10 Suspected Far-Right Extremists Arrested in France over Planned Attack on Muslims

Islamization  Backlash - Far-Right Extremists in France

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French counter-terrorism forces have detained a group of suspected far-right radicals who were plotting an attack on “people of Muslim faith.” Firearms as well as homemade explosives were found during the raid.

Ten people suspected of having links to a far-right movement have been detained in a large-scale security operation late on Sunday, June 24, the French media reported on Monday. The arrests were made by the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) as part of a counter-terrorism investigation into a planned attack on Muslims.

The raids were conducted in the Paris region, the western regions of Haute-Vienne and Charente-Maritime as well as on the island of Corsica. The suspects, aged between 32 and 69, had an “ill-defined plan to commit a violent act targeting people of the Muslim faith,” a source close to the investigation told AFP.

Another source told the French media that the group planned to attack those they considered to be “targets linked to radical Islam,” including hate preachers and radical imams, Islamist prisoners once they are released, as well as veiled women chosen at random. So far it is unclear how close the group was to implementing its plot.

The suspects were allegedly seeking to acquire firearms. Some were found during the raids of the suspects’ property. Security forces also found grenades and homemade explosives, which were apparently produced by the suspects.

A retired policeman identified only as Guy S. was among those arrested, Le Parisien reported. The man, 65, is suspected of leading the Action of the Operational Forces movement (AFO), a far-right group, which all those arrested allegedly belonged to. The clandestine organization allegedly sought to avenge the victims of Islamist attacks that have hit France in recent years.

The members of the group claimed they wanted to counter “the threat of radical Islam” in France, LCI said, adding that the suspects regularly trained in shooting clubs as they apparently prepared to carry out their attacks. They also reportedly prepared caches of weapons, ammunition, and food for their families in case of a “major crisis,” the broadcaster added. None of the suspects were apparently known to police or security forces before.

It is the second major far-right conspiracy thwarted by the French security forces in less than a year. In October 2017, counter-terrorism police arrested 10 people in the Paris and Marseille areas over a suspected plot to attack mosques, migrants, and even former presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon.

Answering terrorism with terrorism is not the way combat the Islamization of France or anywhere else. But the lack of action, and even concern, of left leaning governments to the cultural suicides of France and other European countries, is creating a feeling of helplessness and frustration that feeds anti-Islamic violence. 

If EU governments don't stop the Islamization of Europe, these kinds of groups will be popping up everywhere and eventually there will be civil war all across the continent. That's not a threat; it's an observation.

Outcry in France as Muslim Rapper Who Sang About 'Crucifying Secularists' to Play at Bataclan

Islamization Backlash at the Bataclan

Islamic jihad would certainly have something to celebrate in Paris if this jihad supporter claims the stage at Bataclan so soon after his compatriots massacred 90 Parisians

A planned performance by a controversial Muslim rapper at the Bataclan, where 90 people were killed during the November 2015 Paris attacks, has prompted a wave of criticism and has been described as a ‘dishonor for France.’

Medine, who is of Algerian descent, is due to play two gigs at the venue in October. The musician has denied that he is an Islamist but caused outcry in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attack because of his song ‘Don’t Laik,’ which includes the lyrics: “Let's crucify the secularists like at Calvary... put fatwas on the heads of these idiots.”

He also released an album called ‘Jihad’ in 2005, but insisted that it is about an internal identity struggle.

Isn't that what radicalization is, an eternal identity struggle? First you struggle with who you are, then you struggle with the truth, then you give in to the insanity of radical Islam.

The decision to allow the singer to play the venue has drawn severe criticism from several high-profile French politicians. Laurent Wauquiez, the leader of the Republicans, France’s largest opposition party, tweeted that it was “sacrilege for the victims” and a “dishonor for France.”

Not to mention, remarkably stupid!

Wauquiez added that he was shocked that “someone who sings about 'crucifying secularists' and calls himself 'Islamo-scum’” should play the famous venue “less than three years after Islamist barbarism cost the lives of 90 of our compatriots.”

Former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said: “No French person can accept that this guy is going to spew out his filth at the Bataclan. We have had enough of complacency and worse, of this incitement to Islamist fundamentalism.”

Le Pen’s National Rally party started an online petition, calling for the gigs to be cancelled and more than 16,000 people had already added their names on Monday afternoon.

Members of parliament belonging to President Emmanuel Macron's LaREM party have also criticized the move, with Aurore Berge saying that having Medine headline a concert at the Bataclan was an "insult" to the victims of the atrocity.

The rapper said that ‘Dont Laik,’ a play on the French word for secular, was an attempt to mock people with staunch secular views in the same way that Charlie Hebdo cartoons mocked religious fundamentalists, according to Le Monde. He later distanced himself from the song saying that it “went too far.”

Austria Closing 7 Mosques in Effort to Stem Political Islam

Islamization Backlash in Vienna

By Susan McFarland 

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said seven mosques will be shuttered in Vienna's effort to crack down on politically-motivated Islamic activity. 

UPI -- In a crackdown on politically-motivated Islamic activity, Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz said Friday seven mosques will be shut down and 40 Islamic leaders expelled from the country.

The chancellor's move follows an investigation into the mosques that found some have links to Turkish nationalists. One belonged to the Turkish-Islamic Cultural Associations, or ATIB, Kurz said at a news conference Friday.

Out of Austria's 260 imams, 60 are being investigated -- and 40 belong to ATIB, Kurz said.

Officials said the imams will be deported because they are foreign-funded, a provision that became criminal in Austria three years ago.

"We act decisively and actively against undesirable developments and the formation of parallel societies -- and will continue to do so if there are violations of the law on Islam," Kurz said in a tweet.

Turkish presidential aide Ibrahim Kalin tweeted Austria's decision is "a reflection of the Islamophobic, racist and discriminatory wave in this country."

"It is an attempt to target Muslim communities for the sake of scoring cheap political points," he said. "Efforts to normalize Islamophobia and racism must be rejected under all circumstances."