What The Muslim Party of (The First Part of) France Wants

Posted on 11th March 2008 | Comments Off on What The Muslim Party of (The First Part of) France Wants

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The poster above is of Mohamed Latrèche, a Muslim running for mayor of Strasbourg on the PMF party (Party of the Muslims of France).

According to The Brussels Journal, 

He stands for “real change” (le vrai changement). Gaëlle Mann, a most useful French website, asks: “Is it normal in a “laic” country (where Church and State are separate), for a purely religious party such as the PMF to vie for the votes of the electorate?” A reader offers an answer: “Of course, dear Gaëlle, it is perfectly normal for a Muslim religious party to present candidates in the election, since we live in a “laic” country. On the other hand it would be abnormal for a Catholic religious party to present candidates, since we live in a “laic” country.” Another poster that you can view at the website lists the urgent demands of the PMF party:

•    A Muslim cemetery with perpetual rights. The eventual elimination of a tomb considered by Muslims to be a profanation.

•    A school for girls who are deprived of an education by the liberty-killing law on headscarves

•    Halal meals in school cafeterias, hospitals, etc…

•    Dignified places of worship responding to the needs of the Muslims of Strasbourg

•    Special schedules at swimming pools for Muslim girls

Is there a  French Chico Marx around to address the contract of this Muslim Party of (the First Part of the Official Islamization of) France?

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Groucho Marx: Now pay particular attention to this first clause, because it’s most important. There’s the party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part. How do you like that, that’s pretty neat eh?

Chico Marx: No, that’s no good.

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