It was adopted by the New Zealand massacre port and the far right in the West .. What is the "great replacement" theory?

Before his heinous crime in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March 2019, the Australian terrorist repeated the phrase "the great replacement" coined by the French writer and political activist Reno Camus a few years ago, which summarizes that European countries and their white Christian culture are being replaced by the indigenous white population with new arrivals from Africa and Muslims .

In an article published in the French newspaper "Le Monde", writers Samuel Laurent, Maxime Vodano, Gary Daguerre and Asma Maad highlighted the relationship between the theory of the far-right writer Reno Camus and the terrorist attack that killed 49 people in two New Zealand mosques last year.

On his Twitter account after the massacre, Camus made do with reminding that he condemns the violence, and denying his responsibility for the crime committed by the extremist Brenton Tarrant.

But the Australian killer actually used the phrase "the great replacement" in capital letters on the front page of the statement he posted online prior to the start of his attack on the two mosques and the shooting of worshipers.

In his statement, Tarrant expressed his regret at the non-European population's invasion of the Western world, noting that during his stay in France he noticed "invaders everywhere", which encouraged him to take that step.

The authors state that these words clearly reveal Tarrant’s anti-immigrant thought, which is consistent with the theory of the "great substitution" or "great substitution" that Renault Camus coined 10 years ago.

The "Great Substitution" theory

In a nutshell, this theory consists of two basic components, the first is represented in the demographic expectations, which say that due to mass immigration and high fertility rates, the population of non-European origin is on the way to surpass the number of indigenous people in Europe, and this would help them impose their culture and religion. On the continent.

On the other hand, Camus believes that the "great replacement" will occur as a result of a conspiracy carried out by a "hidden authority", which are the pro-globalization capitalist ruling elites who support mass migration processes in order to build a new world in which all national, ethnic and cultural peculiarities disappear, and become capable of control and formation to meet the needs Needs of a globalized economy.

An episode of Al-Jazeera's "Outside the Text" program highlighted the book "The Great Replacement", which talks about Europe's exposure to invasion and demographic change by immigrants. The writer believes that the great replacement is not just a theory, but rather a concept that embodies another phenomenon.

Camus says in the program that he was terrified after the media referred to him, and he sees that two types of people do not read what is written, which are journalists and mass murderers, and “the perpetrator of the crime of the two mosques did not refer to me and did not read my books, and if he knew well what I write he would not have acted in the manner. Which he acted, because the central concept of my political thought is based on innocence and harm. "

He continues that France is colonized by Africans, and not only by Islam, but Islam is emerging as the most organized and solid bloc, unlike Christianity, which appears dispersed.

An old idea with a new look

The authors state that Renault Camus defended this theory publicly for the first time in his book "The ABCs of Innocence" published in 2010, before developing it and changing its name to "The Great Substitution" the following year.

But from their point of view, he was not the first to invent this theory, rather it appeared at the end of the nineteenth century with Maurice Paris, one of the founding fathers of French nationalism.

In an article about the membership of the National Youth Society dating back to 1900, Paris laid the theoretical foundations for this idea, saying, "Today, the new French people who do not have the ability to integrate them have infiltrated us, and they want to impose on us their way of thinking."

Morris Paris considered that the low birth rate and the depletion of the French energy over a period of 100 years were decisive factors for the arrival of foreigners and their desire to destroy the French identity, stressing that "their victory means the real destruction of our homeland."

Historian Nicolas LeBurg believes that the idea of ​​changing the demographics gained momentum after the Second World War, especially among the neo-Nazis in France who believed in the existence of a "conspiracy" weaved by the Jews to change Europe demographically and to "establish a global plutocratic dictatorship (the rule of the rich)."

Lauberg asserts that Renault Camus only updated this theory after the events of September 11, 2001 in order to conceal its anti-Semitic dimensions and adapt it to the clash of civilizations and Islamophobia.

Thinkers and politicians have adopted the theory

Writers say that Reno Camus did not succeed in spreading his idea widely, but he was able to appeal to some of the leading French thinkers, such as journalist Eric Zemmour, philosopher Alain Finkelkrut and writer Michel Welbeck.

His theory has also made its way in political circles, especially within the National Front, where it has been publicly adopted by names such as Marion Marechal Le Pen, Nicholas Bay, Stefan Ravier and Julian Sanchez.

French writer Michel Welbeck's novel "Surrender" charts a scenario based on the premise of electing the head of an Islamist party in France, and it was published on the same day of the attack on the French weekly Charlie Hebdo in January 2015, against the background of its publication of insulting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Upon him and upon him.

The novel seemed to foretell a terrible wave of "terrorism" that haunted the French during the few years that followed.

According to a previous report by Le Monod newspaper, journalist Eric Zemmour indicated that the balance of power in the world is not economic as much as it is demographic, and stated that demographic growth has turned against the interests of whites who were 4 times Africa, colonized the world, exterminated the Native Americans and indigenous people and enslaved Africans, and explained that the trend of Today's tide has reversed, and that the whites have become the ones who, for the new immigrants, will replace the Indians and the slaves.

He said that the banner of the new immigrants is Islam, stressing that all France’s problems, such as unemployment, the lack of schools, hospitals, and so forth, have increased the severity of the presence of immigrants, and thus Islam increased that severity.

He said that concepts such as coexistence, tolerance and others are no longer valid today, because immigrants who preserve all the elements of their identity and want to adhere to the Sharia will subject the original French to the provisions of Sharia and halal, and thus "they will treat us as colonialists, through jihad, their means of Kalashnikovs and their robes."

Incitement to violence and hatred

Brenton Tarrant has adopted the phrase "the great replacement," but is that enough to put him in line with the Renault Camo?

Writers mention that Camus constantly repeats that he is against violence, but in 2014 he was convicted of inciting hatred and violence, after describing Muslims as "barbarians" and "invaders", and as "colonialists" who seek to make "the life of the indigenous people impossible".

Camus is a staunch supporter of "reverse migration", that is, forcing migrants in a "peaceful" and "humane" manner to return to their countries of origin.