Danke, Merkel!
There will be much, much more of this: Europeans curtailing their activities and sacrificing elements of their culture in order to guard against Islamic jihad massacres. This is the future of the United States as well, if the Left gets its way. The wound in Germany is self-inflicted, and will be in our case as well.
Islamic law forbids Christians to make any public display of their faith, including processions. So this cancellation is exactly what Islamic jihadists were hoping for and striving for: the voluntary acceptance of dhimmitude and Sharia by a non-Muslim population.
“Celebration of Corpus Christi: Procession in Bergkamen canceled,” translated from “Feiern an Fronleichnam: Prozession in Bergkamen abgesagt,” Die Welt, May 31, 2018 (thanks to Searchlight Germany):
Cologne / Bergkamen (dpa / lnw) – In many Catholic communities in North Rhine-Westphalia, Christians on Thursday hold Corpus Christi processions that move through the streets. In Cologne, for example, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki first celebrated an open-air mass at Roncalliplatz with hundreds of faithful. Then the procession – accompanied by flags of the delegations of numerous clubs – went through the city center. At the same time, about 20 boats and ships sailed along the Rhine near Cologne-Mülheim during the traditional procession of the Mülheim “Gottstracht.”
The parish of St. Elisabeth in Bergkamen in the Ruhr region, on the other hand, canceled its procession on Corpus Christi on short notice due to high safety regulations. The city two weeks ago surprisingly issued a requirement to set up additional barriers with two guards and truck barriers at key points. “We could not implement that in such a short time,” said Pastor Thorsten Neudenberger on Thursday to the German Press Agency….
jimconch says
They can all thank Angela Merkel and her minions.
Andy says
Tommy Robinson
Jailed
& the
Free Speech Movement
Tommy Robinson FACTS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grt-c5ka_1Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSBKLog7_y4
Andy says
The Muslim Refugee Rape Epidemic: Coming to America?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF71dZMdjyo
Logic&Reason says
Coming soon to MSM reporting near you…..
GERMANY — Christians throughout Germany have finally realized that the outward expression of their faith is an expression of Islamophobia….
Tricia Stuercke says
Damn, that’s really good…except that it’s horrific! I PRAY your awesomely-clever “prophecy” doesn’t play out! Major Cudos, tho! I DID LAUGH, before I realized I should be crying. Humor GREATLY APPRECIATED, despite possible prophetic horror! ??
Lydia Church says
No seriously, that is their goal where this is all leading.
There are sinister plans at work, it is not a coincidence. That was their whole purpose of letting in the locusts of migrants.
As for myself, I cancel nothing. My procession continues… unstopped. If I die a martyr that way or not, either way, they did not win. If I would stop, they would have won.
christianblood says
(..Germany: Corpus Christi procession canceled due to inability to provide safeguards against jihad attacks..)
They are COWARDS! In Orthodox countries like Russia, Serbia and others, there are multitudes of religious processions and there is no need for security to protect them because Orthodox Christianity is not just a religion or faith over there as it is in the West. It is your identity, it is who you are, it is in your DNA and no one dares to attack it! If the West were Orthodox these things would not be happening to them. Catholics and Protestants are weak and disgusting COWARDS that are compromised by Hollywood and the pro-islamist liberals that rule over them! For more go to the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aDFtugjlKc
https://www.rt.com/politics/319490-chastity-faith-and-patriotism-/
gravenimage says
Chritianblood, your claim that there is no need for security in Russia is mistaken. I know you have said that you do not consider Jihad terror attacks in Russia to be an issue, but many have been murdered.
RichardL says
They have not realized that. Not my fellow Catholics and certainly not the hard left Protestant churches.
Fronleichnam is one of the two only feasts that Catholics in Germany celebrate publicly. Bergkamen was the only place it didn’t happen.
Jaladhi says
Amazing how Germans have become “slaves” to migrant Muslims in their own country!!
Logic&Reason says
Islam is loaded with divine orders for DEATH to everything that criticizes it, disagrees with it, deviates from it, stands in its way to world-wide hegemony….
DEATH is the ultimate deterrent…and negates ANY claim to being a religion of “peace”. It’s laughably absurd, but it’s much safer to be a dhimmi journalist than to live in fear while cocooned in Kevlar.
As Christopher Hitchens said, “Islam, quite dangerously, says, ‘Our religion is the last and final one. There can’t be any more after this! This God’s last word!’ Now that’s straightaway a temptation to violence and intolerance and, if you note, it’s a temptation they seem quite willing to fall for.”
Save Europe says
Correct. Even as a Protestant agnostic I know there is beauty and kindness in both Judaism and Christianity. Islam on the other hand, comes to both negate and expunge/delete the former two.
Savvy Kafir says
The threat of death is a powerful deterrent. But we need more people — especially journalists and politicians — who view this conflict as a global war that must be won at any cost. In wartime, people die. But this is a war we cannot afford to lose.
