France is still dealing with the horror that occurred in the Alpine town of Annecy (near the Swiss border) this week when a Syrian asylum-seeker went on a rampage and stabbed 6 people in a park, including 4 tiny children. Thus far, there have been no deaths, but some of the children are in serious condition.
What stands out is that the man in question claims to be a Christian, and reportedly yelled, "In the name of Jesus Christ," as he was stabbing 6 people including small children, at least one in a baby stroller.
Christian or Muslim, the act must be condemned. But is it important what his religion was? Yes, it is. Not because some want to affirm that only a Muslim could do such a deed in the name of his religion. Others would like to point out that Muslims are not the only ones to do terrible things in the name of their religion. Lest we forget David Koresh and Jim Jones.
Some would make the case that there is nothing in the New Testament, nor in the words and deeds of Jesus Christ that would tell anyone that they should go on a stabbing rampage and take the lives of toddlers and babies, "in the name of Jesus Christ". On the other hand, the Koran has many passages that advocate violence and murder. "Strike the unbelievers wherever you find them" is just one example. Wherever you find them, be it in a church, an airplane, a park, or a baby stroller?
But I want to emphasize here that one man's act does not condemn all of his co-religionists. Most Muslims have never killed anybody and have no wish to do so. Still, there are troubling teachings within Islam that many (like myself) believe have a direct link to the horrors we see committed routinely by ISIS, Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hamas, and others, not to mention individuals who all of a sudden commit murder in the name of jihad.
I want to know what the attacker's religion was because he, in his own words, was acting out of religious motives. It is not that I want to absolve Christianity (my religion) or to paint a target on the backs of innocent Muslims living in France, Europe, or elsewhere. But given what is happening in the world, people have a right to know the motive of such a horrible attack. That enables the public to know exactly what the risk threat is when they go out in public. It is clear that in many parts of Europe, there is a risk of something just like this happening.
Some observers like Robert Spencer and Daniel Greenfield have written that they are skeptical about the attacker's claims to be Christian for a variety of reasons. They point out that many so-called refugees claim to be Christian or even gay in order to further their claim to be persecuted. They also note the obvious Christian name of the suspect pointing out that Christian families do not normally give their children such obvious Christian names in the Middle East because it puts a target on their backs. I greatly respect the opinions of both Spencer and Greenfield because they are experts on the subject of Islam (and critics as well). So I take their doubts seriously.
In France, the conservative blog, Resistance Republicaine (which is largely dedicated to fighting the increasing Islamization of France) is also expressing doubts. We have translated two articles currently running in the blog, which further cast doubt on the Christian identity of the attacker. (He is identified only as Abdalmasih H.). In the first, written by Messin Issa, the writer asks if French media, who have made contact with the wife of the attacker in Sweden, have simply asked what his religion was as well as her own. It would seem an obvious question to ask. If she confirmed that her husband was, indeed, a Christian, I would have expected this to be widely reported in the French and European media. It seems that it has not. Given the propensity of European police and media to try to obscure the Muslim identities of so many attackers, it is reasonable to suspect that the wife may have told the media that her husband was Muslim and they have chosen not to report it. This, of course, is speculation.
In the second article, RR reports that within Syrian circles in France and Germany, the attacker is known as Selwan Majd, a Muslim. There does not appear to be any substantive link or documentation of this, but it deserves further investigation.
Again, the important point here goes to motive. There appears to be a religious component to the attack. If that is the case, the public deserves to know which religion "motivated" this attack. It is not simply a question of defending or attacking either Christianity or Islam and their respective believers. It is for reasons of public safety. And as I often point out, if it turns out that the attacker was actually a Muslim, that is no justification for committing violent acts of retribution against individual Muslims or their mosques.
Our first translation is in RR and written by the aforementioned Messin Issa, a writer of numerous RR articles, who is of Moroccan (Muslim) background.
https://resistancerepublicaine.com/2023/06/12/annecy-la-femme-de-lagresseur-est-elle-musulmane/
Annecy: Is the wife of the attacker a Muslim?
12 June 2023 By Messin Issa- "Tripped up"
It is important to know.
The investigators should look into it. The monster of Annecy met his wife and married her in Turkey. There is thus, a big likelihood that she is Muslim.
Journalists from BFM-TV and AFP contacted the wife of the attacker of babies in Annecy in the hours following the massacre. Did they ask her if her husband was Christian? Surely, they posed the question.
Everyone wanted to know if the attacker was really a Christian as he claimed and as we were led to believe. His ex-wife was well-positioned to know. She had to know if he frequented mosques or churches. She could not have a child with a man whose religion she did not know, real or faked?
Surely they asked the question. But if they made the question disappear and "drowned" (concealed) the answer, there was something disturbing there.
Imagine if the ex-wife had responded: "No, he is not Christian. He is a good Muslim."
We do not know if the wife of the attacker is Muslim. If she is, the attacker, if he is Christian, would have had to convert to Islam to be able to marry her.
A (male) Christian or a (female) Christian can only marry a Muslim (male or female) if he or she converts to Islam.
That is the rule in all Muslim countries.
In 1981, I returned to Morocco with my wife (whom) I brought from the Soviet Union, where I did my studies. She had to convert to Islam so that our marriage would be recognized in Morocco. Ah! A small formality, handled with a small bribe.
In the Kingdom of the Commander of the Faithful (Saudi Arabia?)*, the acquisition of faith costs no more or less than a half kilo of meat......
The Lebanese Christian Omar Sharif also did it to marry the Egyptian Muslim, Faten Hamama.
Turkey is no exception to this rule.
It would not be surprising if, on becoming a Muslim, the husband, originally Christian, found himself "unbalanced". This is entirely normal.
Unbalanced (people) are a common product in France and in Europe. A common product on the streets, in the schools, the parks, the train stations, public transport.....
We would also want to know the name of their daughter. Surely, a Muslim name.
But neither BFM-TV nor AFP, nor the investigators, nor the national prosecutors will tell us.
We understand them.
Their motto is, "Sleep well, French people. Nothing bad will happen to you if you close your eyes, your ears, and your mouth".
And the French people, especially the official media, close them.
-Messin Issa
*Correction: This is a reference to Morocco, not Saudi Arabia.
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The second translation is an article by RR editor, Christine Tasin, in which she brings up the name Selwan Majd.
The Annecy terrorist is reportedly a Syrian Muslim named Selwan Majd....
12 June 2023 Christine Tasin Jihad
Here is what is circulating among the Syrians living in France and Germany who reportedly have recognized the madman of Allah. And this is reportedly confirmed by the relatives of Father Boulad of Alexandria...
Continued.
From the beginning, we have been saying that it cannot be a Christian....and that it is (the work of) a Muslim.....
The assailant is reportedly a Syrian refugee named Selwan Majd.....
He has claimed to be named Abd El-Messih Hanoun, but his true name is Selwan Majd, a refugee from Al-Hasakah in northern Syria.
He showed up in Turkey with false papers where he met a Swedish tourist and led her to believe that he was Muslim converted to Christianity.
He married her in Sweden under the false Christian name, but Swedish authorities doubted him and refused to grant him citizenship, later his wife separated from him.
In France, he went searching for help in a church, but the church also doubted him.
He carried out his crime wearing a cross, claiming that he was Christian in order to hide his terrorist genes.
Unfortunately, European authorities have acquired a lot of false information recorded either by the refugees themselves or by Turkish authorities.
Thousands of people have infiltrated into European countries and have become sleeper cells.
