The gargoyle, nicknamed “Ahmed,” perches above an inscription of “Allah Akhbar,” or “God is the Greatest,” in both French and Arabic, the AFP news agency reported. A conservative Roman Catholic group, Jeunes Identitaires Lyonnais, criticized the addition. “While in many Muslim countries Christianity is forbidden and Christians persecuted, in Lyon Muslims take over our churches at their leisure with the complicity of Catholic authorities,” AFP quoted the group as saying on its website.
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