Jayell says
What lies at the bottom this? Total, utter, nasty, arrogant, deliberate, criminal disrespect. You can’t run an ordered, productive society with people like this around. And if you actually believe in the concept of a ‘multicultural society’ (I think it’s an oxymoronic nonsense), the more ‘multi’ it is, the more mutual respect you’d need. These Muslims just aren’t up to the mark and they never will be because (a) criminal disrespect is written into their creed and (b) they’ve had long enough to prove that they can toe the line and they’ve failed – miserably. What does any reputable club, society, political party or organisation do with members that that consistently fail to produce the goods?
andra says
Depends on the organisation. The German Soccer Association e. g. praise this kind of members. The TEAM – the former national Team of Germany which is only called Die Mannschaft today (I guess they do not want to Insult the Turks and Marocs who play in this team by calling them German – has got two Turks with German pasport who worshipped the Turk Erdogan some weeks ago. They called him their president and celebrated him as their friend. Most German soccer fans wanted these two guys to be thrown out of the team as they have shown that they are Turks not Germans in their hearts. But the DFB embraced the two and critizised the critics. Even the German Bundespräsident Steinmeier – a horrible globalist in islamophile – submissed himself to these two invadors in the name of the German people.
Save Europe says
Mezut Ozil is an idiot, agreed. He even – openly – refuses to sing the German national anthem prior to matches. Plus he’s a Gooner!!!
Mark Berlinger says
The Left and Islam are natural allies. Both hate Western Civilization.
andra says
It was just a question of time for the Church to do so. And the dhimmies who are left in the official Catholic church in Germany will celebrate themselves for their deescelating behaviour.
You can only mourn in Germany today. If we don´t get started with the true and powerful resistance Germany will be lost soon.
Last Sunday there was a AfD-ralley in Berlin. The lefties had vowed to disturb it and not to let them move one step. There were between 5000 and 12000 participants of the AfD-ralley and they could get through the whole program inspite of the left threats. It is a glimpse of hope, but just a tiny one.
gravenimage says
Glad to see any glimmer of hope in Germany today, Andra.
andra says
He´s no gooner, he just loves their money. He only admires Allah, Mehmet II (conquerer of Byzanz) and Erdogan.
He also is no idiot, but a fundamental Muslim who recites Quran verses while his colleages sing the German national hymn (I wonder which verses he prefers) and demands of his girl friends to convert to Islam.
andra says
That was not in answer to gravenimage but to save Europe one level up. Sorry.
gravenimage says
Thanks for the clarification, Andra.
Jayell says
What’s at the root of this? Complete and utter arrogant, criminal disrespect. How the devil are you supposed to run a civilised, productive society with this sort of rubbish going on? How many times have Muslims done this sort of thing, let alone all the other atrocities? Even if you’re optimistic enough to believe that there’s any mileage in the concept of a ‘multicultural society’ where a high level of mutual respect is a ‘sine qua non’, it’s obvious that Muslims have proved time and time again that they’re incapable of fitting into the equation. So what does any reputable organisation do with members that are seriously not up to the mark?
Jayell says
Odd! I seem to have had two posts published when I thought that the first had failed, and they were both meant for the story about the Muslim who interrupted a church service. Never mind. Isn’t Andra’s reply depressing?
Hari Singh says
An outward procession worshipping the risen and divine Christ is a subject most Muslim apologists just can’t handle or win in the hands of a knowledgable Christian.
The Koran says that Jesus did not die on the cross or raise from the dead. The New Testament says otherwise. Muhammad tells the Christians and Jews to read their scriptures and that the word of God cannot be corrupted or changed.
Both Jesus and Muhammad cannot be right. If Jesus is right Muhammad’s Koran is wrong. If Muhammad is right he’s still wrong as he backs the validity of the gospels and says Jesus is a true prophet when Muhammad disagrees with Jesus on the crucifixion/resurrection.Muhammad can’t say Jesus is true and then say his prophecies are false. The battlefield of choice for Islam is fear, not truth.
Some Muslims are converting to Christianity, enough to have the imams worried, they should be especially if such a procession would bring up the crucifixion/resurrection debate.
JM says
Hari Singh,
Thanks for your fine post.
gravenimage says
Hari Singh, Muslims claim that the Torah and Gospels have been “corrupted” by Jews and Christians, and that the Bible was originally as vicious as the Qur’an.
Never mind that there is not a shred of historic proof for this claim–just the opposite, in fact.
Hari Singh says
The Qur’an affirms the inspiration of the Christian scriptures (see 3:3–4, 7:157, 10:94, etc.). It also commands Christians to judge by what we read in the gospel (5:47), which makes no sense if the gospel has been significantly altered.It actually says in Arabic you have the Books of God between [bein] your hands, in your possession.
