Great Mosque of Cordoba

[glo]

I saw a picture of this beautiful mosque in today's Independent, and had to check it up on the web.
Just look at this :



Wow!

[Danah]

masha allah it is really huge and nice
to know more about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezquita
http://archnet.org/library/sites/one...jsp?site_id=31

[mariam.]

Amazing place .. I love it soo much in spite of I didn't visited it yet.

I hope for going there one day Insha'allah :sunny:.

[islamirama]

Nice picture, design looks similar to nawbi masjid, maybe copied after that?

[Whatsthepoint]

I've been there, it's amazing.

[Fishman]

I wonder if the Church would consider a trade? The Hiaga Sofia for the Great Mosque of Cordoba?

[ABWAN]

I remember seeing this amazing mosque in Islam-an empire of faith documentary. There are some more in Iran and Turkey. Here is the link to the video online if anyone is interested : http://www.stage6.com/user/Warrior_S...c-Architecture

[north_malaysian]

It's no longer a mosque...

Can we trade the mosque with hagia sophia...

[Amadeus85]

No wonder that it is no longer a mosque, as it was built on the remains on church destroyed by arabs.
BTW hagia Sophia was a church too if im not wrong.

[glo]

I didn't realise that the mosque of Cordoba wasn't actually used as a mosque anymore ...

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Yeap its not, but it still has Qur'anic inscriptions in the mosque. It's still one of my favorites...MashaAllah. InshaAllah I'd like to go see it too =]

[Woodrow]

I didn't realise that the mosque of Cordoba wasn't actually used as a mosque anymore ...

I recall reading someplace recently that there are plans in the works for it to be used as a Mosque again. I'll try to to recall where I read that. But, it may take a few days. I'm a slow thinker.

[Amadeus85]

I recall reading someplace recently that there are plans in the works for it to be used as a Mosque again. I'll try to to recall where I read that. But, it may take a few days. I'm a slow thinker.

Muslims in Cordoba asked for this, but Cordoba's bishop refused to let muslims in Cordoba's catedra. So I dont think that it's gonna happen.

[Amadeus85]

I didn't realise that the mosque of Cordoba wasn't actually used as a mosque anymore ...

It is a catholic cathedra since about 500 years. After muslims were expelled from Spain.

[- Qatada -]

More pics here:


http://www.muslimphotos.net/gallery/index.php?cat=17


Quotations on Islamic civilization in Spain


http://www.muslimheritage.com/topics...?ArticleID=262



Some really useful links there

[Woodrow]

I recall reading someplace recently that there are plans in the works for it to be used as a Mosque again. I'll try to to recall where I read that. But, it may take a few days. I'm a slow thinker.

After Reading Aaron's Post I realized I was refering to what he mentioned. Here is an update that shows a little about the status of it today:

The Great (Ecumenic) Mosque of Cordoba?
Published January 1, 2007 History , Religion

The Great Mosque of Cordoba can be seen as a symbol of the many layers of Spanish history and of all the peoples that carved this nation. After the Muslim conquest of the Spanish kingdoms, Abderraman I ordered the construction of a mosque on the site of a Visigothic church (which was itself built over a Roman temple). When Cordoba fell back into Christian possession in the thirteenth century, it was turned back into a church.

Earlier this week, the president of the Islamic Association of Spain, Mansur Escudero, wrote a letter to Pope Benedict XVI requesting that Muslims be allowed to pray in front of the mihrab* of the great mosque, alongside Catholics. Escudero alleged that the shared use of the building would help bridge relations between the two groups and would follow the example set by the recent visit by the pope to the Hagia Sophia in Turkey. The bishop of Cordoba quickly issued a press release denying the request saying it would only cause “confusion” among the faithful. His exact words are interesting: “sólo generaría confusión en los fieles, dando pie al indiferentismo religioso”.

