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Large cross on Lesbos leveled to the ground because it could be 'offensive to Muslim migrants'
Voice of Europe ^ | 11 October 2018

Posted on 10/11/2018 8:02:05 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo

The ancient mythical Greek island of Lesbos is today better known as anchorage ground for human traffickers and the problems and conflicts that have arisen in connection with the boat traffic.

It is now reported that a large cross monument on the Greek Orthodox Christian island has been levelled to the ground. This after a group claiming to promote intercultural coexistence argued that the cross could be perceived as offensive to the predominantly Muslim boat migrants.

The cross monument was built on the cliffs of Apellia, beneath the castle of Mytilene, in memory of people who have died in the sea. According to the local coexistence group, however, the cross was offensive because many who have drowned, and many migrants on the island are not Christians.

The local newspaper on the island reports that the group has also received support from some aid organisations that expressed similar negative opinions about the cross-shaped memorial monument.

A letter was sent to the Island’s port minister and mayor, in which the coexistence group claimed that the cross was placed there to prevent migrants from swimming.

The letter stated that the initiators of the monument were “aspiring crusaders” with racist and intolerant motives who abused the Christian cross, which should be a symbol of love and sacrifice. And they therefore called for the monument to be demolished.

And that was what happened. Just a few days later, at night, the whole monument was levelled to the ground. The demolished remains of the cross remain as rubble on the site.

The attack by the coexistence group on the monument and the demolition of it has aroused strong reactions in large parts of the local population who believe that the deed goes against the Christian religious beliefs shared by a majority of the inhabitants of the Island.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; archaeology; brexit; cross; emmanuelmacron; europeanunion; france; germany; globaljihad; greece; islam; lesbos; localnews; macron; mytilene; nato; theresamay; unitedkingdom
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1 posted on 10/11/2018 8:02:05 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Yes, let’s accommodate the sensitivities of Satanic monsters. Why don’t we all slit our own throats while we’re at it ?


2 posted on 10/11/2018 8:05:11 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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I think the Greeks are trying to prove they gave smaller balls than the Germans.


3 posted on 10/11/2018 8:06:47 PM PDT by inchworm
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4 posted on 10/11/2018 8:07:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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They need to rebuild the cross and make it twice as big, and put the scum that destroyed it in prison for crimes against humanity.


5 posted on 10/11/2018 8:07:58 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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They’re not even waiting for a single freaking complaint, the tyranny of the minority.

No, it is self-oppression, self-censoring out of FEAR of Muslim outrage.


6 posted on 10/11/2018 8:08:54 PM PDT by tbw2
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Makes no sense. Are they hiding signs of Islam in their countries? Liberals are insane.


7 posted on 10/11/2018 8:12:41 PM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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No, it is self-oppression, self-censoring out of FEAR of Muslim outrage.

Nope. It was never about fear of muslim outrage. Not there, not here. After all, they believe to the bottom of their indoctrinated hearts that islam is the religion of peace.

This has always been about hatred of Christianity. Period. There, and here.
8 posted on 10/11/2018 8:12:48 PM PDT by fr_freak
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Lesbos? Greece should turn control over to the nastiest herd of bull-dykes it can assemble and offer hefty bounties on every moslem skull they can acquire.


9 posted on 10/11/2018 8:14:18 PM PDT by VietVet876
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How do they know that the meece don’t look at the Cross as a symbol of hope for a better life than Islam has brought to their lives? Isn’t a life under Islam what they’re running from? And isn’t it discriminatory to assume that all refugees are muslim?


10 posted on 10/11/2018 8:15:39 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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Things like this can be good for waking up a sleeping population.


11 posted on 10/11/2018 8:24:55 PM PDT by PAR35
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Atheists use the "it could be offensive to Muslims" meme to destroy Christianity.

Makes sense as they both work for Satan.

12 posted on 10/11/2018 8:30:23 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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Lesbos-slang for lesbians? Plural


13 posted on 10/11/2018 8:33:04 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Mr. Mojo

If they are so offended, they are free to land elsewhere.


14 posted on 10/11/2018 8:35:28 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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Well, 0pansy did this crap during his reign. Don’t you remember all the times when he would seek out Christian colleges and have all of the Christian crosses and paintings covered?

Muzzies are not people that can be reasoned with.


15 posted on 10/11/2018 8:39:41 PM PDT by redshawk (0pansy is a Liar and Hates.........he just hates!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbos<

Lesbos is a Greek island. (Google is your friend)(well....figuratively)

16 posted on 10/11/2018 8:40:30 PM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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They need to rebuild the cross and make it twice as big, and put bury the scum that destroyed it in prison beneath its rubble for crimes against humanity.

FIXED.

17 posted on 10/11/2018 8:41:29 PM PDT by lightman (Obama's legacy in 13 letters: BLM, ISIS, & ANTIFA. New axis of evil.)
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Brutal destruction of Christianity is the goal of mass migration.


18 posted on 10/11/2018 8:41:41 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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Wait a minute. WHO actually demolished the cross? Who authorized the demolition?

The way the article reads, this “group” complained, and the cross came down, what ever the wishes of the inhabitants of Lesbos, as if without the intervention of any human agency.

Some human beings did this, and they need to be held accountable. This is Daesh/Taliban stuff, and should not be tolerated.


19 posted on 10/11/2018 8:42:39 PM PDT by VietVet
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...the coexistence group...


“Coexistence” really means “shut up, Christians.”


20 posted on 10/11/2018 8:44:13 PM PDT by Yardstick
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