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Hugh Fitzgerald: The Fire at Notre-Dame and Muslim Schadenfreude (Part One)

Apr 18, 2019 10:00 am By Hugh Fitzgerald

Before the devastating fire at Notre-Dame broke out, there had been two months of attacks on French churches all around France, very few of which were reported on in the media outside France, and some of which hardly received sufficient coverage inside the country. There was a fire set at St. Sulpice, the second-largest church in Paris, which sits in the Muslim-majority neighborhood of Seine Saint-Denis, surrounded by mosques and Muslim shops. At the church of Villeneuve de Berg in Ardèche, Muslim teenagers urinated into the holy water font to express their contempt for Christianity. In another church, Muslims fashioned a cross of human excrement smeared on a church wall, with stolen Communion hosts stuck at the four corners. Some may be reminded of Oriana Fallaci’s enraged report on Muslim immigrants in Florence who, to express their dissatisfaction at not being given the treatment they felt was their due, urinated (and some defecated) on the bronze doors of the Baptistery, both the north and east doors by Lorenzo Ghiberti, and the south doors by Andrea Pisano; these doors are one of the supreme works of Renaissance art. On seeing Ghiberti’s doors, Michelangelo called them the “Gates of Paradise.” These were the doors streaming with urine, and smeared with feces, by Muslim migrants showing their contempt for the Unbelievers who, after all, had given them refuge but apparently, that was not enough.

In 2018, there were 1,063 attacks on Christian churches or symbols (crucifixes, icons, statues) in France, a 17% rise over the year before. All over France, acts of vandalism of churches have been registered in ever-increasing numbers. In recent months, crucifixes have been pulled off church walls and broken into pieces. Statues of Jesus, Mary, and various saints have been smashed; many have been decapitated. The monastery of Saint Jean des Blames in Aveyron was sacked by Muslims. The Paris daily Le Figaro, in reporting on some of these incidents, asked “Who has heard of the sacking of the monastery of Saint Jean des Balmes in Aveyron? Of those teenagers who urinated into the holy water font of the church at Villeneuve de Berg in Ardèche?” RT states that “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….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.” These and numerous other attacks on French churches receive minimal, if any, media coverage.

The alacrity with which the country has rallied to the repair of Notre-Dame is admirable, but what should and could be done about of the other, deliberate destruction — about three attacks every day — on churches all over France? None of these churches are world-famous like Notre-Dame, but many are venerable works of art and architecture, with statues, crucifixes, baptismal fonts, altars, elaborately carved pews, some with organs or stained-glass windows; none, of course, deserve to be assaulted, vandalized, destroyed. What would it take to prevent or hinder such Muslim attacks? CCTV cameras inside and outside the churches, alarms connected from the churches to the local police stations, and armed security guards would certainly help protect such sites. As the sums pledged to restore Notre-Dame have gone far beyond $1 billion, surely the French government can contribute a few tens of millions of dollars to protect that part of the artistic patrimony of the nation that is to be found in its churches.

The massive fire that destroyed much of the internal wooden structure of Notre-Dame de Paris appears to have been the result of an accident, not Muslim malevolence. But the reaction of a disturbing number of French Muslims needs to be recorded. It was to be expected that the Islamic State — which called the fire Allah’s revenge for the mocking words about Mecca that apparently appeared in the French press a week before the Notre-Dame fire — would express its pleasure. But the anti-French, anti-white, anti-Christian sentiments expressed by many Muslims, their indifference to, or even hatred of, the history of France — still startles.

An email sent to me from France deserves to be shared:

The horrible responses of many French [& Muslims]

The case of UNEF (the National Union of Students in France)

Unfortunately many people have not been concerned about what has been happening at the National Union of Students. This student union, of the extreme left, has for several years taken an even more extreme turn toward “indigenism” [une dérive indigéniste, see the discussion of this term below].  The tweets of some of its officers are most instructive.