Contrary to Muslim charges of corruption, the Qur’an claims that no one is capable of corrupting God’s Word (6:114–115, 18:27)
Thus, a dilemma rises to the surface. If the Gospels are reliable, Muhammad cannot be a prophet, because the Gospels contradict Muhammad’s teachings. Alternatively, if the Gospels are unreliable, Muhammad cannot be a prophet, because Muhammad proclaimed the inspiration, preservation, and authority of the Christian scriptures. Either way, Muhammad cannot be a prophet
The manuscripts for the Torah and the New Testament are the most numerous of all Ancient Classical documents. As Muhammad said the Bible was authentic it is needless to say Muslims would have to prove that the Bible was corrupted after the life of Muhammad. To say that the bible with tens of thousands of manuscripts was corrupted after the Sixth Century is ridiculous.
Actually it is the Koran that is corrupted and does not contain all the revelations of Muhammad. Hadiths traditions or teachings of Muhammad and his companions, the second most authoritative texts , have the companions asking where is the verse of stoning for adultery, its not in our current koran. Other Surahs are missing as Muhammad’s wife Ayesha asked where it was.
Well, the Caliph Uthman had all versions of the Koran burnt, publishing his own authoritative edition. Despite that there are several versions of the Koran with different readings affecting faith and dogma.The texts of the New Testament are closer to Jesus’ life than the Uthman version of the Koran is to Muhammad’s life.
It’s not truth but fear that spreads Islam.
gravenimage says
I don’t think Muslims see this as a conflict. They just hold the only reliable “Taurat” and “Injeel” (Torah and Gospel) to be the mythical ones that agree in every way with the Qur’an.
Malcolm (South Afric) says
As a Catholics we might take a little time to look at ourselves and our attitude towards getting along with the world at large. Not so long ago before the 1960s we were a tough bunch of laity of all ages that stood up for our rights. As a young child we were not even allowed to go to a children’s party at the Salvation Army. When the nuns at school found out, we were severely reprimanded, this did not deter us, we had great fun there and it was exciting, if we could pull the wool over the nuns and escape a caning. Our loyalty was always with the Church
Everything changed dramatically after Vat ll. We were allowed to the Salvation Army’s children party and everything seemed dull, the altars were moved and even to be an alter boy was dull, using the paten to knock the adam’s apple of our schoolmates before receiving communion was no more.
We have rejected truth for tolerance and justice for mercy, We need to get back to our roots, appeasement is weakness, our priest and bishops are doing us laity a disservice.
Angela Merkel is not to blame, we have allowed it to happen, the muslims are not to blame we have allowed it to happen. We cannot even discuss critically the violence of Islam among ourselves as Catholics without being tarred by our brothers and sisters as Islamophobes. We have history with Islam, we have great knowledge of Islam, we have first hand experience with Islam, we have saints and martyrs who have given their lives in opposing Islam yet we keep quiet. We have emboldened our enemies for the sake of appeasement.
No matter what our loyalty will always be with the Church.
Lydia Church says
People need to get back to the Bible.
Loyalty should be to Jesus always.
The church approves that item 841 which condones muslims.
The only danger at a Salvation Army children’s party (back then) was that one might actually get truly saved by the Living Savior!
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
“AfD wants Merkel’s refugee policy probed in parliament”
https://www.rt.com/news/428385-afd-merkel-migration-investigation/
gravenimage says
Germany: Corpus Christi procession canceled due to inability to provide safeguards against jihad attacks
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In many cases Muslims just have to threaten us to win. Sickening dhimmitude.
Save Europe says
The sheer arrogant bellicosity and belligerence of Muslims – who are a minority percentage – in every Western European country must serve as a DIRE warning to the idiot Leftards who dwell also in our countries. What do they think is going to happen, as the Muslim population grows in number?!?! That this behaviour will cease and not increase ?!?! Wrong! It will get worse!
Chatillon says
So it was the German authorities that 1) increased the security requirements at a late hour and 2) tacitly identified the Religion of Peace as the cause. And the German people are putting up with this…why?
C’mon Germans. Get a backbone. You know how.
Robert John Bennett says
It’s true that an article in the German newspaper Die Welt reported this cancellation. However, in the headline to the version online, there is no indication of the reason for the cancellation. In fact, if you simply read the headline, you have the impression that the procession was simply canceled, perhaps because of the weather or something.
The article does point out, though, that Bergkamen was not the only town where the procession was canceled “for security reasons.” The original article in Die Welt also contains this sentence: “According to information from the town council, there were problems in other municipalities because of security requirements. In Schwerte, for example, the procession was also canceled.”
Chantal says
They just needed 3 snipers well positioned. And they could have had the event.
mgoldberg says
I know it would be legally problematic and undoable, but whenever there is such a jihadist assault, all non muslim nations should insist on a month long closing of all mosques, in that nation, and a month of silent rumination demanded for all muslims upon the homicidism within their religion, their theology.