The French church attacked by Daesh helped build a local mosque
The church in the northern French town which was attacked on Tuesday by Daesh (ISIS) had donated a plot of land for building a mosque in 2000.
Not much else is known about the mosque, although some reports suggest that it had been frequented by notorious jihadist, Maxime Hauchard, who appeared in a video of the beheading of American Peter Kassig in 2014. .
Tuesday's attack saw an elderly priest brutally murdered by Daesh affiliates, who stormed the church in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray during morning mass. They held 5 hostages before slashing the throat of Father Jaques Hamel.
The attackers, who the Daesh group described as “soldiers” for the extremist organisation, were shot dead by police.
It was an act that further heightened anti-Islamic sentiment in France, with many taking to social media to condemn mosques as a hub for radicalization.
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Pope Francis in Poland told the crowd to be more welcoming of refugees.
Here in the USA, I understand it was the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA) that sponsored many Somalis coming to the US.
So, it's not just in Europe.