Here we have to stop for a moment to consider what is meant by “une dérive indigéniste,” which has a very particular meaning in French political life. The “parti des indigènes de la république”– the  “Party of the indigenous peoples of the Republic,” or PIR, was founded in 2005. The party is the farthest of the far-left groups; its founders were two Muslim Arabs, and its membership consists primarily of Arabs and African blacks. The word “indigenes” is meant to indicate that just as in its colonies the “colonialist” French supposedly mistreated the indigenous peoples, so in France (“la Republique”) itself, French whites continue to mistreat Arabs and blacks, who are now described as “the new indigenes,” even though, of course, they, or their parents or grandparents, arrived from outside France, and the true indigenes in France are the French themselves. But because these Muslims and blacks in the group PIR claim to be the victims of “racism” and “internal colonialism” by the French state, it is they, and not the French themselves, who they insist should be considered the “indigenous people” of France, oppressed by the “whites.” The party’s militants see everything in terms of “racism’” promoted by the French state; they seek to sensitize Arab and black teachers to the “racist” messages conveyed in the schools, where the history of France is “forced” on non-French people, who are expected to celebrate a past that they have no part of, and should take no interest in. Arab and black teachers are encouraged to recognize the “internal colonialism” of France, and to identify areas in the school curriculum that reveal endemic racism. They are encouraged by the party to be anti-French, antisemitic, and anti-white, and to reject French identity even as they are pushed to embrace their Arab, Muslim, or black identities.

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  1. Frank Anderson says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 10:23 am

    Wait and see? Was this an “accident”? Will we ever be told the truth? Why is it that billionaires pledged almost a billion dollars for reconstruction in less than a day while they have sat in silence for years as the country is being torn apart and destroyed by invasion? Some things will never be known.

    • observer says

      Apr 18, 2019 at 10:55 am

      I agree Frank.
      If it was not an accident we will never know.
      Because Pilate will wash his hands off this issue as quickly as anyone can say ‘Jack Flash’ or as quickly as he turned his back on Christ after asking “What is truth?” without intending to hear the answer.
      How like most Western politicians was Pilate.
      What has changed ?
      We live in dark times – God help us.
      There are some however who are aware of the greater reality…

      Still, what is ‘time’ in eternity… ?
      Those who choose to bury the truth will have to face it at some point.
      As we all must.
      It will surely come as a rude awakening for them.

      • CRUSADER says

        Apr 19, 2019 at 4:24 am

        Dark times indeed.

        Seek the Light.

        +++

        • Rufolino says

          Apr 19, 2019 at 5:05 am

          For the French Government to declare the disaster “an accident” whilst it was still going on was an insult to people’s intelligence.

          But few protested. We are used to it.

          When in comes to immigration and terrorism, these days the Governments of W.Europe are insulting the intelligence of their populations on a routine basis.

      • Frank Anderson says

        Apr 19, 2019 at 7:22 am

        observer, the time we are given as stewards and trustees is not ours to waste or throw away. It is ours for some reason that pleases the person who gave it to us and can take it away. It is ours both to use properly and to defend against those who would steal it by any means of tyranny, oppression or slavery. I have seen enough in my life to believe that Person who gave me that time is God. Is it mentally healthier to see myself as a random accident or one of the Children of God? That little bit of faith and self-worth can make a real difference in trials. It has for me many times.

    • jayell says

      Apr 18, 2019 at 1:08 pm

      They’re now saying it was a short-circuit, based on evidence of a camera in situ that takes pictures every 10 minutes (I think I’ve got that right). But they haven’t done a proper investigation yet. Readers’ comments in a Daily Mail blog suggest that not many people actually believe this story and think there’s something very fishy going on.

      • elee says

        Apr 18, 2019 at 2:04 pm

        Thanks jayell.

      • Frank Anderson says

        Apr 18, 2019 at 4:06 pm

        JL, I have my doubts. Too quick on the determination of what was NOT the cause. I believe in most of Europe the normal voltage for appliances and general use electric circuits is a nominal 220 compared to the 115/120 volts used in the US. That higher voltage can, depending on a number of factors, make a short circuit hotter. The higher voltage should also make any fuse or circuit breaker operate faster and cut off the current to any arc or fault.

        I handled some substation fault current studies where because of the low distribution voltage (2400/4160), the fault current was so close to the normal load current that fuses rarely worked (coordinated) as intended. In that case, the higher voltage (7200/12470) reduced the normal load current and increased the fault current so that the right fuse would blow at the right time.

        At this time I will believe none of what I hear and less than half what I see. I do not think the truth is being told.

