French Jewish Leader: Radical Islamism Is Similar to Nazism

WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS: Following a worrying rise of anti-Semitism and terrorist threats against Jews in France, the president of the French Jewish community umbrella organization CRIF, Richard Prasquier, has drawn a parallel between what he termed ‘radical Islamism’ and Nazism. In an op-ed published in the French newspaper ‘Le Monde’, Prasquier warned against indulgence toward terrorist movements whose ideology was similar to that of the Nazis. “Radical Islamism refers to a worldview in which the work of the Divinity has to be carried out by annihilating the enemies,” he wrote. » | Friday, October 19, 2012

WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS: Richard Prasquier: Radical Islamism and Nazism: Being indulgent towards radical Islamism is being indulgent towards Nazism.” This declaration made in front of the Elysée Presidential Palace was premeditated and intended to raise awareness. It was not an emotional statement. However, the meeting with the French President took place after the police had arrested a network comprising many new converts to Islam and terrorism. ¶ While we were reassured by the determination of government authorities, the meeting was also very worrying. It gave a glimpse of the probability in our country of other networks, still dormant for the moment, which are being created or trained, composed of amateurs devoted to their own death, dreaming of massacres to provide them with meaning to their life and a passport to untold delights in another world. Words are weighted by the halo of their history. » | Richard Prasquier | Wednesday, October 17, 2012