Muslim Batman in Paris

In 1 of my previous post, Batman Inc., I mentioned that I wouldn't like the concept of Batman being franchise. For some reason I'm starting to be loving it.

Bruce Wayne is Batman

Dick Grayson remains as Batman of Gotham City

Mr Unknown becomes the Batman of Japan/ Tokyo

And the latest recruit is Nightrunner, the Batman of Paris

Nightrunner

Nightrunner or his real name Bilal Asselah is a 22 years old, French, Sunni Muslim with high skills in parkour. The introduction of Nightrunner as one of Batman allies has make some people dont approve a Muslim Batman. 

PARIS - BATMAN has battled many enemies but now has to face the anger of rightwing US blogers furious that the comic book caped crusader has recruited a Muslim to run his crime-fighting franchise in Paris.

'The character's name is Bilal Asselah and he is an Algerian Sunni Muslim and an immigrant that is physically fit and adept at the gymnastic sport parkour,' wrote Warner Todd Huston on his site Publius Forum.

'Apparently Batman couldn't find any actual Frenchman to be the 'French saviour',' wrote the right-winger, apparently discounting the millions of French citizens of North African descent from his definition of 'actual' French.

In the December issues of DC Comics Detective Comics Annual and Batman Annual, the caped crusader decides to set up Batman Incorporated and install a superhero in cities around the world to fight crime.

The hero he picks in France is called Nightrunner, the alter ego of a 22-year-old from Clichy-sous-Bois, a tough Paris suburb where urban unrest sparked riots in immigrant districts across France in 2005.

Bilal Asselah, a Frenchman of Algerian origin, was caught up in that unrest and at one point he and his friend got beaten up by police who mistook them for rioters. Bilal's friend reacted by later burning down a police station and ended up being killed by police. But Bilal, thanks largely to the influence of his pious Muslim mother, rejects hate and fear. -- AFP

Source:  Paris 'Muslim Batman' angers right-wing US bloggers

Nightrunner with the Batman symbol

Nightrunner remains the same look with only the Bat symbol as a new addition, unlike Batman of Japan where he gave up his Mr. Unknown character. It's much more better to maintain his own character but at the same time he is one of those Batman