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In reply to the discussion: Rise of far-right in France after Paris Attacks [View all]politicman
(710 posts)1) I'm glad we agree that there is racism in the Front National, I don't care about it's 'philosophy', I only care that it advocates discriminating against certain peoples. As doe the driver of its success, I have no doubt that some of it has to do with economics, but lets be honest, the majority of its latest support which helped it soar in the polls came after the Paris attacks and there can only be one reason for that.
2) I think you should amend your statement to read the following way "The colour of people of North African origin is not a plus during a recruitment interview when that North African is competing against a 'true' French person, as in someone who is either white or not muslim"
There fixed it for you, that sounds so much more like reality than your sentence did.
3) Political Islam is the same amount of hindrance to development as is the Republican party here in the U.S and many other major political parties in many countries in the world.
And again, I already explained why Atuturk tried to get rid of the Islamic element of Turkish culture, obviously its what benefitted the colonial powers who defeated the Ottomans.
As for Nasser and others, as I said, the reason the kept political Islam at bay was to protect their iron grip hold on power. When take power without an election then you tend to want to hold back anyone or any party that can threaten your hold on power.
4) These terrorists feels vindicated when they plot and carry out terror acts because they have the ability to show death and destruction caused at the hands of the west as easily as I can show you the words in a book.