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Cordoba's not originally a mosque
Reader comment on item: Mosque in Cordoba, Church in Damascus
Submitted by gus3 (United States), Mar 19, 2007 at 20:48
The site of the mosque now, was the site of a church before. The Cathedral of San Vicente was razed, but the foundation kept, in order to build the mosque. This explains why the mihrab (where the imam stands to deliver the Friday sermon) is on a more southern side of the building, rather than on the wall facing Mecca. If it had been built originally as a mosque, wouldn't the architects have gotten it right?
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| 4 | The great Church of St Theonas in Alexandria was converted to a Mosque [165 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 18, 2015 08:40 | 222936 |
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| Quoting a great comment I've read about this elsewhere: [20 words] | huck | Apr 6, 2010 04:18 | 170989 | ||
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| Oh! Europe [156 words] | Caesar M. Arevalo | Jan 1, 2007 18:04 | 71363 | ||
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