Susan

Submitted by Frahad Navkhoda (United Kingdom), Jul 25, 2007 at 08:52

Dear Susan

... Unfortunately, your 'reality' is not in touch with the accepted 'history' of our time.

Even though the USA has created the mess in Iraq, it has given less sanctuary to Iraqi refugees (mainly Iraqi Christian) then the smallest European nations. Let me put that in simpler terms for your understanding, each European Nation has accepted more Iraqi refugees that big ole US of A. However, even then, Most Iraqi Christians have migrated to Syria and Jordan.

So the Muslims have no architectural skills, where did the Alhambra come from, the Blue Mosque in Istanbul (and no I don't mean the Hagia Sofia Cathedral before you try to correct me), where did the Taj Mahal come from, or are they mere figments of my imagination.

As is evident, it is not the absence of Muslim history nor of Islamic architecture but your ignorance of such things.

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