Allain: Zinedane

Submitted by Sword of Islam & The Babies of Beslan (United Kingdom), Jul 18, 2006 at 23:01

I generally have very little time for France when it comes to politics as it generally seems to me that Chirac will use any excuse to turn an international crisis into a personal ego trip and do everything possible to block the rest of us from taking progressive action rather than risk French economic ties for the sake of a few principles. Presumably this is because he is receiving similar large bribes from the Middle East. His record of honesty is questionable at best. Will the French Judiciare ever punish him for this the 2000 bribe scandal (link attached)?i Every time that there is a need to take resolute action of any kind he will block it. Very frustrating for the rest of us.

http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations/corrupt/governmt/chirac.htm

However, I must congratulate the French nation for the heroic stand of Zinedine Zidane (who was raised a Muslim but stopped 'practising' his religion many years ago - presumably because he became too disgusted with what he saw in the mosque. He probably knows better than anybody the real threat that Islamicism presents given his Algerian Berber ancestry and must be disgusted that so many ignorants wrongly assume that he is an Arab simply because of the fact his parents come from Algeria. People have criticised the manner in which he ended his career in the World Cup Final but to see a such a great player headbutt a man in the chest, so hard that it lifts him off his feet , simply because this man has called the 'son and brother of a Muslim' was a heroic act of defiance against dhimmitude. He obviously feels very strongly about being labeled a 'Muslim'.

If somebody called me 'the son and brother of a Muslim' I doubt that I'd be able to act so heroically on such a world stage. Such a reaction against such a horrific insult was completely justified and illustrates the fact that violence does have a place. The jihadhis will presumably twist the truth to mean something else entirely but the facts seem pretty clear to the rest of us!

A beautiful moment in footballing, and political, history. Congratulations! Glad to see that France still has a few heros!

http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations/corrupt/governmt/chirac.htm

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