        • CRUSADER says

          Apr 19, 2019 at 4:23 am

          Wouldn’t fire controls and sprinkler systems be in place at such a landmark as the Notre Dame Cathedral which has the world watching it, millions of tourists coming to it, and a host of financial contributors backing its renovations over the years?

        • Frank Anderson says

          Apr 19, 2019 at 4:53 am

          Crusader, remember the World Trade Center had no sprinklers because of the extra weight they would have added to the structure (and the extra cost). According to many statements I have seen regarding US experience with properly sprinkled buildings, not one single life has been lost in a properly sprinkled building. I do not know if that is true. But from all I read and heard during the construction of WTC (many stories appeared in a number of magazines as it was built), there were no sprinklers because the building was otherwise “fireproof” until a large airliner loaded with almost all the fuel it could carry crashed.

          Adding sprinklers to the old wooden structure of the cathedral would be a challenge. Like many preventive measures, there would have been a fight against the nay-sayers who would accuse the proponents of the sprinklers as being “unfaithful paranoids”. But look at the cost! Like the burning of the Reichstag, no deaths. But what a landmark of an impression. In my opinion, it is more likely than not that the fire was set on purpose. Now who would do something like that? Wait and see; someday.

    • Michael Copeland says

      Apr 18, 2019 at 1:12 pm

      “If you want people to believe you it was an accident, don’t stand next to a flaming cathedral and say that it was probably an accident. People will have a hard time believing you. Do an investigation first.”
      Sanity 4 Sweden
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBnLVuhpWZY at 0.14

      • Frank Anderson says

        Apr 19, 2019 at 2:10 am

        M.C. I do not know what it would take for me to believe any government official anywhere in Europe including the UK and all its collaborating “commonwealth”. The muslim doctrine of lying whenever advantage can be obtained over kafirs and apostates is in full display. Would you believe any of the collaborators in WWII? The difference I see between conspiracy theorists about the JFK killing and any muslim inspired attack is that there is a 1400 year history of writing, teaching and practice behind Islam’s war with the world, where the Kennedy assassination involves at most a few well-placed individuals. “A snake will always be a snake, no matter how well you treat it.”

    • Lavéritétriomphera says

      Apr 19, 2019 at 3:42 am

      @Frank Anderson,

      Hi,
      People who were not workers climbed on the scaffolding while the site was shut down. The electrical system was extremely protected. It appears the fire started in an unlikely place [the former architect of Notre Dame said https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5QO5dP_NSk#fauxfullscreen%5D. Macron was really affected, we all are.
      The truth will come out sooner or later.
      Amitiés

      • Frank Anderson says

        Apr 19, 2019 at 4:42 am

        Kevin, both of us have had to deal with lies and liars a long time; certainly enough to sincerely appreciate the truth the few times we actually get to see and hear it. Whatever is the truth I hope we know it while good is still possible. Always best wishes to you.

        I never enjoyed anything in my law practice more than catching situations where I could force the opposing lawyer to the witness stand to kill his own case. He could either tell the truth and kill the case or lie and lose his license. THAT is pleasure. Right behind that pleasure is dealing with an opponent who is as dedicated to the truth as I am. An honest result gives credit to all.

        • Lavéritétriomphera says

          Apr 19, 2019 at 8:04 am

          @Frank Anderson,

          Hi,
          The wood-frame of Notre Dame was in very old oak from the Middle Ages. It could hardly catch fire. I am not accusing outright Muslims, there are people with anti-religious and anticlerical sentiments in France and the investigation is not yet over.
          Furthermore we worry about the ultimatum the yellow vests gave to the government. They must respect the Easter break, I believe a demonstration by the yellow vests on Saturday would be badly received by the general public in this respect.
          Amitiés

        • Frank Anderson says

          Apr 19, 2019 at 9:25 am

          Kevin, I cannot claim any expertise on the flammability of ancient, dry oak. I have a friend who lives next to my brother-by-choice who pressure treats wood with borax making it very resistant to many hazards, probably including fire. We should not forget the history of the Reichstag. I don’t think we will ever know who set that fire either. The man accused, convicted and immediately executed for setting it clearly never had a chance to tell a different story from the “police”. We have a similar situation today where proclamations were being made before the fire was out, long before any competent inspection and review of evidence was possible. How can the wealthy of France pour money into a destroyed building while they ignore the destruction of their country? Always best wishes to you and hope for your country to see better days.

        • Lavéritétriomphera says

          Apr 19, 2019 at 3:38 pm

          @Frank Anderson,

          Hi,
          How can the wealthy of France pour money into a destroyed building while they ignore the destruction of their country? The wealthy of France and elsewhere have the right to have strong non-negotiable convictions and to pour money into Notre Dame, the Old Lady was with us during the wars and the BLACK DEATH.
          The wealthy of France (some of them) are doing what they can for the fatherland, I thank them. We don’t know everything – far from it – and the spirit of the Knights has not died in France.
          Peace on you and on USA.
          Amitiés

        • Frank Anderson says

          Apr 19, 2019 at 3:44 pm

          Kevin the wealthy have the “right” to spend their money as they please. I have the right to question their priorities and motives when they sit in silence and inaction as France becomes an Islamic Hell. There are actually cases where “Silence is consent.” If France meant anything to these “wealthy” people they would have been doing something to protect it from the invasion that is destroying much more than an icon. I would say the same thing for anyone here in the US with the same lost sense of priority.

        • Lavéritétriomphera says

          Apr 20, 2019 at 4:41 pm

          @Frank Anderson.

          Hi,
          You will notice that a great strategist does never disclose his strategy and as I have said, we don’t know everything, so it is totally useless to get lost in conjectures about things we do not control. French of yesterday or today, are the same people. We are very proud and traditionalist, the wealthy people can be patriots and we are not religious but … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacr%C3%A9-C%C5%93ur,_Paris. That is why I believe that it is difficult to have an objective view of the situation.
          France is in Europe and we must remember that we can not do whatever we want whenever we want, the Spanish, the Italian, the Portuguese, among others, specifically pay attention to what is going on in France that is a Latin Catholic Roman country as they are.
          Peace on you and on USA
          Amitiés

        • Frank Anderson says

          Apr 20, 2019 at 5:19 pm

          There could be reason to hope for a better future for France and the rest of Europe. Without action that stops the current invasion, the hope may be futile. I wish better for you and your country, the First to aid in the creation of the United States of America.

        • gravenimage says

          Apr 20, 2019 at 5:37 pm

          Agreed, Frank–we have to stop the further invasion of Muslims into the West.

        • Lavéritétriomphera says

          Apr 21, 2019 at 6:14 am

          @Frank Anderson,
          @gravenimage,

          We owe USA a great deal too:
          https://franceintheus.org/spip.php?rubrique100
          https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/american-donations-shore-up-conservation-efforts-in-france
          http://en.chateauversailles.fr/history-patronage-versailles.
          Amitiés

        • Frank Anderson says

          Apr 21, 2019 at 9:58 am

          Kevin, one of the joys of being my friend is that I don’t count. “Every good deed is a minimum of 3 at the same time: For the person who receives it; For the person who does it; and to the Glory of the God Who makes all Good Things possible.”

  2. Ashley says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 10:25 am

    And so it begins:

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/us/st-patricks-cathedral-man-arrested-gas-lighters/index.html

    • elee says

      Apr 18, 2019 at 11:02 am

      Yes I warned about this, I said in essence: Kafirs, get ready to defend everything you treasure. Oh and they sure aren’t interested in telling us this guy’s name, are they? Oh and did you think that when they reduce our spires apses naves and everything else to rubble will they give us 7th-century unlit mudhovels to live in? Not bloody likely, they’ve got a scholar’s opinion authorizing them to eat the flesh of kafirs. Kill the spirit, the body will die.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 20, 2019 at 12:46 am

      He seems to be an Infidel. He is also–insanely–a professor, and has threatened another church, as well. Likely a far-leftist.

  3. Mary says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 10:28 am

    If they don’t want to assimilate then they can leave. I’m sure there are some people who would help them pack.

  4. Steve Chambers says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 10:35 am

    The fire at Norte Dame was not an accident as this article states. New evidence points to arson. But, nonetheless, France is getting what it wanted; a nation in turmoil as the result of too many moslem immigrants. France will burn. It’ll never get back up from the heights it has fallen. France is lost. England is on its way. The last bastion for hope and freedom in the world is the United States. Cutoff moslem immigration before we become France.

