There has been hostility to the Catholic Church in France for centuries, but this kind of thing did not happen. 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)? Possibly not. But possibly.
“Catholic churches in France vandalized, set on fire & smeared with excrement (PHOTOS, VIDEO),” RT, March 22, 2019:
Catholic churches in France are being targeted with arson attacks, vandalism, desecration of holy statues, and the destruction of the Eucharist. The attacks have been happening since the start of the year.
The Church of St. Sulpice in Paris, where the Da Vinci Code movie was filmed, was set on fire just after midday mass on Sunday, Le Parisien reports. Firefighters and police said the blaze was an arson attack.
In February, a 19th century statue of the Virgin Mary was smashed at the St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Houilles. The statue was “completely pulverized,” Father Francois-Laurent Heart said. “It is irreparable.” The church reported three incidents in 10 days, with a cross also thrown on the floor by vandals.
At Saint-Alain Cathedral in Lavaur, statues and crosses were smashed and an altar cloth was burned in February. A statue of Christ on a cross was also interfered with, as vandals twisted one of the arms to make it appear that Jesus was dabbing, La Depeche reports. Two teenagers were later arrested over the damage.
Meanwhile, the Notre-Dame des Enfants church in Nimes was looted and vandals used human excrement to draw a cross on the wall in February. Consecrated hosts of unleavened bread, which Catholics believe is the body of Jesus Christ, were found scattered outside with rubbish.
Also in February, eucharistic hosts were stolen and scattered around Notre-Dame church in Dijon, with Father Emmanuel Pic denouncing the attack as on the “heart of the Catholic faith.”…
Buraq says
Post gunmen inside! Meet the vandals with a hail of bullets.Then ask the surviving clowns questions!
Charles says
Burak, Yes !!
gravenimage says
France: Catholic churches vandalized, set on fire, smeared with excrement
………………
Awful.
And how much longer before there is regularly worse–churches being blown up or the congregations slaughtered? Muslims have already beheaded a Priest in France.
Mac-101 says
We AL:L KNEW this was goin to happen with increasing regularity. Why are THEY promotin Islam at the expense of Judaism/Christianity and ALL other religions?
FYI says
Why is islam being promote ABOVE all other religions?
Probably because islam is the religion of antiChrist.
Here’s the proof..
1. “The messenger of allah said ‘the most hated of men before allah on the day of resurrection and the most wretched,and the man most hated to him,WILL be a MAN called MALIK AL AMLAK,for there is no king but allah”
Sahih muslim vol 5 hadith #5611
MALIK AL-AMLAK {“the King of Kings”} is a title given to only ONE man:Jesus Christ Revs {19 v 16}
Jesus Christ is allah’s enemy:so that means allah{the “best of deceivers” k3:54} is the serpent.Islam’s false god is allah and it is EVIL.
2. The “holy” koran CURSES Christians simply for believing in Jesus Christ.
k9:30
3.”Oh ye who believe!Take not the Jews and Christians for friends” k5:51
is in total conflict with the 2nd Chief Commandment.
There is no “love thy neighbor” in islam
Also,the Doctrine of Hate{al walaa wal baraa} is in opposition to the Gospel of Love.
4.The teachings of the koran are all in violation of God’s Exodus 20 laws
[allah is OK with murder k2:191,adultery k33:50(“what the right hand possesses”),stealing k48:20,lying k3:28 etc..:these are all sins AGAINST GOD!]
5 muhammed was a false prophet by his own admission {al tabari 6:111}
muhammed CURSED christians {Sahih muslim 1082}
6.the Koran k4:171 denies God’s Holy Spirit and koran 4:157 denies Christ’s crucifixion:these are sins against the Holy Spirit…….since they deny the revealed Truth in the NT.
Since the Leftards hate Christianity as much as the muslims,we see the RED-GREEN AXIS working together…
Indiana Tom says
Religious or not religious, Islam is just plain evil. islam is the religion of antiChrist. Well, it most certainly is the defacto religion of Anti-Christian teachings.
FYI says
Why?
Because islam is the religion of antiChrist.
{Sahih Muslim vol 5 hadith # 5611}:allah’s GREATEST ENEMY is revealed to be a man called MALIK AL-AMLAK{“the king of kings”}
muslims will deny it but that title refers to only one man …Jesus Christ{Revs 19 v 16}.
Since the Left hate Christianity as much as islam does,you can see WHY the RED-GREEN AXIS is working so hard to destroy it…
Carol the 1st says
The by now unrecognizable UK seems to be raising the bar (undoubtedly all the plum jobs in Javid’s Home Office are now in the hands of “the best of people”.) An Iranian ex-muslim was denied asylum in the UK after stating he’d converted to Christianity after discovering it truly was a peaceful religion. The Office gave him a flat “NO’ and quoted the OLD Testament as proof that Christianity was violent. I guess it’s official – the coup must be a fait accompli! David Woods is *greatly* annoyed.
