desecrate

To conclude, Mr President, how can anybody fail to see, in this violence and lack of attention to the land, a typical sign of our civilisation which has desecrated everything, and where everything tends to be seen in rational and scientific terms?
Pour conclure, Monsieur le Président, comment ne pas saisir, dans cette inattention et dans cette violence faite à la terre, un signal typique de notre civilisation qui a tout désacralisé et qui tend à tout englober dans des logiques rationnelles et scientifiques ?
The leader of the extremist Likud party, Ariel Sharon, whose hands are still stained with the blood of the martyrs of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, has desecrated the courtyard of Al-Haram Al-Sharif.
Le dirigeant du parti extrémiste du Likoud, Ariel Sharon, dont les mains sont couvertes du sang des martyrs du massacre de Sabra et Chatila, a profané le lieu saint d'Al-Haram Al-Sharif.
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