French Riots starting to look like Israel
The news from Paris is very sad, riots and conflict is spreading across the country. There is a lesson in all of this, it's not as simple as saying France is racist or has neglected the Muslim community. The lesson concerns how the French government is dealing with the problem. Right or wrong they are using force to supress the violence. For an excellent analysis of the mental model of the rioters see the article by Theodore Dalrymple in City Journal. http://www.city-journal.org/printable.php?id=1885. This is a big fuzzy story that begs to be resolved by our media and policitians, it remains to be seen if anyone of stature will have the courage to say what is actually motivating people and what should be done to address those motives.
The large influx of immigrants into France has resulted in a major social problem. Quantitatively they have a difficult path ahead, millions of poor, largely uneducated people. Ohh, there's one more thing, most of them are Muslim which makes assimilation into French society that much more difficult due to it's incompatibility with democracy, Judaism and Christianity That adds to the complexity of the situation for the French. Last, it is said that Al-Qaeda is scurrying around recruiting. France has a really big headache here. It appears that several other western nations will have to start making the same choices. England's Muslims are calling for sharia law and Islamic rule over at least portions of that country.
See the report at Debka File Website. The riots are not spontaneous discontent as reported on the US media. http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1107
My point is this, Israel has been the roughly the same boat for several decades, in fact they built their country in the midst of a similar demographic and religious conflict matrix. But, the world has largely criticised Israel for how they handle present day violence and social situations. There is a striking resemblance of present French troubles to what Israel has been saturated with for years. So maybe it's time for the world to give Israel the same benefits and understanding that France is receiving. Maybe it's time to recognize where the root of the problems for each country originate. I'm talking about jihad, whether blatant violent jihad or demographic floods it amount to the same overwhelming of non muslim countries. Read Bat Yeor's Eurabia if you want to get a load on this trend.
There won't be peace in any of the 2 dozen of more of this type of world social conflicts until people really decide they want peace. The people of Islam have to renounce violence, world conquest and other types of Jihadist goals. Unfortunately for today's society, my view is that this present day religious violence is part of the overturning process that the Bible says will tear down the present world order. The aftermath will be the peaceable kingdom of God visibly established on the earth. A more immediate set of questions arise. Will France become Islamicized? Will France shift politically more against Israel ? Will France be one of those in Ezekiel 38 who ask "are you come to take a spoil? ", asking because they may become nationally impotent to do anything more? These are possibilities.
Zech 12 tells of those who will be broken if they mess with Jerusalem. France certainly falls into that category if you follow their history since the 1919 Paris peace conference through more recent arms shipments into the middle east and political opposition to Israel in the UN and the EU.
Isa 2 tells of the time when nations will beat swords into plowshares, when all peoples will go to Jerusalem to learn of the God of Israel. Gone will be the time when various national, ethnic and religious groups all try to take over Israel. I believe this vision will come...soon. I sure hope it does, the human race is really hurting and only God's kingdom can cure that pain.
The large influx of immigrants into France has resulted in a major social problem. Quantitatively they have a difficult path ahead, millions of poor, largely uneducated people. Ohh, there's one more thing, most of them are Muslim which makes assimilation into French society that much more difficult due to it's incompatibility with democracy, Judaism and Christianity That adds to the complexity of the situation for the French. Last, it is said that Al-Qaeda is scurrying around recruiting. France has a really big headache here. It appears that several other western nations will have to start making the same choices. England's Muslims are calling for sharia law and Islamic rule over at least portions of that country.
See the report at Debka File Website. The riots are not spontaneous discontent as reported on the US media. http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1107
My point is this, Israel has been the roughly the same boat for several decades, in fact they built their country in the midst of a similar demographic and religious conflict matrix. But, the world has largely criticised Israel for how they handle present day violence and social situations. There is a striking resemblance of present French troubles to what Israel has been saturated with for years. So maybe it's time for the world to give Israel the same benefits and understanding that France is receiving. Maybe it's time to recognize where the root of the problems for each country originate. I'm talking about jihad, whether blatant violent jihad or demographic floods it amount to the same overwhelming of non muslim countries. Read Bat Yeor's Eurabia if you want to get a load on this trend.
There won't be peace in any of the 2 dozen of more of this type of world social conflicts until people really decide they want peace. The people of Islam have to renounce violence, world conquest and other types of Jihadist goals. Unfortunately for today's society, my view is that this present day religious violence is part of the overturning process that the Bible says will tear down the present world order. The aftermath will be the peaceable kingdom of God visibly established on the earth. A more immediate set of questions arise. Will France become Islamicized? Will France shift politically more against Israel ? Will France be one of those in Ezekiel 38 who ask "are you come to take a spoil? ", asking because they may become nationally impotent to do anything more? These are possibilities.
Zech 12 tells of those who will be broken if they mess with Jerusalem. France certainly falls into that category if you follow their history since the 1919 Paris peace conference through more recent arms shipments into the middle east and political opposition to Israel in the UN and the EU.
Isa 2 tells of the time when nations will beat swords into plowshares, when all peoples will go to Jerusalem to learn of the God of Israel. Gone will be the time when various national, ethnic and religious groups all try to take over Israel. I believe this vision will come...soon. I sure hope it does, the human race is really hurting and only God's kingdom can cure that pain.
posted by J B at
Monday, November 07, 2005
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