[ April 17, 2024 ]
If Muslim jihadists have their way, the entirety of Europe will one day be part of the savage global caliphate. This year Europe has seen a jihad terror attack attempt every nine days. France alone has witnessed the savagery of the Charlie Hebdo attack, with twelve killings as well as the Bataclan Eagles of Death Metal slaughter that resulted in the deaths of 80 concert goers. France also is home to Muslim-infested no-go zones, where even the bravest gendarme dare not tread without massive back-up, if they enter the area at all.
Instead of resisting the Muslim threat, French authorities pave the way for the invasion by rolling over, playing dead, and appeasing Muslim “sensibilities” by enforcing the sharia. A French court has ordered a cross above a statue of Saint John Paul II removed due to the threat posed by, wait for it, Christian symbols!
From Breitbart:
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The French administrative court has ordered the removal of a cross from a monument to Saint John Paul II in a public square in the northwest of France, saying it violates the secular nature of the state.
Italian media noted the irony of the ruling, remarking that the cross-removal is not taking place “in Raqqa, the capital of the Islamic State in Syria, but in Brittany, in the heart of Western Europe.”
The Conseil d’Etat, France’s highest administrative court, ruled last week that the statue of the Polish Pope in Ploërmel, Brittany, could remain but the large cross above the monument must be eliminated.
“Since the cross is a religious sign or emblem within the meaning of Article 28 of the Law of 9 December 1905 and its installation by the municipality does not fall into any of the exceptions provided by this article, its presence in a public location is contrary to this law,” argued the French court.
The law of 1905, which separates Church and State, forbids “raising or affixing any symbol or religious emblem on public monuments or in any public place,” with the exception of museums, cemeteries and places of worship.
The 25-foot high monument was donated to mayor Paul Anselin by Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli in 2006 and erected in a town square. The sculpture depicts Pope John Paul standing in prayer with his hands clasped, with a simple arch above him, surmounted by a cross.
In 2015, the Rennes tribunal had already ordered the removal of the entire statue but upon appeal, the high court allowed the statue to remain, provided the offending cross disappears.
The city of Ploërmel now has six months to eliminate the cross, and must pay €3000 to the National Federation of Free Thought (Fédération nationale de la libre-pensée), which has been leading the legal battle to have the statue removed since 2015.
Over the weekend social networks in France lit up with the viral hashtag #MontreTaCroix (“Show your cross”), with which many Internet users have shared images of crosses taken everywhere around the country. Many have used the campaign to recall France’s Christian roots, calling the symbol inseparable from the history of France.
Gilles Pennelle, the president of the National Front party in Brittany’s Regional Council, pointed out the paradox that “the French court allows burkinis on the beaches but bans a cross over the statue of John Paul II in Ploërmel.”
For his part, the current mayor of Ploërmel, Patrick Le Diffon, did not rule out bringing the case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
“The statue is part of the landscape of Ploërmel for twelve years, and it does not disturb the inhabitants,” he said. “On the contrary, it is an undeniable tourist asset for the municipality. The mayor added that “this monument is a work of art and it requires the authorization from the artist to modify it.”
The Polish Prime Minister, Beata Szydło also weighed in on the argument, complaining of “censorship” and saying that if the cross must come down the statue should be transferred to Poland where it will be appreciated.
“The Polish government will try to save the monument of our compatriot from censorship, and we will propose to transfer it to Poland, if French authorities and the local community agree,” she said, adding that Pope John Paul “is a symbol of united Christian Europe.”
Poland may have some competition, however. A Hungarian elementary school has also stepped forward to request the cross if the French remove it.
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42 Comments
6 years ago
but islamic prayers in the middle of the street are A OK?
6 years ago
the poor french still haven’t recovered from their revolution where they threw God out and replaced him with secular “reason”, and they won’t recover until they turn their face back to Christ. they have been slaughtered and pummelled by the Terror, Napoleon, the Germans in 3 wars over 100 years, the Communists, and now the muslims. and still they persist in thumbing their noses at their Savior. nearly every town in that country is named after a Christian saint….will they now rename all their towns to appease the muslims?
