European 'No-Go' Zones: Fact or Fiction?

European 'No-Go' Zones: Fact or Fiction?

The Gatestone Institute links to dozens of reports in the French media about neighborhoods and suburban districts where "where police and gendarmerie cannot enforce the Republican order or even enter without risking confrontation, projectiles, or even fatal shootings." A couple of examples:

"The Socialist mayor of Amiens, Gilles Demailly, has referred to the Fafet-Brossolette district of the city as a 'no-go zone' where 'you can no longer order a pizza or get a doctor to come to the house.' Europe 1, one of the leading broadcasters in France, has referred to Marseille as a 'no-go zone' after the government was forced to deploy riot police, known as CRS, to confront warring Muslim gangs in the city. The French Interior Ministry said it was trying to 'reconquer' 184 square kilometers (71 square miles) of Marseille that have come under the control of Muslim gangs.

"The French newspaper Le Figaro has referred to downtown Perpignan as a 'veritable no-go zone' where 'aggression, antisocial behavior, drug trafficking, Muslim communalism, racial tensions and tribal violence' are forcing non-Muslims to move out. Le Figaro also reported that the Les Izards district of Toulouse was a no-go zone, where Arab drug trafficking gangs rule the streets in a climate of fear....

"Also in Aubervilliers, the magazine Charlie Hebdo reported in 2012 that the town hall was obligating non-Muslim men who want to marry Muslim women to convert to Islam first, even though France is ostensibly a secular republic....

"In 2014, Le Figaro published the contents of a leaked intelligence document that warns about the imposition of Islamic Sharia law in French schools in Muslim ghettoes. The 15-page document provides 70 specific examples of how Muslim radicals are taking over ostensibly secular schools throughout the country. These include: veiling in playgrounds, halal meals in the canteen, chronic absenteeism (bordering 90% in some parts of Nîmes and Toulouse) during religious festivals, clandestine prayer in gyms or hallways...."

RELATED: The Washington Post reports that CNN hosts and guests spoke about "no-go zones" as a reality but, unlike Fox News, hasn't issued any retractions or apologies.