    • Cece says

      Apr 19, 2019 at 2:58 am

      The US is under assault from the collapsing countries by the cartels in Central American and Soros funding of migrations in both North Africa and Central America. The elites think they will have a one world global government with them at the top. Then they take out lots of people and it’s for the earth. Their mistake is that they think then can turn off Islam once they have finished with it. No. Take a look at the pictures of Syria. Everyplace will look like that. And because they use the laws and the liberals against their own countries…..they get in. Civil war everywhere. The French voted for Macron. They voted for this. They could have had Marianne Le Pen.

      • terry says

        Apr 19, 2019 at 7:19 am

        the “elites” serve satan.

  5. Ashley says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 10:42 am

    Oh brother…

    https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Man-in-Custody-After-Bringing-Gas-Cans-Into-St-Patricks-Cathedral-Sources-508730871.html

    • Ashley says

      Apr 18, 2019 at 10:49 am

      More…

      https://heavy.com/news/2019/04/marc-lamparello/

  6. No Muzzies Here says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 10:56 am

    St. Sulpice is not in the neighborhood of Seine Saint-Denis. It’s near Jardin du Luxembourg.

    • beyondculturewars says

      Apr 19, 2019 at 9:16 am

      I believe there was destruction at Seine Saint-Denis. Writer probably conflated two incidents.

  7. marblenecltr says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 11:14 am

    Macaroon is a disgrace to humanity. Now he wants it to be illegal to reveal these matters. We have Muslims with not just hate speech, but hate action.

    • Cece says

      Apr 19, 2019 at 3:07 am

      Macron said he wanted to rule like the god, Jupiter. And Leo Zagami pointed out that the site for Notre Dame used to be a temple to Jupiter. It will be interesting, with all this secrecy, to see what the French government comes up with for Notre Dame. Will it be a Catholic cathedral consecrated to the Virgin Mary, Our Lady, or rather some other thing….Chrislam and Zagami as suggests they are headed. France wake up!!

      • Cece says

        Apr 19, 2019 at 3:39 am

        Leo Zagami on Alex Jones

  8. elee says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 11:17 am

    Mr. Fitzgeral or anyone else reading this: while the Notre Dame fire raged some sites published random anthologies of hateful tweets and emails. I asked elsewhere whether anybody had found any reason to doubt that these hateful sentiments actually got posted and were what they purported to be. Anything further?

  9. Ole Pederson says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 11:46 am

    Upcoming EU elections will prevent any investigation of what started the fire or at least publishing results of it.

  10. elee says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 11:48 am

    Lebel is vindicated. I vindicated him myself by assuming the man with the gasoline in St. Patricks must have been a jihadi. They (the jihadis) after all warned us, this Caucasian Christian philosophy professor didn’t. But lebel was right when he accused us of defaulting to an assumption. Of course, I for one defaulted based on a lot of recent history, but I got ahead of the facts. And I was even going to post elsewhere suggesting we all just chill till we learn something more about Notre Dame…… Now, anybody got any facts about the hundreds if not thousands of other desecrations in Europe, or did no one see fit to investigate them or to publish their outcome?

    • mortimer says

      Apr 18, 2019 at 12:17 pm

      Elee, to say lebel is ‘vindicated’ … hmm … I try to be fair-minded and avoid blanket statements. Expressing suspicion based on the outpourings of joy in the Muslim world over the destruction of France’s pre-eminent religious symbol is not jumping to conclusions, but recognizing reality. For Muslims, France is the home of the Franks … the evil Crusaders. Just because the butler had a motive to murder his boss does not mean he dunnit.

      Nevertheless, I think the investigators and the staff at the cathedral already have a fair idea how it was done. There are a lot of smart people working there. They are likely being told to keep quiet as the investigation goes on.

      The facts will tumble out and books and videos will be forthcoming in the next six months. ISIS may have inspired the arson, ordered it or may have been involved in some way in it. Muslims in French prisons are apparently overjoyed at the fire.

      Koran 8.60 says, ‘TURHIBUNNA’ (terrorize them).

      I predict this fire will inspire many more. Muslims can buy matches everywhere. Who needs handguns?

