Articles, Opinions & Views: France: Illegal Muslim migrant enters church, yells in Arabic, spits on the ground, threatens the sacristan By Robert Spencer
Fighting Seventh
The Fighting Rangers On War, Politics and Burning Issues
Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
A 26-year-old man entered Notre-Dame Basilica in Nice
(Alpes-Maritimes) on Monday evening and threatened the sacristan,
spitting on the ground and yelling words in Arabic. The accused, who is
staying illegally in France, was arrested by the police shortly
afterwards.
The tranquility of the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice was disturbed by a
man around 6 p.m. Monday evening. He entered the building and began to
scream in Arabic, says a source close to the investigation. He spat on
the ground and then finally left. The man returned about ten minutes
later. This time he was threatening.
āThe sacristan who had been informed of the previous intrusion
approached the suspect as he resumed screaming in Arabic and spitting on
the ground. The man was threatening and it was decided to trigger the
emergency call button,ā said the same source. The police were therefore
immediately alerted. Realizing that law enforcement had been notified of
the situation, the suspect decided to flee. He had once again
threatened the sacristan at this point by making gestures. The latter
decided to follow the respondent in the street, keeping the police on
the phone.
āThanks to the municipal police who, after activating an alert
button, arrested an individual who spat, shouted in Arabic and
threatened the sacristan of the Notre-Dame basilica,ā wrote the mayor of
Nice, Christian Estrosi, on Twitter. āJustice must be extremely harsh
as we soon commemorate the attack of October 29, 2020.ā
āAfter hearing the plaintiffs and witnesses, no evidence in favor of
an apology for terrorism or a threat was collected,ā said Niceās public
prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme on Wednesday at Le Figaro. The respondent was
reportedly interned at Saint-Marie Hospital.
A 27-year-old man was arrested last July after entering the same
basilica. āIām going to come back and Iāll kill you all,ā he reportedly
blurted out, before fleeing and being caught. File S, he had been taken
into police custody and then detained until his trial.
Almost a year ago, on October 29, 2020, an attack claimed the lives
of three people in the Basilica of Nice. The assailant was shot and
arrested by police.