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6/15/2025 8:00:31 PM

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Pas d’Islam Pour Moi!

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Baron Bodissey

According to a new French survey, a substantial majority of citizens are of the opinion that Islam does not belong in France.

I feel compelled to note that the percentage is much higher than Marine Le Pen’s share of the vote in any presidential election. Not even the combined total of votes received by Éric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen comes close.

So the good citizens of France, despite their opinions on Islam, continue to vote for the same old parties that flood the country with millions of Muslims. Hard left, center-left, center-right — it doesn’t matter; whoever gets their vote, the result is the same: more immigrants and more Islam. More gang-rapes, more murders of priests, nuns, and Jews, more violent crime of every sort. The obliteration of traditional French culture.

What sort of cognitive dissonance is at work here? Or is it just plain stupidity?

Many thanks to Gary Fouse for translating this article from the online new portal CNews:

Survey: 64% of French believe that Islam is incompatible with the values of the French Republic

June 12, 2025

A survey by CSA for CNEWS Europe 1 and the Journal du Dimanche, posted Thursday, reveals that 64% of French believe that Islam is incompatible with the values of the French Republic.

A majority of the population. On Thursday, a survey by CSA for CNEWS Europe 1 and the JDD [Journal du Dimanche], reveals that 64% of the French believe that Islam is incompatible with the values of the French Republic. In contrast, 35% of the people asked believe that the religion is “compatible” while only 1% had no opinion.

In detail, 66% of women and 64% of men think that Islam is not compatible with the values of the Republic. In terms of age of persons surveyed, those 50-64 years of age are the most numerous who think that (75%) ahead of those 65+ years of age (70%) and those 18-24 years of age (64%).

If we turn to socio-professional categories (CSP), the opinions are relatively equivalent. In effect, 66% of inactive people believe that Islam is incompatible with the values of the Republic. Two points higher than the CSP — which represents the most disadvantaged people (64%), and three points higher in comparison to CSP+ (63%) (more advantaged people).

An important divide between the left and the right

Those surveyed having a political affiliation more to the left mostly consider Islam to be compatible with the Republic, with 62% of socialist supporters, 68% of Insoumis supporters, and 69% supporters of the Greens.

On the other hand, those French close to the ideas of the presidential majority think that the religion is incompatible with the values of the Republic (58%). A number more pronounced on the right, with 90% of the Republican voters, and the extreme right, with 88% of supporters of the Rassemblement National.

Certain political leaders have repeatedly stated that Islam is not compatible with the values of the Republic, such as Eric Zemmour, the president of Reconquête. “Islam is no different from Islamism,” he said on CNEWS on Tuesday.

For his part, Eric Ciotti, president of the UDR, has changed his mind on this question. Last June 2, in an interview given to Nice Presse, the Alpes-Maritimes deputy retracted his previous remarks from 30 years ago. “One can believe in whatever God one wants. Islam is compatible with the Republic, like all other religions, as long as they respect, they submit to the law and not the other way around,” he stated.

Survey conducted on June 10-11 by self-administered questionnaire online on a nationally representative sample of 1,010 persons age 18 and over, according to the quota method.