British Government Calls Christianity a Religion of Violence in Rejection of Iranian Asylum Seeker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZGLoNvRt54
gravenimage says
Yes–this is an appalling case.
FYI says
islam is antiChristian..
And so is the Left.
Mac-101 says
Agree 100% and Islam will be the Forced Religion of Satan’s Beast’s 42 month rule of the NWO as foretold in Revelation!
MINAS says
Agreed, Islam is the religion of the antichrist and all the other antichrist systems will join with it against Christianity.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 (KJV)
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
mortimer says
Don’t forget that Muslims call all Europeans ‘FRANKS’ and ‘CRUSADERS’ (virtually synonyms).
France is the home of the FRANKS, so Al Qaeda and ISIS have commanded their followers to attack French people ESPECIALLY.
The jihad on France’s soil is just warming up. When the jihadists smell weakness and fear in France, they will really let them have it.
France should immediately start deprogramming Muslims out of Islam before it is too late.
CRUSADER says
When next in France, I will drop by this location and pay my respects.
+++
mortimer says
C. the Muslims are vandalizing the Basilica of St-Denis where the French kings and Charles Martel are buried.
Rufolino says
“Weakness and fear” have been on exhibition in France since the start of the migrant crisis.
Most particularly in the payment of money to immigrants for nothing. Simply because they are there.
Migrants are laughing at the ludicrous weakness of the state. They come from a place of utter poverty to a place where they get money for nothing, paid for by the French people.
Who wouldn’t laugh ?
Valkyrie says
In solidarity with the Muslim community of Christchurch, citizens of Victoria, Canada, encouraged and organized by the Sikh community, formed a human protective chain around the Quadra Street mosque during Friday afternoon’s call to prayers.
Where are the protective human chains around Christian Churches for murdered priests and desecrated and pillaged Christian churches?
Crusades Were Right says
You just answered your own question, Valkyrie. Seems like the good folks in Canada have made their choice:
“The best way to virtue-signal is to show solidarity with groups who aren’t like us! The more different – and the more hostile – the better!”
CRUSADER says
Just for this, I will have my next meal include…
Dijon mustard, Quiche Lorraine, Champagne, …and we will gather among
the green men with a toast raised to St Bernard of Clairvaux’s memory.
And it will be laid out upon a chartreuse linen table setting….candles flickering.
+++
Jayme says
A Priest was stabbed in Montreal yesterday during service and yes it was a Muslim yet little outrage.
Kay says
What? I haven’t heard anything about this! Is is being reported by news?
gravenimage says
This was probably a Jihad attack–but the perp has not been named yet:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6839323/Man-arrested-stabbing-priest-morning-mass-Montreal-church.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ito=1490&ns_campaign=1490
This story has been pretty widely covered, both in Canada and internationally.
Kay says
Thanks for the link gravenimage.
gravenimage says
Of course, Kay. if I hear more about the perpetrator, I will post here.
Carol the 1st says
Wikipedia:
DescriptionSaint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine on Mount Royal’s Westmount Summit in Montreal, Quebec. It is Canada’s largest church and claims to have one of the largest domes in the world
The Oratory is quite the tourist destination. The lobby is lined with crutches from those who regained their health after a visit.
mortimer says
Valkyrie is correct. THE LEFTARDS show SELECTIVE outrage.
The LEFTARDS are not outraged when the same and WORSE outrages are committed against Christians or Christians of color.
Carol the 1st says
A little O/T but Black Pigeon has some interesting things to say regarding the two opposing worldviews:
DANGER of a WorldView Driven by EMPATHY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TH4m_KrCvI
Mac-101 says
Aren’t Sikhs persecuted in Pakistan and other places by Muslim?
FYI says
As far as islam is concerned,Sikhs are in fact kuffar…infidels…
Mac-101 says
If anyone should KNOW the dangers of Islam it out to be the Sikhs. Has Satan blinded everyone?
gravenimage says
This is true, Mac–just look at Sikh history. Yet we have often seen Sikhs allying with Muslims. More suicidal insanity.
Mac-101 says
This ALL defies logic the Whole Green/Red/Elite alliance!
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G-ds hand MUST be at work shaping events for HIS Purpose!
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Ignorance does not explain the refusal of ALL those who aid and abet Islam to take over the West. From the Pope, International Financiers and News Media!
