January 13, 2014

France Combats Anti-Semitism

By Michael Curtis
Among the most constructive political and military events over the last year have been the actions of France in efforts to control the aggression and advance of Islamic terrorism in the world.  France has done the right thing in sending troops to Mali, helping the regime in the Central African Republic, and insisting on careful monitoring of Iran's nuclear ambitions. France has now taken a step, symbolically important for the democratic world as well as for its own political well being, in controlling the equally virulent offensiveness of anti-Semitism.  On January 6, 2014, Manuel Valls, French minister of the interior, issued a circular to police, mayors,  and administrative prefects in the country, stating that they could ban the planned public performances in their towns of the comedian/actor Dieudonné M'bala M'bala on the grounds of risks to public order. Dieudonné, born in Paris to an immigrant Cameroonian father and a native French white...(Read Full Article)