France: Six statues decapitated in a church

There is no telling who is behind this. Still, is it possible, just possible, that this had something to do with this Qur’an passage? “When your Lord inspired to the angels, I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.” (8:12) Or this one? “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks…” (47:4)

After all, the people who believe that passage about cutting off heads is holy writ also 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). They are also likely familiar with the Qur’an’s suggestion that the destroyed remnants of ancient non-Muslim civilizations are a sign of Allah’s punishment of those who rejected his truth: “Many were the Ways of Life that have passed away before you: travel through the earth, and see what was the end of those who rejected Truth.” (Qur’an 3:137) The ruins of non-Muslim civilizations thus bear witness to the truth of Islam. What ensues from that idea? The creation of more ruins.

Maybe it’s just a coincidence. But large numbers of people who believe these things have entered France in recent years. However, given the political situation and the state of the establishment media there, we will likely never know for sure.

“Six statues decapitated in a church in Poitiers,” translated from “Six statues décapitées dans une église à Poitiers,” by Amaury Bucco, Valuers Actuelles, January 12, 2022 (thanks to Medforth):

The vandalism with iron bars of the Saint-Denis basilica, in Seine-Saint-Denis, on January 5, is definitely far from being an isolated act. Valeurs Actuelles ​​has discovered that two churches in Poitiers, in Vienne, located about two kilometers away, were vandalized a few days apart. The first vandalism was the subject of a brief article in the local press on January 5. This is the Saint-Porchaire church, yet located not far from the police station in a pedestrian area frequently monitored, as revealed by the site of the New Republic. According to a witness, two men deliberately threw a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on the ground, which broke on the ground, during the weekend of January 1.

Father Genty, vicar general of Poitiers, does not wish to speak on the subject. A local police source told Valeurs Actuelles ​​that one of the two men, aged around 30 and of “European type,” introduced himself to one of the parishioners present as an evangelist, then climbed on the altar to seize the statue and throw it to the ground, before fleeing with his accomplice. “This statue, about one meter high, was in the niche of a side chapel overlooking an altar framed by the statues of Saint Radegonde and Saint Thérèse,” the New Republic states.

The second vandalism was mentioned in a police report, but not in the local press

Coincidentally, it was precisely in the Sainte-Thérèse church, located in the Bel-Air district, less than two kilometers away, in Poitiers, that damage was committed on January 6, without the local press noting anything this time, although the abuses committed were spectacular, to say the least. A police report, dated Saturday, January 8…