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The Left has always hated Fundamental Christians, but NOW to turn on Israel also, just plain CRAZY!
gravenimage says
Yes–this is nuts, but its true:
“Sikhs Join Muslims to Combat Terror Backlash”
Across the U.S., Sikhs and Muslims are banding together to defend their respective religions….
http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikhs-join-muslims-combat-terror-backlash
Never mind that the is *no* terror backlash in the US, and that Muslims regularly target Sikhs for Jihad terror attacks.
Mac-101 says
Gravin, I wonder if anyone has ever conducted a study and compare the %s of attacks on Jews by Muslims that resulted in physical damage to that of attacks by White Supremacist/KKK/Neo Nazis on Jews in the USA and EU? Then compare them with the attacks that resulted in physical damage to Muslims by Jews/White Supremacist/KKK or Neo NAZIs by category.
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I believe any rational person would expect only one category to have a significant % associated with it. Yet the media and Left only complain about the one side which I believe would be insignificant compared to the other!
Hoi Polloi says
What did the pope say? Oh, nothing.
FYI says
Francis is probably too busy with his Chrislam project to comment…
MINAS says
Of course he says nothing, he wouln’t dare upset his master Antichrist.
Crusades Were Right says
Places of worship violated by hate-filled vandals? So how come I didn’t hear about this from the “mainstream” media?
Oh, they weren’t mosques – they were Catholic churches.
All explained!
lebel says
“Meanwhile, the Notre-Dame des Enfants church in Nimes was looted and vandals used human excrement to draw a cross on the wall in February. ”
Painting a cross in excrement is fully in line with Islamic teachings.
Unfortunately most jihadwatchers do not read French and so no one will bother to read some of the links provided which indicate this to be work of dumbass teenagers rather than digusting evil muslim terrorists. But who cares? the narrative is all imporant.
somehistory says
What “proof” do you have that the teenagers are not moslims? moslim children are taught hate at an early age. Three youths…only one of them old enough to be a “teenager” in Idaho raped a little girl a couple of years ago…and all three “youths” were moslims.
So, what proof can you show that these teenagers are not moslims? islam sees everyone not bowing to the beast as enemies and they teach the children hate.
Furthermore, “teenagers” are between the ages of 12 and 20 years old. A teen of any age could do this, and they may have been at the high end of the teen years. And …moslims…taught to hate and destroy.
CRUSADER says
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Contribute to halting the dastardly practice of sex slavery.
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Blessings!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDF1d7WYpKI#action=share
gravenimage says
Good questions, Somehistory.
gravenimage says
And note that native French youths have not as a rule been desecrating Churches over the past several centuries.
Muslims certainly have been, though…
lebel says
According to official data there was actually a decrease in such acts in 2017 (which is weird considering that Muslim hordes are pouring in daily in France).
Not that anyone gives a shit but here is some analysis (by France’s most well-known Catholic newspaper). Warning to jihadwatcher, the analysis does not unfortunately lead to the necessary culpability of Muslims…which means that the newspaper converted to Islam.
https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Catholicisme/France/Comment-faire-face-vandalisme-eglises-2018-04-26-1200934640
somehistory says
lebel
Ah, yes, try to derail so as not to have to answer the question about “proof” the “teenagers” were not moslim.
Derailing, changing the subject…characteristics of one who has no sound basis for arguing his side.
All you care about is trying to absolve islam and moslims of the blame they so rightfully deserve due to being Guilty of terrorism and acts of hatred for all things not moslim or islam created. For each act of terror, whether vandalism, murder, rape, etc. that moslims commit, moslims are guilty and that is true even if the number of acts vary in any particular year.
lebel says
@somehistory
The burden of proof is on you since you are making the claim that they must be Muslim. We do not have evidence yet you like all jihadwatchers believe that this was done by Muslims because it MUST have been done by Muslims. Your worldview will not allow any other explanation and so they are either Muslims or the media is hiding the truth.
I have provided information on such vandalism in France while you have provided nothing but the usual jihadwatch diatribe and personal attacks….which at jihadwatch means that you kicked my ass all over the place with your amazing arguments. You might even a +1 from GI or Wellington, congrats!
somehistory says
lebel
No.The “burden of proof” is on You. You made a statement about the vandals, asserting they were “teenagers rather than digusting evil muslim terrorists.”
By this statement, you implied strongly that they are not moslims. Since you asserted this claim, you need to “prove” they are not “digusting (sic) evil muslim terrorists.”
That is the way the law works. You make a statement, the burden is on you to prove it.
And btw, I wouldn’t touch any of your person with a ten foot pole, much less to “kick” your….
You just go your way now and pretend that you won the argument. It matters not to me, because to argue with someone unable to concede the facts is useless and time wasting.
MINAS says
Let me guess, your a Muslim Troll right? Never mind a BS answer, of course you are.
gravenimage says
Actually, the situation is *much worse* than the article above implies:
“Twelve French Churches Attacked, Vandalized in One Week”
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/03/20/twelve-french-churches-attacked-vandalized-in-one-week/
As this article notes, there are an average of desecration of two Christian Churches in France *per day* there.
