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Ramadan in Bethlehem video: Priest apparently stabbed after giving refuge to female tourists being harassed by men

Jun 5, 2018 8:21 am By Robert Spencer

Nothing that a bit of “dialogue” won’t cure. Surely Pope Francis is on his way to Bethlehem now to explain to the attacker that authentic Islam and the proper understanding of the Qur’an reject every form of violence.

“Catholic Priest Attacked in Bethlehem after Giving Refuge to Tourists,” Morning Star News, June 4, 2018:

(Morning Star News) – An unidentified man in Bethlehem lunged at a Catholic priest with what appears to be a knife on Friday (June 1) in a rare attack on a clergyman in the Palestinian Territories.

At Bethlehem’s Milk Grotto, the Rev. Fadi Shallufi on Friday afternoon opened the chapel gates to foreign tourists, including women who were being harassed by two men, according to Arabic press reports. Chapel security footage shows the Franciscan friar exchanging words with the two men through the bars of the closed gates.

One of the men pulls what appears to be knife from his pocket and strikes Shallufi as the Franciscan clergyman backs away, the footage shows.

The Jerusalem Post reported that a knowledgeable source confirmed the attack on Shallufi, and that Bishop Atallah Hannah condemned it in an online statement.

“We thank God that the injury was minor, but this action is a criminal act that is far from our human, moral and national values,” Hannah said. “We reject attacks against clerics.”

Palestinian police reportedly detained two men after receiving a complaint. The source told the Post that Palestinian authorities take such incidents seriously as they can harm tourism….

The Post reported that Shallufi is from Nazareth and has been an outspoken proponent of Muslim-Christian coexistence in the area.

The security video of the assault spread on social media, with Robert Nicholson, founder and executive director of the Philos Project tweeting, “This is what Palestinian Christians really have to deal with.”…

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  1. Infidel says

    Jun 5, 2018 at 12:16 pm

    Knifing is a fav attack weapon of these parasites…They are crazy over and above being violent.

  2. Ray Jarman says

    Jun 5, 2018 at 2:37 pm

    The fact that there was little information as to how the ladies were being harassed leaves many doubts. It only stated, “including women who were being harassed by two men, according to Arabic press reports.” Was the priest attacked because the thugs were defending their pernicious cult or were they upset because he prevented the ladies from being groped or even worse by them?

    • LeftisruiningCanada says

      Jun 5, 2018 at 5:02 pm

      Hi Ray, hope you are well.

      “Was the priest attacked because the thugs were defending their pernicious cult or were they upset because he prevented the ladies from being groped or even worse by them?”

      I see no need to make this an either/or question. Judging by mohammad, these two things are one and the same.

  3. mach37 says

    Jun 5, 2018 at 3:38 pm

    Can someone post a verse or two from the Koran that calls for rejecting violence? All I have found are verses that start out with killing, then end with what to do with those who have survived the bloodbath, and saying how wise Allah is.

    • Ray Jarman says

      Jun 5, 2018 at 5:09 pm

      Mach37, I think that will happen when the proverbial waters of the Cocytus, Okeanos and Styx are frozen over and the snowball lasts for all eternity. Also I am unable to find one surah where love is mentioned; it is all about hate.

      • LeftisruiningCanada says

        Jun 5, 2018 at 5:22 pm

        But surely you are forgetting about the one that says “if you kill one person, you kill the whole human race” 😉

        • Hudson Steele says

          Jun 6, 2018 at 1:44 pm

          I think it means that if you kill one person, you are just as guilty as if you have killed the whole human race. Apparently that Sura doesn’t pertain to kafir and infidels. It must mean if you kill a fellow muslim.

  4. somehistory says

    Jun 5, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    Will the victim continue to be a “proponent” of getting together… “coexistence”…with these scum creatures? Or has he learned they cannot be trusted?

    If one invites snakes inside one’s home, that one will be bitten.

  5. Brother Charles says

    Jun 6, 2018 at 6:56 am

    POPES COMMENTS ,. — The priest must have excited violence on these men for them to stab him . I will talk to the PRIEST concerned when I join him in Heaven ??????

  6. Gjallarhornet says

    Jun 6, 2018 at 7:27 am

    Bible: You should emulate the good Samaritan.

    Islam: You must stab the good Samaritan.

    Not much of a contest here, huh?

  7. Hudson Steele says

    Jun 6, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    Ramadan in full force.
    The pope may not come back from this scolding.
    When something hits close to home, it makes you see things in a different light. I still don’t think he will be able to convince them to be peaceful. But it’s not going to change his view.
    And what koran has he been reading? The only one there is, that’s the one I read… chock full of violent commands.
    Him going to speak to the muslims is like the Ayatollah presiding at a Billy Graham Revival. Nobody’s going to listen.

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