Mosques in churches, not due respect to preachers … – Liberation

The author Laurent JOFFRIN EDITORIAL

A solemn appeal to intolerance. How to describe the text written by Denis otherwise Tillinac in Current Values ​​ and signed by a squad of celebrities, including Nicolas Sarkozy, Alain Finkielkraut or Pascal Bruckner? “Do not touch my church!” exclaims Tillinac creaking tribute to the “Do not touch my pal” SOS Racism. And that would affect these churches? Muslims, of course! The case arises from a cautious suggestion Dalil Boubaker. Noting that Muslims lack of places of worship, the debonair rector of the Paris mosque noted, in response to Jean-Pierre Elkabbach that many churches, maintained with difficulty by penniless municipalities are empty of worshipers. Why, asks the President, not to give these buildings to another worship, as has been done in some parishes? Seeing that his proposal has aroused controversy early, Boubaker, in a gesture of peace, made immediately backtracked. And besides, no church is now for sale in France …

This does not prevent Tillinac and his henchmen struck, not the Angelus he is talking about, which is a sign of serenity but the tocsin, war signal, flying to the aid of churches that are in no way threatened, if not falling apart for lack of practitioners. His calculated alarms based on nothing but a primitive hostility to Islam. While some churches are eventually sold, it will, as in many countries, to the benefit of private activities (see pages 16-17) . They will be transformed into leisure centers, meeting rooms or even in supermarkets or nightclubs. Under these conditions, what a scandal would there to see transferred to other religions present in France, as Protestantism or Islam? After all, it is the same god believed to be mocking spirits know … Some will even notice that the vast majority of the churches of France have turned to the Orient (hence the term “oriented”). That is to say, toward the east, where does the light of the rising sun, which is Christ, or in the direction of Jerusalem, where Jesus’ tomb is located.

By coincidence which is not one, so they are also facing the Wailing Wall, the Jewish high place, and from the Al-Aqsa mosque, the Muslim place up. And within a few degrees, they are also oriented toward Mecca, which should facilitate the translation suggested by Dalil Boubaker. Ironic reflections? Not only. The sale of churches Islam is a beautiful symbol of harmony and brotherhood. It not embody “multiculturalism” is said to fear, but rather the recognition of filiation that links the two religions of the Book, which should lead to reconciliation and cohabitation. Like Abraham, Christ – must be remembered? – Is also a prophet of Islam. And Muslims who prénomment a son Djibril tribute … to the angel Gabriel, who appeared in his time to the Virgin Mary. The Church, moreover, is more nuanced than the follicular who are firmly on the far right of God. Private Catholic schools welcome large numbers of Muslim students.

On the issue of churches without faithful, Monsignor Lalanne opposes the transformation not fuel conflict. But the bishop of Evry, M ^g Dubost, is not hostile to the idea. “Muslims, he says, have the right to have places of worship and it is our duty to help them.” Charles Martel of Corrèze, is Tillinac So more Catholic than the Catholics, through the old French reaction since Maurras. He also protested on behalf of the French identity, more than for religious reasons. It’s good to throw the mask for him, Muslims by nature are foreign to France, whether or not of French nationality. They are, in his eyes, a spot in the immemorial landscape of the old country covered towers that must be erased. While there has, for example, over Arabic words in French than words of Gallic origin. Signed by Jean Raspail, decrepit and fascistic pen, and Eric Zemmour, poorly camouflaged Herald Frontists ideas that call for churches, fraternal places, is especially insidious for a preaches hatred.

By Laurent joffrin Managing EditorLaurent_Joffrin