And while the perpetrators in France may not be known–or may just not be named–this is not the case with similar Church desecrations elsewhere in Europe:
“Muslims Burn, Desecrate German and Slovenian Churches on New Year’s Eve”
https://www.eutimes.net/2017/01/muslims-burn-desecrate-german-and-slovenian-churches-on-new-years-eve/
“In Dortmund a Muslim mob of one thousand men chanted ‘Allahu Akbar’ and set Germany’s oldest church on fire…”
“Muslims Desecrate Slovenian Chapel on New Year’s Weekend with ‘Allahu Akbar’”
Or is lebel going to try to convince us that its the ‘filthy Infidels’ screaming “Allahu Akbar”?
lebel says
@somehistory
Nope, I brought forth evidence (in the link) which discusses some of these attacks and which leans towards vandalism by youths rather than religious radicalism. Translate the article on google and you’ll see it. In other words I do not jump to the conclusion that they are NOT Muslim or Muslim but based on the above evidence that I presented it does not look like these acts were the work of Muslims. If more evidence is presented including which weakens this stance then we’ll have to revise this, that’s basically how it works. You and most other jihadwatchers simply conclude that they must be MUSLIMS without any evidence and that’s it. Then you get angry and insult anyone who disagrees and provides evidence to the contrary (or who even asks for evidence).
In other words my claim is that you and other jihadwatchers accept guilt against Muslims without any evidence.
Kay says
libel, you are remarkable in this way:
You show disdain for those who do not read French, but no condemnation of the sacrilegious acts.
Can you not even understand that these horrid things have not previously been happening, not understand that native European teens have too much respect for their history, their culture, their artwork to wreak such havoc–even if they are not Catholic and don’t love the Catholic church?
lebel says
Condemning something (if you’re Muslim) is the worst possible thing you can do at jihadwatch. It gets you call of taqqiya and you’re accused of secretly supporting such acts. Why would I put myself through that ?
Also how do you know that these things have not been happening previously? because Robert Spencer said so? There are countries in Europe that went through desecrations and church burnings that had nothing to do with Islam? do you always come to conclusions without evidence?
Lavéritétriomphera says
@lebel,
Yes it is too easy to accuse someone without any proof, but do you know the meaning of the word christianophobia? I myself have had that experience: to know more about Muslim christianophobia, one need only watch how much some Muslims are embarrassed when they see a Christian cross https://pjmedia.com/blog/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-islamic-hate-for-the-christian-cross/.
Kay says
libel,
You ask a question— and whether you are sincere in wanting a response or not— I will answer.
I know— not because I come to conclusions without evidence as you suggest— but because I am one body with Christians around the world. I respect their holy objects. I feel pain viscerally when I hear of this desecration. I have heard of desecrations in smaller more remote places in the past by satanists. The European churches are all profoundly respected for their history and their art, even by non-Christians. Such desecrations are made known. The destruction of churches in Egypt and elsewhere is also terrible.
Also, in that I believe that God created all men and all women in His image, I also feel pain when horrors such as the shooting in NZ happen.
libel, I also wish you well, I hope that God will reach you as he opens His hands to you along with all His creation.
AleX says
@level
You are more vicious by the day. Does the mad dog in you get startled by loss of counter arguments?
gravenimage says
lebel’s pretending that he can’t condemn Muslim savagery because people at Jihad Watch are too mean is just grotesque.
And did he just admit that he is Muslim in his above post? He has never admitted this before.
Carol the 1st says
Lebel, it’s not the individual NARRATIVE that warrants attention so much as it is the overall PATTERN. Your own thinking is the off-base projectile and we know where those *usually* come from.
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
And this is happening at 7 percent Muslim population. I can’t imagine what it will be like
when it reaches 14 percent. France may soon be a conquered no go zone country.
These people need to be deported. They have no interest in embracing western values. It is the Balkanization of Europe.
Cut off all public assistance to these interlopers.
PASS IT ALONG: BOYCOTT ALL MUSLIM COUNTRIES. THEY ARE CESSPOOLS OF HATRED.
Halal Bacon says
this is what the islamic bastard cannot understand, with Christians you don’t need a building, a good shade tree is very much a good temple
Kay says
Yes, and Christians themselves are the temple of the Holy Spirit.
Nevertheless, holy buildings, artwork, and most especially the consecrated Eucharist matter.
Jay says
This is beyond tragic! What did PM Macron expect when he allowed unfettered Muslim immigration?
