Vive la France:

Major opposition to Grande Mosque in Marseilles

But a new and very different symbol is scheduled to rise soon on another promontory, this one on the north side of the Old Port. It is the $30 million Grand Mosque of Marseille, a place for the metropolitan region’s more than 200,000 Muslims to gather and worship and a dramatic reminder of the Islamic heritage that is grafting itself onto France’s cultural landscape.  More from WaPo>>

A native French retiree polishing his car near where work on the mosque is scheduled to begin in April lamented the project. But the mosque, he said, is only part of what Muslim immigrants have done to Marseille in recent years. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, he said he did not want to be racist, “but you have to, when you see what is happening.”

“Marseille is finished,” he added, before turning to a game of petanque. “There is nothing left but blacks and Arabs.”  (its not so different in Paris/ed)

A Turkish Future for Metz?

When will there be a parliamentary investigation into Milli Görüs and the UOIF in France? If imams can come into France from Turkey, Turkey itself refuses the visas of foreign priests on its territory. There has been an insidious religious cleansing in Turkey where Christians were 20% of the population (in 1910) and are only 1% today. More>>

Dutch Gov. Reaches Out to Islamists, Says Muslim Women Allowed to Refuse Male Doctor

What’s next for Holland Muslim men refusing to be seen by female doctors?  France quite sensibly put its foot down on this issue.

THE HAGUE, 24/11/09 – Muslim women are allowed to refuse treatment given by a male doctor. Only in emergency cases do they not have this choice, Health Minister Ab Klink has said in a letter to parliament.

Klink says it “regularly” happens that patients ask for another medical carer. Usually this is because they want a male doctor and sometimes because the patient does not like the doctor’s religious conviction, origin or age.

If the patient indicates timely that they only want a woman doctor, this should be possible. In acute cases, it is reasonable that a patient should accept the available doctor. Should patients opt for someone else anyway, the costs will be charged to them.

The Party for Freedom (PVV) had asked questions about a Muslim woman who did not want to have a male doctor attending her while giving birth. That a woman should refuse a doctor in an acute situation like giving birth seldom occurs, according to Klink.

Read more..Islamization Watch.