Refugee in his Own Country

February 2009

Redeker described the Prophet as a warlord enriched by plunder, who slaughtered the Jews of Medina. As opposed to the fundamental violence of Islam, Christianity surmounted its shameful periods by returning to the fundamental Evangelical values. "Jesus is a master of love, Muhammad a master of hatred," wrote Redeker. Judaism and Christianity had eliminated their archaic violence, adding that while Islam still nurtured it.

All Muslims, he wrote, were taught from holy texts that were steeped in hatred and violence. Islam, like 20th-century communism, aspired to rule the world. Now as then, concluded Redeker, the West was "the free world," and its enemies swarmed and multiplied in its midst.

Immediately after publication of this op-ed (ironically, such articles are called "libre opinion" in French), Redeker received credible death threats from Muslims and was forced into hiding. The support of a handful of courageous minds was outweighed by criticism from academic and journalist colleagues, teachers' unions and public officials, who accused him of reckless insensitivity. Today, Redeker is still in hiding, under government protection.

Redeker explained to Standpoint his current situation: "I am a sort of political refugee within my country." He has given up teaching, moved away from his home region and must be protected by two bodyguards when he goes to any city. His life has become a crippling exercise of perpetual precautions, but Redeker is not a cause célèbre in France.

He still publishes articles on other subjects in the national media but his case has been forgotten, except by those who want to kill him. Their interest has not subsided, their numbers constantly increase, as indicated by the incident in Paris in October. Redeker concludes from that confrontation that his photograph is still doing the rounds, and that Islamist ideas have taken hold in the minds of ordinary Muslims.

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egil

July 2nd, 2009
3:07 AM

For a daily reminder of the threat of Islam to Western freedoms, go to jihadwatch.org if you haven't already done so. Its very eye-opening, as this article should be to those who haven't faced what the threats are.

Jon M

February 10th, 2009
10:02 PM

Heroic post. It brings this new reader much joy to see people standing up to Islam, the 21st century Fascism!

Gary O

February 6th, 2009
1:02 PM

I am begining to like Standpoint. What with Douglas Murray's article and now this, a ray of hope has shone through my state of dispair regarding the cowardly attitude of our main stream media in the face of islamisation of the West. Britain (and the West in general) still has a chance of preserving its culture, religion and identity given people like Messrs Murray and Redeker. Just one final point: criticising islam is neither islamophobic nor racist and those who have the courage to speak out must not be labelled as such in order that they may fall silent. Thank you Standpoint.

Anonymous

February 2nd, 2009
12:02 PM

Bravo. It is becoming clear that Islam is at war with the west, we must quickly put a stop to it's expansion, or we will all be slaves. Mohamed killed people, it's only a matter of time...

Geoffrey Cain

February 1st, 2009
10:02 PM

Everyone should support Robert Redeker in every way they can.

Soult

January 31st, 2009
10:01 PM

The Editors of Standpoint and its readership must educate themselves in the following facts: There is the UN sponsored Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed in 1948 by most members of the UN and then there is the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam signed in 1990 by 54 Moslem nations. The Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam is in direct contravention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: it does not grant freedom of religion, it states that all crimes and punishments are determined only by Sharia Law and it asserts the domination of Islam over all other belief systems, political ideologies and jurisprudences. Note especially Articles 19, 24 and 25 of this Cairo Declaration. Here is the link to a site which provides the texts of both the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam: http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/Ohmyrus30816.htm It is essential that this is made widely known in the British, European and American media because it is this Cairo Declaration which the EU and the UN, by acceding to the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Conference) demand to declare criticism of Islam to be "islamophobic" and therefore a crime,will actually assist in bringing Europe and even America, under the yoke of Islam and its degrading Sharia law. Also, little things do matter and words have power: kindly cease referring to Islam's warlord founder, Mohamed, as "Prophet": to billions of people throughout the world, Jews, Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, atheists, etc, this man could never be described or revered as such. Also, start informing your readership of the doctrines of Islam (taqiyya, Abrogation of verses in the Koran), of Jihad, of Islam's history of bloody conquest, denigration of peoples, cultures, faiths and lands and, especially, of Mohamed (the supporting Hadiths, especially of Bukhari and the Sira, biography of Mohamed will assist as these are considered, along with the Qur'an, to be the 'holy' texts in Islam). The truth shall set us ALL free, including those enslaved by Islam.

Anonymous

January 29th, 2009
1:01 PM

bravo r redeker, bravo the writer. reader in ireland .

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