A 21-meter-high minaret is currently under construction in Poitiers, a city where Charles Martel put the Saracens to flight in 732. Speakers will be installed. But they have promised the public that they will remain silent. So why have they been installed? (…) this call announces the following principle five times a day: “Allah is greatest. I testify that there is no God but Allah. I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. Come to prayer. Come to felicity. Allah is greatest. There is no other true God but Allah.”
Alongside this profession of faith, the bells of our churches are remarkably neutral — especially since they serve mainly to indicate the time.
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Meanwhile, Canada continues to welcome and accommodate belligerent parasites (Audio).
