[Grem] The Catholic hierarchy across Europe is blind and ought to take responsibility /W.Kilpatrick

[Emoke Greschik]

July 18, 2016 Blind Violence and Blind Guides William Kilpatrick
<http://www.crisismagazine.com/author/william-kilpatrick>
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/155fdaea029f29d8 [image: France
Truck Attack]

*“Pope Francis condemns more ‘blind violence’ after Nice attack,”* reads a
headline
<http://catholic.net/op/articles/3057/pope-francis-condemns-more-blind-violence-after-nice-attack.html>
from a Catholic news agency.

On behalf of the Holy Father, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin,
sent a telegram to the Bishop of Nice expressing the Pope’s sorrow:

As France was celebrating her national holiday, the country was again
struck by blind violence, this time in Nice, claiming many victims,
including children. Once again condemning such acts, His Holiness Pope
Francis expresses his profound sadness and his spiritual closeness to the
French people.

With all due respect to* the Pope and his Vatican advisers, it is they who
are blind.* *They have shut their eyes to the role that Islam plays in
motivating terrorist attacks* like the one in Nice that left 84 dead and
over 200 injured.

Some acts of violence can be labeled as “blind.” There are individuals who
in a fit of passion strike out in a blind fury (and then often regret it).
But that was not the case with *Mohamed Bouhlel. His crime was carefully
calculated and premeditated. He rented a truck—the biggest one available.
He stocked up on weapons. He chose a French national holiday and a site
where thousands would be gathered.* His massacre plot can hardly be
considered an act of blind rage.

Did he act out of fervor? Yes. But again, it was not blind. *It was based
on an entirely legitimate interpretation of Islam. He sought to serve Allah
by killing infidels.* And, *since he must have known that the evening would
end in his own death, we can assume that he sought the eternal reward *which
his namesake promised to martyrs.

*Mohamed Bouhlel acted with eyes wide open. The same cannot be said of the
Vatican, which time after time in the wake of terrorist attacks has
condemned them as acts of senseless violence.* But people who act out of
religious conviction do not consider their acts to be senseless. Far from
it, they are certain that what they do is packed with meaning. Vatican
officials, of all people, should be able to understand that.* It should be
blazingly obvious *to them *that Islamic terrorists act out of religious
motivation *(even though that may not be the sole motivation). And *there
should by now be no doubt about which religion they follow. *After all, *the
terrorist’s name was “Mohamed.” *Judging by news reports
<https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/07/101-muhammads-jailed-by-u-s-anti-terror-agencies-since-911>,
a disproportionate number of terrorists go by that name.* Does that suggest
anything? *If thousands of people named “Jesus” were perpetrating terror
attacks across the globe, would anyone hesitate to conclude that there must
be a Christian connection? If they shouted “Jesus is Lord!” (the rough
equivalent of “Allahu Akbar”) while mowing down their victims, would we
assume that their motivations had nothing to do with their faith? *Yet for
years, the Vatican has joined its voice to the chorus of those who say that
violence has nothing to do with Islam.*

Just as *the Catholic hierarchy has been blind to the violent side of
Islam, they have been blind to the consequences that follow upon a dramatic
increase in the Muslim population. It has been entirely predictable for a
long time that more Muslims in Europe would result in more of the kind of
terror that France witnessed on Thursday.* Bouhlel himself was not a recent
immigrant, but recent refugees have been implicated in other European
terror attacks. Moreover, recent refugees made up the majority of the 2,000
men
<http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/07/12/cologne-sex-attacks-2000-attackers-120-suspects/>
who sexually assaulted 1,200 women in Cologne and other German cities on
New Year’s Eve. And many European countries have experienced a wave of
violent crimes
<http://www.indiatimes.com/news/world/migrants-linked-to-69-000-crimes-in-germany-in-first-three-months-of-2016_-256450.html>
in the wake of the 2015 mass migration from Muslim countries.

According to polls*, a majority of Europeans
<http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/05/12/poll-massive-majority-german-across-political-spectrum-reject-islam-migrant-crisis/>
now believe that Islam does not belong in Europe. *Because they are not
beholden to any official narrative, they are able to connect the large and
bloody dots that are spreading across Europe. *Yet the Catholic hierarchy
in Europe has been and continues to be in the forefront of those calling
for a welcoming attitude toward Muslim migrants. *What will it take to wake
them up?

*For quite a while now, European bishops and the Pope have berated
Christians for not having a more welcoming attitude toward Muslim migrants,
as though their closed-hearted attitude was somehow responsible for refugee
children drowning in the Mediterranean. **Will they now take responsibility
for the dead and mangled children on the Boulevard Anglais in Nice? For the
130 dead victims of the Bataclan Theater massacre? For the thirty-two dead
in the Brussels airport and subway bombings? For the 1,200 victims of the
New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in Germany?*

Of course, *the bishops *are not guilty of those atrocities. But they *are
guilty of grossly misunderstanding Islam and the threat it poses** to
* *Muslims
and non-Muslims alike.* They need to seriously consider whether Jesus’
warning about blind guides might apply to some of them. *Their hearts, *we
must assume,* are in the right place, *but *their heads are in the sand.*

*(Photo credit: Sasha Goldsmith via AP)*

Tagged as Islamic Jihad
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<http://www.crisismagazine.com/tags/vatican-public-policy>
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[image: William Kilpatrick]By William Kilpatrick
<http://www.crisismagazine.com/author/william-kilpatrick>

William Kilpatrick taught for many years at Boston College. He is the
author of several books about cultural and religious issues, including
*Psychological
Seduction; Why Johnny Can’t Tell Right From Wrong;* and Christianity, Islam
and Atheism: The Struggle for the Soul of the West
<http://www.amazon.com/Christianity-Islam-Atheism-Struggle-Soul/dp/158617696X>
and the forthcoming The Politically Incorrect Guide to Jihad
<https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Incorrect-Guide-Jihad-Guides/dp/1621575772/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467592202&sr=1-1&keywords=the+politically+incorrect+guide+to+jihad>.
His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including *Catholic
World Report, National Catholic Register, Aleteia, Saint Austin Review,
Investor’s Business Daily,* and *First Things*. His work is supported in
part by the Shillman Foundation. For more on his work and writings, visit
his website, turningpointproject.com
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