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2006-12-28 Europe

Spanish Muslims ask Pope for access to mosque

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Posted by Fred 2006-12-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Saint Sophia in Turkey where the Pope was not allowed to pray?

Posted by 3dc 2006-12-28 00:19|| 2006-12-28 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure they will be every bit as "ecumenical" as their co-religionists are over on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, with their undisputed civility and kindness towards their fellow worshipers of the Jewish persuasion over by the Wailing Wall.

Besides, they are perfectly free to pray in the Cathedral right now. There's just a few house rules they have to obey.

1) No shouting "allahu snackbar" or "death to the Jews!" during the homily.

2) No yelling at the women that they gotta get to the back of the Cathedral, and that they have to put on a burqa while they are at it.

3) We have images of saints, sinners, and other assorted humans on the walls and in the stained glass. Some of them are in various states of undress. Deal with it.

4) Keep your shoes on, and get up off of the rug. We just vacuumed the damn thing! There are pews with kneelers available for your use.

5) Don't interrupt the Apostle's Creed to ask where Mecca is. We don't know. (Some of us are still drunk/hungover from the night before and barely know where home is.)

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-12-28 00:58|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[ http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-12-28 00:58|| Front Page Top

#3 I think that's "Aloha Snackbar". Just wanted to set the record straight ... accuracy and all that.

Posted by crosspatch">crosspatch 2006-12-28 04:01|| http://crosspatch.townhall.com]">[http://crosspatch.townhall.com] 2006-12-28 04:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Strictly speaking, the church is a very, very small part of the Great Mosque. The mosque is huge, as big as a city block, and just a forest of pillars, inside. The church is just sort of shoehorned into one quadrant of it... frankly, they could pray in almost any part of it and not even be noticed in the church!

Yeah, but I think Zappy should ask a couple of pointed questions about Christians praying in Saudi Arabia, anyway.

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2006-12-28 08:23|| www.sgtstryker.com]">[www.sgtstryker.com] 2006-12-28 08:23|| Front Page Top

#5 I don't know, crosspatch. When I think of people with the "Aloha spirit", I don't think of chicks in Islamic dress with their heavily armed owners standing guard.

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2006-12-28 09:28|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[ http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-12-28 09:28|| Front Page Top

#6 "They stressed that Muslims want the mosque to turn into an ecumenical temple, where Christians, Muslims and believers from other faiths might all be worshipping the same God."

I'll take John 3:16 over Sura 4:171 any day!

Posted by whiskettes4Hilali 2006-12-28 09:58|| 2006-12-28 09:58|| Front Page Top

#7 Pope: "Nope"!

Posted by twobyfour 2006-12-28 12:40|| 2006-12-28 12:40|| Front Page Top

#8 Or we could sentence them to death for suspicion trying to pray in the cathedral. Basically, whatever the Saudi's think is best for their non-believers is good enough for me when it comes to the Muslims.

Posted by Excalibur 2006-12-28 14:40|| 2006-12-28 14:40|| Front Page Top

#9 What's Latin for "go f*ck yourselves"?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-12-28 18:44|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-12-28 18:44|| Front Page Top

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