      • elee says

        Apr 18, 2019 at 12:31 pm

        Strong agreement…….especially when the “inspiration” that led to all the hateful exultation about this fire has apparently led to hundreds if not thousands of desecrations already, you know, the ones I keep asking about investigation results. Again Islamophobes and Muslims say exactly the same thing about Islam: it urges them to shoot, stab, detonate, or run down with stolen trucks…….and the Muslims go out and do it again and again. Anybody who warned about that gets daily vindication. That includes both of us and a whole whole lot of other people too.

        • mortimer says

          Apr 18, 2019 at 2:55 pm

          The French people aren’t buying the BS that ‘sabotage has been ruled out’.

          https://twitter.com/i/status/1118224692240900096

        • CRUSADER says

          Apr 19, 2019 at 4:16 am

          Mao-Tse-Tung was full of Mousie Dung

      • Ecosse1314 says

        Apr 18, 2019 at 12:32 pm

        Perhaps..but if the butler has previous then he deserves to be under suspicion.

        • elee says

          Apr 18, 2019 at 1:46 pm

          Any jihadi can probably round up 4 Muslim men to give him a taqiyyah alibi within half an hour That’s part of the reason why the problem doesn’t end with the mere jihadi actors. “The people are the sea in which the guerrilla swims.”—-Mao-Tse-Tung.

    • Ashley says

      Apr 18, 2019 at 3:01 pm

      elee…we don’t know Marc Lamparello’s motive.

      On Monday evening while Notre Dame Cathedral was afire, Lamparello was praying at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark, NJ. When it was time to close the cathedral, Lamparello refused to leave. He said he wanted to stay and continue to pray. The authorities were summoned. He was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and criminal trespassing. He was due to appear in court on May 1.

      This morning he has been officially charged with attempted arson for last evening’s incident at the entrance to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in NYC.

      It was reported this morning that Lamparello had a ONE WAY ticket to Rome. He was scheduled to fly out of Newark International Airport this morning.

      By all accounts, Lamparello is sane. An adjunct professor pursuing a Ph.D., he teaches philosophy (with a particular interest in existentialism) and was raised a devout Catholic. Family, friends, students and neighbors saw nothing amiss with him.

      This is what intrigues and unsettles me: why the incident at the cathedral in Newark, NJ Monday evening while Notre Dame was burning? Why the attempt to enter St. Patrick’s Cathedral with gasoline, lighter fluid and lighters last evening? Why a ONE WAY ticket to Rome? (I’m speculating here, but I imagine he may have intended to visit the Vatican for Good Friday/Easter). Did he intend to stay in Italy indefinitely? He’s both a professor and student with work and study commitments.

      Why would a devout Catholic drive from NJ to St. Patrick’s in NYC with ill intent?

      I wonder if he has always sported that beard…

      Holy Week has gotten off to a very sketchy start, IMO.

      • Ashley says

        Apr 18, 2019 at 3:16 pm

        Let me frame it another way…

        https://dailypost.ng/2017/02/03/converted-islam-roman-catholic-priest/

    • CRUSADER says

      Apr 19, 2019 at 4:17 am

      It’s alright to SUSPECT jihadi involvement, as most terroristic offenses to the West are perpetrated by Mohamheadans….

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 20, 2019 at 12:49 am

      Yes–that one case was an Infidel. But despite the fact that there are over 100 times more Infidels than Muslims in the United States, Muslims are statistically far more violent.

  11. mortimer says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 11:53 am

    IS IT COINCIDENCE? Or is there a PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR involving an IDEOLOGY OF HATE? “AL WALAA WAL BARAA” … hatred directed against the dirty kufaar ??

    https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/eucharist-desecrated-statues-smashed-in-series-of-french-church-attacks-94505

    “Eucharist desecrated, statues smashed in series of French church attacks” … 10 desecrations since February

    • Ecosse1314 says

      Apr 18, 2019 at 2:16 pm

      According to the dissembling Lebel all the damage is caused by disafected bored drunk French youths…ho hum

      • mortimer says

        Apr 18, 2019 at 3:00 pm

        lebel has never criticized a Muslim terrorist in this blog.

        lebel has never denied Islam’s doctrine of HATRED directed from Muslims against the dirty kafirs … “AL WALAA WAL BARAA” … Islamic apartheid.

        lebel merely repeats sly insinuations of false equivalency of guilt. There is no equivalency of guilt, because only Islam has a doctrine that requires HATRED and HOSTILITY to be directed against disbelievers.

        lebel has not revealed what is the RIGHT AMOUNT of hatred that Muslim is OBLIGATED to direct against the dirty kufaar.

