Islam versus Europe

A council in the South of France has announced that it is planning to rename a square after Eyüp Sultan, a so-called companion of the so-called prophet. The con man prophet's companion, who has no obvious connection to France, died in the Muslim attack on Constantinople in 670. Currently the square is named after Pierre Loti, the 19th century French writer, who was passionately interested in things oriental.

The initiative seems to have come from the councillor Lionel Serik, a "French" person who recently discovered that he had Turkish roots.

Having a foreign surname, which has always aroused people’s curiosity, French journalist Serik is in pursuit of his roots, which he has traced back to Turkey. “I was always looking in the Yellow Pages when I was in Montreal, New York, Paris, Singapore, Riyadh and Dubai and could never find a Serik,” said Serik during a recent interview in İstanbul, where he was visiting as a guest of the İstanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency.

After investigating further, Serik discovered that his ancestors were from one of the nomadic communities in Turkey. “Seriks are Yörüks,” says Serik. “They are a nomadic people, which definitely suits me very well. I’ve been living all over the world.

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“I spent a week here in İstanbul, and then I went to Antalya last Friday,” says Serik. “I was honored and very warmly welcomed by Ahmet Ümit, the district governor of Serik. On Saturday we went to Serik. When we first arrived in Serik, I started to see the road signs, and it was pretty much like a child looking forward to opening his Christmas presents. It was like I was in Wonderland.”

The next day he was hosted by Mehmet Habalı, the mayor of Serik, and he was very impressed by the way he was treated, both by the authorities and the local people. “He was very nice to me, like everybody else was,” says Serik. “I had the most beautiful experience of my life; I cried on Sunday night.” A special celebration was organized in the town, and a lamb was sacrificed in honor of Serik. “To my biggest surprise, they sacrificed a lamb before my eyes, which I couldn’t watch,” he says, “and then we ate the poor lamb.” This whole experience strengthened Serik’s ties with Turkey, “I had my Turkish blood and now my heart is Turkish, too.”

So now France ceases to honour one of its great writers so this nobody can indulge his personal ancestor nostalgia, and will instead honour an Arab savage who died attacking the capital of Christendom?

Source: Fdesouche.com