This'll be an interesting story to watch and see how it develops. After the Reconquista when the Reyes Catolicos ousted the moors from Spain and unified Spain under Catholic monarchy, the mosque in Cordoba was converted to Christian worship by becoming a Cathedral. With increased north African presence in southern spain the question is being posed by Muslims; "Could we use our old mosque please?". I've long wanted to visit Cordoba [and Seville and Granada and Toledo], but as I haven't I don't know how good might be the geographical solutions to share space or how it might be done -the article hints that it should be possible relatively easily. It is interesting to note the appeal to the Vatican: Catholic pronouncements on interfaith theologiy etc in recent years have been tolerant whilst retaining the centrality and uniquness of Christ for salvation, so there is room to make that appeal over the heads of what might appear from this article to be an unsympathetic hierarchy.
Of course the question of whether Christians could do the same in Muslim-majority lands is an interesting one [and put by one person in the article]. Personally I feel that any such request from Muslims if met should perhaps also include an explicit statement from the Muslim groups concerned recogniseing that it would be fair to allow Christians [and others] similar rights/priviledges in more Islamic states ...
Nous like scouse or French -oui? We wee whee all the way ... to mind us a bunch of thunks. Too much information? How could that be?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
A review of Common Threads
Most of my Christian life, I've been what is usually labelled "an inclusivist". Lately I've been re-examining what that ...
-
Interesting insight into the Muslim world: my favourite progresive muslim site has been hacked and attacked by islamists accusing those who ...
-
This is the normal package I've noticed being advertised: "It is expected that for a House-for-Duty appointment the priest will car...
-
This book is one that I now seriously consider recommending to the student Christian groups I'm in touch with whose basis is Evangelic...
No comments:
Post a Comment