The jihadist attack on the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo,
a French magazine known for lampooning Islam, has cast a spotlight on
so-called no-go zones in France and other European countries.
No-go
zones are Muslim-dominated neighborhoods that are largely off limits to
non-Muslims due to a variety of factors, including the lawlessness and
insecurity that pervades a great number of these areas. Host-country
authorities have effectively lost control over many no-go zones and are
often unable or unwilling to provide even basic public aid, such as
police, fire fighting and ambulance services, out of fear of being
attacked by Muslim youth.
Muslim enclaves in European cities are
also breeding grounds for Islamic radicalism and pose a significant
threat to Western security.
Europe's no-go zones are the
by-product of decades of multicultural policies that have encouraged
Muslim immigrants to create parallel societies and remain segregated
from - rather than become integrated into - their European host nations.
The
problem of no-go zones is well documented, but multiculturalists and
their politically correct supporters vehemently deny that they exist.
Some are now engaged in a concerted campaign to discredit and even
silence those who draw attention to the issue.
Consider Carol Matlack, an American writer for Bloomberg Businessweek, who recently penned a story - entitled "Debunking the Myth of Muslim-Only Zones in Major European Cities"
- in which she claims that no-go zones are nothing more than an "urban
legend" that is "demonstrably untrue." She then goes on to ridicule
those who disagree with her.
The American cable television channel Fox News has also issued
at least four apologies for referring to Muslim no-go zones in Europe,
after one commentator erroneously claimed that the entire city of
Birmingham, England, was Muslim. Had he simply said that "parts" of
Birmingham are Muslim, he would have been correct.
Despite such politically correct denials, Muslim no-go zones are a well-known fact of life in many parts of Europe.
What
follows is the first in a multi-part series that will document the
reality of Europe's no-go zones. The series begins by focusing on France
and provides a brief compilation of just a few of the literally
thousands of references to French no-go zones from academic, police,
media and government sources that can easily be found on the Internet by
doing a simple search on Google.
Fabrice Balanche, a well-known French Islam scholar who teaches at the University of Lyon, recently told
Radio Télévision Suisse: "You have territories in France such as
Roubaix, such as northern Marseille, where police will not step foot,
where the authority of state is completely absent, where mini Islamic
states have been formed."
French writer and political journalist Éric Zemmour recently told
BFM TV: "There are places in France today, especially in the suburbs,
where it is not really in France. Salafi Islamists are Islamizing some
neighborhoods and some suburbs. In these neighborhoods, it's not France,
it's an Islamic republic." In a separate interview, Zemmour - whose
latest book is entitled, "The French Suicide" - says multiculturalism and the reign of politically correct speech is destroying the country.
French politician Franck Guiot wrote
that parts of Évry, a township in the southern suburbs of Paris, are
no-go zones where police forces cannot go for fear of being attacked. He
said that politicians seeking to maintain "social peace" were
prohibiting the police from using their weapons to defend themselves.
The Socialist mayor of Amiens, Gilles Demailly, has referred
to the Fafet-Brossolette district of the city as a "no-go zone" where
"you can no longer order a pizza or get a doctor to come to the house."
Europe 1, one of the leading broadcasters in France, has referred
to Marseille as a "no-go zone" after the government was forced to
deploy riot police, known as CRS, to confront warring Muslim gangs in
the city. The French Interior Ministry said
it was trying to "reconquer" 184 square kilometers (71 square miles) of
Marseille that have come under the control of Muslim gangs.
The French newspaper Le Figaro has referred
to downtown Perpignan as a "veritable no-go zone" where "aggression,
antisocial behavior, drug trafficking, Muslim communalism, racial
tensions and tribal violence" are forcing non-Muslims to move out. Le Figaro also reported
that the Les Izards district of Toulouse was a no-go zone, where Arab
drug trafficking gangs rule the streets in a climate of fear.
Separately, Le Figaro reported
that large quantities of assault rifles are circulating in French no-go
zones. "For a few hundred dollars you can buy Kalashnikovs," political
scientist Sebastian Roché said. "The price of an iPhone!"
The newspaper France Soir published
poll results showing that nearly 60% of French citizens are in favor of
sending the army into troubled suburbs to restore order.
The newspaper Le Parisien has called
parts of Grigny, a township in the southern suburbs of Paris, a
"lawless zone" plagued by well-organized Muslim gangs, whose members
believe they are "masters of the world." The weekly newsmagazine Le Point reported on the spiraling Muslim lawlessness in the French city of Grenoble.
The French magazine L'Obs (formerly known as Le Nouvel Observateur) has reported
on the deteriorating security situation in Roubaix, a city in northern
France that is located close to the Belgian border. The magazine
reported that local citizens are "exiled within their own country" and
want to create their own militia to restore order because police are
afraid to confront Muslim gangs.
In August 2014, the French magazine Valeurs Actuelles (Contemporary Values) reported
that "France has more than 750 areas of lawlessness" where the law of
the French Republic no longer applies. Under the headline "Hell in
France," the magazine said that many parts of France are experiencing a
"dictatorship of riffraff" where police are "greeted by mortar fire" and
are "forced to retreat by projectiles."
Separately, Valeurs Actuelles reported
on the lawlessness in Trappes, a township located in the western
suburbs of Paris, where radical Islam and endemic crime go hand in hand.
"Criminals are pursued by Islamic fundamentalists to impose an
alternative society, breaking links with the French Republic," according
to local police commander Mohammed Duhan. It is not advisable to go
there, he says, adding, "You will be spotted by so-called chauffeurs
(lookouts for drug traffickers) and be stripped and smashed."
Valeurs Actuelles has also reported
on no-go zones in Nantes, Tours and Orléans, which have turned into
"battlefields" where the few remaining native French holdouts are
confronted with "Muslim communalism, the disappearance of their cultural
references and rampant crime."
A graphic 20-minute documentary (in French) about the no-go zone in Clichy Montfermeil, a suburb of Paris, can be viewed here. At around the 3-minute mark, the video shows what happens when French police enter the area.
No Go Zones
