Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: French Mosque Raided by Islamic Radicals

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135751
(IsraelNN.com) The head of a mosque in Drancy, a northeastern suburb of 
Paris, was targeted Monday by a gang of Islamic radicals who interrupted 
the services and threatened to “liquidate him, this imam of the Jews.”
The mob, about 80-strong, burst into the French mosque, halting a 
meeting of some 200 other imams led by Hassen Chalghoumi, who has 
consistently spoken out against Islamic extremism.
The extremists called the Muslim spiritual leader an “infidel” (heathen) 
and a “renegade.”
At the time, Chalghoumi was chairing a meeting of the Conference of 
Imams, an organization established just last year to promote better 
relations between the various faiths in France, especially Jews and Muslims.
“They started to cry Allahu Akbar',” Chalghouri told reporters after the 
incident. “Then they insulted me, my mosque, the Jewish community and 
the [French] Republic. They left after an hour and a half.”
Despite the anti-Semitic epithets, however, the attack apparently also 
stemmed from Chalghoumi's liberal positions on the status of women in 
Islam. At age 36, he is known in France for his interfaith work with 
Jewish leaders and his activism with Muslim youth, but is also an 
especially controversial figure on the issue of women's dress in Islam.
Last week he told the French newspaper Le Parisien, “Having French 
nationality means wanting to take part in society, at school, at work. 
But with a bit of cloth over their faces, what can these women share 
with us? If they want to wear the veil, they can go to a country where 
it's the tradition, like Saudi Arabia.”
He is known for his support for “a legal ban of the burka, which has no 
place in France, a country where women have been voting since 1945.” The 
burka, an all-encompassing robe that covers a woman literally from head 
to foot, hiding her completely from the eyes of all, is “a prison for 
women, a tool of sexist domination and Islamist indoctrination,” 
Chalghoumi told Le Parisien.
One of the younger and most liberal imams in France, the Tunisian-born 
Chalghoumi, is a naturalized French citizen. He has been repeatedly 
attacked by Islamic radicals, and has also received death threats in the 
past in response to his statements against anti-Semitism. Nevertheless, 
the imam told an interviewer Tuesday on Radio Orient that he would 
continue to work against extremism and towards improving Muslim-Jewish 
relations in France. “It is our future that is at stake,” he said.
The imam confirmed that he would file a formal complaint with police 
against the gang that burst into his mosque on Monday.
The regional Jewish community organization issued a statement supporting 
Chalghoumi and expressing concern about the attack, calling the incident 
“serious and worrisome.” According to Sammy Ghozlan, head of the 
organization, “a real harmony has reigned between the Jewish and Muslim 
communities” since the arrival of Chalghoumi. Christian organizations 
were similarly supportive. However, the Union des Organisations 
Islamiques de France (UOIF) was less positive. The group's president 
said he was not surprised by the attack, adding, “We've warned him 
several times to moderate his words because he risks attracting these 
sort of reactions.”
The imam and his mosque are currently under police protection.

 the services and threatened to “liquidate him, this imam of the Jews.”
Sentita stamattina.
Una notizia orrida.
Tb (bieco illuminista)
-- 
"A vote is like a rifle, it's usefulness depends upon the character of
the user."
~ Theodore Roosevelt

 Sentita stamattina.
mi sembra evidente che tutto dipende dalla operazione Cast Lead.