Has Jihad Come to France?

In recent days I posted two articles describing acts of violence and vandalism against Catholic churches, one in Carcassonne, the other in Avignon. In the first case, young thugs threw rocks and pine cones at the parishioners and set the cypress tree abutting the church on fire. In the second, young thugs urinated in the church and threw excrement on the walls. In both cases the reactions by the archbishops of the dioceses were late in coming, mild in tone and conciliatory towards the thugs, who were regarded as kids acting badly.

However, Catholic writer and activist Bernard Antony wonders if France is not now engaged in the jihad that seeks to subjugate the land that was once liberated from Islam by Charles Martel. Antony is the founder and head of AGRIF, an organization that seeks redress for anti-Christian and anti-French acts, be they acts of violence, offensive exhibitions of art or theater, desecration of cemeteries, or acts of anti-white racism. AGRIF is intervening in the department of Vaucluse on behalf of the Catholics of Avignon, following the obscene conduct of some Muslim youth earlier this month:

AGRIF's delegation in Vaucluse condemns, obviously with the greatest firmness, the arson attack that targeted the church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste of Avignon over a week ago.

It expects the public authorities to respond to these acts with the same firmness and the same determination as when Jewish or Muslim places of worship are targeted.

AGRIF is ready to place at the disposal of the Avignon Church its advisers and its attorneys in order that the guilty be condemned.

But besides a rapid response, AGRIF urges all those who feel concerned by the anti-Christian assaults that are multiplying all over France to ask themselves this question: Have we entered into a period of jihad, the holy war called for by the Koran (photo below) in territories not yet subjugated to the Islamic ideology?


If the answer is yes, will we allow ourselves to become dhimmis, a status reserved by sharia law for non-Muslims who submit to Islam and who benefit from a relative "protection" once they have paid a tribute? This is the status imposed on Christians in most Muslim countries. Woe to those who refuse this condition: the massacre in the Baghdad cathedral and the threat that hovers over Asia Bibi in Pakistan are only a few sad examples.

Note: Asia Bibi (real name Asia Noreen) is a Christian Pakistani woman who has been convicted by a Pakistani court of blasphemy, receiving a death sentence by hanging. The verdict that would need to be upheld by a superior court has received worldwide attention. If executed, Bibi would be the first person in Pakistan to be lawfully killed for blasphemy. (Source: Wikipedia)


Rather than dhimmitude, we prefer to defend our identity and reject a totalitarian ideology of subjugation, which is alien to our civilization. We prefer to borrow for our own use the strong words of Sami Gemayel (left), the courageous Lebanese Christian deputy:

"We will only agree to live here in Lebanon, in our own way, our heads held high, in the full enjoyment of our dignity. The others will have to adapt to this reality. They are used to seeing us silent. When we had the courage to respond to them, they fell silent. No one will ever recognize our existence if we don't impose it ourselves."

As in Lebanon, so in France: No to the halalization of our country!