(((American tourist))) ‘armed with a hammer’ is arrested in Jerusalem for smashing up a statue of Jesus in a church on the historic Via Dolorosa and shouting: ‘You can’t have idols, this is the holy city’

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(((American tourist))) ‘armed with a hammer’ is arrested in Jerusalem for smashing up a statue of Jesus in a church on the historic Via Dolorosa and shouting: ‘You can’t have idols, this is the holy city’ (archive.is)

Well, there you go:

Majid al-Rishq, a gatekeeper who detained the accused, described him as Jewish man armed with a hammer.

Idolatry - the worship of idols and the artistic representation of God - is prohibited in Judaism.

"There's no merit in vanquishing people forsaken by their own God"

Well, there you go: > Majid al-Rishq, a gatekeeper who detained the accused, described him as Jewish man armed with a hammer. > Idolatry - the worship of idols and the artistic representation of God - is prohibited in Judaism. "There's no merit in vanquishing people forsaken by their own God"

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Well that is one of the ten commandments, right?

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