Mazara del Vallo
You won't hear about this incident at UC Berkeley's Islamophobia Research and Documentation Center, but you can read about it here. In the Italian seaside village of Mazara del Vallo in Trapani province, located on the west coast of Sicily, a North African man broke into a convent and ransacked the place while shouting, "Allahu akhbar". Unfortunately, this is an all-too-often occurrence in Western Europe as Muslim migrants and refugees express their "gratitude" for their hosts' hospitality by vandalizing their Christian (and Jewish) places of worship.
The below article, dated today, from Il Giornale is translated by Fousesquawk.
Shouts Allahu Akhbar" and breaks through the door: Maghrebian devastates convent
While shouting, "Allahu Akhbar," he broke through the entry door of a convent at Mazara del Vallo and turned some rooms upside down.
-Maurizio Zoppi, Saturday, 10-3-2020-19:49
"Allahu akhbar," he shouted several times and then broke through the entrance door of the Cuore di Gesu (Heart of Jesus) Convent in the historic city center of Mazara del Vallo.
Moments of tension and fear in the seaside village in the province of Trapani due to a young North African in a state of intoxication who turned some rooms of the convent upside down
Fortunately, the sisters who live in the ecclesiastical structure were eating in the refectory during the act of vandalism by the Maghrebian. The 25-year-old was semi-nude, broke through the entrance door of the church, and headed for the first floor of the convent. After having turned several rooms upside down where the sisters live, he threw a suitcase and some papers through a window on the first floor, causing them to land in the lobby. The commotion and the shouts were heard by a citizen of Mazara del Vallo who lives right in front of the convent. The man notified the police causing the Carabinieri and police to intervene. In the meantime, the sisters, frightened by the incident, fled outside the convent. The attempts by the North African to flee were in vain, (and he) was stopped in a state of intoxication by police officers and transported to police headquarters.
So much fear among the sisters. "The neighbor saw that he had broken the door," stated one of the nuns who live in the structure to the online daily, Prima Pagina Mazara. "He, the neighbor, came to call us. At that moment, we were in the refectory, at lunch. From the vestry, passing the ladder, he went up. And he had time, there was nobody around...."
Just a few weeks ago, another North African had created public order problems in a state of intoxication, reacting to officers by starting to yell, "Allahu akhbar" and pretending to have a weapon. The incident occurred at Ferrara. The young, 20-year-old Tunisian had arrived in Sicily August 3 on a barge, then escaped from the center where he was being lodged, and arrived at Ferrara. The Tunisian, after the aggression against the police, was expelled from Italy. Satisfied was the first citizen (mayor) of Ferrara, Alan Fabbri: "Thanks to the police headquarters and the officers for the expulsion and congratulations for the operation carried out," he declared. "Whoever comes to Ferrara and doesn't respect the rules is not welcome and deserves only to be taken back to his country of origin....I again thank the police and all the forces of order (who are) tasked daily with taking care of the security of the city. We expect that cases like this are a warning to whoever is under the illusion of being able to violate the rules. Ferrara is not willing to accept subjects of this type."
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Fousesquawk comment: Do you think this incident will lead to an increase in "Islamophobia" in Italy? I reckon it will.
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