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MUSLIM CANNOT STAND MARY STATUE IN FRONT OF HOME, WALLS IT IN

(AGI) - Milan, Aug 21 - He couldn't stand the statue of the Virgin Mary in front of his home, as it offended his religious conscience. For this reason, he walled her in, to end that affront once and for all. This took place in Cascina Rimoldo a Valaperta di Casatenovo, a small village in the province of Lecco almost on the border with the province of Milan. The action, reported by online paper 'Merateonline', was undertaken by a Muslim non-EU citizen who had recently arrived and settled down with some of his compatriots. He had immediately manifested his intolerance for that statue with its arms open as if welcoming its children. Only the action of two women prevented the statue from being walled in, while nothing could be done for the two angels who were beside the statue. The niche containing the Virgin, one of the oldest, dated back to the mid-1800s. A small statue given devotion and respect, even by non-believers. The man had initially begun to manifest his contrariety only with nasty words aimed at the statue, and finally acted upon his thoughts. When he was surprised by the two women who asked him to explain his action, the man replied that he did not believe in that statue at all, that it had no value and did not want to meet her gaze every time he was returning home. Only the insistence of one of the two elderly women permitted him to return the Virgin, removing her from the 'tomb' in which she was being walled in.

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ilGiornale.it - Musulmano mura la Madonna, il paese si ribella - n. 197 del 22-08-2007

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