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To: Partisan Gunslinger

I think the “minarets” on the St. Louis Cathedral are fake—maybe to appeal to the local culture. The building is no longer a Roman Catholic house of worship and is used as an auditorium, but I don’t believe it was ever used as a mosque. Incidentally, it’s named after the French crusader king Louis IX.


58 posted on 03/01/2016 7:48:48 AM PST by Rufii
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To: Rufii
Yeah, I didn't think it was ever a mosque, just noting the combination.

There is a lot of similarity between St Peter's in Rome and the Dome on the Rock also. I once read a theory that Islam was a Roman Catholic creation to keep non-Catholic Christianity out of the Holy Land.

60 posted on 03/01/2016 10:38:52 AM PST by Partisan Gunslinger
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