And the French tax paying citizens pay these monsters welfare, medical ,housing etc. there is no acclimation only invasion and destruction and death!! France has had it share of horrific terrorist attacks too
and yet Macron remains clueless!! No go zones everywhere! He should be removed from office immediately. God save France ?? before it’s too late! The USA will not save France again!
France, along with Germany, England, Sweden, Norway, etc etc are LOST!
God bless America and Pres Trump! ??????
Lavéritétriomphera says
@Jay,
The beast represents a danger to everyone. It will find you wherever you go.
Lydia Church says
There does seem to be an undeniable pattern along the following lines:
A place or group of people is attacked that is ‘different’.
Everyone comes out of the woodwork to ‘align’ and show ‘solidarity’ with what is called the ‘other.’
Those who don’t comply are the new pariahs.
We see examples going back for many years.
The Charlie Hebdo incident was one where it was in the EU, but it was anti religious.
Now the mosques in NZ.
It all ends up in a large ‘me too’ movement of sympathy where they cross the bridge into the land of ‘other.’
“I am Charlie” signs take over the landscape. This time it is of a muslim flavor with the burkas and call to prayer. It’s like drills and dress rehearsals for the big event, getting people to conform to their global agenda. Those who don’t are marked.
Well guess what?!
I am NOT Charlie.
I am not Orlando.
I am not a lot of other things either.
And I am definitely NOT muslim!
I AM CHRISTIAN.
I saw a comment yesterday that I forgot to reply to and it slips in nicely here.
They were talking about the head scarves and how it is a tradition among Catholics to wear them at certain times like funerals and about President Kennedy’s funeral, etc.
This is true and I have discussed that before.
BUT… that is a totally different animal than this.
This had the deliberate intention of identifying with muslims.
Suppose someone who wanted to walk the fence had the wise idea of wearing a lace scarf like those mentioned and even embroidering a cross on it (say… on the back) and wearing it instead… how much do you want to bet it would not have been seen as compliance???
And you shouldn’t comply, I wouldn’t have complied! In a case like that I wouldn’t even have donned anything on my head at all just so that I would not be confused with someone who was a complying conformist!
gravenimage says
Lydia, surely you are not saying that you support the Jihad terror massacres at Charlie Hebdo and Orlando, even is you are not fond of either satirical journalists or gay people?
Muslims are as apt to slaughter Christian churchgoers as they are either of the above groups.
Lydia Church says
And regarding this incident… again like anything else… if Christians are attacked, silence.
But one incident with muslims and all hell breaks loose in ‘sympathy’!
What hypocrisy!
As double standard as it gets!
And the migrants… they let in millions of dangerous terrorist muslims, too many for them to even control, yet they can’t find it in their hearts to let in the few true refugee Christian asylum seekers who ARE in danger! There was ‘no room for them in the Inn,’ just as it always is with the Body of Christ…
MaryLetty says
+1
Beneath the Veil of Consciousness says
Who’s heard about the Senegalese bus driver in Italy who tried to immolate the children on the bus. Luckily, the police were alerted in time. Muslim immigration seems to be working out well in Italy, as well.
Rufolino says
The BBC was too busy reporting (for days on end) the NZ mosque attack to bother about the attempted murder of children in Italy. It was sidelined to insignificance by the BBC.
gravenimage says
Yes–horrifying. And that could have been *much* worse if Infidels had not been able to rescue the children from the burning bus.
na says
OMG .Thanks God Jesus escaped from that catholic cross. As per imam “crucified Jesus idol is used for insulting prophet Jesus and people of middle eastern,Persian origin with beard (Romans have no beard). And this naked figure is used to attract women(his holy penis /seduce/power)”. So Muslims may try to damage cross to save Jesus.No wonder.
gravenimage says
I presume this is satire…
na says
as per imam its all 69 kama sutra
na says
This is not satire. Cultural problem used with something/addiction………very difficult to change. Psychotherapy /may possible.
Mac-101 says
If this isn’t satire where are you from/country/region/region and where do you git this?
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It is crazy enough talk that people may believe this.
gravenimage says
Not sure *what* na is trying to say here.
Mac-101 says
Remembering my youth back in Pittsburgh goin to some Orthodox Churches, I remembered they have Jesus Christ on their crosses with a loin cloth as do the Catholics. Protestants usually don’t since they say Christ is arisen and the cross is the symbol of Resurrection after his death. So I was wondering if a Christian sect of some sort in the ME believes roughly what na wrote. Ain’t no tellin! .
CogitoErgoSum says
Romans didn’t have beards? I wonder why busts and statues of Marcus Aurelius show him with a beard?
Indiana Tom says
Seems like a great Twilight Zone TV episode.