        Al Walaa wal Baraa has no refutation, does it, lebel?

        Checkmate, lebel.

        • elee says

          Apr 18, 2019 at 6:24 pm

          Here’s a thought……which may be worth exactly what you paid for it: Muslims are brainwashed from infancy. Part of that brainwashing includes Koran 81:30 , “You can desire nothing except that Allah, the Lord of the worlds, should desire it,” and 33:37, “It is not open to a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, to exercise their own choice in deciding it.” Hence one always hears about “Loving and hating only for Allah”; Allah gets to decide what you love or hate, and how much. This is not exactly the western kafir view of individual free thought and individual responsibility. So even if a Muslim would prefer peace with his kafir neighbours, he is not allowed to advocate it or even think of it. Koran 2:217: “Fighting is ordained for you, while it is repugnant to you. It may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and it may also be that you prefer a thing and it may be worse for you. Allah knows all and you know not.” Does this mean that Muslims—-literally, “those who have submitted”—can claim not to be responsible for their evil acts? Westerners can’t use the “Just following orders” defense, at least since the postwar Nuremburg trials……can Muslims? Or is an evil act committed by a kafir worse than one committed by a Muslim, because the Muslim surrendered his individual discretion to choose or decide anything and the kafir never “surrendered”? Come to think of it, when’s the last time you heard of a Muslim agonizing about what was right or wrong? Oh and I’m really tired of my keyboard not letting me do separate paragraphs when I post here.

  12. jewdog says

    Apr 18, 2019 at 6:21 pm

    The whole colonialism thing is ridiculous. Most of the people at odds with Muslims were themselves subject to colonialism – eg. the Burmese, the Chinese, the Thais, Africans, Hindus, Jews etc. This sounds like some kind of attempt by ideologues to shoehorn Marxism into an inappropriate situation. Marxism was mainly concerned with the economic aspects of colonialism as they related to capitalist exploitation, something else entirely .

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 20, 2019 at 12:50 am

      True, Jewdog.

  13. andrew mckendrick says

    Apr 19, 2019 at 3:30 am

    Re Notre Dame Cathedral burning….can`t help remembering old saying…never believe a rumour until officially denied.

    • CRUSADER says

      Apr 19, 2019 at 4:12 am

      Oh, I don’t believe that!

  14. CRUSADER says

    Apr 19, 2019 at 4:11 am

    Christian Persecution

    http://opendoorsusa.org

  15. Jay says

    Apr 19, 2019 at 9:14 am

    Great posts here this morning! French Pres.Macron, like Merkel, and May, is blind to the destruction the Muslim invasion is causing their countries and their soverignity!! After over 2000 recent attacks on French churches, why would anyone not think this was arson?? There is no acclimation by the illegal Muslim invasion, only death, destruction, disease, demands, crime, rape, etc etc. PM Churchill is not resting easy today! These countries must wake up and save themselves! The USA will not do it again!
    God save the world!! And bless the guard that saved St Patrick’s cathedral in NYC yesterday!!
    Trump,2020 the only hope the USA has for survival!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  16. saf says

    Apr 19, 2019 at 11:43 am

    May God Save Us … May God have Mercy on Us… and I don’t believe anything the Communist News says… mind you, I did not say Reports…

  17. Paul J Wheeler says

    Apr 19, 2019 at 2:07 pm

    Why are people so ready to pay for restoring Notre Dame?

    Its clear eventual fate is to become a masjid, just as Hagia Sophia did in 1453 when Constantinople fell.

    Restoring any vandalized structure is pointless; Islam will triumph eventually. The resources spent on restoring these buildings is a waste. They will be destroyed as soon as Islam is victorious as lesser churches were in Constantinople.

    The money and resources could be spent on much better uses! Perhaps it could be used to educate the clueless about the evil that is Islam and why Islam is compelled to destroy all that does not submit.

