-From Robert Injey (PC):
“A true copy-paste of the theses of Nicolas Sarkozy, his mentor, Christian Estrosi, after security and justice, has just jumped on a new ‘idea’: to ban prayer in the streets and initiate a national debate on the place of Islam in our society.
This idea could border on the ridiculous given the very marginal nature of public prayers, especially if tomorrow some were to suggest abolishing religious processions in public spaces.
More seriously, it stigmatizes once again men and women whose only crime is being from the other side of the Mediterranean and having overthrown two dictators who were particularly admired by our ‘elites’ for business and vacationing.
Failing to address the real concerns of our fellow citizens, Christian Estrosi is chasing after the nauseating themes of the National Front.
If Christian Estrosi wants to be useful to the people and our country, he would do better to urge his mentor to fight against the greed of financial markets and shareholders that harm the economy and employment in our country.
He could also encourage him to try to restore the international credibility of France after the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt…”
-From Nissa Rebela:
Estrosi and prayers in the streets: when will we see action?!::
Last June, the action of the identitarians through the now famous ‘apéro saucisson-pinard’ exposed the reality of Muslim public prayers in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was indeed following this campaign (the June 18th gathering having brought together 1,000 people!) that numerous political personalities were compelled to take a stance on these public space occupations in the name of Muslim proselytism.
Even Nicolas Sarkozy, who today intends to open a broad debate, and Christian Estrosi.
Last Thursday, Nissa Rebela revealed to the public and the media the existence of these same street prayers in Nice, on rue de Suisse, occurring constantly and regularly for months, even years. The video released by us on the internet was viewed by over 10,000 people in just one week. The resulting controversy forced local media (France 3, Nice Matin, le Petit Niçois) to address the issue and the municipality to react.
The leaders of the Muslim association Moubarak, managing the prayer hall on rue de Suisse, announced that they would take necessary steps “to avoid an overly politicized controversy in these pre-election times” to ensure that prayer would no longer spill over into the street. We can assume that the city hall, whose candidates are already facing enough challenges, asked them to make an effort… But for us, it is not just about respecting the law for a few weeks until the elections pass, but rather to permanently stop this illegal and scandalous occupation of the streets of our city.
Christian Estrosi reaffirmed his intention yesterday in all media outlets to ban street prayers. As we did a week ago, today we again ask him to finally follow through – to act immediately and enact a municipal decree banning these Muslim prayers which constitute a provocation against the law and our identity.
Without a prompt and firm intervention by law enforcement, we would then be forced to take action ourselves to stop these practices.
