Leftists have in recent years indulged in several orgies of destroying statues, but their favored method of destruction is pulling them down, not beheading them. Still, a Leftist may have done this, but could it have anything to do with the introduction into France of a large population of people who believe that Christianity is a false religion and that they are commanded to fight unbelievers so that Allah may punish them by the hands of the believers (cf. Qur’an 9:14-15), and that they should behead the unbelievers (cf. Qur’an 47:4)?
Could it have anything to do with the Qur’an’s suggestion that the destroyed remnants of ancient non-Muslim civilizations are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his truth? “Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.” (Qur’an 3:137) The ruins of non-Muslim civilizations thus bear witness to the truth of Islam. What ensues from that idea? The creation of more ruins.
Or is this the work of Leftists who are unwittingly (or knowingly) advancing the same agenda as that of the Islamic State and the Taliban?
“Vienne: a fire started in a church in Poitiers and a desecrated Virgin,” translated from “Vienne : un incendie allumé dans une église de Poitiers et une Vierge dégradée,” La Nouvelle République, May 15, 2024 (thanks to Medforth):
Firefighters intervened at the Sainte-Thérèse church in Poitiers, this Tuesday, May 14, 2024, for an arson attack.
Who is targeting the Sainte-Thérèse church in Poitiers? The religious building has now been attacked for the second time, marking another extreme.
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 in the morning, benches gathered in a pile were set on fire in front of the choir.
Father Albert opened the church Tuesday morning around 8:30 a.m., without noticing anything unusual.
“The church was full of smoke”
“I had an appointment at 11 a.m. with a person for fire safety,” says the delegate in charge of material life. “We opened the sacristy and when I wanted to join the choir, he told me not to come. The church was full of smoke. As he is a former Paris firefighter, he took the necessary measures. »The firefighters intervened with significant resources, the start of the fire was quickly brought under control and the benches and chairs, set on fire and partially charred, were taken out of the church.
Already targeted for early 2022
A statue of the Virgin, located on the side of the choir, was the victim of vandalism. She was found with her head severed. Like two years ago. It had since been repaired.In 2022, in addition to this statue of the Virgin, there are figurines that had been broken.
A company must come on Wednesday May 15 to establish an estimate for cleaning soot on the walls, floor and works.
A complaint will be filed by the diocese, private owner of this church, built after the law of 1905 returning religious buildings to the heritage of the municipalities or the State.
The church was closed to the public and the religious burial ceremony which was planned for Wednesday was moved to Migné-Auxances.
(1) The diocese, the City of Poitiers and the National Rally, each denounced this damage in a press release and provided their support to the community of parishioners attending this church.
Tony Rice says
Apparently one church each day is set ablaze in France, by whom is obvious. Note, the French Authorities have not released the result of their investigation ( that must have taken place ) re who set Notre Dame on fire , question is, why not ? And about time Macron followed Geert Wilders and what he is doing in the Netherlands.
WPM says
This is in the 21 century why no security cameras where not place in the church entrances and outside the church after the 2022 attack? It seems a small price to protect a very valuable building ,even private modest homes today in America have ring door bell and various security cameras at low cost .I am not familiar with French law about what can be used at semi-public buildings ,if someone here reading this on this site can bring us up to speed on their laws in this matter? I know the church I attend in NYC has this security in place.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
Why a church in Poitiers? Revenge for Charles Martel?
Janet Nadler says
Any chance there were cameras in the church?
FYI says
The people who run the World are symbolically represented by the Ten kings who run an empire{the Fourth Empire}
“It will crush the whole Earth and trample it down”
another king will come to rule the Empire….
But the Empire and all the kings are doomed to destruction{Daniel 7 v 23-28}
The EU is turning into the EU SSR.It will need a leader who i believe will be the one called “another king”
Jesus Christ refers to the Book of Daniel in Matthew 24
islam is an antiChristian cult.
Rarely says
Wrong.
islam isn’t an anti-Cristian cult. It’s an “anti-everything-that-isn’t-islam” cult. But not only that but “anything-that-isn’t-my-brand-of-islam cult.
FYI says
If allah’s greatest enemy is a man called the king of kings i am afraid that makes islam anti-christan{Sahih Muslim vol 5 hadith #5611}
Yes it is also hostile to ALL other religions of course…sure
But if allah’s ENEMY is a man called the King if Kings ,yes,that makes islam anti-christian.
Peacelover says
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Walter Sieruk says
That was vandalism . That statue didn’t belong to him to destroy . If that Muslim had owned it that would be a different story. Nevertheless ,as important as the precept of respect for private property is that act of destruction is very mild for s devout Muslim. Meaning that its definitely better that he cut off the head of a statue than if he beheaded a real person., as do many Muslim terrorists do to people.
WPM says
So vandalism because no one was hurt should be accepted? Private and public property is not safe around progressive “protestors” and Jihadist and damaging because it “offends” them in some way should be tolerated? BLM rioters destroying billions in months(summer 2020) of rioting should also be tolerated because they are mad or upset about something. No go zones for Moslems settling in large old rustbelt towns in England or Northern Europe and Americas Midwest should be accepted ? As long as they are not killing ,or raping us ,you know all those attacks of violence as just “lone wolves” the truly mental ill .Give in to minor vandalism ,larger vandalism grows ,give in to minor violence ,large violence grows .Jihadist is a clearing of non-Moslems from their towns cities and countries by a constant up ramping from minor terror and harassment to major terror and violence. Turning the other cheek and accepting ” minor ” terror only leads to larger terror .Of course anyone who points this out is a “white supremist” racist ,or simple just a bad guy enemy of the EU ,and will either be fined or jailed or lose his job or pension in many European countries If you are an “elected” official ,or a police officer and you want to keep your job(the police) or your envelope of no tax cash bribers(elected officials) keep your yap shut .That is my humble opinion
Ray Jarman says
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Well said WPM. I bet that if one of the Muslim houses of terror were to be burnt in St. Denis, all hell would break out but for a Christian church to be vandalized, who cares? Certainly not the western media for were it not for this and a couple of other websites, these acts would remain completely hidden. Give these inbred followers of the made-up horrific prophet a fingertip and as we all understand, they will extract a neck soon after. I keep wondering what it will take to truly awaken the fools who pretend to be leaders in the West for as the saying goes, they could not lead a dog to a bone.
