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Archbishop of Cologne Blasts Germany’s Anti-Islam Party: Churches ‘Same As Minarets’
breitbart ^ | 4/27/16 | Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D

Posted on 05/01/2016 10:44:11 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo

The Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne, Rainer Maria Woelki (pictured), has publicly criticized leaders of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party for their statements against Islam, insisting that “whoever says ‘yes’ to church towers must also say ‘yes’ to minarets.”

The Cardinal was reacting in particular to recent statements by AfD deputy leader Beatrix von Storch, who told the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper: “Islam is in itself a political ideology that is not compatible with the constitution.”

“We are in favor of a ban on minarets, on muezzins and a ban on full veils,” said von Storch, who is also a member of the European Parliament.

In his videotaped response, Cardinal Woelki suggested that all religions are equally well suited to German culture and law. “The religion of Islam is compatible with the German constitution just as Judaism or Christianity are,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Germany; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; cologne; europeanunion; germany; islam; nato; pegida; unitedkingdom; waronterror
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1 posted on 05/01/2016 10:44:11 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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Blast away! It will only piss the people off more and increase the anti camel jockey sentiment.


2 posted on 05/01/2016 10:46:29 AM PDT by foundedonpurpose
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If this loser thinks churches and minarets are the same he needs to be kicked out of ministry.


3 posted on 05/01/2016 10:46:50 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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Isn’t this catholic church just a front for one world government or some other form of socialism? They defy the rule of law and provide sanctuary against it.


4 posted on 05/01/2016 10:47:39 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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WTF?
5 posted on 05/01/2016 10:47:43 AM PDT by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Milleraere)
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“Beheading? Step this way. Next?”


6 posted on 05/01/2016 10:49:22 AM PDT by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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Germany is dying.


7 posted on 05/01/2016 10:50:42 AM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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8 posted on 05/01/2016 10:52:10 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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If this false prophet thinks Christianity is the same as Islam, he will be sharing eternity with the Muslims in Hell. Jesus says, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father but through Me.”


9 posted on 05/01/2016 10:52:25 AM PDT by txrefugee
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I confess, and I mean that in both senses of the term, that I think of this man the way Paul thought of the judaizers in Galatia. The good news is that judgment begins with the church, and I have nothing to lean on except Christ when the judgment comes because I am chief of sinners (Paul was wrong about that), but it will take removing such heresy from the church in order to equip it for the spiritual warfare against the damnation of Islam that is already here.


10 posted on 05/01/2016 10:53:09 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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IOW, Jesus = Mohammed and God = Satan.

The archbishop has a death wish...for himself, Christianity, and civil Western societies.


11 posted on 05/01/2016 10:53:15 AM PDT by twister881 (Politics)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Then these “leaders” wonder why people are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with “Christian” churches. How contrary to Jesus statement: “I am the way the truth and the life and NO MAN cometh to the father except by me.”


12 posted on 05/01/2016 10:53:25 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
If this loser thinks churches and minarets are the same he needs to be kicked out of ministry.

That is about like saying Gatorade and anti-freeze look alike, so both are fine to drink.

13 posted on 05/01/2016 10:57:58 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Ted Cruz was the man!)
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Nazis were chummy with Islam. Sounds like history is repeating itself.

14 posted on 05/01/2016 10:59:00 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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15 posted on 05/01/2016 11:03:28 AM PDT by PROCON
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Sleepwalking into violence, death and destruction.


16 posted on 05/01/2016 11:03:31 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The Sound Of The Guns.)
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I’m glad he wasn’t around in 1683.


17 posted on 05/01/2016 11:13:00 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Sequoyah101

“Isn’t this catholic church just a front for one world government or some other form of socialism? They defy the rule of law and provide sanctuary against it.”

Except none of us ACTUAL Catholics actually go for that stuff.


18 posted on 05/01/2016 11:13:51 AM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OMorgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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I would not and did not paint all with the same brush but your leadership right now are just socialists and you have a lot of really misguided leaders. Everyone is corruptible and most can be led astray.


19 posted on 05/01/2016 11:15:41 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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What the heck is wrong with my church? It seems all Catholic hierarchy are imbued with cultural and personal suicide wishes.


20 posted on 05/01/2016 11:15:44 AM PDT by Lion Den Dan
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