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To: RetiredNow who wrote (216032)	1/26/2005 1:28:58 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575771

You really think that Europe is doing a good job at assimilating its Muslims? I think you are wrong. To wit: nytimes.com. Where did I say that Europeans are doing a good job of assimilating Muslims? I said in one or two generations most Muslims will be assimilated. " I spent Friday morning interviewing two 18-year-old French Muslim girls in the Paris immigrant district of St.-Ouen. (It is about a mile from the school where in March 2003 a French Muslim girl, who had refused the veil and rebuffed the advances of a Muslim boy, was thrown into a garbage can by three Muslim teenagers, who then tossed lighted cigarette butts into the can and closed the lid.) Both girls I interviewed wore veils and one also wore a full Afghan-like head-to-toe covering; one was of Egyptian parents, the other of Tunisian parents, but both were born and raised in France. What did I learn from them? That they got all their news from Al Jazeera TV, because they did not believe French TV, that the person they admired most in the world was Osama bin Laden, because he was defending Islam, that suicide "martyrdom" was justified because there was no greater glory than dying in defense of Islam, that they saw themselves as Muslims first and French citizens last, and that all their friends felt pretty much the same. We were not in Kabul. We were standing outside their French public high school - a short ride from the Eiffel Tower. " Open your eyes, tejek. We're not in Kansas anymore. Unfortunately, clicking your heels twice won't take you back to where you want to be either. I told you that the Muslims in France are very unhappy with Chirac's position on women's scarves in gov'tal buildings. You see Chirac is a milder form of Bush: a French rightie who could stand a few lessons in diplomacy. He has irritated the Muslim community to no end. So its not surprising that they are speaking the way they do above. What you choose to ignore is that they are teenagers who have a flair for the dramatic......just like American teenagers who can say some of the most outrageous things. They know the reaction when they say they listen to al Jazeera and OBL is their idol. In any case, I find it pretty funny that the one who annoys American righties the most.......Chirac.......is the French version of Bush. He is one who is abrasive and doesn't think before he speaks. He could care less who he pisses off. ted