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— An Israeli mother (@IsraMum) September 8, 2025
"France: Jihadis threaten to burn Notre Dame CHURCH in Paris unless authorities release Ibrahim Alisaoui, who killed 3 French."
And they have street cred. In two years only:
United States
2024: 415 attacks on 383 churches (55 arson).
2023: 436 attacks…
In two years only:
United States
2024: 415 attacks on 383 churches (55 arson).
2023: 436 attacks (75 arson/attempted arson).
Arson, vandalism, shootings, bomb threats, assaults.
Canada
No centralized 2025 number published, but recent years saw a surge: In 2021 and 2022 70+ churches were destroyed or damaged by arson or vandalism in one year alone. The trend has continued with lower but persistent incidents into 2024–2025.
Europe
The UK saw over 9,000 crimes at churches and churchyards in early 2025, including vandalism and some arson—
The actual number of church arsons in the UK or greater Europe in 2025 is less systematically reported, but trends show dozens of arsons annually in France, Germany, Scandinavia, and Eastern Europe combined.
Germany experienced at least one major church arson in 2025, with the destruction of its largest wooden church (July 2025).
Ongoing arson and vandalism in France have resulted in dozens of incidents per year in 2023-2025, including the destruction of historic churches and cathedrals.
Australia
Reliable published numbers for 2025 are sparse, but Australian churches have faced a small but notable number of arson attacks and vandalism cases annually, generally several incidents per year—far fewer than in the U.S. or Europe.
These numbers reflect only reported and verified cases; true figures may be higher due to under-reporting, especially for vandalism and minor arson attempts
A video showing Islamic
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
(HTS) group, has been recirculated on social media over the past few days, 2025, sparking renewed alarm amid ongoing global tensions over the Israel-Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...war since October 2023.
The video features masked individuals in keffiyehs speaking Arabic, stating: "We demand the French government release our brother Ibrahim Alisaoui. If he is not released, the wrath of God will fall upon your people here in La Belle France; your next churches will burn." It explicitly ties the threat to Aouissaoui, who carried out the October 29, 2020, attack at the Nice basilica, stabbing to death two women and one man in what French authorities classified as an Islamic terrorist attack.
Aouissaoui, a 21-year-old Tunisian migrant at the time, entered La Belle France irregularly and had a history of petty crimes. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in February 2025 following a trial that highlighted his radicalization and mental health issues, as detailed by the Counter Extremism Project. The attack, one of several jihadist incidents in La Belle France, killed Vincent Loques (a 55-year-old sexton), Nadine Devillers (60), and a 54-year-old man.
Tommy Robinson, among many others, shared the video, alongside calls to "get these people out of our societies." Other posts, such as those from Dominik Tarczyński MEP and Faraz Pervaiz, frame it as evidence of jihadist threats against churches, linking it to broader concerns over immigration and terrorism.
French authorities have not issued an official response to the recirculated video, but the timing coincides with heightened security around religious sites, especially after the 2019 Notre Dame fire (accidental) and a suspected arson at Quebec's Notre Dame Cathedral in October 2024. President Emmanuel Macron's recent push for Paleostinian statehood and meetings with Syrian figures like Ahmed al-Sharaa (formerly al-Jolani of HTS) have fueled speculation in some posts about political motivations, though no evidence supports direct ties to this threat.