What does he mean by “indiferentismo religioso”? That people wouldn’t be able to tell the two religions apart? Well, maybe stressing the things we have in common wouldn’t be so bad. But god-forbid we make a muslim seem less alien to a christian… That would be too revolutionary.
I think the Church lost a great PR moment here. The Great Mosque of Cordoba is mostly a tourist site these days. Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit it every year. Catholics don’t find it a practical place in which to do their worship. That role is played by more local parish churches. Allowing the Mosque of Cordoba to be used as an ecumenic temple would be mostly a public-relations effort that would probably disturb few Catholics and fit well with all the efforts of interfaith dialogue pioneered by the late Pope John Paul II.

When I first moved to Canada, I was surprised to find that the local Catholic church shared the building with a Protestant church. One could go to mass at 9 AM or attend a Protestant service at 11:30. Martin Luther and Jean Calvin probably turned in their tombs, but I thought it was great. It shows respect towards each other and reminds us that we have more uniting us than we do separating us.

As a Spanish tourist said when asked if Muslims should be allowed to pray in the building, “Es de sentido común, es la mezquita de Córdoba”. A couple from Valencia added that after all, the Muslims also have the right to pray.

Source: http://guerson.wordpress.com/2007/01...ue-of-cordoba/

[Amadeus85]

So far interfaith dialogue didnt reach so far Im sure that muslims would never allow christians to pray in a mosque.

[glo]

So far interfaith dialogue didnt reach so far Im sure that muslims would never allow christians to pray in a mosque.

That's an interesting point ...
Yes, I cannot imagine that Christian prayer (which equals shirk in Islamic view) would be permitted in any mosque ... although I would love to hear if I am mistaken.

[- Qatada -]

Maybe this clarifies that:

This tolerance manifests itself very clearly in the conduct of the Prophet, in his dealings with the people of the book, whether Christians or Jews. The Prophet used to visit them, treat them kindly and with respect, console their sick and deal with them in terms of "live and let live."


Ibn Ishaq in his Sirah (biography of the Prophet) stated: 'When the delegation of Najrani Christians came to the Prophet at Madinah, they entered his mosque in the afternoon to meet him. It was their prayer time, so they began to perform their prayer in the mosque. Some Muslims were about to prevent them from doing so, but the Prophet, upon whom be peace, said, "Let them pray.", So they faced eastward and performed their prayer.'


Based on the preceding incident, Ibn al-Qayyim, a mujtahid scholar, put up a sign in front of the mosque reading "Admission granted to people of the book that the people of the book could perform their prayers in the presence of Muslims was evidently clear to him.

http://www.load-islam.com/artical_det.php?artical_id=262&section=wel_islam&s ubsection=Misconceptions

[Woodrow]

Maybe this clarifies that:

This tolerance manifests itself very clearly in the conduct of the Prophet, in his dealings with the people of the book, whether Christians or Jews. The Prophet used to visit them, treat them kindly and with respect, console their sick and deal with them in terms of "live and let live."


Ibn Ishaq in his Sirah (biography of the Prophet) stated: 'When the delegation of Najrani Christians came to the Prophet at Madinah, they entered his mosque in the afternoon to meet him. It was their prayer time, so they began to perform their prayer in the mosque. Some Muslims were about to prevent them from doing so, but the Prophet, upon whom be peace, said, "Let them pray.", So they faced eastward and performed their prayer.'


Based on the preceding incident, Ibn al-Qayyim, a mujtahid scholar, put up a sign in front of the mosque reading "Admission granted to people of the book that the people of the book could perform their prayers in the presence of Muslims was evidently clear to him.

http://www.load-islam.com/artical_det.php?artical_id=262&section=wel_islam&s ubsection=Misconceptions

I know a Methodist Curch that allowed Muslims to use it until they had a Mosque. When I was in Morocco I knew of Christians that used to pray in the Mosque in Sidi Slimane.

I can not think of any reason that a Christian could not pray in a Mosque, of course I doubt if any would be permitted to put up pictures, Icons or Statues