With the reports of rampaging idiots in France trying to prove that they too can be as blindingly stupid as any other extremist
There are good people as well, as our local newspaper reports
Dimanche matin, à l'entrée de la mosquée était accrochée une guirlande de cœurs, accompagnée d'une lettre anonyme de solidarité. Un geste touchant pour les fidèles.
« C'est magnifique, je n'en reviens toujours pas. » Dimanche, vers 6 h 30, Slimane Harrag, président de l'association culturelle des musulmans de Brest, arrive à la mosquée, peu avant la prière. Sur le portail de celle-ci, une guirlande composée de cœurs est « joliment et soigneusement accrochée aux poignées ». Elle est accompagnée d'une lettre anonyme, rédigée "en raison des derniers événements tragiques, pour éviter les amalgames", en référence à l'attentat de Charlie Hebdo, ainsi qu'aux prises d'otages.
Translation;
Sunday morning, at the entrance of the mosque hung a garland of hearts, accompanied by an anonymous letter of solidarity. A touching gesture for the faithful.
It is beautiful, I still cannot believe it. "Sunday, at about 6:30am Harrag Slimane, president of the cultural association of Muslims in Brest, arrived at the mosque shortly before the prayer. On the portal of the latter, a garland made of hearts is "beautifully and carefully attached to the door handles." It is accompanied by an anonymous letter, written "because of the recent tragic events, to avoid misunderstandings [confusion]", referring to the bombing of Charlie Hebdo, as well as hostage-taking.
Like the US we have our own brand of the brainless who tend to make more noise than the rest of us combined. I see a lot about racism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in France and quite frankly we rarely encounter it. From experience I would say it is about the same level as it is in the US and equally unacceptable.
Just a thought.
you saw how many good people there are in France over the week-end, now the idiots are having their say, sadly.