The alliance between the far left and the Islamists responds to a supposed ideal of convergence of struggles. However, in 1979 in Iran, this unnatural marriage turned tragic. Once in power, the Mullahs liquidated their Communist and Marxist allies. An example that the extreme left in France would do well to ponder.
On 1 February 1979, as the Iranian revolution entered its final phase, Ayatollah Khomeini, who had played on the alliance between the far left and the Islamists, returned to Tehran after several years in exile. On 31 March of the same year, he proclaimed the birth of the Islamic Republic, becoming its Supreme Guide. He put his closest allies in charge of newly-created ministries, and subjected Iran to Sharia law.
For years, Canada’s democratic and secular academic and cultural communities have been voicing their dissatisfaction and concern at what they describe as “the penetration of Islamists and political Islam in general into various academic and educational institutions”. Many activists feel that freedom of expression is under serious threat, particularly in their country’s universities. Wokism has been there: it’s a problem that Western Europe is also experiencing.
For several years – some witnesses say more than 15 years – Muslim students have been praying every day in part of the library of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). A practice that has become so commonplace that they have even stored a few boxes of equipment there: prayer mats, veils, laminated texts of invocations to recite. And the statue that decorates the room is permanently covered with a sheet. But ever since the facts came to light in the press, thanks to the anonymous testimony of a member of staff, the question has come up again and again: “So what’s the problem?” So, I’m going to try and answer it.