Old Fat Bald Socially Inept Ron says
Considering Pope Francis has all but converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad al-Vaticano I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the vandals responsible for these crimes are actually pissed off Catholics protesting their own cowardly figure head sellout.
gravenimage says
I’m afraid that idea that Catholics would be desecrating their own churches is a non-starter, Ron.
abad says
If mosques are getting special protection then so should churches. Period.
CRUSADER says
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2017/charles-martel-alive-today
If Charles Martel, King of the Franks, were alive today….
Charles, who won the decisive victory at the Battle of Tours against the Umayyad Caliphate (an Islamic state), gained the nickname “Martel,” meaning “the Hammer.” This battle was the beginning of the expulsion of Islam from, and victory of Christendom over, the European continent.
After Charles Martel died, he was buried in the Basilique royale de Saint-Denis, where all but three of the French kings are buried. Saint-Denis is known as the first Gothic structure, and named after the first Bishop of Paris, known as one of the Seven Apostles to the Gauls sent by Pope Fabian. St. Denis died a martyr after the local pagan priests decapitated him, much like the modern-day Islamic State does to its enemies.
Charles Martel was no saint, having had a mistress and a plethora of vices. But what is important to consider is the countless number of souls who entered the Gates of Heaven after Christianity was saved from eradication. Whether saint or sinner, Charles Martel saved Europe—at least for a while.
The Resurrection of the Dead:
“We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen.”
These words are pronounced at every moment of every day, in one language or another, as the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is said throughout the world.
As Catholics, we believe in the literal, physical resurrection of the body at the Last Judgment. This is equally true for the just and unjust, the glorified and the damned (Acts 24:15; CCC 1038). At that moment, Christ will separate those who will endure eternal punishment, and those who will be glorified in body and soul for eternal life.
If the resurrection of the dead happened today, and Charles Martel came out of the Basilica of St. Denis, what he would find would send him back to the grave. Charles Martel, the great warrior-king of Europe, would hardly recognize the France he fought to save.
As Charles would walk out the Basilica doors, he would see a nice restaurant with outdoor seating that allows you to look right at the church and listen to the clock tower bells. At first, it would seem pretty nice being able to enjoy croque-monsieur with a fine glass of vin rouge from Bordeaux, or café au lait and a butter croissant.
The name of the restaurant, however, is “Le Khedive,” which comes from a Turkish word meaning “colony.” It is close to Le Marché du centre-ville, an open-air market. The market is a microcosm of France, itself. It is full of flowers and crepes, baguettes, and fresh fruit. Yet, there is a notably strong undertone. It includes Jordanian spices, Persian rugs, and similar items. The vendors are haggling with people from all over the world, such as Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and Senegal. Hijabs and burkas, taqiyahs and thawbs are commonplace.
On any given Friday, Muslims come streaming by the Basilica on their way to and from one of the many masjids. They spend time with their families in the market and in the square in front of the Basilica. If Charles did not know any better, he would have thought he was in a bazaar in Marrakesh.
What Charles would see is this: the Islamization of the Frankish realm has advanced from Tours to the heart of Paris and beyond.
La République Islamique de France:
Act N°78-17 of 6 January 1978 specifically banned the collection of religious and ethnic statistics in France, making it rather difficult to estimate the number of Muslims in Paris or the rest of the country. However, some estimate the percentage in Paris to be around 15 percent, or 1.7 million. That means that Paris alone has more than half the number of Muslims in the entire United States.
If Charles were to walk around Paris as he did 1,276 years ago, he would find a nation nearly under martial law, which admittedly might appeal to a Warrior-King. As the father of heavy cavalry in Europe, he might be interested in the regular patrols of French troops in the marketplaces and festivals, in front of toy stores and churches. Then again, it might cause him grief, for his efforts would have been in vain.
All of this might actually make Charles wonder if he lost the war against the caliphate. What’s worse is that the largest contingent of overseas fighters for the Islamic State are French citizens. He might gaze at the new projects constructed throughout France, and wonder what triumph the Arc de Triomphe celebrated when the nation he knew has changed so much.
Reflection on the Counter-Revolution in France
The situation in France is dismal, but as always, there is hope. There is a recent resurgence of Catholicism in France, despite years and years to the contrary. In fact, perhaps as the pendulum swings, French Catholics are becoming more than reactionary, they’re becoming fervent. A “traditional Catholic” French cultural organization, Civitas, recently became a political party, seeking the re-Christianization of the nation known as “the Eldest Daughter of the Church.”
Americans may get nervous when seeing attempts to blend the Church and the State, but what has happened in France has shown one thing: the rising tide of secularism pushes religion to the margins, leaving a void to be filled at some point by another and more devout group. Revolution has pushed their country and existence to the brink, and efforts must be made for self-preservation. The New Evangelization is needed in France and the rest of Europe now more than ever.
