After 500 years, Granada's Muslims get their mosque

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 07/08/03 | Isambard Wilkinson

[JOHANNES801]

There goes the neighborhood.

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[happygrl]

The reconquest of Andulasia begins.

As much as I disliked Franco, this would never have happened under his rule.

[solzhenitsyn]

Isn't religious tolerance wonderful, Mr. Abdul Haqq? So when is the first church opening in Mecca?

[Douglas]

Conversions to Islam are accelerating in Europe. Especially in England, France and Spain.

There are more Muslims at friday prayers in England than Christians attending Sunday services there.

One of the most dynamic Islamic missionary groups comes out of Spain. They are working in Central America and have converted several villaes to Islam. Including and village that had converted from Catholocism to evangelical Chrsitianity but has since converted en masse to Islam.

[Atlas Sneezed]

El Pingo

[Atlas Sneezed]

"Abdul Haqq, 42, a Basque who converted to Islam 12 years ago"

A terrorist sympathizer by any other name...?

[ffusco]

A sad day for Europe. Saw the Alhambra- wasn't impressed.

[DAnconia55]

The Moors took over more with the Koran than with the sword.

Precisely why we should burn your book, and stomp your cities into ashes.

[solzhenitsyn]

Precisely why we should burn your book, and stomp your cities into ashes.

I don't want to burn anyone's book or stomp anyone's cities into ashes. I just think religious tolerance ought to be reciprocal.

[friendly]

This is so sick, so evil. The last thing they need is to encourage these muslim monsters.

Put up a Christian Church in Mecca, or anywhere in the evil Saudi regime, and you will be executed.

[Burkeman1]

Well said. But I can see how Catholic Spain who bore the brunt of the defense of Christendom (along with the Serbs and Romanians) should be a little peeved by this token PC act.

[Travis McGee]

Dynamite.

[Cicero]

You never read any details about the Reconquista in any western sources--not even in the Telegraph, which is generally pretty sound and conservative.

The Moors invaded Spain, killed most of the inhabitants and enslaved the rest, and left only a few Spanish Christians hiding in the mountains. It took hundreds of years of bloody sacrifice to reconquer their own country--the only people in history who succeeded in driving the Muslims back once they had taken over.
It's not surprising that the Spaniards were not very fond of Muslims.

[BenR2]

One of the most dynamic Islamic missionary groups comes out of Spain. They are working in Central America and have converted several villaes to Islam. Including and village that had converted from Catholocism to evangelical Chrsitianity but has since converted en masse to Islam.


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My, but you are full of good news. (End sarcasm.)

[BlueAngel]

Your words give me the creeps!

[Douglas]

I'm just stating what is going on. Islam is the fastest growing releigion in the world and the largest releigion.

A Catholic writer from this past mid-century predicted this century would be the century of Islam and it would present an historic challenge to the church. I want to say it was Fulton Sheen but I'm not sure on that. Will try to look it up.

[kimosabe31]

"I don't want to burn anyone's book or stomp anyone's cities into ashes. I just think religious tolerance ought to be reciprocal."

A very reasonable and broad minded position with one exception. It does not work in cases of religions like islam (in this case a demonic cult) that do not themselves practice religious tolerance. No where on the entire planet does islam co-exist peaceably with its non-muslim neighbors or other religions except in cases where they are sufficiently outnumbered that they dare not start trouble lest they be annihilated. Western nations make a big mistake allowing them to increase thru immigration to the point where they become a significant voting bloc. Then you have politicians like jac chirac kissing islamic ass to stay in power and end up with the mess that france is today. Spain would be wise to outlaw islam and exile its spaniard muslims.