Fr. Samir says Islamic "re-conquest" is possible thanks to Europe’s loss of identity

AsiaNews ^ | 4.29.04

[ambrose]

29 April, 2004

EUROPE - ISLAM

Fr. Samir says Islamic “re-conquest” is possible thanks to Europe’s loss of identity.

Beirut (AsiaNews) – The desire to "regain" the Mosque of Cordoba, now a Cathedral since 1236, is a clear sign of the Muslim tendency to “re-conquer” Europe. However, “the support given by certain Spanish government leaders in the city (of Cordoba) makes it all the more manifest just how much Europe has ‘lost its identity’, widespread now across the continent”, Fr. Samir Khalil, a professor in Beirut told AsiaNews.

Jesuit Father Samir Khalil, 68, is one of the world’s greatest experts on the Islamic and Arab world. Of Egyptian origin, he worked for years in Egypt and Lebanon. To this very day he divides his time between teachings at St. Joseph’s University in Beirut and the Pontifical Institute of Oriental Studies in Rome.

Fr. Samir said “many Spanish Muslims have the idea of re-conquering Europe, reaffirmed “months ago by the Imam of Granada, at the laying of the first stone ceremony at the city’s new mosque before the King of Spain!”

AsiaNews asked Fr. Samir how many churches have been converted into mosques and whether Christians, imitating Muslim faithful in Cordoba, would want to “win them back”.

“There not (even) capable of responding,” he said. “I can say with absolute certainty that there are hundreds (of such converted churches) and that this has frequently happened throughout history. Just think of Santa Sophia in Istanbul, the Ummayade mosque in Damascus and the Ibn Tulum mosque in Cairo built with remains of destroyed churches.”

“To this end I would like to point out one fact: the famous mosque of Cordoba –originally a church before it became a mosque—is still almost entirely intact, thanks to the Christians who took care to preserve it. In other cases, the buildings immediately underwent so much violence that the church’s original structure is now almost unrecognizable.”

[ryanjb2]

Europeans want to die...its the only way to explain their behavior.

[CatoRenasci]

Just damn.

[John Frum]

Talk about clueless, Europe will never be conquered by Islamists. What stupid allah-godbots.....

[Josh in PA]

Talk about clueless, Europe will never be conquered by Islamists. What stupid allah-godbots.....

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LOL.. Have you been alive for the past 10-15 years?

It's happening.. Right under their stinking noses.

[Judith Anne]

They may not have to be conquered, they may surrender.

[skeeter]

When it gets bad enough, Europeans will turn on a dime & toss the Muhammadans out on their ears so fast it'll make their hijab spin.

[B Knotts]

Contraception. Abortion. Homosexuality.

A recipe for extinction.

[McGavin999]

You've got to be kidding. Europe is already goveling at their feet. I expect the entire continent to be Islamic within the next 20 years. Perhaps even less if the Spanish disease spreads.

[vpintheak]

This isn't just Europe folks. They are showing the first signs and symptoms of this disease. It is the disease of moral relevance and decay. You know, most Americans claim to be Christians, but then support abortion, homosexuals, and anything else that is anti-thesis of the Bible. It is going to happen here as well unless we wake up!

[ambrose]

People shoudl understand that this is a WAR betweeen Christianity and Islam.

Wrong... it is a war between Islam and the rest of the civilized world (Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists).

[free2freep]

It's post-modern European nihilism.

[davisfh]

"You've got to be kidding. Europe is already goveling at their feet. I expect the entire continent to be Islamic within the next 20 years. Perhaps even less if the Spanish disease spreads."

You're right, of course. It's already too late for Europe. The invasion of Europe by the crazed and unwashed Muslims is largely complete. I only hope that it isn't too late for us.

[luvbach1]

Europe will never be conquered by Islamists.

Never say never.

[LiteKeeper]

INTSUM - TROP

[aynrandfreak]

You're either a European, an Islamist, or a nincompoop

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

One thing I don't think the secularists quite understand:

The Islamo-Fascists hate secularism more than they hate anything.

Secularists seem to think they have some sort of shield of impenetrability- like if they have no religion at all the religious zealots will leave them alone.

[freeangel]

Correction, maybe?

Their opinions will turn on a dime and then they will ask the US to get them out of a real fix.

[John Frum]

I am neither european, nor islamist, nor a nincompoop. Mark my words, wait and see, and you'll realize I'm correct.