John Paul II said, “Taking up anew this invitation to hope, I repeat to you again today: Europe, as you stand at the beginning of the third millennium, ‘Open the doors to Christ! Be yourself. Rediscover your origins. Relive your roots’.”
The theme of origins and roots goes back to the Apostle Paul, who said, in Romans 8:15-17,
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Is it too late to save France? Would Charles, if he walked the streets of Paris lose his fighting spirit and become dejected and give up? No, but rebirth depends on whether France will claim its heritage. That heritage lies with Jesus Christ, not by virtue of being French or European, but by presenting the Truth of the Gospel to the ends of the earth, even in the face of peril.
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Lavéritétriomphera says
@CRUSADER,
Carolus Martellus was not the king, he was the mayor of the palace under the rule of the Merovingian King Thierry the forth https://www.britannica.com/topic/mayor-of-the-palace. Charles the hammer is dead, so it is no good dwelling on the past ad libitum.
The now is the to take action, it is never too late to do the right thing and to work together. One of our strengths is that some “Muslims” do not care about Islam, really not at all, some of them convert from Islam to Christianity and even to Hinduism … Others are atheists.
Lavéritétriomphera says
@CRUSADER,
I think the song of Roland de Ronceveaux had a great influence on the Knights, much more than the history of Charles Martel https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0e1JJvLP9PA
CRUSADER says
We learn from the past.
Sometimes we emulate.
Lavéritétriomphera says
Yes, and we can not ignore some allegations wether they are true or false https://www.jns.org/palestinian-cleric-france-will-become-an-islamic-country-through-jihad/.
gravenimage says
Thanks for that account, CRUSADER.
somehistory says
na,
that’s disgustingly sick. Blasphemy at the very least. It does not need to be repeated.
gravenimage says
na does appear to be an Anti-Jihadist from most of his posts. But I don’t think English is his first language, and some of his comments are pretty much incomprehensible.
Mac-101 says
All the more reason we should encourage him and git a different perspective from someone from a different part of the world with undoubtedly different experiences dealin with Muslims. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be a minority in an Islamic Paradise!
gravenimage says
Mac, I’m not sure whether na is from a Muslim country. I don’t believe he has said.
Marigold says
Are we going to hear about this from the MSM at breakfast, dinner and tea ad nauseam like the Christchurch massacre? Of course not you silly woman! The slaughter of Christians and the desecration of their churches is not news .
By the way according to one so called journalist in Australia most refugees are Muslim! I wonder what happened to the thousands of Middle East Christians then.They must have disappeared into the ether.
CRUSADER says
Open Doors
https://www.opendoorsusa.org
world watch list ranking system:
https://vimeo.com/309375494
Michał Moś says
Now it is clear that by letting immigrants, mostly Muslim, Europe has let in a Trojan horse, which slowly smashes it from the inside and its most valuable things are simply turned into dust.
Indiana Tom says
The joys of multiculturalism.
Anjuli Pandavar says
Critics of Islam are regularly accused of “taking things out of context”. In the interests of reducing such sloppy anti-Islam critiques, perhaps the information below can provide some further context to both the recent Christchurch terrorist mass murder of Muslims and the regular desecration and arson attacks on churches by Moslems.
Muslim jihad terrorists have attacked in, from or around mosques no fewer than 249 times in the five years to mid-February 2019. The total number of Muslims murdered was 2526, and those injured totalled 4265. Here are some of the highlights:
Date, Town, Country, Killed, Injured, Attack details
2018.08.03 Paktia, Afghanistan 48 80 Over four dozen are massacred when suicide bombers and gunmen target a Shiite mosque.
2018.05.01 Mubi, Nigeria 86 58 Dozens worshippers at mosque are sent straight to Allah by a teenage suicide bomber.
2017.11.24 Rawda, Egypt 311 128 A hardline group detonates a bomb at a Sufi mosque and then opens fire on fleeing worshippers, mowing down over three-hundred, including twenty-seven children.
2017.11.21 Mubi, Nigeria 58 29 A young suicide bomber at a mosque sends fifty-eight worshippers straight to Allah.
2017.10.20 Kabul, Afghanistan 56 55 A suicide bomber massacres fifty-six worshippers at a Shiite mosque.
2016.01.31 Sayeda Zeinab, Syria 71 110 Five children are among seventy Shiite worshippers exterminated outside their mosque by two Fedayeen suicide bombers.
2015.09.20 Maiduguri, Nigeria 85 90 Boko Haram bombers strike a rival mosque and several other buildings, killing at least eighty – including children.
2015.03.20 Sanaa, Yemen 142 351 A large number of children are among one-hundred and forty innocents eliminated by Sunni suicide bombers as they worshipped at two Shiite mosques.
