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France: 19th century organ damaged, stained glass windows smashed in cathedral in heavily Muslim area

Mar 11, 2019 1:00 pm By Robert Spencer

Maybe this was just an attempt at a standard robbery, but it is noteworthy that it happened in Saint-Denis, where Muslim migrants have stormed a church (was it this one?), forcing the cancellation of mass. Saint-Denis is so menacing to non-Muslims that the French postal service won’t even deliver there. Could this vandalism be a manifestation of the Islamic contempt for Christianity? Possibly. Possibly not. But one thing is certain: if it is, French authorities will never tell us so.

“Saint-Denis: organ of the basilica damaged after an intrusion,” translated from “Saint-Denis : l’orgue de la basilique dégradé après une intrusion,” Le Parisian, March 5, 2019:

It was the organist who discovered the damages on Sunday morning. As he sat down in front of his massive instrument before mass, he found that the two doors of the cabinet had been broken. The engine was also damaged. “The damages are major,” said Saadia Tamelikecht, conservator of the basilica.

The organ of the basilica is unique. Designed by the organ builder Cavaillé-Coll between 1834 and 1841, it is listed as a historic monument for its instrumental and neo-Gothic sideboard. It is one of the first romantic organs.

An intruder would have been trapped inside

To explain these damages, the conservator offers the hypothesis of an intruder who entered the organ and was stuck in this gigantic machine. “To get out, he damaged the engine and broke the doors.”

These were not the only damages found in the cathedral. This Tuesday, it was discovered that two stained glass windows had been broken. These are two elements of the South Rose, which is currently being restored. Two locks were also forced open.

Traces of blood found

The perpetrator of these acts of vandalism benefited from the cathedral design and climbed up a terrace of the basilica. He broke the stained glass to open a gap of one meter high and landed at the level of the triforium, a corridor.

The operation proved perilous, as the lift went off during the break-in. Traces of blood were found among the broken glass.

The broken windows date back to the 19th century. They were part of the pieces reworked by Debret and Viollet le Duc following the destruction of the Revolution….

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  1. Terry Gain says

    Mar 11, 2019 at 1:07 pm

    The conquest takes many forms.

    • mortimer says

      Mar 12, 2019 at 12:55 am

      St-Denis was attacked by jihadists in March 2018 as well.

  2. medforth says

    Mar 11, 2019 at 1:14 pm

    Germany: Churches vandalized with slogans in Turkish language+++
    Unknown people sprayed graffiti in Turkish on the facades of two churches on Karmel square and Brüder street in Duisburg from Monday 3 pm to Tuesday 11.30 am. The police are asking witnesses who have seen suspicious persons to report to the State Security on 0203 280-0.
    Read more:
    https://searchlight-germany.blogspot.com/2019/03/germany-churches-vandalized-with.html

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 12, 2019 at 12:09 am

      Thanks for that link, medforth.

  3. mortimer says

    Mar 11, 2019 at 1:17 pm

    The police have a sample of the intruder’s blood. We will soon know if this was jihad when they find the perpetrator. Muslims execrate music, so it would be a MUSICAL JIHAD since he tried to wreck the magnificent old organ. The organist discovered the vandalism. The intruder hid inside the organ ‘box’ where the pipes and motor are are.

    This same basilica/cathedral was vandalized by jihadists last year on March 22, 2018. This is the burial place of the French royal family. It is no wonder that Muslims would want to desecrate all examples of pre-Islamic culture and civilization. Saint-Denis’ church leaders now need to put cameras everywhere inside and out. Saint-Denis needs an undercover agent in the church when people are there. An armed agent should sit near the door to intercept jihadists.

  4. James says

    Mar 11, 2019 at 2:07 pm

    The surprising thing is not that this happened, but that the elites still deny reality. They still idealize Islam and despise Christianity. Muslims are the privileged guests of the West. Like the Trojan horse.

    • mortimer says

      Mar 11, 2019 at 2:11 pm

      Some Trojan horse. Saint-Denis is one of the most sacred places in France spiritually and culturally.

      • Mixtli says

        Mar 13, 2019 at 3:29 pm

        Yeah Mortimer, I had a friend, “frenchican”, an American woman married to a Frenchman and during our virtual friendship on YouTube(her channel is still up, CuteCatFaith, she told me that Saint Denis was a pleasant place to live, that it was still homogeneously french but it did have a significant muslim and sub-saharan african presence, considering what I’ve heard through the news and websites like Mr. Spencer’s Jihad Watch, I’ve come to the realization that she was leftist. This vandalism is a total shame, my friend told me Saint Denis was where Paris was first established, the capital of the Merovingians, and through her videos when she went to mass, when she went to a traditional french bakery(cranky, despotic ol’lady but what bread!)she showed the world the beautiful precinct that Saint Denis is. But, she passed away in January of 2015, survived by her husband, she’d definitely be saddened to see the current state of affairs, what a mess!

  5. somehistory says

    Mar 11, 2019 at 3:52 pm

    Jesus Christ always told the Truth and He said, “The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy.”

    Those who did this, work for the main “thief” of whom Jesus was speaking. The modern “thieves” are the devils’ children.

    • Kerry Wade says

      Mar 11, 2019 at 4:08 pm

      This area of France is being turned into a sewer by the Muslim immigrants. Utterly appalling. They should one and all be turfed out.

  6. CRUSADER says

    Mar 11, 2019 at 4:18 pm

    Riots over this should occur!

    Or is that playing into the agenda?

    Clash of Civilizations, anybody?

