SAINT-BERNARD-LA-CHAPELLE IS ONE OF TWO CHURCHES IN FRANCE THAT ACTIVLY AIDS MIGRANTS.
The Islam one perceives from the street is as generous.
Square Saint-Bernard, at the end of the street with the bookstore (rue Saint-Bruno)
- A 19th-century painting stresses charity, and a recent work shows a multi-ethnic crowd surrounding a Black Jesus:
- The church became world-known on August 23, 1996, when the police broke down the door with axes and dragged 300 African migrants seeking regularization into the street, pregnant women included.
La Croix / zoom
- In 2016, an exhibit commemorated the drama: "Some are without papers, others without humanity" says the panel below:
- An installation honored those migrants:
Zsaza Mercury
By Ange et Dam, neighborhood sculptresses
Behind each figure, a memory: a piece of cloth, a spoon, a plastic sandal. In front of it an ex-voto, witness to its courage.
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Street Islam
- Friday street prayer showed impressive discipline. The City finally granted it an interior space (in 2012).
Seen from a restaurant on rue Myrha
- Messages on the walls stress generosity, welcome to immigrants and the demand for dignity and justice.
During Ramadan
Free daily distribution of meals to take away
(don't forget your recipient),
from June 6 at 18:30 to July 30 2016
"Hate engenders hate."
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- The restaurant of the Institute for the Cultures of Islam follows the Muslim command of charity...
A few steps from Barbès
"The Open Table.
Distribution of meals,
7/7 to noon and at 5 pm."
And an associated café shows the same ethic as the paintings in the church:
At rue de la Goutte d'Or
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A tolerant Islam:
- A store for Muslim books and wares and a wine shop face each other.
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Librairie Bazar
17 rue Myrha
What looks like teapots are for ablutions before prayer.
La Cave de Don Dondine
16 rue Myrha
- A sign for Joan of Arc
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