2015.01.30 Shikarpur, Pakistan 61 100 A Jundullah member sets off explosives inside a crowded Shia mosque, killing over sixty members including children.
(I’ve excluded attacks on shrines)
Adapted from: http://www.thereligionofpeace.com
It is not my intention here to whitewash one barbaric act by pointing to another. My intention is to highlight the hypocrisy and the selective outrage so prevalent amongst Muslims and apologists for Islam. It is quite evident that it doesn’t matter to any of these people that Muslims die. What matters to them is who killed them. I’m sorry, but there are still people in the world for whom all lives matter.
If anyone has come across one report of Muslims or Islamic apologists rushing to hold hands around any one of the thousands of mosques in areas where mosques have been attacked, please share it. As for arson attacks on churches in Europe, look to Egypt, Indonesia and Pakistan and see where it’s heading. Has a national leader ever appeared on television wearing a cross, and bells ever been tolled on radio across the land after an entire congregation had been burnt alive inside their church?
gravenimage says
Yes–Muslim-on-Muslim Jihad terror attacks are *very* common, as well as attacks on Infidels.
J D.S says
The ordinary person knew this would happen with migrants running amuck all over Europe and surely those in charge knew it…but the question is…Who cares the most?
somehistory says
gravenimage
Thanks.
gravenimage says
Thank you, Somehistory.
somehistory says
lebel
No, you made a statement that the “teens” were not the same as evil moslim terrorists and I asked you what “proof’ you had that they were not moslim.
You never showed any proof of what you claimed, you posted a link to an entirely different article about the number of attacks….without mention of whether they were moslims or not, which doesn’t prove anything…they may have been, or not, but if it didn’t even say…
And…it had nothing about the issue addressed in this thread….the latest attack and the “smearing” where two “teenagers” were caught. You said they are not “moslim terrorists” and that is what I said you needed to “prove.”
As yet, you have not. You have continued to try to derail that and posted a link to something else and then accuse me of attacking you without evidence.
Grow up. Leave islam. Learn to be a good and right-thinking person. You’ll be a happier guy and someone might even come to like you.
lebel says
Nope I got it from the linked articles –
https://www.ladepeche.fr/2019/02/09/profanation-de-la-cathedrale-de-lavaur-deux-lyceens-convoques-par-le-juge-des-enfants,8005054.php
The part that is of interest (concerning the suspects) is translated below by google. According to the article it’s most likely linked to troubled teens than religious fanatics.
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Schooled at Las Cases High School, the young man was placed in custody, before emerging in the evening. On Friday, other high school students were heard by the gendarmes.
After the hearings, charges were laid against two of them, the two aged 17, one from Teulat, the other from Cuq-Toulza.
The first had already passed confession the day before. The second allegedly stole a Christ and threw it into the Agout River.
See you on March 15th
Both were left free and will be summoned on March 15 before the juvenile judge. According to our information, the video-camera surveillance showed that the respondent entered the cathedral twice, around 4:30 pm on Tuesday, while friends were waiting for him on site. forecourt. The school is less than 300 meters away.
The presence of cakes in a confessional, the twisted arm of Christ in the form of dab suggested that the authors were more likely to look for troubled teens than religious fanatics.”
In others it’s MUSLIMS!!!
eduardo odraude says
Muhammad says your “lives and property” are not safe from him unless you become a Muslim
In Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, the two most canonical hadith collections:
Bukhari, Volume 1, Book 2, Number 24:
https://muflihun.com/bukhari/2/24
Sahih Muslim, Book 031, Number 5917:
muflihunDOTcom/muslim/31/5917
eduardo odraude says
Muhammad said, “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.”
He is quoted thus in the most authoritative hadith collection, Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 84, Hadith 57. See muflihunDOTcom/bukhari/84/57
Various other authoritative hadiths attest that Muhammad called for death to those who leave Islam. That’s why even today all the schools of Islamic law prescribe death for apostasy from Islam. See the David Wood video on this subject:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju3HsWLyVlQ
lebel says
By the way, seems like there has been a “came amid a spate of vandalism on Christian targets that were blamed on extremist Jewish activists.” Apparently jihadwatch only cares when the culprits can be Muslims but totally ignores when its…someone else. I wonder if jihadwatch Christians will say anything or simply ignore it because the Muslims cannot so easily be blamed.
Source (not that anyone cares but it’s the thought that counts): https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-middle-east/2019/03/12/christians-condemn-acquittal-of-suspected-jerusalem-vandals/
Lavéritétriomphera says
@lebel,
The crimes of the ones do not justify the crimes of the others. Did you read Quran? did you read it right? Nowadays we most often hear about Islamic fascism, that does not mean other such totalitarian systems do not exist.
Gudolpops says
Notre Dame burns in Paris as I post this…