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No Bells for Jesus Just Muslim Calls to Prayer

No Bells for Jesus Just Muslim Calls to Prayer By Robert Korczynski April 3, 2026 Good Friday As I sit here in West Dearborn, just a few blocks from Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Michigan Avenue and Military on Good Friday between Noon and 3:00 PM, something is missing. This is the sacred window: the Three Hours’ Agony. For over 85 years, Sacred Heart marked this time with a precise sequence of bells, and rang out the hour every day as a heartbeat for all of West Dearborn. But today, there is only silence. I just realized it has been three years since these bells were turned off. In May 2023, roughly a year after Mayor Abdullah Hammoud took office as the country’s first Muslim mayor of a Muslim majority city, the current pastor, Father Ken Chase, officially ended the tradition. He stated exactly in the parish bulletin: "The electronic carillon system that provided the sound of bells from our tower is now beyond its service life and has been turned off." This system was a le...

The Christian Reconquest Of Lebanon

THE CHRISTIAN RECONQUEST OF LEBANON ​ I. THE 1943 FOUNDATION: THE ORIGINAL POWER FORMULA In 1943, when Lebanon gained independence as a 54 percent Christian Safe Haven , they created an unwritten "National Pact." This was the specific religious "formula" for the three top leaders: ​ The President: Must always be a Maronite Christian (The lead role). ​ The Prime Minister: Must always be a Sunni Muslim . ​ The Speaker of Parliament: Must always be a Shia Muslim . ​ The Hidden Christian Layer: While the "Top 3" included Muslims, the secondary power roles were reserved for the other large Christian group: ​ The Deputy Prime Minister and the Deputy Speaker were reserved for the Greek Orthodox Christians . ​This ensured that even if a Muslim was Prime Minister, a Christian was always standing right behind him to maintain the "Safe Haven" balance. ​ II. THE OUTSIDER CONTAGION: THE PLO TOUR The destruction of this Chr...