French Muslims under attack

States always do have to be careful not to create a form of mass or generalised hysteria. In France and Belgium we can see that the government put the security risk factor higher, in Belgium on level 3 (of 4). This makes that not only police is patrolling but also the army, both in special safety bulletproof clothing are holding heavy armed surveillance in cities.

This can give a feeling of more safety but also triggers more fear.

Since Islamist extremists killed 17 people in Paris last month, some French people have lost their senses not seeing clear any-more the difference between fundamentalists and a general faith group.

Last month France could face 147 acts committed against Muslims between January 7 — when gunmen killed 12 people at the offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly publication — and the end of the month. Also the Jewish community which already had lots of problems last year is facing more fear and hate for their community.

French police officers stand guard outside Paris’s main mosque on January 9

In Paris and other towns, like everywhere in Belgium, every synagogue is now guarded by heavily armed soldiers — part of the government’s emergency response plan that has seen 10,500 soldiers deployed across the country. On Tuesday, a man armed with a knife attacked soldiers who were guarding a Jewish community centre in Nice.

Foreign press sometimes follows American sayings which are not always according to what is really happening and like Fox presented its news have nothing to do with reality. This can frighten foreigners also to come to places where we do not see nor feel such a danger and would like to live in peace with all different communities and races.
In America what happened in Europe is used by the fire-arms-lobby to show the world why those who have laws against carrying weapons would be more under threat than those where everybody is free to protect himself with a fire-arm.

We are already facing the problem with American coloured people when they have to be checked at the airport, they often accuse the agents that they where chosen because of their colour, though not such a racism exists here in Belgium and many can even find to be partnered with a coloured person or/and with a person of an other religion. Most of the people in these regions also would never in their life ever find themselves in a fire-fight or being confronted with an area with bombs or terror attacks. to do if everybody could encounter such attacks every minute of the day is much much over.

Bringing twisted news and adding fear does not help to keep the peace in our multicultural society.

Having economical and also some political problems in Europe it is very easy for the politicians to draw the attention away from the more important issues and to get on the emotional elements to cause friction and to proof how the country wants to protect its citizens.

We do have to be careful which general feeling we want to give to our community and to abroad.

Let more people find again the van or bus where many can take place to show they are loving each-other, no matter colour or religion.

 

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