Is the left speaking out on this issue?
Posted on 01/28/2016 9:05:19 PM PST by marshmallow
ROME (RNS) Controversy over Italy's decision to cover nude statues during the visit of Iran's president continued to spark debate as the leader of the Syrian Catholic Church criticized the episode, saying it pains persecuted Christians in Syria who feel forgotten.
"This is our culture. If you don't want to see it, close your eyes!" an exasperated Patriarch Youssef III Younan told journalists in Rome on Thursday (Jan. 28).
The head of the Syriac Catholic Church was speaking two days after ancient nude statues were covered by staff at Rome's Capitoline Museums in a bid to avoid offending the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani.
Rouhani was visiting Italy and France this week as part of a trip aimed at thawing Tehran's relations with the West after the historic deal with the U.S. and other world powers that would limit Iran’s nuclear capabilities in return for ending many sanctions.
The Iranian president also met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on Tuesday.
The move by officials in Rome to cover the statues during Rouhani's visit sparked an outcry in Italy and was viewed as a step too far to accommodate the leader of Shiite-majority Iran.
The Syrian patriarch's criticism took on a religious and international dimension as he argued the decision by officials in heavily Catholic Italy troubled Christians trying to survive in war-torn Syria.
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Doesn’t the ayatollah have to expose his bare ass in public for the Eurotrash to kiss it like they’ve been doing?
they force non-muslims to adhere to Islamic law in their own country. The Muslims should do the same in the non-Muslim countries.
If they don’t, he might spontaneously start raping the statues. Hell, he’ll do it even if they don’t.
They could have just covered the towel-head's head. That would even have sent a stronger message.
Is the left speaking out on this issue?
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American museums have fallen over themselves since 9-11 to praise Islamic art. “Ohh so decorative”. The ban on figurative works is not investigated.
That’s not how Islamic supremacists roll. They expect the kufir to bow down everywhere.
In the late ‘70’s there was an arab shiek that bought a Beverly Hills mansion and painted the “naughty bits” of all of the nude statues around the outside of the mansion, to make them more prominent, much to the dismay of the neighbors.
Beverly Hills, CA (UPI) Nude Statues Mose Offensive - 1978
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2G9UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=N48DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3317%2C1991359
Blinders or sunglasses would have taken care of the problem.
It’s very considerate of Italy to cover statues so that they do not offend the Iranian leader. However, should Rouhani ever decide to visit the United States, be sure to cover him.
....Except for one “Donald Trump” who has the courage to stand up against the “PC” nonsense.
Whatever happened to “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”?
Capitulating for the muslims at every turn.
They see it as weakness and submission to them, and it is.
Which museums has he protested?
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