
making them lie on the floor. All of these happen under the watchful and
vengeful eyes of the young.

These remind us of the discrimination and oppression the Blacks suffer in
America. In a way it also reflects the abominable Israeli occupation. A
familiar racist theme in punishing the poor and the destitute.

A rioting teenager said this: “They took my grandparents from his home
country and forced them to work for them here and do the dirty menial
chores which they themselves loathe to do. They made my parents work and
labour in their factories. They had nothing for us and treat us as
“scum”. Now, they are being paid back in return by us!”

This also reminds us of what injustice does to security as mentioned by Dr
Ahmad Totonji a while back. In the Qur’an it says that those who believe
and do not cloak their iman with injustice, they are entitled to
security; they are the ones with guidance. If people continue with the
injustice, they cannot achieve security and they have to deal with it
themselves and not make us, Muslims as scapegoats.

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