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Islam Taking Over European Churches Europe's Islamification comes in many forms. Outright terrorism and intimidation is one tactic. <http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/01/the_islamification_of_europes.php> Here's another: "Some people wish to place us in the year 711, remarked Spanish archbishop Cardinal Antonio María Rouco a few years back. Roucos warning remains urgent today. Spanish Muslims are determined to pray in the Córdoba Cathedral, which was an important mosque during the 500 year Muslim rule of Spain beginning in 711. Luckily for Spain, the Roman Catholic Church isnt prepared to give in to Muslim demands, as it recently revealed when it rejected a petition to the Pope from Spains Islamic Board for the right to share the Cathedral with Catholics... The recuperation of places and buildings that were once mosques or sacred Islamic sites is the primary method employed by Muslims to reconquer Al-Ándalus. So-called moderate Muslims are oftentimes more effective than extremists in gaining concessions because of their attempts to portray Western democracies as intolerant if those countries dont cede to certain demands. This technique has been used repeatedly in the case of the Córdoba Cathedral... Belgiums bishops could learn a thing or two from Asenjo. Paul Belien of The Brussels Journal has documented how they have opened up their churches to mostly Muslim illegal immigrants in an effort to pressure Belgian authorities into allowing the immigrants to stay in the country. This has led to nothing less than a transformation of these cathedrals into mosques. While Muslims immigrants feel safe in these churches because they know respect for the Catholic Church prevents the authorities from entering to arrest them, they see no problem in desecrating these holy buildings... In their letter to the Pope, Spanish Muslims claim to not be looking for a way take control of the Córdoba Cathedral or regain Al-Ándalus. But many Spanish Muslims would beg to differ. In 2004, the prominent Spanish Muslim, Abderrahman Muhammad Manan, wrote that the cathedral should be freed and that, We Moslems cannot stand behind, saying that Islam is not stones or monuments. To do so is to not give account of what things are in their essences, and in its essence Alhama is Islam in our land, as is Al-Andalus, Andalucia; it is the remembrance of a colonization, of a genocide, of an expulsion. Perhaps the best retort to Spanish Muslims who want to transform Córdoba Cathedral is a question posted by a Spaniard on a Catholic website: Will Christians be able to pray in the mosques of Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Iran or Kuwait? The double-standard demanded by, and too often afforded to, Muslims when it comes to "tolerance" and equal rights would be laughable if it were not so egregious. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
