Why the head and hands? It’s in the Qur’an: “When your Lord was revealing to the angels, ‘I am with you; so confirm the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers; so strike the necks, and strike every finger of them!” (Qur’an 8:12)
What do you think Italy, and Europe in general, will look like in 20 or 30 years? Non-decapitated statues will be unusual sights by then.
“Christian Persecution: Palestinian ‘Refugee’ Decapitates Virgin Mary Statue in Italy (Video),” by Amy Mek, RAIR Foundation, November 28, 2020:
On Wednesday evening, a 31-year-old Palestinian “refugee” decapitated and cut off the hands of a historical Virgin Mary statue in Marghera, a suburb of Venice, Italy. The police discovered that the Palestinian accused of the attack was issued a travel document for refugees in Belgium and does not have a residence permit. Police have launched a terrorism investigation and procedures for expelling him from Italy.
The Catholic News Agency reports that the local parish “is organizing a community rosary to be prayed at the statue on Dec. 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.”
According to a local Italian news report by Antenna 3 exclusively translated for RAIR Foundation USA, the “perpetrator was identified by a citizen who was present at the scene, and confirmation by a video surveillance camera”. The report states that “condemnation was strong on the part of the municipal administration for a ‘vile act,’ Mayor Luigi Brugnaro commented, ‘which wounds our sensibilities.’”
Despite the pain caused by the act, the peaceful Christians have not reacted with violence.
Many thanks to Gary Fouse for the following translation:
A grim and shocking show, for those who believe in that symbol and the sense of community of belonging that was deeply wounded by an act of vandalism.
Without head and without hands, almost playing out the violence of an execution, the rage poured out on a mutilated statue, that of the Madonna [Virgin Mary] in Giovannacci Square, historical for Marghera.
On the one hand, the “slaughter”, on the other the perpetrator. That would be a 31-year-old Palestinian, legally in Italy, with a travel document for refugees, issued in Belgium, who has been charged with the crime of “offense against a religion by material damage.”
The motive is as yet unclear why he threw himself with such brutality against a statue, a symbol of faith, whether it is a case of mental imbalance, or he acted by virtue of a religious milieu. All hypotheses are still being examined, but the perpetrator has been identified, thanks to information from a citizen who was present at the scene, and confirmation by a video surveillance camera….
Walter Sieruk says
First . this s terrible ,the reason so is that respect for private property is one of the main foundations of decent good civilization. Of course this meaning Western civilization. Neverthelsss with Islam there is no genuine decent good “civilization” at all.
Second , to keep everything in perspective this Muslim vandalism as lawless as it is is very mild when compared to the many times they have had behead real people and not only a statue. Likewise the many other vicious and malicious way jihad minded Muslims ,by they migrants or not , have murdered and otherwise harmed many innocent human beings for the only “crime” of not being a Muslim.
owensgate says
Lopping off the head and hands of a statue in order to get 72 virgins, and having a prayer rally for the statue. Tell me I’m not going insane.
Lion heart says
Owens gate :the funny thing is that Muslims accuse Christians of bring polytheist while the fact of the matter is Muslims the most top-notch polytheists on planet earth ! Also for example ,they go in circle around a pagan ( Kaaba ) , they kiss it and rub to get forgiveness ! If tufts not paganism , I don’t know what it is !! in circle around a pagan ( Kaaba ) , they kiss it and rub to get forgiveness ! If tufts not paganism , I don’t know what it is !!
Michael Copeland says
“The motive is as yet unclear”, says Antenna.
Antenna needs to start the Learning Curve.
The motive is clear to those who have informed themselves: “You must disown them and their religion”, explains http://www.alminbar.com.
A statue is an idol in Islam’s view. Failing to worship Allah is “wrong worship”, which must be corrected, especially “by the hand”.
Ade Fegan says
We have a similar marble statue of Mary outside our local church.
Every time I walk past I check to see if it has been desecrated (yet ?)
GOLDMANN says
Oh have you. ? You do know ? Catholicsm is NOT BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY ? their heretics. And having idols is breaking one of the 10 COMANDMENTS.? ?
gravenimage says
Good grief. Yes, Catholics are Christian.
And if you are condoning Muslims destroying statues thinking that Protestant Churches are safe, you are much mistaken.
Crusades Were Right says
“mental imbalance”
Tale a look at some of the videos coming out of Azerbaijan/Turkish-occupied Artsakh (You can find them if you have the stomach for them):
* Churches, Christian graves being desecrated/destroyed
* Armenian POW’s being murdered (including beheaded) and abused
* Armenian civilians being abused
* Mohammedan supremacism rampant
Presumably “mental imbalance” is a national characteristic of Azerbaijan and Turkey!
Crusades Were Right says
*Take a look…
gravenimage says
Yes–this is normative Islam.
Shaman says
Good post, CWR. As I keep saying, Turkey and its allies are the most dangerous countries to humanity and they won’t stop until we stop them by force. What has happened in Armenia is a trial for the future of Europe. I cannot see any other choice than using force to stop Turkey and related Jihadis. Also I am sad to think what would happen to Indian Hindu Civilization that the beautiful civilization could be destroyed at the hands of Jihadis. But as far as I know Indian people if not most among the peoples, are one of the people that most minded and aware about the danger of Jihadi ideology of Islam.
