LABUNISTA, Macedonia — An Orthodox Christian church famed for its valuable icons was set alight in southern Macedonia overnight, authorities said Tuesday, as religious tension between Christians and minority Muslims grew over a carnival in which men dressed as women in burqas and mocked the Quran.Read the rest here.
Firefighters extinguished the fire late Monday in the two century-old Sveti Nikola church, in the village of Labunista near the town of Struga. The church’s roof was partly destroyed but its icons were not damaged, the fire service said.
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"... men dressed as women in burqas and mocked the Quran."
ReplyDeleteBad form. Acceptable for Monty Python perhaps in Middlesex but not Macedonia.
Talk about taunting the Lion!
ReplyDeleteYes, by all means, its fault of the cross-dressing mockers of the Quran, and not the followers of the Quran who serve to prove why it so deserves mocking. Religion of peace, nothing to see here.
ReplyDeleteGlorious multiculturalism. Eventually it's the Phalange versus Hamas and not so funny any more.
ReplyDelete"its fault of the cross-dressing mockers"
ReplyDeleteYes. Cross-dressing is an integral part of Orthodox life.