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France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by Racoon(m): 4:02am On Jul 06, 2023 |
In our series of letters from African journalists, France-based Maher Mezahi writes how racism and Islamophobia lie behind the anger seen on the country's streets over the past week.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66097318?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_link_id=81D20E5C-1B9F-11EE-8BDB-3DDE5B3BE886&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_origin=BBCNews&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign_type=owned&at_link_type=web_link&at_format=link&at_medium=social nlfpmod
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Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by Racoon(m): 4:05am On Jul 06, 2023 |
".......A LESSON FOR NIGERIA." The protracted French riots, arson and insurrection is a classical case of what a well ocastrated state injustice and discrimination( especially ethno-politico-religious supremacist agenda as is the case in Nigeria ) can cause to a nation or country. The Nigerian civil war costed both Biafra and the state a lot in human and economic wastage, but more than 50 years after the war, national integration have been a big problem with the warped mindset that the victims race deserves no national recognition. Politically, the January 15 1966 military coup is only seen as an Igbo coup hence demonised as such, but the counter-coup and other subsequent ones led by the Hausa-Fulanis were not seen as such because most succeeded hence seen as heroes. Fast forward to the 2023 era, an Igbo man contested in a presidential election, won in key states of Lagos and Abuja, but was heavily discriminated against because of his ethnic group. The racial and ethnic profiling that followed this controversial election is unprecedented in history. Yet the Nigerian state behaved as if nothing happened. #EndSARS riots were later visualised as Igbo agenda. Now to the religious angle, many Christains in Nigeria are being delibrately persecuted and killed because of their faith. Yet the state that supposed to maintain a secular balance tends to be clearly promoting ethno-religious supremacist sentiments and agenda. Some classical cases includes the many well chronicled religious uprising down the core North. The Chibok school girls kidnap, Lead Sharibu, the RCCG woman killed in Kubwa, the Christian woman killed in Zubwa, and last but not the least - the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel in FCE Sokoto last year. The sad reality of all these is that, all the killers are often protected and shielded to escape justice by the religious power brokers high up in authority. Now, the Muslims are suffering same in France. Same thing happened between the Tutsi and other ethnic groups in the inglorious post Idi-Amin era in Uganda leading to needless bloodshed and deaths. Two wrongs does not make a right. One good turn deserves another. "An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere." This should be a lesson and warning to all. I rest my pen here. 2 Likes |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by Racoon(m): 4:07am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Martin Luther King Jr once said that "a riot is the language of the unheard"
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Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by MeNmyfamily: 4:44am On Jul 06, 2023 |
May the riots favour me n my family. 1 Like |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by EyeCumInPeace: 5:59am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Remove Religion of Peace, and have Peace. ![]() |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by ratiani6: 6:02am On Jul 06, 2023 |
France decided to bring destruction to its people knowingly. They love illegals Muslim migrants than their own citizens 3 Likes |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by Kukutenla: 6:19am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Hmmm. Muslims complain of discrimination where they are minority but discriminate when they are in majority 3 Likes |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by Adurax: 6:23am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Deport the muslims 1 Like |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by Zxcvbnmghtr: 6:37am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Anybody who thinks the riot is about some kind of discrimination has absolutely no knowledge about the history of France. 1 Like |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by STRI1: 6:43am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Those idiots mentioning Muslims are filled of hate and nothing's else. Because not even France itself or anyone brought Muslim thing to it. The only Muslims in France are those from Algeria and Morocco. There are much more from Gabon, mali, Guinea, Benin republic, Togo, Senegal etc. Those idiots should tell us where they found their Muslims narrative 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by STRI1: 6:44am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Zxcvbnmghtr: It's about what ? |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by BossGerald: 6:44am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Op we know the religion that is causing chaos in France right now, don't tell us what we know. Give them allow and they'll start looking for allowance...religion of peace indeed 1 Like |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by omenka(m): 6:46am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Racoon:Awesome!! Now, young man, get out your camp-sized mattress, set your phone aside, take a match and some gasoline, and start burning things down from your state to demonstrate your belief in the propriety of the French situation. You people like going round circles talking trash daily. Why not take some action already? We've read enough of your justifications for what's happening in the country. Begin to burn down structures so you'd put an end to the perceived discrimination against you. 🤡🤡🤡 3 Likes |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by omenka(m): 6:48am On Jul 06, 2023 |
STRI1:Obidients from the South East and no one else. Run through all the comments of those doing so, you'd see it is no one but them. 2 Likes |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by STRI1: 6:50am On Jul 06, 2023 |
To those idiots mentioning Muslims..this is another protest in France with over 1 million people protesting. Fools. 1 Like
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Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by Zxcvbnmghtr: 6:51am On Jul 06, 2023 |
STRI1: It's about re occurrences of civil violence which is a bedrock of French civilization. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by STRI1: 6:51am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Igbos will always look for every opportunity to bring Muslims to everything 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by STRI1: 6:52am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Zxcvbnmghtr: Good of you. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by STRI1: 6:53am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Anyone who understands the history of France, the story of Marie Antoinette and Louis the 16th, the last monarchs of France in the 19th century and the story of the guillotine will understand this has nothing to do with Muslims. 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by STRI1: 6:54am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Adurax: YOIRE very stupid. It's that hate that will kill you 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by Racoon(m): 6:54am On Jul 06, 2023 |
omenka:It is understandable people of your kind can't comprehend or tolerate dissenting opinions as known by your antecedents on this platform. Meanwhile, the religion with the destructive mindset for wanton bloodletting and killings is well known to humanity. They were the ones that started killings in Nigeria because of a Denmark cartoonist impression of their prophet. |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by STRI1: 6:55am On Jul 06, 2023 |
ratiani6: LovePeddler the illegal Muslims? Mad igbos 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by omenka(m): 7:11am On Jul 06, 2023 |
Racoon:Didn't read whatever stale horseshit you typed. Until you and your band of spiteful brothers begin to burn down structures in your state, you'd remain nothing but poorly dressed clowns. Or let me guess, you want the burning to begin in Lagos. Yeah? The same way your kinsmen admonished that Lagos be burned down but your zone be left untouched during Endsars. Not so? 3 Likes |
Re: France Riots: Fuelled By Everyday Discrimination By Maher Mezahi by MadamExcellency: 7:14am On Jul 06, 2023 |
You can see what is happening in France but not in Nigeria where Security Agencies kill Eastern youths for fun in collaboration with Asari Dokubo and his contract killers Come to Nigeria and see Federal Government systematic discrimination. |
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