GreenTiger GreenTiger:
A question I have is as I understand it Islam thinks that they the only true religion and the rest of us are kaffirs. Why would they even consider praying in a church. Even in Christainity Roman Catholics cannot share communion with Anglicans.
Would that not present a problem for both faiths?
That building was originally a church, then converted to a mosque around 800 a.d.,
after the islamic conquest of Spain.
Cordova was the capital of islamic Spain, and the converted church
was one of the more important mosques .
After the Christians took Spain back, that building was changed back to a church,
probably around 1200 - something.
So now this group wants to start using it as a mosque again, in the hopes
of driving the Christians out.
As to the method:
Many areas in Southeast Asia and Africa are having a problem with Muslim minorities.
Everything starts off ok, but then there starts an aggressive campaign of conversion and immigration; as the islamic percentage increases, they make more and more demands of the majority community.
I mentioned Temple Mount earlier; it used to be Jewish, you'll
notice DD completely dodged that one.
If you read a bit about countries like the Phillipines, Malaysia, Nigeria,
than you start to see just aggressive Islam really is.
When a critical level is raised, they take over.