{"id":50,"date":"2014-09-04T10:07:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T08:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2021-01-14T21:13:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T20:13:18","slug":"terrorism-virgin-suicides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/en\/terrorism-virgin-suicides\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism\/ Virgin Suicides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><span style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p><style type=&quot;text\/css&quot;>\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Cambria;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:&quot;&quot;;\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;\n\tmso-fareast-language:EN-US;}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:595.0pt 842.0pt;\n\tmargin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:35.4pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:35.4pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>Teenage Muslim girls were planning a suicide attack on a French synagogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><style type=&quot;text\/css&quot;>\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Cambria;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Baskerville;\n\tpanose-1:2 2 5 2 7 4 1 2 3 3;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:&quot;&quot;;\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;\n\tmso-fareast-language:EN-US;}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>According to various sources, two teen age Muslim girls, 17 and 15, may have been planning a suicide attack on the Great Synagogue in Lyons, Central France. Europe 1, a mainstream radio station, broke the news during its early morning program on August 29. More information was released on the same day by the Israeli French-language website JSS News.<span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>The girls were apparently arrested by the French police on August 19 and charged for criminal and terrorist conspiracy on August 22. One is from Venissieux, a surburb of Lyons (France&rsquo;s second largest city)&nbsp;; the other one from Tarbes, in the Eastern Pyreneans. They never met in the flesh but exchanged e-mails. It seems that a third party &ndash; possibly a jihadist recruiting network &ndash; was also involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>France&rsquo;s 5 to 6 million Muslim community is seen as a prime reservoir for jihadist terrorist activities. Most young French Muslims were born in the country, are French citizens, speak French fluently, are familiar with the European cultural codes and carry European Union passports. As such they can travel and operate much more freely than citizens from Muslim countries, or pass as non-Muslims if needed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>The police authorities have neither confirmed nor denied, so far, the two girls case. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>There are however many instances of teen age girls beeing recruited for terrorist purposes. According to the French Interior ministry, a 14 years old girl was arrested on August 27 in Quimper, Britanny, <span style=&quot;mso-spacerun:\nyes&quot;>&nbsp;<\/span>for similar reasons. And a 22 years old man from Chechnia, presumably a jihadist activist, was arrested last Saturday at Nice International Airport on the French Riviera just after having bought a plane ticket to Turkey for an unrelated 16 years old girl. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>Richard Wertenschlag, the Chief Rabbi of Lyons, says the police has warned him of potential anti-Jewish violence. He points to the many anti-Israel rallies that have been staged in the Lyons area over the past two months&nbsp;: <em style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style:normal&quot;>&laquo;&nbsp;There is one demonstration every Wednesday afternoon and every Saturday afternoon. Incitement to anti-Jewish violence and even murder, with slogans like &lsquo;Death to Zionists&rsquo;, is a frequent occurence.&nbsp;&raquo;<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>While most demonstrators seem to be Muslim, they enjoy widespread support from at least some of Lyons leftwing eldermen. <em style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style:normal&quot;>&laquo;&nbsp;The fact that Nathalie Perrin-Gilbert, the leftwing mayor of the city&rsquo;s 1st district, halfmasted the French flag for three days in mourning of &lsquo;Gaza&rsquo;s murdered children&rsquo; was certainly not helpful&nbsp;&raquo;,<\/em> Wertenschlag told <em style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style:normal&quot;>The Jewish Chronicle<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><strong style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight:\nnormal&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>&copy; Michel Gurfinkiel &amp; The Jewish Chronicle, 2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><em style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style:\nnormal&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:Baskerville&quot;>Michel Gurfinkiel is the Founder and President of the Jean-Jacques Rousseau Institute, a conservative think-thank in France, and a Shillman\/Ginsburg Fellow at Middle East Forum.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;><span style=&quot;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;&quot;>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<style type=&quot;text\/css&quot;>\n<\/style>\n<p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin-left:1.0cm&quot;>Teenage Muslim girls were planning a suicide attack on a French synagogue.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/en\/terrorism-virgin-suicides\/\">&nbsp;&raquo;&nbsp;Read more about: Terrorism\/ Virgin Suicides &nbsp;&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[655],"tags":[793],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1498,"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50\/revisions\/1498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michelgurfinkiel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}