[wimpycat]

My husband tells me this cathedral was a mosque, but before it was a mosque, it was--a CHURCH! Or it was built on the site of a church, that had been destroyed.

[Ready4Freddy]

The Great Mosque of Cordoba was considered a wonder of the medieval world by both Muslims and Christians. Built on a Visigothic site, which was probably the site of an earlier Roman temple, the Great Mosque of Cordoba was begun between 784 and 786 during the reign of 'Abd al-Rahman I, who escaped from Syria to the Iberian Peninsula after his family was massacred by a rival political dynasty.

[TheSamBar]

Yes, La Mezquita was built on the site of the Visigoth Church San Vicente.

It has been a cathedral for at least 750 years, it was mosque for less than 500.

They can't have it!

[Ready4Freddy]

Previously the site had been occupied by a Christian church dedicated to Saint Vincent that had been built by the Visigoths around 500 CE. Before that, when Córdoba was a provincial capital in the Roman Empire, the site was occupied by a temple dedicated to Janus, the double-headed god of doorways and gates.

[Dialup Llama]

>My husband tells me this cathedral was a mosque, but before it was a mosque, it was--a CHURCH! Or it was built on the site of a church, that had been destroyed.

There is a mosque on a Hill in Jerusalem. Before it was a mosque it was a Temple. I think in a show of comity and interfaith cooperation, Temple services should be permitted on that site using the islamic principle of original ownership.

[kittymyrib]

The Muslims won't have to worry about this situation in Kosovo. They are burning down all the historic Christian churches and monestaries, clearing the way for future mosques to be built on those sites. It's all been done before and has been their plan for a thousand years.