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Tell us your thoughts and feelings about this one, Comical... Nurse tells B.C. hearing she's not transphobic, but calls gender identity 'metaphysical nonsense' Amy Hamm says her public statements about transgender issues are meant to protect women and children Bethany Lindsay · CBC News · Posted: Nov 03, 2023 5:31 PM CST \| Last Updated: November 3, 2023 B.C. nurse Amy Hamm is facing a disciplinary hearing over her public statements about transgender people. (Amy Hamm/X) A B.C. nurse accused of making numerous "derogatory and discriminatory" public statements about transgender people took the stand in her discipline hearing on Friday, telling the panel considering her case that she is not transphobic. During a hearing at the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives, Amy Hamm of New Westminster testified that her advocacy on social and other platforms is meant to protect women and children from what she described as dangerous infringements into sex-segregated spaces. "I'm not transphobic. I don't have any issue with trans people — it's the infringement on women and children's rights," Hamm told the college disciplinary panel. She said she is fighting against what she described as a "fringe" movement of activists influencing official positions on transgender rights and access to gender-affirming care. "It's a movement that is infringing on the rights of women and pushing institutions to adopt what are false and delusional beliefs," she said. Nurse's 'discriminatory and derogatory' comments on transgender people at issue in B.C. hearing Hamm faces allegations of unprofessional conduct for making "discriminatory and derogatory statements regarding transgender people" while identifying herself as a nurse, according to a citation from the college. Hamm frequently refers to transgender women as "men" in social media posts, videos and podcasts, implying they pose a danger to cisgender women and children. She has referred to the disciplinary proceedings as a "witch trial" and suggested the college "would love for me to suicide myself." She has also said she rejected a proposed settlement from the college that would have seen her agree to a two-week licence suspension and social media training. Hamm testified Friday that she became aware of the college's investigation in 2021 after she co-sponsored the erection of a billboard on Hastings Street in Vancouver reading "I [heart] J.K. Rowling" in support of the author, who has made public comments that have been criticized as anti-trans by LGBTQ groups and other advocates. 'It feels as though people don't seem to care'She told the panel she is particularly concerned about transgender women having access to women-only spaces including prisons and change rooms. She pointed to examples like Madilyn Harks, a transgender woman with a history of sexually assaulting young girls who has been housed in women's correctional facilities. "It makes me extremely, extremely angry, and it feels as though people don't seem to care what happens to these women," she said of female inmates. She said she completely rejects the concept of gender identity, calling it "anti-scientific, metaphysical nonsense." A person holds up a transgender flag at a rally in the U.S. in 2018. Nurse Amy Hamm says a fringe group of activists are pushing Canadian institutions to accept 'false and delusional beliefs.' Nonetheless, Hamm told the panel that she always uses people's preferred pronouns at work, because that is her employer's policy. "Whether or not I agree with certain policies, I limit my advocacy for changing policies to outside of work," she said. On social media, Hamm has tweeted sentiments such as "we have eyeballs and we will continue to use them to misgender you." She has suggested adults who identify as non-binary are making "an extremely embarrassing display of narcissism and low intelligence." Trans teens and youth say gender-affirming care is 'life-changing.' So why is it so hard to find in Canada? Hamm acknowledged to the panel that some of her social media posts might come across as offensive or shocking, but her objective is to engage people in conversation. She also testified that she has faced numerous death and rape threats in response to her activism and is currently on stress leave from her job at a Metro Vancouver hospital as a result. Expert questioned about research supporting claimsEarlier in the week, Toronto psychologist James Cantor, who is testifying as an expert witness for Hamm's defence, addressed what he saw as the potential social value in Hamm's statements. He said her comments might actually help transgender people by exposing them to diverse opinions, saying they reflect "a large chunk" of public thought on the issue. "When a person is able to escape and simply not deal with uncomfortable ideas … one fails to develop the skills anyone needs to live in a diverse society," Cantor said. Since 2021, Toronto psychologist James Cantor has testified in more than 20 cases in the U.S. involving transgender issues. (Craig Chivers/CBC) Cantor, a popular expert witness for American states defending anti-trans laws, faced cross-examination by college lawyers and the discipline panel on Thursday and Friday. Panel members questioned Cantor on Friday about the research supporting some of the claims he's made during his testimony. Cantor has repeatedly asserted that social media is responsible for an increase in the number of adolescents identifying as transgender since 2012. Panel member Sheila Cessford asked whether he could point to any peer-reviewed research confirming that theory, and Cantor suggested it would be impossible to conduct a proper randomized trial on the question. CBC Investigates U.S. conservatives are using Canadian research to justify anti-trans laws When asked if there was any other published, non-randomized research on the subject, Cantor pointed to a single 2018 study based on a survey of parents who reported what they believed was "sudden or rapid onsets of gender dysphoria" in their teen or young adult children. Panel member Jackie Murray then asked about the research supporting his claim that many people who claim to be transgender actually have borderline personality disorder. Cantor acknowledged that there is none, but said the symptoms are similar and the possibility should be investigated. Controversial psychologist allowed to testify as expert in B.C. nurse's discipline hearing Cantor then claimed that scientists are "not being permitted" to do this type of research because of the "current culture." Murray again asked for research supporting that claim, and Cantor said he was not aware of any. The hearing is scheduled to resume on Monday with more testimony from Hamm. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bethany LindsayJournalist Bethany Lindsay is a reporter at the Investigative Journalism Foundation. She is a former CBC News journalist who reported extensively on the courts, regulated professionals and pseudolegal claims from 2017 to 2024. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Pract

