From canceled Barbie screenings to censored Voltaire plays, France’s cultural backbone is crumbling under Islamist threats—fulfilling Christopher Hitchens’ grim prophecy of submission.
Fifteen years ago, Christopher Hitchens warned the West: “Resist while you can. Because one day they will call you Islamophobic… The barbarians will not have to take the city as long as someone keeps the gates open for them.”
France today proves him terrifyingly right. What Hitchens foresaw as surrender is now routine reality: censorship, self-censorship, and the slow erasure of free thought under the guise of “safety” and “diversity.”
In Noisy-le-Sec, an open-air screening of Barbie—ironically marketed as a feminist anthem against patriarchy—was canceled after Islamists threatened officials and attendees. The communist-led town hall justified it as a “security measure.” This is the same district where 80% of the Jewish community has already fled.
Barbie, banned by the Taliban, has now been silenced in Paris. What’s next—films “certified compatible with the Koran”?
It doesn’t stop there:
- In Saint-Ouen, a documentary on the Charlie Hebdo trial was scrapped. Officially: to avoid “political debate.” In truth: fear.
- In Ardèche, a teacher canceled a screening of Persepolis out of fear of Muslim student backlash. “We are not safe from fanatics,” the teacher admitted.
- Made in France, a thriller about homegrown jihad, had its release pulled after the Paris terror attacks. Even its poster was sanitized, stripping the Eiffel Tower of the Kalashnikov that foreshadowed reality.
- L’Apotre, a film about a Muslim converting to Christianity, was quietly deprogrammed to “avoid risk of attacks.”
- Anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, who exposed the Muslim Brotherhood, needed police protection. Yet the Sorbonne canceled her lecture—“for security reasons.”
- Even Voltaire’s play Muhammad or Fanaticism was banned in Geneva and Saint-Genis-Pouilly after riots, violence, and burned cars. Since then, it has vanished from French stages.
This isn’t just about art. It’s about memory, identity, and the survival of free society. Islamists cut down the tree commemorating Ilan Halimi, the young Jew tortured and murdered in Paris. Teachers are threatened for showing Renaissance paintings. Book publishers censor works critical of Islam. Journalists blur Muhammad’s face.
As French intellectual Jacques Julliard once asked: “Are we in France or in Pakistan?”
The answer becomes clearer every day.
The cultural dictatorship now wears the mask of “diversity.” Mattel proudly released “Hijarbie”—the veiled Barbie—celebrated by CNN as progress. Meanwhile, real French girls are told what they can and cannot watch, read, or think.
Voltaire warned against fanaticism. Hitchens begged us to resist. Instead, we submit. From Barbie to Voltaire, the gates of Europe are no longer defended. The catastrophe is not approaching—it is here.
Happy Soumission, France.
