I always associated it with fine Corinthian leather.. whatever that is.
Posted on 08/23/2010 9:14:16 PM PDT by Nachum
Thursday during the 1 p.m. hour, CNN’s “Newsroom,” this exchange took place between CNN reporter Ali Velshi andTime Magazine’s deputy international editor Bobby Ghosh:
VELSHI: The name Cordoba- some people are associating it with Muslim rule and bloody battles, when, in fact, Cordoba was one of the finest times in relations between the major religions.
GHOSH: Exactly right- in interfaith discourse-
VELSHI: Yeah-
GHOSH: And the great mosque of Cordoba that people are talking about and that Newt Gingrich was talking about- the man who built it, the Muslim prince who built it, bought it from a Christian group- paid money for it and bought it from a Christian group. And there was not a lot of alarm and anger raised then.
These statements are journalistic malpractice—ahistorical, whitewashed drivel—compounded by Ghosh’s ad hominem attack on Newt Gingrich.
Reinhart Dozy (1820-1883), the great Orientalist scholar and Islamophile (i.e., by any objective standard, notwithstanding Ghosh’s uncontrolled spraying of the ridiculous charge of “Islamophobia”), wrote a four-volume magnum opus (published in 1861 and translated into English by Francis Griffin Stokes in 1913), Histoire des Musselmans d’Espagne (A History of the Muslims in Spain). Pace Ghosh’s distorted reportage, here is Dozy’s historical account of the mid-8th century “conversion” of a Cordovan cathedral to a mosque:
All the churches in that city [Cordova] had been destroyed except the cathedral, dedicated to Saint Vincent, but the possession of this fane [church or temple] had been guaranteed by treaty. For several years the treaty was observed; but when the population of Cordova was increased by the arrival of Syrian Arabs [i.e., Muslims], the mosques did not provide sufficient accommodation for the newcomers,
(Excerpt) Read more at bigjournalism.com ...
I always associated it with fine Corinthian leather.. whatever that is.
Beware of the MSM, they are only rolling on their backs so the bigger dog won’t eat them.
They honestly believe Islam will dominate Earth and America.
makes it a two front war, Islam and it propaganda networks.
They have been warned, get with America...or get OUT.
That’s a keeper.
Great read. Thank you for posting.
They honestly believe Islam will dominate Earth and America.
makes it a two front war, Islam and it propaganda networks.
They have been warned, get with America...or get OUT."
The MSM would be the first to get in line under Sharia. Just like many did in Spain under the Caliphate of Cordoba.
"…by converting [to Islam], one would no longer have to be confined to a given district, or be the victim of discriminatory measures or suffer humiliations…Furthermore, the entire Islamic law tended to favor conversions. When an “infidel” became a Moslem, he immediately benefited from a complete amnesty for all of his earlier crimes, even if he had been sentenced to the death penalty, even if it was for having insulted the Prophet or blasphemed against the Word of God: his conversion acquitted him of all his faults, of all his previous sins. A legal opinion given by a mufti from al-Andalus in the ninth century is very instructive: a Christian dhimmi kidnapped and violated a Moslem woman; when he was arrested and condemned to death, he immediately converted to Islam; he was automatically pardoned, while being constrained to marry the woman and to provide for her a dowry in keeping with her status. The mufti who was consulted about the affair, perhaps by a brother of the woman, found that the court decision was perfectly legal, but specified that if that convert did not become a Moslem in good faith and secretly remained a Christian, he should be flogged, slaughtered and crucified..."
Actually I believe the Left and the MSM are so blinded by their hatred of Christianity that they see islam as their ally in their doomed quest to destroy Christianity. The Leftists believe that once they've subjugated Christianity they can 'tame islam' with their offerings of decadence...
They are like the fool who rides on the back of a tiger. They may enjoy their ride for awhile, but eventually they become lunch.
Sounds like Obamas “Get out of jail card” if he was removed from office and sent to prison for treason but by his efforts he creates a Sharia legal system they gets him pardoned, sheer genius!
CNN has some freakin weirdos doing their shows. It is almost like another planet.
In 1996, Velshi (a Canadian) was awarded a fellowship to the U.S. Congress by the American Political Sciences Association, and worked with now-retired U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, (D-Ind.)
Born in Kenya and raised in Toronto, Velshi graduated from Queens University in Canada with a degree in religion.
What a load of crap.
Cordava ws taken over by moslem hoards and Queen Isabella kicked the Shiite out of them, handed their azzes to them and sent them packing to some place south across the water.
Aparisim "Bobby" Ghosh is a journalist and TIME Magazine's World Editor. An Indian national, he is the first non-American to be named World Editor in TIME's more than 80 years.
CNN’s American Morning and Newsroom programs on Thursday brought on Time magazine’s Bobby Ghosh to highlight his “Is America Islamophobic?” article and help promote his accusation that “hate speech” and “bigotry” have “come out into the mainstream” during the course of the debate over the proposed New York City mosque near Ground Zero.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/people/bobby-ghosh#ixzz0xUohr0wo
During his American Morning appearance, anchor Kiran Chetry hailed Ghosh’s article, which is the cover story of the upcoming August 30th issue of Time, as “a very thoughtful piece.” Anchor Ali Velshi, who conducted the second interview of the Time deputy international editor, went further than his colleague: “Okay, you’re American- Time magazine is required reading....Bobby Ghosh...wrote the Islamophobia piece that I think everybody is going to have to read because if you are in this country, it’s part of the dialogue that we are involved in at this point.”
But only days earlier, in an August 3 Time.com article about the imam behind the mosque, Ghosh stated that the “last legal hurdle to the proposed Islamic center near the site of the World Trade Center has been removed, but ignorance, bigotry and politics are more formidable obstacles....Criticism [of the mosque] spans the gamut, from the ill-informed anguish of those who mistakenly view Islam as the malevolent force that brought down the towers to the ill-considered opportunism of right-wing politicians who see Islam as an easy target.” So the “thoughtful” Time editor whose latest is “required reading” even had the gall to criticize the families and the friends of those who died on 9/11, or who are generally emotionally-touched by the carnage of the attack.
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/people/bobby-ghosh#ixzz0xUoxfIIz
“CNN has some freakin weirdos doing their shows. It is almost like another planet.”
The one exception might be the lovely Robin Meade. I have a feeling that she may be politically conservative, under very deep cover;)
There was a young lady from Niger
Who smiled as she rode on a tiger.
They returned from the ride
With the lady inside,
And a smile on the face of the tiger.
I didn’t recognize his name but I’ll buy the bullet.
I toured that mosque in Cordoba years ago. The guide pointed out - and you can literally see - where the Muslim decor overtook the Christian.
Given that CNN shilled for Saddam Hussein, knowing all about his barbaric torture of Iraqi citizens, why would we be surprised at this new journOlistic outrage.
By now we all know that very few if any msm sources are to be trusted on any topic at all.
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