Posted on 08/24/2010 10:47:14 AM PDT by bt579
While President Barack Obama was “forcefully” endorsing the Ground Zero Mosque, Michelle Obama was paying homage with her presence to the Great Mosque at Granada, which overlooks what was once Islam’s most important outpost in Europe, the Alhambra palace in Granada.
There is no doubt about the influence of the Great Mosque of Granada overlooking Alhambra. One Spanish guidebook states that the Alhambra is to Granada what St.Peter’s is to Rome or St. Mark’s Square to Venice.
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Trotsky was not a king, prince or royal. He was just a thug.
Apparently you’re hung up on aristocracy as the defining characteristic. And “thug” applies to lots of royals over the centuries, so they’re not exactly mutually exclusive terms. Regarding Trotsky, though, and without introducing any value judgements, he was a political rival for the top job, and when he lost out in the power struggle, he was murdered. Same with your prince.
(Sigh!) I should have added that they were all “thugs”, aristocratic or not.
Do you feel better now?
It might have been part of a tour. While in Egypt seeing the pyramids, we visited a mosque. It was not much. They had rugs all over the floor and a pretty empty building. Not much to see.
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