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2020-01-05 Europe
Europe: Anti-Christian Attacks Reach All-Time High in 2019
A very, very long list of anti-Christian attacks can be seen at the link, organized in appendices by type, country, and official comments at the time. Darth Bolton hits the ground running as the new head of Gatestone.
[GatestoneInstitute] Anti-Christian hostility is sweeping across Western Europe, where, during 2019, Christian churches and symbols were deliberately attacked day after day.

Gatestone Institute reviewed thousands of newspaper reports, police blotters, parliamentary inquiries, social media posts and specialized blogs from Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Spain. The research shows (see appendices below) that roughly 3,000 Christian churches, schools, cemeteries and monuments were vandalized, looted or defaced in Europe during 2019 — which is on track to becoming a record year for anti-Christian sacrilege on the continent.

Violence against Christian sites is most widespread in France, where churches, schools, cemeteries and monuments are being vandalized, desecrated and burned at an average rate of three per day, according to government statistics. In Germany, attacks against Christian churches are occurring at an average rate of two per day, according to police blotters.

Attacks on Christian churches and symbols are also commonplace in Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. The attacks overwhelmingly involve Roman Catholic sites and symbols, although in Germany, Protestant churches are also being targeted.

The perpetrators of anti-Christian attacks — which include acts of arson, defecation, desecration, looting, mockery, profanation, Satanism, theft, urination and vandalism — are rarely caught. When they are, police and media often censor information about their identities and ethnic backgrounds. Many suspects are said to have mental disorders; as a result, many anti-Christian attacks are not categorized as hate crimes.

In France and Germany, the spike in anti-Christian attacks dovetails with the recent mass immigration from the Muslim world. The lack of official statistics on perpetrators and motives makes it impossible to know precisely how many attacks can be attributed to Muslim anti-Christianism or the jihadist cause.

In Spain, by contrast, attacks against churches and crosses are overwhelmingly carried out by anarchists, radical feminists and other far-left activists, who appear to be striving for Christianity to be permanently removed from the public square.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top
 File under: Moslem Colonists 

#1 Not enough Jews?
Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2020-01-05 04:44||   2020-01-05 04:44|| Front Page Top

#2 It's the demonic horde of Ba'al. Of course it's attacking Jews and Christians. The historic perspective that exposes the truth of the devil is the basis for both peoples. Atheists and satanists in world governments have opened their gates to the devourer.

It's not muslims vs jews/christians. It's the armies of the devil consolidating his dominion on the world, seeking to devour the remnant of God's family. That alone explains the liberal psychotic love affair with islam.
Posted by Dron66046 2020-01-05 07:23||   2020-01-05 07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 A bigger richer target environment than the usual focus, even though in noticeable decline.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-05 10:04||   2020-01-05 10:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks for posting that, tw
Posted by Matt 2020-01-05 11:05||   2020-01-05 11:05|| Front Page Top

#5 You are very welcome, Matt. I wish I had the energy to do weekly round-ups on the subject like I used to, but I don’t. So this kind of thing will have to suffice until someone volunteers to take it on.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-01-05 13:03||   2020-01-05 13:03|| Front Page Top

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