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Muslims Burn Bibles and Destroy Crosses...
Stonewall:
Christians in Gaza Fear for Their Lives as Muslims Burn Bibles and Destroy Crosses
Published June 18, 2007
Kimberly West
After defeating their rivals in Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement, Muslim extremists are focusing their attacks on Christians in Gaza City. Christians in Gaza City have issued an appeal to the
international community and a plea for protection against the increased attacks by Muslim extremists.
Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza's Latin church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip's small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, prayer books were burned.
Gunmen used the roof of the school during the fighting, and the convent was "desecrated," Mussalem told the AP.
"Nothing happens by mistake these days," he said.
Father Musalam additionally told The Jerusalem Post that the Muslim gunmen used rocket-propeled grenades (RPGs) to blow through the doors of the church and school, before burning Bibles and destroying every cross they could get their hands on.
Catholic Online reports that the heads of Christian churches in the Holy Land have urged both sides to put aside their weapons, noting that the infighting diverted international attention from the national goal of Palestinian independence.
"This domestic fighting where brother draws his weapon against brother is detrimental to all the aspirations of achieving security and stability for the Palestinian people," they said. "In the name of the one and only God as well as in the name of each devastated Palestinian, many of whom are still dying, we urge our brothers in the Fatah and Hamas movements to listen to the voice of reason, truth and wisdom."
One young woman told the Catholic News Service that she was concerned the Islamic extremists would "enforce a strict dress code, forcing women to wear veils and robes." One Christian teenager spoke to the Catholic News Service on the condition that her name not be used. She said the days of fighting had been "very difficult" but they were "OK now."
"We all hope it will be better, but it will never ever be good with Hamas," she said.
Approximately 2,500 Christians live in Gaza.
CBN Reports--
Leaders of the Christian community in the Strip expressed deep concern over the fate of the Christians living under Hamas. They said most of them wanted to leave Gaza out of fear for their lives.
[Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud] Abbas condemned the attack as barbaric and despicable and blamed Hamas militiamen.
'The torching of the church is one of the fruits of the bloody coup that Hamas staged in the Gaza Strip,' he said.
Several Christian institutions in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank have been targeted by masked gunmen over the past few months.
Sources:
Gaza's Christians fear for their lives, The Jerusalem Post, June 18, 2007, http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? ... 1813061916 (Christians, Muslims, Islam, Palestine, Hamas, Israel, Terror, Terrorism, Jihad, Gaza)
Catholic compound ransacked in Gaza, The Associated Press, June 18, 2007, http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/internat ... ernational (Christians, Muslims, Islam, Palestine, Hamas, Israel, Terror, Terrorism, Jihad, Gaza)
Israel Today, Hamas turns on Gaza Christians, June 18, 2007, http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.as ... &nid=13149 (Christians, Muslims, Islam, Palestine, Hamas, Israel, Terror, Terrorism, Jihad, Gaza)
Christians in Gaza Strip express concern about their future, Catholic News Service, June 18, 2007, http://www.catholic.org/international/i ... p?id=24422 (Christians, Muslims, Islam, Palestine, Hamas, Israel, Terror, Terrorism, Jihad, Gaza)
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:jamin:
That was in 2007... Of course we all remember it. That was when Americans protested Islam in the streets and some of us exploded?
Oh wait, that's right... that never happened.
American's don't act that way... we just excuse those who do.
Luckily we don't have an Islamic Celebration Day, we might have to strap bombs to ourselves.
ajax13:
Desecration seems to be all the rage over there, Stony:
Israeli forces desecrate 200 graves in Muslim cemetery; injure Sheikh with bulldozer
http://www.imemc.org/article/59264
Jewish settlers protesting against an official Israeli eviction order have desecrated Muslim buildings in the flashpoint West Bank town of Hebron.
They sprayed "Death to Arabs" and an insult to the Prophet Muhammad on a mosque wall and vandalised a cemetery.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7739433.stm
Virgin Mary Statue Desecrated by Israeli Occupation by Saira W. Soufan
In a predawn raid on March 14, Israeli tank shells slammed into the Church of the Nativity,
the holy site of the birthplace of Jesus Christ, slicing off the hands and nose of the Virgin
Mary statue.
The church, which also houses a hospital and orphanage, sustained a barrage of bullets
and artillery including a tank shell, which punched a bowling ball-sized hole from Israeli
tanks, stationed less than 50 meters away. Sister Sophie, the nun in charge of the
compound, moved patients within the church hospital to a safer locale. These included
maternity patients in labor and just delivered.
http://www.jerusalemites.org/crimes/cri ... ity/34.htm
Stonewall:
--- Quote from: "ajax13" ---Desecration seems to be all the rage over there, Stony:
Israeli forces desecrate 200 graves in Muslim cemetery; injure Sheikh with bulldozer
http://www.imemc.org/article/59264
Jewish settlers protesting against an official Israeli eviction order have desecrated Muslim buildings in the flashpoint West Bank town of Hebron.
They sprayed "Death to Arabs" and an insult to the Prophet Muhammad on a mosque wall and vandalised a cemetery.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7739433.stm
Virgin Mary Statue Desecrated by Israeli Occupation by Saira W. Soufan
In a predawn raid on March 14, Israeli tank shells slammed into the Church of the Nativity,
the holy site of the birthplace of Jesus Christ, slicing off the hands and nose of the Virgin
Mary statue.
The church, which also houses a hospital and orphanage, sustained a barrage of bullets
and artillery including a tank shell, which punched a bowling ball-sized hole from Israeli
tanks, stationed less than 50 meters away. Sister Sophie, the nun in charge of the
compound, moved patients within the church hospital to a safer locale. These included
maternity patients in labor and just delivered.
http://www.jerusalemites.org/crimes/cri ... ity/34.htm
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Now you attack Jews...
I guess that is what you have to do if you defend Islam.
Next up, those Hindu's really suck.
ajax13:
Stony, you are right over the top with that Hasbaranik character. Nobody attacked anybody. The subject of the thread was the desecration of religious icons by middle-eastern folks. I posted a couple of references just like you. But your character took the typical low-road of the sensationalizing propagandist and created a false scenario by making a baseless accusation. Wonderful performance, as always Stony.
Stonewall:
--- Quote from: "ajax13" ---Stony, you are right over the top with that Hasbaranik character. Nobody attacked anybody. The subject of the thread was the desecration of religious icons by middle-eastern folks. I posted a couple of references just like you. But your character took the typical low-road of the sensationalizing propagandist and created a false scenario by making a baseless accusation. Wonderful performance, as always Stony.
--- End quote ---
The subject was Muslims burning Bibles, destroying Crosses, and Killing Christians.
OK Pumpkin?
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