Spanish Moslems demand Christian Cathedral

From Playfuls.com...

Few buildings are as emblematic of Europe's Muslim past as the Great Mosque in Cordoba. 

The southern Spanish city was once the capital of Moorish Spain, where the mosque was promoted as the third Islamic pilgrimage site after the Kaaba of Mecca and the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem....

Cordoba residents still often call the building "mezquita" (mosque), though it has in fact been used as a cathedral since the 13th century when Christian troops conquered the city from the Moors. ...

So who does the building, with a prayer hall measuring 23,400 square metres, belong to?...

Until recently, few Spaniards questioned the Catholic Church's exclusive use of the building, but the arrival of some 800,000 mainly Moroccan Muslim immigrants over the recent years has raised new questions about the sanctuary....

Mansur Escudero, a convert who heads Spain's Islamic Board, prayed in front of the mosque recently to claim Muslims' right to use it for prayer. 

The board has written to Pope Benedict XVI, proposing that the mosque be turned into an ecumenic temple where Christians, Muslims and representatives of other religions could pray together and "bury past confrontations." 

It has sent a similar letter to Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. 

It's ironic that the Al Aqsa Mosque was mentioned. It stands on the #1 holiest site to Jews, yet Moslems don't seem the least bit interested in even sharing it, let alone relinquishing it. I'd say the Pope and the Spanish Prime Minister should note the behavior of Moslems in their treatment of the holy sites of other religions (especially the antics of the terrorists who took over the Church of the Nativity a few years back) and then tell the Moslems demanding the Cathedral to go take a flying leap. Well, they probably won't use those precise words, but I wish they would.

Posted by Danny Carlton at January 4, 2007 5:39 AM