    ++++++++++++++++

  7. Max says

    Mar 11, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    Macron and Merkel. This is how the Muslims are say thank you to you both for bringing them to Europe by the millions.

  8. R. Spanier (Catholic Canadian) says

    Mar 11, 2019 at 10:03 pm

    “You will know that my return is near when you see wars erupt between the different religions of the world. When you witness wars of religion, you will know that I am on the way. Once the wars of religion begin, nothing will stop the fighting.” from ‘The boy who met Jesus’ by Immaculée Ilibigiza, chapter 7 ‘The End of the World as told by Jesus’ page 137

  9. Donovan Nuera says

    Mar 11, 2019 at 11:57 pm

    St. Denis Basilica is one of the most important churches in France (and Christendom) as it was the first one to be designed (as part of the remodel and expansion of the older church that had stood there for a few hundred years) in the new “Gothic” style under the fruitful directorship of Abbot Suger starting in 1141. (The two architects who designed it are not known any longer). Pretty much all the French kings and queens are buried there as well as Charles Martel. I hope the mature French (non-violent) contingent of Yellow Vests make it a point to convene a large protective vigil in front of and inside the church next weekend as an act of protest to Macron and the post-modern sterile multicultists who don’t care if French heritage gets trampled. I also hope that the bishop doesn’t follow their Anglican brethren and hold an “ecumenical” service in the cathedral and have some duplicitous imam utter profane wailings in the Sanctuary so to promote that they are all the same faith.

    Architecturally speaking, imagine building a huge limestone structure such as this for the first time without a calculator, computer, laser levels, diesel-powered machinery, drills, saws, power chisels, safe scaffolding, flood lights, pile drivers, dependable ropes, etc…and finishing it decades later without too many mis-measured gaps and having it not collapsing after 879 years of constant use!!! (Rarely, they would collapse; Beauvais Cathedral, once the tallest building in the world, had its steeple collapse as the great crossing piers started to twist as they had been out of alignment when first built as they built the church around the older Carolingian church and the builders could not see the crossing piers the other crew was working on as the church blocked their view when they set out the foundation stones)

    Imagine a Europe without Gothic architecture. No Westminster, Ely, Lincoln, Salisbury, Wells, Exeter, Winchester, Peteroboro, Yorkminster, (old) St. Paul’s, Worcester, Palace of Westminster (neo-Gothic), Southwark, King’s Chapel Cambridge, Canterbury, Rheims, Notre Dame de Paris, Ste. Chappelle, Cologne, St. Vitus, Chartres, Mont St. Michael, etc…and literally hundreds of other great churches and halls. All starting at the forlorn “little” church of St. Denis.

    • gravenimage says

      Mar 12, 2019 at 12:13 am

      Fine post.

    • mortimer says

      Mar 12, 2019 at 12:54 am

      This basilica is one of the ultimate symbols of France. Insulting it is insulting the idea of France.

    • somehistory says

      Mar 12, 2019 at 11:43 am

      Donovan Nuera

      The more something is treasured by never moslims, the more moslims wish to destroy it. They take children from parents, wives from husbands, and any thing like a church or cathedral is a target for their evil. Whatever will cause the most pain and anger is fair game to them.

    • Mixtli says

      Mar 13, 2019 at 3:35 pm

      Donovan nuera, +1.

  10. Donovan Nuera says

    Mar 12, 2019 at 12:02 am

    I hope St. Denis is still standing for its 900th Anniversary of the Gothic remodel in 2041 and the whole neighborhood cleared of its estimated 300,000 illegal aliens who blight the neighborhood via deportation. Brigitte Bardot might just have to run for Prime Minister.

    • mortimer says

      Mar 12, 2019 at 12:57 am

      Brigitte might be able to mobilize people to start thinking.

  11. gravenimage says

    Mar 12, 2019 at 12:05 am

    France: 19th century organ damaged, stained glass windows smashed in cathedral in heavily Muslim area
    ………………………

    *Very* disturbing. This kind of damage to any church would be concerning, but even more so here.

    The Basilica itself dates to 1144, and is the burial place of most of the French Kings–the church has the crowns of Charlemagne, Saint Louis, Henry IV. The great hero who saved France from Muslim invasion in the 8th century, Charles Martel, is also buried there.

    Saint Denis is the patron saint of France.

    This church is one of the great treasures of France–and of Western civilization.

    Here is one picture:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saint-Denis#/media/File:SaintDenisInterior.jpg

    I’m sure many Muslims would love to destroy this great church.

    • Mixtli says

      Mar 13, 2019 at 3:49 pm

      gravenimage, thanks for sharing the link to the beautiful pics of Saint Denis, greetings from Mexico! 🙂

  12. sheliak says

    Mar 12, 2019 at 12:15 am

    Art and beauty are anathema to these primitives who embrace death and destruction. And the West is importing millions of them. The rulers of our civilization are indeed suicidal.

  13. Jayell says

    Mar 12, 2019 at 2:13 am

    A Cavaiile-Coll organ like the one featured here would be a vintage Rolls-Royce of musical instruments. These muslims are intent of destroying France and all that it is supposed to stand for.

  14. Dara says

    Mar 12, 2019 at 8:30 am

    The conservator sounds like a Muslim. Inside job?

  15. Krishna says

    Mar 12, 2019 at 3:30 pm

    Muslims will destroy more french artifate as they are jahiliya period of ignorance

  16. CRUSADER says

    Mar 12, 2019 at 11:57 pm

    Defend the Realm!

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