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| Columbus, Indiana Churches Attacked By Islamic Vandals | ||
| 2014-09-02 | ||
Sometime on Saturday night, vandals attacked three Christian houses of worship in Columbus, Indiana, spray-painting the word "infidels" and citations of verses from the Koran on the outer walls. St. Bartholomew Catholic Church, Lakeview Church of Christ, and East Columbus Christian Church all had the word "infidels" spray-painted on them, in places of prominence to be seen by worshipers.
At St. Bartholomew, the words "Qur'an 3:151" were also left. That verse reads: We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down [any] authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers. Speaking to WTHR, Channel 13, the Columbus NBC affiliate, associate pastor Father Doug Marcotte said, "It is certainly not a warm and fuzzy verse. It talks about the infidels, their refuge being the fire." There was no Koran verse painted on the Lakeview Church but "Qu'ran 19:88" was left on East Columbus Christian Church. That verse begins a phrase, which, in its entirety (19:88 to 93), says: None will have the power of intercession save he who has received a promise from the Gracious God. And they say, "The Gracious God has taken unto Himself a son." Said Father Marcotte, "Is there somebody that really believes this, that we're all infidels, so they felt the need to write it all over our church? Is this some sort of a nasty prank? Is this someone that's trying to incite people against Muslims? I mean, I don't know." Quoted by Fox59.com, Columbus resident Nassim Khaled, who volunteers at the local Islamic Center, said, "We condemn this, and I read the verse, most importantly what it showed me is the ignorance, who actually misquoted or misinterpreted the Koran."
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| Posted by:Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 |
| #7 Don't panic if verses Koranic Are said to sound stern and tyrannic -- If sections unquoted Can't be sugarcoated, Boy howdy, they must be satanic! |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-09-02 23:56 |
| #6 Attacked By Islamic Vandals Vandals were not Islamic. So some Goths have one big night on the town and get carried away in Rome in 410, but no one lets you forget about it. Conquer most of Spain a couple of centuries later in a religious war of conversion and your name doesn't become synonymous with looting and destruction? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-09-02 17:10 |
| #5 All wearing Nike Missell(sic) sneakers |
| Posted by: Anice Nim 2014-09-02 15:46 |
| #4 or....it could be anti-anti-Islamists or anti-anti-anti-Islamists. my head hurts |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-09-02 15:04 |
| #3 agree with 48 hour rule but maybe should be more like 96 hours it could be non muslims imitation of jihad however, notwithstanding the moslem who said these were misquotes - they weren't even quotes just references - unless you know the koran by heart you'd have to look these up |
| Posted by: lord garth 2014-09-02 13:13 |
| #2 That was my gut reaction upon reading. |
| Posted by: Sgt. D.T. 2014-09-02 11:11 |
| #1 Racist graffitti directed against black students and professors on college campuses lately has all (I think) turned out to have been done by the supposed victims themselves. It would not surprise me if this was done by some anti-Islamists. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-09-02 07:48 |