Communicating Arts - Main Web SiteRobert and I were expecting 500; imagine our wonder when close to 5,000 showed up. This is just the beginning. We are going to sue to designate the Burlington building a war memorial.
Geller, Pamela. "Excelsior! Upwards of Eight Thousand Protest 911 Mega Mosque on D Day." Atlas Shrugs, June 6, 2010: http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/06/excelsior-five-thousand-protest-911-mega-mosque.html
Cordoba?
Look up the history.
Start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate_of_C%C3%B3rdoba
The Caliphate of Córdoba (Arabic: خلافة قرطبة Khilāfat Qurṭuba) ruled the Iberian peninsula (Al-Andalus) and North Africa from the city of Córdoba, from 929 to 1031. This period was characterized by remarkable success in trade and culture; many of the masterpieces of Islamic Iberia were constructed in this period, including the famous Great Mosque of Córdoba. In January of 929, Abd-ar-Rahman III proclaimed himself Caliph (Arabic: خليفة) of Córdoba[1] in place of his original title Emir of Córdoba (Arabic: أمير قرطبة 'Amīr Qurṭuba). Abd-ar-Rahman III was a member of the Umayyad dynasty; the same dynasty who held the titles of Emir of Córdoba since 756
Stop here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_C%C3%B3rdoba
The Martyrs of Córdoba were forty-eight Christian martyrs living in the 9th century Muslim-ruled Al-Andalus, in what is now southern Spain; their hagiography describes in detail their executions for capital violations of Muslim law in Al-Andalus. The martyrdoms instanced by Eulogius took place between 851 and 859; with few exceptions, the Christians invited execution by publicly stating their faith/beliefs: some martyrs appeared before the Muslim authorities to denounce Muhammad; others, Christian children of Islamic-Christian marriages, publicly proclaimed their Christianity (Coope 1995). The lack of an interested chronicler after Eulogius' own martyrdom has given way to the misimpression that there were fewer episodes later in the 9th century.
And wind up here with the question following the URL: http://www.cordobainitiative.org/?q=content/shariah-index-project
The Shariah Index Project seeks to address the religion-politics relationship question that has racked the Muslim World since the death of the Prophet Muhammad. A contentious issue between religious Islamic political and secular political parties within the Muslim World, and between Muslim and Western nations (for whom Church-State separation is a foundational concept), it evolves around the right balance between institutions of political power and authority and institutions of religious power and authority, and whether the modern nation state Muslims live in should be a secular or religious (i.e. Islamic) State?
What do you think: give it a go?
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Update (August 15, 2010): I gave the issue a little more thought at this address: http://commart.typepad.com/oppenheim_arts_letters/2010/08/15-1000.html
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