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European 'No-Go' Zones: Fact or Fiction? Part 1: France
by Soeren Kern
January 20, 2015 at 5:00 am
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5128/france-no-go-zones
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A 120-page research paper entitled "No-Go Zones in the French
Republic: Myth or Reality?" documented dozens of French neighborhoods
"where police and gendarmerie cannot enforce the Republican order or
even enter without risking confrontation, projectiles, or even fatal
shootings."
In October 2011, a 2,200-page report, "Banlieue de la République"
(Suburbs of the Republic) found that Seine-Saint-Denis and other
Parisian suburbs are becoming "separate Islamic societies" cut off from
the French state and where Islamic Sharia law is rapidly displacing
French civil law.
The report also showed how the problem is being exacerbated by
radical Muslim preachers who are promoting the social marginalization of
Muslim immigrants in order to create a parallel Muslim society in France
that is ruled by Sharia law.
The television presenter asks: "What if we went to the suburbs?"
Obertone replies: "I do not recommend this. Not even we French dare go
there anymore. But nobody talks about this in public, of course. Nor do
those who claim, 'long live multiculturalism,' and 'Paris is wonderful!'
dare enter the suburbs."
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 1.5 hour documentary (in French) produced by France's TF1 about Muslim
gangs in Parisian no-go zones can be viewed here. A 50-minute
documentary (in French) produced by France's TV3 about the no-go zones
of Clos Saint-Lazare in northern Paris can be viewed here. A 45-minute
documentary (in English) about the no-go zones of Marseilles can be
viewed here.
A four-minute video of the most dangerous neighborhoods of France in
2014 can be viewed here. A three-and-a-half-minute video of the most
dangerous neighborhoods in Greater Paris Metropolitan Area can be viewed
here. A two-minute video of a no-go zone in Lille can be viewed here. A
five-minute video about life in the suburbs of Lyon can be viewed here.
A Russian television (Russia-1) documentary about no-go zones in Paris
can be viewed here. The presenter says: "We are in Paris, the Barbès
quarter, a few minutes from the famous Montmartre. Finding a European
here is almost a mission impossible. Certain Paris streets remind one of
an oriental bazaar." He continues: "The Paris banlieues have become
criminal ghettoes where even the police dare not enter." Hidden cameras
record widespread lawlessness and drug dealing in the area.
A 120-page research paper entitled "No-Go Zones in the French Republic:
Myth or Reality?" documented dozens of French neighborhoods "where
police and gendarmerie cannot enforce the Republican order or even enter
without risking confrontation, projectiles, or even fatal shootings."
Some of the most notorious no-go zone areas in France are situated in
the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, a northeastern suburb (banlieue) of
Paris that has one of the highest concentrations of Muslims in France.
The department is home to an estimated 600,000 Muslims (primarily from
North and West Africa) out of a total population of 1.4 million.
Seine-Saint-Denis is divided into 40 administrative districts called
communes (townships), 36 of which are on the French government's
official list of "sensitive urban zones" or ZUS.
Seine-Saint-Denis — also known locally as "ninety-three" or "nine three"
after the first two digits of the postal code for this suburb — has one
of the highest unemployment rates in France; more than 40% of those
under the age of 25 are jobless. The area is plagued with drug dealing
and suffers from some of the highest rates of violent crime in France.
In October 2011, a landmark 2,200-page report, "Banlieue de la
République" (Suburbs of the Republic) found that Seine-Saint-Denis and
other Parisian suburbs are becoming "separate Islamic societies" cut off
from the French state, and where Islamic Sharia law is rapidly
displacing French civil law. The report said that Muslim immigrants are
increasingly rejecting French values and instead are immersing
themselves in radical Islam.
The report — which was commissioned by the influential French think
tank, L'Institut Montaigne — was directed by Gilles Kepel, a highly
respected political scientist and specialist in Islam, together with
five other French researchers.
The authors of the report showed that France — which now has 6.5 million
Muslims (the largest Muslim population in European Union) — is on the
brink of a major social explosion because of the failure of Muslims to
integrate into French society.
The report also showed how the problem is being exacerbated by radical
Muslim preachers, who are promoting the social marginalization of Muslim
immigrants in order to create a parallel Muslim society in France that
is ruled by Sharia law.
The research was primarily carried out in the Seine-Saint-Denis
townships of Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil, two suburbs that were
ground zero for Muslim riots in the fall of 2005, when Muslim mobs
torched more than 9,000 cars.
The report described Seine-Saint-Denis as a "wasteland of
de-industrialization" and said that in some areas, "a third of the
population of the town does not hold French nationality, and many
residents are drawn to an Islamic identity."
Another township of Seine-Saint-Denis is Aubervilliers. Sometimes
referred to as one of the "lost territories of the French Republic," it
is effectively a Muslim city: more than 70% of the population is Muslim.
