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2004-04-19 Europe

Moslems want to pray in Spanish cathedral

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Posted by RWV 2004-04-19 3:05:04 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interesting. As a Jew I CANT pray in a Cathedral - cant hold a jewish prayer in the presence of all those graven images, etc. An Orthodox Jew cant even go inside one. Sharia must be more lenient than Halacha in this respect.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-04-19 5:33:36 PM|| 2004-04-19 5:33:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The Spainish should not be surprised by this - they voted for it.

It'll be interesting what the Vatican says.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-04-19 5:51:16 PM|| 2004-04-19 5:51:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Broadening their spirit of reconciliation, these Moslems ought to advocate also that Jews be allowed to pray in all the places in the Moslem countries where there used to be Jewish communities -- and that Christians be allowed to pray in all the places where there used to be Christian communities. A good country to start this campaign would be Saudi Arabia, where there used to be both Jewish and Christian communities.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-04-19 5:55:30 PM|| 2004-04-19 5:55:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Prime-Minister" Zapatero, trial lawyer, will make a speech to the 57% who voted for OTHER than the Socialists: That it is good "social responsibility" to let the Moslems pray in the Cordoba, and those opposed are racists.

The small number of Greens and Communists will be happy to go along. They're in his coalition. The Conservatives, and ethnics (Catalans, Basques) are maybe not so sure that PC should enter the Church, even though the ethnics may be sympathetic on other issues.

Posted by Anonymous4052 2004-04-19 6:15:00 PM|| 2004-04-19 6:15:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Next thing after they are allowed to ~~prey~~ pray in the cathedral is that they be allowed to put squawkboxes up for the 5x daily call to prayer. It will never stop until it is Dhimmi City.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-04-19 6:24:28 PM|| 2004-04-19 6:24:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I thought this must be a Scrappleface article, but no. Why does everyplace that Islam occupies becomes a "holy place"? This is an honest query. What makes a place holy in the Islamic faith? I ask this because everything is annoited with holiness.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2004-04-19 6:33:10 PM|| 2004-04-19 6:33:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Mike Sylwester and Alaska Paul--thanks. You guys made my day! Thanks for your comments.

Posted by ex-lib 2004-04-19 6:34:14 PM|| 2004-04-19 6:34:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Mr. Yosemite Sam has it correct. Reap what you sow....We all knew that iraq was only a pretext and not the motivation behind the Madrid attacks.

Jews being allowed to pray in a mosque will never happen - you know the religion of peace and tolerance and all that lip service.

Personally a person should be able to pray to whatever god/religion in whatever location. But that is my humble opinion.

Posted by Dan 2004-04-19 7:08:06 PM|| 2004-04-19 7:08:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Muslims are allowed to worship in the cathedral. Of course, they have to convert to Catholicism, first, and have to follow the RC catechism, but they are allowed to worship there.

(And if they're allowed we'd damn well see those ugly minarets around the Hagia Sophia taken down and the place reconsecrated, and that monstrosity built on the Temple Mount taken down and the site handed over to its rightful owners.)

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-04-19 7:13:36 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-04-19 7:13:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 For Muslims, the most important part of the mosque is the mihrab, the recess in the south-eastern wall which indicates the direction of Mecca for prayer.

In the CÃ³rdoba mosque, the mihrab is outside the cathedral itself, so in theory it would be possible for Muslims to pray without affecting ceremonies in the cathedral.

Good then perhaps we should turn the 'mihrab' into a public toilet like they did Church of Christ the Savior in Pristina

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-04-19 7:24:00 PM|| 2004-04-19 7:24:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 We'll let them pray in the cathedral at Cordoba when
Christians can pray in the cathedral (now a mosque) of Saint Sophia in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople).

Posted by Stavros 2004-04-19 9:22:21 PM|| 2004-04-19 9:22:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Stavros, great point!
When I visited Jerusalem in 1970 as a Christian pilgrim, nobody but Muslims were allowed into the Dome of the Rock mosque, even though the site is sacred to Muslims, Jews and Christians.

Note also though how now that the Islamists have had their way with Spain, they feel so free to have the run of the place.
Time for the Re-Reconquista!

Posted by Jen 2004-04-19 9:31:11 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-04-19 9:31:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 It'll be interesting what the Vatican says

Out of respect for others, I will refrain from making a lame joke here.

Posted by B 2004-04-19 9:45:21 PM|| 2004-04-19 9:45:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#14

Moslems want to pray in Spanish cathedral

Sure, no problem. Right after Christians openly worship on a regular basis, unharmed, in Arabia, Iran, etc.

Oh, yeah - and Jews too.

I like living, so I won't hold my breath.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-04-19 10:02:07 PM|| 2004-04-19 10:02:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 How about....NO?

Posted by Valentine 2004-04-20 12:04:38 AM|| 2004-04-20 12:04:38 AM|| Front Page Top

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