28 December 2006

Spanish prayers

Should Muslims be allowed to pray in the Cathedral at Córdoba (Spain) which was once a mosque and which still contains a mihrab or prayer niche facing Mecca? Any Muslim who stops or bows to pray at the mihrab is generally asked to move on, to make way for tourists with video cameras, by the security guards.

Spanish Muslims have asked the Pope to intervene and allow Muslim worship at the World Heritage Site.

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