Three quarters of young people under 18 in the township are foreign or
French of foreign origin, mainly from the Maghreb and sub-Saharan
Africa. French police are said to rarely venture into some of the most
dangerous parts of the township.
The southern part of Aubervilliers is well known for its vibrant Chinese
immigrant community along with their wholesale clothing and textile
warehouses and import-export shopping malls. In August 2013, the weekly
newsmagazine Marianne reported that Muslim immigrants felt humiliated by
the economic dynamism of the Chinese, and were harassing and attacking
Chinese traders, who were increasingly subject to robberies and
extortion. The situation got so bad that the Chinese ambassador to
France was forced to pay a visit to the area.
In response, the Socialist mayor of Aubervilliers, Jacques Salvator,
suggested that the violence could be halted if Chinese companies would
agree to hire more Arabs and Africans. The Chinese countered that
Muslims do not work as hard as the Chinese, that they are more
demanding, and that they complain too much, according to Marianne.
After local officials refused to act in the face of increasing Muslim
violence, the Chinese threatened to "call on the Chinese mafia" for
protection. Muslims responded by launching a petition to have the
Chinese expelled from the area.
Also in Aubervilliers, the magazine Charlie Hebdo reported in 2012 that
the town hall was obligating non-Muslim men who want to marry Muslim
women to convert to Islam first, even though France is ostensibly a
secular republic. One such man, Frédéric Gilbert, a journalist, was told:
"You can convert in any mosque in three minutes. All you need do is
to repeat 'with conviction and sincerity' this sentence: 'I recognize
that there is no god but Allah and that Mohammed is his prophet,' and
the Imam will agree that you have converted to Islam.'"
In a story entitled, "When Town Hall Mayors become Imams," Charlie Hebdo
wrote:
"In other words, Moroccan law prevails over French law in cases of
mixed marriages and the same situation pertains with regard to other
former French colonies such as Tunisia and Algeria as well as with Egypt."
According to the newspaper Le Parisien, the practice of "false
conversions" to Islam is widespread because most non-Muslim grooms
prefer fake conversions rather than to suffer "administrative
complications."
In 2014, Le Figaro published the contents of a leaked intelligence
document that warns about the imposition of Islamic Sharia law in French
schools in Muslim ghettoes. The 15-page document provides 70 specific
examples of how Muslim radicals are taking over ostensibly secular
schools throughout the country. These include: veiling in playgrounds,
halal meals in the canteen, chronic absenteeism (bordering 90% in some
parts of Nîmes and Toulouse) during religious festivals, clandestine
prayer in gyms or hallways. The report details how "self-proclaimed
young guardians of orthodoxy" are circumventing the March 2004 law
banning religious symbols in French schools. In Marseille, a high school
principal testified that some of her students pray with such fervor that
they have "blue foreheads."
A video showing a radical Islamic rally in Saint-Denis can be viewed
here. A video showing radical Muslims commandeering a French bus amid
screams of "Allahu Akbar!" (Allah is greater!) can be viewed here. A
series of eight videos documenting Muslim street prayers in Paris can be
viewed here. (Street prayers have now been outlawed.) A series of 25
videos documenting the Islamization of France can be viewed here.
In July 2012, the French government announced a plan to reassert state
control over 15 of the most notorious no-go zones. The crime-infested
districts, which the French Interior Ministry has designated as Priority
Security Zones (Zones de Sécurité Prioritaires, or ZSP), include heavily
Muslim parts of Amiens, Aubervilliers, Avignon, Béziers, Bordeaux,
Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Marseilles, Montpellier,
Mulhouse, Nantes, Nice, Paris, Perpignan, Strasbourg, Toulouse and many
others. The number of ZSPs now stands at 64; a complete list of ZSPs can
be found here.
Meanwhile, a 13-minute Hungarian television documentary (with English
subtitles) about no-go zones in Paris can be viewed here. The presenter
interviews a French crime reporter named Laurent Obertone, who is the
author of a bestselling new book entitled, "La France Orange Méchanique"
(France: A Clockwork Orange).
In his book, Obertone writes that France is descending into a state of
savagery and that the true magnitude of crime and violence across the
country is being deliberately under-reported by politically correct
media, government and police.
In the documentary, Obertone states: "The French elite became outraged
when [former French President Nicolas] Sarkozy referred to [Muslim]
immigrants attacking police as 'mobs'."
The Hungarian presenter then asks: "What if we went to the suburbs?"
Obertone replies: "I do not recommend this. Not even we French dare go
there anymore. But nobody talks about this in public, of course. Nor do
those who claim, 'long live multiculturalism,' and 'Paris is wonderful!'
dare enter the suburbs."
Soeren Kern is a Senior Fellow at the New York-based Gatestone
Institute. He is also Senior Fellow for European Politics at the
Madrid-based Grupo de Estudios Estratégicos / Strategic Studies Group.
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