[Argus]

Why don't they just officially turn the cathedral into a mosque and have done with it?

[cavtrooper21]

Well, that didn't take the spineless socialists long..
When will they pass the "modesty" laws and start banning the sale of pork.

[Condor51]

[glock rocks]

I guess nuns in burkhas aren't far off. God save us.

[MrBambaLaMamba]

End terrorism, kill terrorists.

[dufekin]

Spain might could use a Moor slayer these days. Help reduce the terrorist population.


And when are churches going to consider Eucharist "politically incorrect" because it offends Buddhists? C'mon, history and religion are what they are. They're not going to change.

[DustyMoment]

Appease, appease, appease, appease. Why don't the Spaniards just cut to the chase, order the women to wear burkhas, destroy the cathedrals and replece them with mosques and change their national language from Spanish to Arabic?

It will take less time.

[AMDG&BVMH]

"Santiago de Compostela"

a very important pilgrimage site; Eleanor of Aquitane's father walked there in the 12th century in atonement.

Maybe they should instead put up a statue of what the Muslims did to the Christians when they were fighting to conquer, and then to retain, Spain.

[LexBaird]

Welcome to the Re-Reconquista. Pick up your prayer rug at the door.

[Tax-chick]

Well, since St. James was a contemporary of Christ, he didn't REALLY fight any Moslems, because there weren't any. He was executed by one of the Herods.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Bubbleboy: "It's the Moors, you idiot!"

George Costanza: "Sorry, the card say, the Moops."

[Clint Williams]

It's SPAIN, whaddya expect? Could it be there's a reason why there's a big yellow stripe across their flag?

[Dundee]

Moor Slayer?

Is that anything like a Vampire Slayer? ;)

[Truth29]

I don't suppose that they have verifiable documentation of this decision that "was taken a few years ago?" It doesn't matter in the new Al Andelus, but it makes the cathedral officials sound like John Kerry.

[bondjamesbond]

Oh man! Can I get a reproduction of this thing! It would look great in the front yard next to the wife's Mary grotto...

[Major_Risktaker]

A statue in a Spanish cathedral showing St James slicing the heads off Moorish invaders is to be removed to avoid causing offence to Muslims.

Why would today's mulims care about yesterday's muslims?

Should Catholics care about Jesus Christ and the Jews of yesterday?

NO!

PC = Communism

[Polyxene]

I can't imagine a muslim going into a cathedral, so how could muslims be offended by something they are not going to see????

[SunkenCiv]

Public outcry forces church to keep Moor Slayer's statue
By Isambard Wilkinson in Madrid
(Filed: 22/07/2004)
St James the Moor Slayer, Spain's patron saint, has notched up another victory.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/22/wstat22.xml

[SunkenCiv]

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