Walter Sieruk says
Thank you for replying to my essay . As for the rhetorical question you “asked “, which was “So valadaism because no one war hurt should be accepted ?” No way was I implying that , it is very obvious that respect for private property is one on the pillars of Western civilization . Therefore I was not condoning valadaism , The point of my message is that for a devout Muslim beheading a statue isn’t , as evil and beheading a human being ,since Islam is such a bloodthirsty religion .
It should also be make clear that beheading ia statue s the “lesser of two evil”s than beheading a person . Nevertheless , by reason its well understood “the lesser of two evils is still evil.”
Furthermore, it’s most likely that no one hate vandalism more than me , because during the year of 2019 after more than 30 years of living in a city, the neighborhood that I was living in had a plague of hooligans who throwing rocks through my and my neighbors windows at night , Therefore I moved out of that city on September 1, 2019 to a small country town far away from that city.
To reiterate vandalism is a despicable crime but murder is an even more despicable crime.
With Islam comes both crimes.
somehistory says
So much for how mozlums ‘respect’ Mary and her Son.
Oh, how peaceful are mozlums, only want to live and get along and be tolerant.
Until they get to the numbers they have now; and seeing the tolerance of their depravity, stealing, killing and destroying, just as their father, “the Thief” Jesus warned about, so they are more and more emboldened to do as they please.
Few arrests; unnamed mozlum perps who *face* deportation, but the door of such never closes on their backs. They stay, commit more crimes, getting worse with each one, and finally, they are found to be mentally ill.
Rolf Wittwer says
Everywhere, 9/11 is forgotten completely, but it was the “Pearl Harbour” of Europe.
Islam is at war with us. As soon they will get certain % of popuation, they will offer their brutal power, force and violence toward all of us.
Even the Paris “Notre Dame – Fire” has not been properly classified as “accident”.In my opinion it was arsen – it would match perfectly into a long line of led fires and vandalism which spread year after year whole over France – and it is not finished yet, it’s going on and on and on.
Where is a united organised strong resistance towards this one here: Satan ?
Joseph says
When Constantinople was under siege from the Ottomans, the French King refused to send help because he preferred to keep doing business with Turkey. Not so long ago, France supported the Iranian revolution by harbouring the Ayatollah and helping him to move to Iran. This was done to try to get oil contracts with the new leaders. Today France is a nest of Islamists preparing a great surprise in Marseilles. France is doomed to separate into 2 states. The glow of the great metal will shine like the Sun on Rome. The white vest will find another home away from Rome.
OLD GUY says
It is perfectly ok for muslims/islamic followers to burn and destroy Christian Churches and Symbols in the western world. Authorities won”t be sure of the motive for years and the news media will miss the story.
Just don’t burn a Quran, or deface a mosque with bacon. Those actions are considered HATE CRIMES and FULLY covered by the NEWS MEDIA.
SAY WHAT.
Memi says
Since May 29, 1453, the Islamist barbarians have been at the Gates invading, occupying, looting, raping, butchering and exterminating Christians (and Jews) in Europe! Islamofascist Sultan Erdogan, the Great Protector of terrorist Muslim Bros & its offspring Hamas, converted the historic and protected by UNESCO beautiful Byzantine Orthdox Cathedral of hAgia Sophia in Istanbul (Constantinople). He’s determined to destroy every statue and religious and ethnic traces of civilization in his {officially} genocidal country. He is currently converting another major Byzantine Orthodox Church (against Greek protests and international condemnation) – Chora – and he seems unstoppable in his barbaric new “conquests” while having propagandized agaisnt the West young Turks who are taught in school hatred for Western civiliztion, anti-Semitism, Christianophobia, misogyny and the “virtues” of Islamist Sharia Law!
Turkey should be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court for its crimes agaisnt Christians and his continuing occupation of EU’s Cyprus and destroying the north’s Churches while displacing 250,000 Greek Cypriots and occupying this island country with 50,000 brutal Turkish troops!
Between Iran’s theocratic Islamofascist regime and Turkey’s Sultan, both staunch protectors and promoters of terrorism unlimited launched agaisnt Israel, Mr. Biden would do well to focus his attention on the survival of Christians in his own country–which is doubtable if he follows the “progressive and inclusive” crowds with Hamas “Philistines” (root word of Palestine) and their flock.,
Cato the Elder says
Tell me again, what is Turkey doing in NATO? You might as well let Iran in while you’re at it.
Because there isn’t a hot war in Europe at the moment doesn’t mean there won’t be one shortly. Not every Muslim is a terrorist, but every terrorist is a Muslim. They have no intention of coexisting with anyone and they won’t be happy until all the infidels are dead, or they are (amidst their 72 virgins).
This time the plague dogs weren’t catapulted over the walls, Europe opened the gate and let them in.