6 years ago
Reply to
Rocinante44
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They deserve all the cultural high they can get !
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
The French won’t get to celebrate anything
Instead, it would be the neck surgeons, aka moslem savages who would be singing and dancing, joyfully celebrating while they slice open the necks of the French
6 years ago
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6 years ago
Reply to
Rocinante44
I too was wanting to write a response to the article however yours says it all.
6 years ago
Reply to
Rocinante44
George Gershwin’s “American in Paris” is playing at our local symphony hall. This is not the Paris I knew in my earlier years. Even then, Paris was on a moral decline.
6 years ago
Saved your sorry asses in WW2 when only a hand full of you stood up against the enemy. Never again, perish at your own hand you weak weasels.
6 years ago
put a muz face on a certain donkey..
6 years ago
france deserves to be itself, a cultural and social wasteland of islam slowly turning what used to be the independent nation of france into carrion, to feed islam, for a while, when consumed, france will become the parched wasteland that all islamic republics are.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
Now they are enslaved as islam determine what does and does not happen in france, the french, like the rest of western europe, have lost control of their future. They are now vassal states islam.
6 years ago
Reply to
notme123
Wrong, Great Britain and France were the 1st countries to declare war on Germany following their invasion of Poland.
6 years ago
Reply to
IzlamIsTyranny
That’s not what I said or meant. After Germany defeated France, there were a lot of collaboration by the French.
6 years ago
Poland and Hungary made an offer to dismantle the statue and bring it to their countries to prevent it from desecration and vandalism.
6 years ago
Oh, whew … it was only a cross … for a moment there I thought it was the Ten Commandments …
6 years ago
Reply to
Dan Knight
Nice to see the mayor standing up for the statue. We need to see some balls like that here in the States before the Libtards start removing all of our monuments to their ideological ancestors …
6 years ago
Reply to
Dan Knight
The parralels with the implementation of Islam in the U.S. by the present protest groups need to be known to everyone..
6 years ago
France has become a shyte hole for mossies i think briget bardot was correct to complain.
6 years ago
Reply to
ff
Bardot has been arrested more than once for daring to criticise the muslums in Fwance.
6 years ago
Reply to
michaelofsydney
Thanks. Remember Japan’s PM “Takeshita”? (pronounced takisheeta, but…lol). Some people own their names.
6 years ago
Adieu, France – qui est plus de MERDE.
6 years ago
France deserves this
6 years ago
The french politicans are gutless communist POS pussies. Their freedom that was won in WWII will be gone when it is too late to change their outcome.
6 years ago
They remove a cross but allow thousands of Moslems to pray on public streets- a very biased secularism!
6 years ago
You will never win any victories when you are eradicating Truth. Whether or not you believe in the cross, this was a pope and taking down a cross over him is a lie. This is insane and all it does is demonstrate to people that their government is crazy. They KNOW that taking a cross off a saint is both surrender and a lie.
6 years ago
do the mosques there have cresent moon and star?
6 years ago
I wonder if it would be okay to substitute a bomb, or maybe a chopped off head for the crucifix in order to be more inclusive…
6 years ago
And another page turned in the Islamic invasion plan.
6 years ago
“A French court has ordered a cross above a statue of Saint John Paul II removed due to the threat posed by, wait for it, Christian symbols!”
Dope Francis opinion on this is zero ,ZERO
6 years ago
Europe commiting suicide!
6 years ago
It appears it’s past due time for a French Revolution or have they sustained mental issues?
6 years ago
For Sale! French Army rifle……never fired, dropped once.
6 years ago
I wonder if the Eagles of Death have managed to get a paid gig anywhere since what happened in the Bataclan theater?
6 years ago
Ms. Geller:
Can you please explain where this decision was based on Sharia law? (It seems to be based on a law from 1905.)
To continue your line of thinking, the lawsuits against the Christmas displays in Denver over the years would have been based on “Sharia law”? (even though they were based on separation of church and state and had NOTHUNG to do with Sharia)
