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“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)
“Unidentified people break off the head of Jesus in the church,” translated from “Unbekannte brechen in Kirche bei Statue Kopf von Jesus ab,” Deutsche Presse Agentur, November 29, 2023.
[H/T Medforth]
Unknown people have massively damaged a figure of the Virgin Mary in the Saarbrücken Basilica of St. John. One of Mary’s hands was severed and the head of the baby Jesus in her arms was broken off, the police in Saarbrücken said on Wednesday. The police are investigating property damage. It is assumed that the perpetrator or perpetrators committed the crime on Monday.
Unknown people have massively damaged a figure of the Virgin Mary in the Saarbrücken Basilica of St. John. One of Mary’s hands was severed and the head of the baby Jesus in her arms was broken off, the police in Saarbrücken said on Wednesday. The police are investigating property damage. It is assumed that the perpetrator or perpetrators committed the crime on Monday.
Saarbrücken – In addition, two large candles were destroyed and there was damage to the altar due to a cigarette being stubbed out. According to police, the broken head of the baby Jesus statue and the damaged hand were found near the Mary statue. The “Saarbrücker Zeitung” had previously reported on it.
The cantor of the basilica, Bernhard Leonardy, wrote in a Facebook post: “The figure of Mary was badly damaged, the head of the baby Jesus was cut off.” He was “completely shocked at how people come up with such thoughts,” he told the dpa news agency. “This is not normal vandalism, but also has a very special symbolic meaning.”
The cantor of the basilica, Bernhard Leonardy, wrote in a Facebook post: “The figure of Mary was badly damaged, the head of the baby Jesus was cut off.” He was “completely shocked at how people come up with such thoughts,” he told the dpa news agency. “This is not normal vandalism, but also has a very special symbolic meaning.”
No cries of "Allahu akbar!" were heard, so we have no idea how this could have happened.
Many were horrified in comments on the post: “Unbelievable …”, “That leaves me speechless!” or “Who does something like that? I can’t understand that!” it says, for example.
Many were horrified in comments on the post: “Unbelievable …”, “That leaves me speechless!” or “Who does something like that? I can’t understand that!” it says, for example.
Hmmmm . . . who could have done such an anti-Christian act?
According to Leonardy, these are original figures from the 18th century that stand in a side altar in the basilica. “We have tried to always be an open-door church in the basilica. With concerts and other things. Anyone can light a candle in this church.” The reaction shouldn’t be: “We’re closing everything down, we’re isolating ourselves.”
According to Leonardy, these are original figures from the 18th century that stand in a side altar in the basilica. “We have tried to always be an open-door church in the basilica. With concerts and other things. Anyone can light a candle in this church.” The reaction shouldn’t be: “We’re closing everything down, we’re isolating ourselves.”
this is terrible. Even though they do not know who did this, I am sure they have a good idea.
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