The Catholic Church loves this sort of thing, as the Catholic hierarchs think that if they sell a church that they don’t need anymore to Muslims, it remains in the family of people who worship God. And that’s heartwarming and all that, but from the Islamic point of view, taking over a church or other house of worship is a public expression of the victory and superiority of Islam over other religions. This has played out in the destruction of numerous Hindu temples, churches, and synagogues, and the replacement with mosques, or else in the appropriation of the existing structure as a mosque (as in the case of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Damascus, etc.). Oblivious to history and Islamic theology, however, the Catholics keep selling churches to Muslims, thinking that in doing so, they’re helping build bridges and cement friendships between the two “faith communities.” Anyone who tried to tell them that this was not the case was demonized as an “Islamophobe” and thrown out years ago.
At least in this instance, the church they sold looks as if it is a determinedly ugly, brutalist Sixties-era monstrosity, and so it’s no massive loss.
“New mosque officially opens in former Catholic Church as Eid celebrations begin,” by William Ping, CBC News, March 30, 2025 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
For Muslims in Newfoundland and Labrador, Sunday represented both the end of Ramadan and a new beginning for the community.
When the community met for morning prayers in honour of Eid al-Fitr, they gathered in a new mosque located in the former Mary Queen of Peace Catholic Church on Torbay Road in St. John’s.
With around 6,000 in attendance for a pair of prayer sessions, Muslim Association of Newfoundland and Labrador President Haseen Khan says the event is a big day for his community for several reasons.
“People are very happy, people are excited, people have sense of ownership, they have sense of joy that now they have a place where they can all pray as one group, as one community,” said Khan.
After buying the church in December, the Association worked hard to renovate in time to have it open for Eid, one of the holiest times in the Muslim calendar.
“This is a big celebration for Muslims. This marks the completion of one month of fasting, one month of training. Training for God consciousness, training for self-discipline, self-restraint, caring and sharing and it is one of the five pillars of Islam,” Khan said….
somehistory says
They worship demons When those who claim to be Christian gather with and celebrate with, or work to make life easier for those who worship demons, they are “having a share with demons.”
so they don’t mind that a place where they once gathered to talk about and think about Christ, is now a place where the *worship* is all for satan and his demons.
John T R Gorman says
One more example of the fact that this liberal Pope Francis is an idiot. He compared Jesus Christ’s great commission to Muhammad’s spread of Islam with the sword. What a FOOL!
Joe1 says
Yeah, they (the Church’s hierarchy) don’t realize that Muslims are immoral. It goes like this. Morality is a calculation. For Christians the pivot of that calculation is love, but for Muslims it is power. Jesus gives the Christian calculation when He speaks about the two greatest commandments. Uthman changed the Quran (destroying the old copies he could find) to make it all about power. It would have been more moral for the Catholics to have sold the church to a porn company. A lust for power where murder and anything else is okay as long as Islam is advanced, is far worse than a sex addiction.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
If Catholic churches don’t have enough congregants to keep them in business, they should auction them off to other sects – Protestant, Orthodox, Nestorian, maybe even Monophysite. All are better alternatives to getting converted into mosques
PRCS USN (ret) says
Local chapters of “the ummah” would likely win the auction.
CAIR, for example, never wants for cash.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I implied having a closed auction to just Christian sects, so that the churches would remain churches. muslims couldn’t win the auction if they couldn’t participate
PRCS USN (ret) says
As a property auction, limiting who can bid would likely be illegal.
Troybeam says
When Muslims purchase a church it is a conquest to them, it is not for any reason but to show they can and will conquer any nation slowly and methodically without violence.
Siddi Nasrani says
So true.
Quote, ” Catholic hierarchs think that if they sell a church that they don’t need anymore to Muslims, it remains in the family of people who worship God”
Can the Catholics be that Stupid & Satanic ? Yes they can. What morons.
OLD GUY says
Just think of the hell raised if a Mosque was converted to a Catholic Church. Muslims/Islamic followers would probably burn it to the ground and kill all in attendance. What a victory for Islam, the Vatican is probably next on Islam’s agenda for conquest.
Kayode Oyelekan says
The Catholic Church has left Christ and His salvation long ago. No wonder they sell the church infrastructure to muslims. It is a very sad thing to hear. However Christ still remain the same. He is the same yesterday , today and forever.Africa is next for the revival of Christianity.
Sherry C Miller says
The fact that there are 6K Mozlums in Labrador and Newfoundland is the scary part.
S. Whitfield says
To be fair, this may be the fallout from the settlement made between the Church and the Newfoundland government over the abuse scandal — they lost most of their buildings. So, many congregations were renting their churches back from the government, or from property management companies who bought them. I’d be interested to know if this was a government sale of a building that was abandoned by a congregation that went to a more affordable facility. Anyway, looking at the picture, it appears to be one of those ugly monstrosities built in the period starting in the late 50s through to 90s — they don’t look like churches to begin with.
morticiaa says
God help us in Canada
those ignorant newfies and apox on the catholic church to alliw this travesty..