Cicero says
Hindu Indians are not fazed by this event nor do they have to ponder long and hard about the whys and wherefore of this barbaric act of vandalising statues and depictions of the human form.
Please go to any corner along the length and breadth of India and you will see headlessand handless statues and Murtis in both temples and palaces of Hindu kings – carvings of exquisite form imagination and beauty . They are invariably hundreds even thousands of years old . Breath taking intheir magnificence . The Islamic invaders did their best to eliminate and erase Hindu thought and physical expressions of culture every where they rode .
When you see such grossly defaced beauty you wonder at the vicious barbaric bent of the Islamic mind.
As for the preIslamic peoples and culture of the Middle East and North Africa they have fared worse than India . Where are their magnificent temples and adornment ? Destroyed stone by carved stone. Where are the pre Islamic peoples of the Middles East and Africa ? Genocided or used as breeding grounds for Arab blood.
Islam and its believers do not believe in human rights for the non Muslim
gravenimage says
+1
Mauricio says
I was once told by a long dreaded – hair guy, who seemed to know about this topic, that muslims revere the Virgin Mary more than Christians do. Well, something just doesn’t seem to be right with that.
Crusades Were Right says
“Al taqiyya for a ride, kafir!”
Wellington says
“Well, something just doesn’t seem to be right with that.”
There are a lot of excuses made for Islam that are far from correct, though often times containing half-truths as provided by the “long dreaded-hair guy” you mentioned—and half-truths frequently have far more power to insure wrong conclusions drawn by many than do outright lies. The matter of the mother of Jesus is one of them.
Per Christianity, Mary is the virginal mother of Jesus and, per Islam, Mary is the virginal mother of Jesus. However, Islam disallows depiction of images (even of Mohammed and Allah) because Mohammedanism is iconoclastic and, even more important, since Christianity treats Jesus as divine, i.e., God personally present on earth for a third of a century come to redeem mankind, this is shirk (a polytheism claim and hence an insult to Allah) and thus completely verboten in that narrow but terrifying world Islam has existed in for some 1400 years.
Keep in mind, per Islamthink, Jesus is a great Muslim prophet and at the end of the world will come back and throw all Christians (except those who recant and recognize Mo’s creed as the true faith) into Hell for deifying Him.
Whenever an excuse is made for Islam, I strongly suggest that one read “the fine print.” Islam is superb at “fine print,” which includes the six ways of deception sanctioned by Mo’s creed.
gravenimage says
All true.
Huh!?! says
Hmmm. This must be some form of fantasy rape. This shows someone who does follow the extreme hate of islam. I won’t be there to see his private attendance, but I wonder the expression on this person’s face when kneeling before the God of Moses on his day.
DavidR says
The Dunning Kruger effect encompasses all of Islam. This poor fool, for instance, may believe he has acted on Allah’s behalf and will be rewarded. But he is ignorant of his own religion which elevates Mariam to the status of the greatest woman ever and even chosen of God. She even has her own Quran chapter and is mentioned more times in that book than in the Bible. Now he’s going to He’ll.
gravenimage says
Two points, David, as Wellington notes: Firstly, no depictions of any human are allowed in Islam.
Then, the figure of Jesus in Christianty has almost nothing in common with the Muslim “prophet Isa”, whose main role is to slaughter Christians in the last days–so no lauding of the loving Christian mother of Jesus is permitted under Islam.
So no–this Mohammedan’s actions are perfectly Islamic.
JTLiuzza says
and the multicultural enrichment continues…
gravenimage says
Italy: Muslim migrant cuts off head and hands of Virgin Mary statue
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This is perfectly Islamic–and he will likely do this to Infidel Italians next if he gets the chance.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Chop by chop, cut by cut, history is blanking out on us. The Moslems have been into the erasure business for centuries, but now are joined by leftists, one statue at a time.
Jack says
The filthy Muslim scum certainly borrowed from the anti-Catholic Protestants who have also historically destroyed Roman Catholic statues of the Holy Family and the Saints as a affront to God.
gravenimage says
Where are Protestants attacking Catholics?
Besides, you are mistaken in believing that Muslims are copying any Christians–the fact is that hatred and violence against *all* Christians dates to the earliest days of Islam–almost a thousand years before Protestants even existed.
ajj says
Please do consult a proper encyclopedia – Fox List of (Christian) Martyrs would make informative reading. Also consider some study on the history of the French Hugenots and all the directions in which they fled to escape Catholic persecution, not to mention Slaughter of the Waldenses for keeping the Sabbath.
Yogi says
What happened to this post about attack in Germany??, disappeared, ..
gravenimage says
Not Jihad.
ajj says
What the Catholic Church ascribes to Mary is highly debatable if not plainly unbiblical. Yet vandalising a statue only contributes to indictment of barbaric hooliganism.