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6/18/2025 1:59:03 AM

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UK: Muslim rape gang convicted of exploiting two young girls as sex slaves

Jun 16, 2025 3:00 pm

By Robert Spencer

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Why does this keep happening? Yes, sexual molestation happens all over. But we see Muslim migrants involved in this kind of story is seen on a not infrequent basis. Why? One reason may be because such treatment of infidel women is sanctioned in the Qur’an.

In France, a Muslim quoted Qur’an while raping his victim. A survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK has said that her rapists would quote the Qur’an to her, and believed their actions justified by Islam. Thus it came as no surprise when Muslim migrants in France raped a girl and videoed the rape while praising Allah and invoking the Qur’an. In India, a Muslim gave a Qur’an and a prayer rug to the woman he was holding captive and repeatedly raping. And the victim of an Islamic State jihadi rapist recalled: “He told me that according to Islam he is allowed to rape an unbeliever. He said that by raping me, he is drawing closer to God…He said that raping me is his prayer to God.” In India, a Muslim kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old Hindu girl, and forced her to read the Qur’an and Islamic prayers. In Pakistan, another Christian woman recounted that her rapist was also religious: “He threw me on the bed and started to rape me. He demanded I marry him and convert to Islam. I refused. I am not willing to deny Jesus and he said that if I would not agree he would kill me.” Rapists demanded that another girl’s family turn her over to them, claiming that she had recited the Islamic profession of faith during the rape and thus could not live among infidels.

The Qur’an teaches that Infidel women can be lawfully taken for sexual use (cf. its allowance for a man to take “captives of the right hand,” 4:3, 4:24, 23:1-6, 33:50, 70:30). The Qur’an says: “O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful.” (33:59) The implication there is that if women do not cover themselves adequately with their outer garments, they may be abused, and that such abuse would be justified.

“Rochdale Asian grooming gang found guilty of raping and abusing two teenage girls who were used as ‘sex slaves’ over period of five years,” by James Tozer and Olivia Christie, Daily Mail, June 13, 2025:

Seven members of the latest Rochdale Asian grooming gang have been convicted of exploiting two young girls as ‘sex slaves’.

The gang preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them from the age of 13 over a five-year-long campaign of abuse between 2001 and 2006.

Both girls had ‘deeply troubled home lives’ and were given drugs, alcohol, cigarette, places to stay and people to be with, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

They were expected to have sex ‘whenever and wherever’ the defendants and other men wanted in filthy flats, on rancid mattresses, in cars, car parks, alleyways and disused warehouses.

Jurors deliberated for three weeks before delivering their unanimous guilty verdicts on Friday.

Three of the abusers, Mohammed Zahid, 64, Mushtaq Ahmed, 67, and Kasir Bashir, 50, – all born in Pakistan – were stallholders on Rochdale’s indoor market.

The gang’s depraved ringleader Zahid was even known as ‘Knickerman’ because of his underwear stall at the centuries-old trading hub.

The pot-bellied, wispy-haired father-of-three exploited his products’ appeal to young girls to lure in vulnerable youngsters who were then subjected to ‘years of misery’.

In 2016, Zahid was jailed for five years in an earlier grooming gang case after he engaged in sexual activity in 2006 with a 15-year-old girl who he met when she visited his stall to buy tights for school.

Bashir did not attend the current trial as jurors were ordered not to speculate why but it can be revealed that he absconded while on bail before the trial got under way.

It can also be reported that co-defendants Mohammed Shahzad, 44, Naheem Akram, 48, and Nisar Hussain, 41, were remanded in custody with their bail revoked in January before the jury was sworn in.

A seventh defendant, Pakistani-born Roheez Khan, 39, also featured in another previous Rochdale grooming trial in 2013 when he was one of five men convicted of sexually exploiting a ‘profoundly vulnerable’ 15-year-old girl in 2008 and 2009.

Khan was jailed for six-and-a-half years for engaging in sexual activity with a child and witness intimidation.