ISLAM: APPEAL TO UNESCO FOR SHARED USE OF CORDOBA MOSQUE
(ANSAmed) - MADRID, FEBRUARY 6 - The Islamic council does not
give up its claim to use the cathedral mosque of Cordoba for
Muslim prayer and appeals to UNESCO to pronounce on the use of
the temple which is part of the heritage of humanity. The
president of the Islamic council, Mansur Escudero, in statements
published by the media called for intervention on the part of
the UN organisation.
"Since the cathedral is part of the heritage of humanity,
UNESCO should pronounce or present a report, the way it has done
with other monuments," Escudero said.
According to the Islamic council leader, the shared use of
the cathedral in Cordoba for Catholic and Muslim rite "will
play an important role in the alliance of civilisations"
because "temples should be open to all believers, