010. Mark Steyn with Douglas Murray Part 5

Douglas Murray talks about Charles Martel who was a Frankish Ruler of the Carolingian line from 718 until his death in 741.He is famous for the Battle of Tours, in October of 732, where he defeated the Islamic Umayyad Empire and saved Europe from Islamic domination. Mark Steyn reminds him, “You’re in France and you visit the famous cathedral in which Charles Martel’s remains are interred.‭ ‬The man who held the line against Islam in‭ ‬732,‭ ‬and is Celebrated, and that’s why he is Buried among the French Kings, that’s his stature! And yet you describe the scene around that Cathedral which is really quite remarkable.‭ ‬Aside from that Christian building in the middle of it ,it’s not Europe anymore!” “No, if Charles Martel got out of his Tomb and wandered just outside the Basilica, and to me, he would think he’d Lost the Battle.‭ ‬It’s a Very Strange and Painful thing this.‭ ‬The French I think are Deeply Pained by this and don’t know what to do about it.‭ ‬The center of Paris, they will know this place is there.‭ ‬Extraordinary Part of their History where the Tombs of the Kings are.‭ ‬But they don’t want to go there, and they wish it wasn’t that way!‭ ‬They wish it wasn’t as it was, but it is!”

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