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BBC NEWS | World | Europe | French jihadis thrive on alienation

Posted on December 13th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | French jihadis thrive on alienation

Writer Olivier Roy, author of Globalised Islam, says the main problem is not so much social deprivation as lack of a clear cultural identity.

“They have been uprooted,” he says. “They are alienated from traditional Islam and their parents.”

French policeman escorts a suspected Islamic radical in November 2005 in Bourges
French police frequently arrest suspected radicals in the suburbs
The young men who carried out the London bombings did not view themselves as members of the Pakistani community but as members of a radical Muslim Umma, Mr Roy notes.

“The same is happening in France,” he says.

No one knows exactly how many French Muslims have gone down the same route.

Yacine, a 17-year-old from Saint-Denis near Paris, reckons that five “out of more than 100 kids I know” have become radical.

This percentage seems in line with estimates from police, who believe that about 50 of France’s 1,600 mosques or prayer halls are under the influence of extremists.

Of course, not all radicals are prepared to take up arms. Mr Roy says the number of jihadis in France could be around 1,000.

Olivier Roy argues that the government is wrong to regard the global jihad primarily as a religious phenomenon. Some disaffected youths, he says, are attracted to al-Qaeda simply because of its fighting image.

“In the 1970s they would have joined the radical Left. Today they join radical Islam, both because they often have Muslim roots and because it is the main violent ideology available.”

If militants do not draw their force from Islam itself, putting Muslims under suspicion may not be the best strategy, Mr Roy argues.

French Police, however, feel they have no option but to continue monitoring the Islamic pool from which militants draw their recruits.

“In this field, either you are on top on things and then you barely manage to stop attacks, or you are not on top and then it is even harder to avert them,” Mr Berthomet says.

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BBC NEWS | World | Europe | French jihadis thrive on alienation

Posted on December 13th, 2005 by .
Categories: Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | French jihadis thrive on alienation

Writer Olivier Roy, author of Globalised Islam, says the main problem is not so much social deprivation as lack of a clear cultural identity.

“They have been uprooted,” he says. “They are alienated from traditional Islam and their parents.”

French policeman escorts a suspected Islamic radical in November 2005 in Bourges
French police frequently arrest suspected radicals in the suburbs
The young men who carried out the London bombings did not view themselves as members of the Pakistani community but as members of a radical Muslim Umma, Mr Roy notes.

“The same is happening in France,” he says.

No one knows exactly how many French Muslims have gone down the same route.

Yacine, a 17-year-old from Saint-Denis near Paris, reckons that five “out of more than 100 kids I know” have become radical.

This percentage seems in line with estimates from police, who believe that about 50 of France’s 1,600 mosques or prayer halls are under the influence of extremists.

Of course, not all radicals are prepared to take up arms. Mr Roy says the number of jihadis in France could be around 1,000.

Olivier Roy argues that the government is wrong to regard the global jihad primarily as a religious phenomenon. Some disaffected youths, he says, are attracted to al-Qaeda simply because of its fighting image.

“In the 1970s they would have joined the radical Left. Today they join radical Islam, both because they often have Muslim roots and because it is the main violent ideology available.”

If militants do not draw their force from Islam itself, putting Muslims under suspicion may not be the best strategy, Mr Roy argues.

French Police, however, feel they have no option but to continue monitoring the Islamic pool from which militants draw their recruits.

“In this field, either you are on top on things and then you barely manage to stop attacks, or you are not on top and then it is even harder to avert them,” Mr Berthomet says.

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Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Brothers and others

Posted on December 13th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Misc. News.

Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Brothers and others
Brothers and others

Opinion article by Sameh Fawzi in Al-Ahram Weekly:

While the Muslim Brotherhood courts the Copts, doubts remain as to the movement’s credentials regarding religious and moral tolerance.

In The Conquest of Egypt, a document allegedly compiled by Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat El-Shater, calls are made for the abolition of plurality among Muslims. “Plurality has given many Muslims excuses for evading organisational affiliation,” it states. “We must realise how important it is that people perceive us as the sole representatives of Islam and that this image becomes so fixed in people’s minds as to gradually eliminate the possibility of others fulfilling this role.”

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Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Brothers and others

Posted on December 13th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News.

Al-Ahram Weekly | Opinion | Brothers and others
Brothers and others

Opinion article by Sameh Fawzi in Al-Ahram Weekly:

While the Muslim Brotherhood courts the Copts, doubts remain as to the movement’s credentials regarding religious and moral tolerance.

In The Conquest of Egypt, a document allegedly compiled by Deputy Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood Khairat El-Shater, calls are made for the abolition of plurality among Muslims. “Plurality has given many Muslims excuses for evading organisational affiliation,” it states. “We must realise how important it is that people perceive us as the sole representatives of Islam and that this image becomes so fixed in people’s minds as to gradually eliminate the possibility of others fulfilling this role.”

(more…)

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Police look for answers in text messages – National – smh.com.au

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Categories: Misc. News.

Police look for answers in text messages – National – smh.com.au
Police look for answers in text messages

By Jonathan Pearlman, Josh Paine and Jordan Baker
December 14, 2005

TEXT messages and emails urging gangs to muster for rampages in and around Sydney continued to be widely circulated yesterday, as police announced a taskforce would investigate the use of phones to incite violence.

Residents of Sutherland Shire yesterday reported receiving several messages a day, including one purportedly intercepted from Lebanese gangs that threatened to “exterminate the enemy at Cronulla”. Emails were also sent announcing plans to attack Terrigal, Wollongong and Bondi this weekend.

A Cronulla resident, Cameron Johnston, said he had received about three or four texts a day.

“You are getting text messages from people you don’t even know,” he said. “The next day I would ring the number and it was disconnected. [I have] no idea where it came from. I don’t know where they’re getting my number.”

The Minister for Police, Carl Scully, said a 36-person taskforce was investigating the use of mobile phones and could order arrests of those who had incited violence.

Under the Commonwealth criminal code, anyone who uses phones to threaten, menace or offend another person can be jailed for up to two years. The law can be applied by NSW police.

A legal expert said anyone who sent messages inciting racial violence, wore T-shirts with offensive slogans (one that read “Mahommid [sic] was a camel f—ing faggot” was worn at Cronulla) or sang Waltzing Matilda in malicious contexts, which also happened in the Cronulla riots, could be prosecuted under the Federal Government’s new sedition laws.

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