800-year-old church heavily vandalised in French no-go suburb Saint-Denis

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800-year-old church heavily vandalised in French no-go suburb Saint-Denis
By Emma R.   12 March 2019

The Basilica of Saint-Denis, built in 1135, was heavily vandalised last week, with vandals smashing stained glass windows and severely damaging the nearly 200-year-old organ.

The destruction was discovered  by the basilica’s organist, who found that the engine of the organ had been damaged along with other parts of the massive instrument, designed between 1834 and 1841, Le Parisien reports.

Saadia Tamelikecht, head of the departmental unit of architecture and heritage of the heavily migrant-populated Seine-Saint-Denis suburbs, said the damage to the instrument, which has been recognised as a historic monument of significance in France, was major.

Read more at: https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/03/800-year-old-church-heavily-vandalised-in-french-no-go-suburb-saint-denis/

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It's not just the old, historic churches under attack in France.

Evangelical church in France vandalised
Unidentified people entered an Assemblies of God church in Angouleme on Friday night. They threw paint on the walls and Bibles, and damaged musical instruments and the sound system.

11 MARCH 2019 10:01 h GMT+1 -  Unidentified attackers vandalised an evangelical church in Angouleme (France) on the night of Friday 8 March. The members of the church “Espoir et Vie” (Hope and Life) discovered on Saturday morning that their place of worship had been vandalised.

The most visible damage was the paint spread over the walls and chairs of the main room. But paint was also thrown against Bibles and other books of the church’s library, and on musical instruments such as the piano and microphones. The sound system was also severely damaged. The attackers also emptied the fire extinguishers inside the building.  ...

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"Saadia Tamelikecht, head of the departmental unit of architecture and heritage of the heavily migrant-populated Seine-Saint-Denis suburbs, said the damage to the instrument, which has been recognised as a historic monument of significance in France, was major."

If they want to preserve that organ, they'd better get it out of there while there's an opportunity to do so.
Next time the muzzies will burn the entire church down.
After all, it's "their territory" now.