    • gravenimage says

      Apr 20, 2019 at 12:52 am

      Don’t preach surrender to Islam here. Failing to rebuild Notre Dame would certainly embolden supremacist Muslims, whether they were responsible for the fire or not..

      • Linda M Clark says

        Apr 20, 2019 at 3:30 am

        I agree with you 100 % Gravenimage.

        • Frank Anderson says

          Apr 20, 2019 at 6:33 am

          Ms. Clark, I think muslims do not need any encouragement from kafirs. They are plenty bold without our help. All they have been taught for 1400 years is arrogance and contempt for non-muslim sub-humans. Unless the repairs include all measures to keep a second attack from happening, assuming there was a first, the second, and the third and the fourth will happen. The question is how many targets are available for attack and how many can be defended? When those are defended, what is not defended? As long as invaders are in the country, nothing and nobody is safe, or will be respected. I found several books that explained this to me. Please let me suggest that you look for yourself. “The first step to solving any problem is to admit a problem exists.”

        • gravenimage says

          Apr 20, 2019 at 5:45 pm

          Thank you, Linda.

          Frank, I absolutely agree that Muslims hate Infidels and want to oppress and murder them regardless of how non-Muslims react.

          That being said, if Muslims are met with weak or confused defense against Jihad–or, worse, outright appeasement and dhimmitude–it *does* embolden them. This is the main reason that things are so much worse now than they were twenty years ago.

        • Frank Anderson says

          Apr 20, 2019 at 6:36 pm

          GI, as is almost always the case, you are absolutely correct about displays of confusion, indecision or weakness. The narrow and limited reason for my comment is that trying to ascribe to muslims that they need any sort of provocation to follow their (I hate to repeat it AGAIN but will-please laugh with me) “final, complete, perfect and unchangeable” teachings. I see no need to spend the least amount of time or attention on a question of provoking people who are already provoked. I ask, beg, plead that we move on to what we can do to protect ourselves, our civilized society and the future. I want to do my part and am certain you also wish to do yours. How can we light more candles in a dark and dangerous world?

        • gravenimage says

          Apr 20, 2019 at 6:57 pm

          Absolutely agree, Frank.

          One of the main things we can do is affirm and celebrate our civilized values.

          If you observe Easter as a religious or secular holiday–or both–or just have a pleasant Spring Sunday, I would like to wish you a very Happy Easter.

        • Frank Anderson says

          Apr 20, 2019 at 7:14 pm

          Thank you. I follow Jesus most sincerely and probably in a unique way. I celebrate his life and what he taught. If he walked in my door, I would have very few questions, and none about his qualifications to teach me and set an example to follow. I have a whole spectrum of Christian and Jewish friends and wish all of us the chance to know Jesus in our own way without being forced to accept any other person’s way. My uncle, Grump, Father by Choice #2 in sequence but not rank, said, “When you find your way, it will be the right one for you. Ask your questions and find your answers.” I am still asking. But in any event, Happy Easter and Joyous Passover. Jesus would approve. Among other lessons he is attributed with teaching is a lesson of good and responsible stewardship of the Blessings of God.

  18. patriotliz says

    Apr 19, 2019 at 2:44 pm

    Have any of these desecrations been labeled a “Hate Crime?”

    • Frank Anderson says

      Apr 19, 2019 at 3:37 pm

      Liz, a “hate crime” is committed against or upon someone you like. An ordinary crime may be committed upon someone you don’t like. The idea of a “hate crime” is completely contrary to the US Constitutional requirement of Equal Protection under the law. When muslims and collaborators are in charge, the only “hate crimes” are committed against them. All other crimes, if they are even considered crimes, are ordinary. Would anyone in Nazi Germany be charged with a “hate crime” for killing a Jew? Of course not. The “accused” would be given an award and the person attempting to make the charge would be punished by being sent to a concentration or death camp. Where is the difference now? In the last few weeks here on JW a number of people have been charged for attempting to charge the wrong people with “hate crimes”.

  19. Dave Johnson says

    Apr 20, 2019 at 1:03 am

    The servants of satan (allah) will all be burning in hell soon unless they repent, disavow their false god and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. Sadly most of them will burn in hell.

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