Monday, February 21, 2005
Paris Mosque Gets the "Swastika" Treatment
The main mosque in Paris, France, was painted with swastikas in a horrific display of vandalism. I personally am not thrilled to hear of a Nazi symbol being used against anyone. But listen to the offended Muslims - after years of attacking Jews across Europe and defacing synagogues and Jewish cemeteries, the Muslims are upset! All I can say to them is: "Courage, Camille."
Vandals Scrawl Nazi Mark on Paris Mosque
The Muslims are making more enemies for themselves in many European countries. Maybe they will turn away from violence against others, in which case violence will not be borne on them.
The main mosque in Paris, France, was painted with swastikas in a horrific display of vandalism. I personally am not thrilled to hear of a Nazi symbol being used against anyone. But listen to the offended Muslims - after years of attacking Jews across Europe and defacing synagogues and Jewish cemeteries, the Muslims are upset! All I can say to them is: "Courage, Camille."
Vandals Scrawl Nazi Mark on Paris Mosque
PARIS (AP) - Vandals scrawled swastikas and other Nazi references on the walls of the Grand Mosque of Paris, the best-known Muslim religious site in France, religious leaders said Monday.
The vandalism by unknown assailants, discovered Monday, comes as officials have stepped up security around Jewish and Muslim sites in France amid an increase in such attacks in recent years.
"This intolerable act of Islamophobia is a worrying symptom in the capital," Dalil Boubakeur, director of the Paris mosque, said in a statement.
The vandals, writing in what appeared to be ink from a black marker, scrawled about a dozen swastikas, other Nazi references and "Get Out" on the white walls around the imposing, decades-old mosque in southeastern Paris.
The Muslims are making more enemies for themselves in many European countries. Maybe they will turn away from violence against others, in which case violence will not be borne on them.
