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Originally Posted by roachboy
and if you did any research into this population, you would find out quickly that the main muslim organizations in france are quite conservative, quite close to the french government and so would obviously have no real interest in or influence over these communities--in fact everyone who has actually looked at these riots agrees that there is no religious dimension to the action. including the kids themselves.
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Yes but if the French government relies upon these organizartions, some of which are fundementalist (the group that issued a fatwa againts the violence), to bring the situation under control then the French government is rellying on an organization they do not want to rely upon. A journalist speaking last night commented that they are attempting to avoid this:
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We know not all of these young people - it would be too easy to generalise - not all these people are motivated by Muslim fundamentalist networks. But for sure, some of them are. We have these Muslim fundamentalist networks in the area and one of them, which is very important called the French Islamic Organisation Union, close to the Muslim Brotherhood, issued a fatwa this morning, a religious decision, asking these young people to stop the violence, which is an indirect acknowledgement of the influence they can exert upon part of this youth Islamic gang. So I think these people are playing their games. The French Government is aware of it and we will see how far it goes concerning the recuperation by Muslim fundamentalist networks concerning these young people. You were alluding, Tony, you were alluding a few moments ago to what happened in Brussels, where you have a lot of Muslims also, areas where cars have just been burned. Will there be an interconnection? It's a possibility and it might go above the French frontiers.
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It's true that in the suburbs, they have a big influence and probably some of them try to recuperate or some of these youngsters who are very desperate and feel that they are at war against the French state, against the French Government.
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Video here:
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200511/r63547_175435.asx
Transcript:
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/conte...5/s1499821.htm
Then again as he said they are not all under the influence of such organizations and that it's not a religious dispute that has lead to the violence rather that these people have not been integrated into french society.