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Nicolas Sarkozy is proving himself to be just as "pragmatic" an ass-kisser as all other politicians. From Reuters Newswire:
PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy's increasingly frequent and positive references to God and faith have drawn fire from critics who accuse him of violating France's separation of church and state.
Sarkozy, a taboo-breaker whose whirlwind love life has distracted the media for weeks, broke with traditional presidential reserve about religion to stress France's Christian roots in a speech in a Rome basilica just before Christmas.
In Riyadh on Monday, he hailed Islam as "one of the greatest and most beautiful civilisations the world has known" and described his Saudi hosts as rulers who "appeal to the basic values of Islam to combat the fundamentalism that negates them".
His praise for a kingdom that enforces and propagates a strict version of Islam, during a visit aimed at securing lucrative export contracts, was the last straw for his critics.
"This is not respect for the separation of church and state," Socialist opposition leader Francois Hollande said.
"This is an ideological stand that makes religion into an instrument to promote French products civilian nuclear plants for Muslim countries," he said. "Mixing religion and foreign policy is illogical and wrong."
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French President Sarkozy calls for Debate on Islam From Atlas Shrugs: Sarkozy calls for debate on Islam PARIS, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he wants to launch a national debate on the role and influence in France of Islam,...
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Sarkozy: Islam "One Of The Greatest And Most Beautiful Civilizations The World Has Known"
Nicolas Sarkozy is proving himself to be just as "pragmatic" an ass-kisser as all other politicians. From Reuters Newswire:
PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy's increasingly frequent and positive references to God and faith have drawn fire from critics who accuse him of violating France's separation of church and state.
Sarkozy, a taboo-breaker whose whirlwind love life has distracted the media for weeks, broke with traditional presidential reserve about religion to stress France's Christian roots in a speech in a Rome basilica just before Christmas.
In Riyadh on Monday, he hailed Islam as "one of the greatest and most beautiful civilisations the world has known" and described his Saudi hosts as rulers who "appeal to the basic values of Islam to combat the fundamentalism that negates them".
His praise for a kingdom that enforces and propagates a strict version of Islam, during a visit aimed at securing lucrative export contracts, was the last straw for his critics.
"This is not respect for the separation of church and state," Socialist opposition leader Francois Hollande said.
"This is an ideological stand that makes religion into an instrument to promote French products civilian nuclear plants for Muslim countries," he said. "Mixing religion and foreign policy is illogical and wrong."
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French President Sarkozy calls for Debate on Islam From Atlas Shrugs: Sarkozy calls for debate on Islam PARIS, Feb. 18 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he wants to launch a national debate on the role and influence in France of Islam,...
- The Failure Of Laicite
Sarkozy wants to ban the Burqa. The French anti-Jihad blog, GalliaWatch, thinks this is a bad idea: As stated in my previous post, a Salon Beige reader attempted to send three comments on the topic of Islam to Le Figaro. All three were rejected. Each...
- Sarkozy Advocates Teaching Arabic In Schools
Maybe, if I just play dead, the Muslims will leave me alone. From GalliaWatch: This gathering, initiated by Convergence Méditerranée and the Institut du Monde Arabe (Institute of the Arab World, pictured above left) saw a great number of ambassadors...
- Quick Call Walt And Smearsheimer Or Is It Smears And Waltheimer, Add France To The List
France's Foreign Ministry expressed surprise on Wednesday over an Algerian government minister's remarks about a "Jewish lobby" being behind French President Nicolas Sarkozy's rise to power. ...
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It seems like Tony Blair is starting to get it. Well, at least a bit: Mr Blair urged the public to embrace multiculturalism People entering the UK must be prepared to be tolerant or not become part of British society, Tony Blair has said. In a speech...