French study calls for replacing Pentecost with Islamic Eid
March 07, 2017
French study calls for replacing Pentecost with Islamic Eid
French Archbishop Philippe Barbarin leads the traditional procession to Mary, in Lyon, France, December 8, 2015. Picture taken December 8, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Pratta
France’s main think tank published a report in February calling for the replacement of Easter and Pentecost with Islamic and Jewish alternatives.
(VERO BEACH, FLA) On Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 French think-tank Terra Nova published a report titled “The Emancipation of Islam in France” calling.
Terra Nova, which New York based think-tank Gatestone Institute labeled as “France’s main think tank that provides ideas to the governing Socialist Party,” suggested in the report that French authorities should replace two Christian holidays — Easter and Pentecost — with an Islamic holiday and, to be ecumenical, a Jewish holiday.
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