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Spanish Church to remove Moor-slayer saint
BBC news ^
| Monday, 3 May, 2004, 12:10 GMT 13:10 UK
Posted on 05/03/2004 5:52:16 PM PDT by Betis70
A statue in a Spanish cathedral showing St James slicing the heads off Moorish invaders is to be removed to avoid causing offence to Muslims.
Cathedral authorities in the pilgrim city of Santiago de Compostela, on Spain's north west coast, plan to move the statue to the museum.
Among the reasons for the move is to avoid upsetting the "sensitivities of other ethnic groups".
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cordoba; moor; moorslayer; nocojones; santiago; santiagodecompostela; spain; statue
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Appeasement continues ...
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posted on
05/03/2004 5:52:16 PM PDT
by
Betis70
To: Betis70
Unbelievable... what are all the people named "Matamoros" (kills Moors) going to do?
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posted on
05/03/2004 5:53:36 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(yesterday Kabul, today Baghdad, tomorrow Damascus)
To: Betis70
It's SPAIN! You know, that country with a broad yellow stripe right across its flag??
To: Betis70
Don't want to participate in Iraq? Fine- your country. But don't sell out your own culture. For the Lord's sake- they invaded your country!
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posted on
05/03/2004 5:56:51 PM PDT
by
Burkeman1
("I said the government can't help you. I didn't say it couldn't hurt you." Chief Wiggam)
To: thoughtomator
I wonder if the city in Mexico across from Brownsville will change its name too.
What is ironic about this is that Santiago is the patron saint of Spain, specifically because of he was thought to help during the Reconquista against the Moors. Also the pilgrammage route to Santiago de Compostela was designed (in part from what I understand) to provide European Christians with a pilgrammage equal to or greater than the Hajj to Mecca.
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posted on
05/03/2004 5:56:56 PM PDT
by
Betis70
To: Betis70
A statue in a Spanish cathedral showing St James slicing the heads off Moorish invaders is to be removed to avoid causing offence to Muslims. Why?
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posted on
05/03/2004 5:58:41 PM PDT
by
Ichneumon
To: Betis70
What exactly is a Muslim saying when he says a picture of a person slicing the head off a Muslim INVADER "offends" him?
Don't answer that....
To: Betis70
Will the descendants of Goliath press for a rewrite of the Bible?
To: Betis70
damn...how far and quickly, they have fallen.
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:02:36 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(This is it. We either win and prevail or we lose and get tossed into that dustbin W mentioned!)
To: Betis70
What's a Muslim doing in there anyway?
To: Land of the Irish; nickcarraway; Siobhan; Dajjal; Polycarp
Ping
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:03:36 PM PDT
by
Canticle_of_Deborah
(The day the Church abandons her universal tongue is the day before she returns to the catacombs-PXII)
To: Betis70
How often do muslims come inside the cathedral where they would see the statue?
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:12:20 PM PDT
by
BykrBayb
(5 minutes of prayer for Terri, every day at 11 a.m. EDT, until she's safe.)
To: Betis70
Well Spain is on her knees! I wonder what they'll do next?
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:12:26 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: Betis70
Read the tagline....
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:15:21 PM PDT
by
cavtrooper21
(May St, James harden our hearts, firm our hands, and guide our blades against the Moor)
To: Betis70
I hear there is a re-make of El-Cid in the works.
The Moors are replaced by Halliburton employees.
"I will Rid This Land of Dick Cheney!"
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:16:49 PM PDT
by
Redcoat LI
("help to drive the left one into the insanity.")
To: Betis70
Makes as much sense as doing away with Confederate flags. It is part of HISTORY damn it!
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:16:53 PM PDT
by
buffyt
(~ It is not a CHOICE ~ It is a CHILD!!! ~)
To: Betis70
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:18:15 PM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(immanentizing the eschaton)
To: Betis70
Islamization.
Remove statues, paintings offensive to Islam.
Demand use of facilities for Islamic services.
Declare Sharia law in the neighborhoods containing the "shared" holy sites.
De-Christianize Muslim worship centers that were formerly Christian.
To: Betis70
A statue in a Spanish cathedral showing St James slicing the heads off Moorish invaders is to be removed They should auction it off on eBay - I for one would love to have it and I'm sure I'm not alone!
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:18:46 PM PDT
by
NCjim
To: Betis70
I know we are not to question God's letting or not letting things happen, BUT I would not argue if this Cathedral happened to collapse shortly after the removal of this saints statue. You know, just a little reminder from above about who really is in charge. ;-)
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posted on
05/03/2004 6:22:35 PM PDT
by
commish
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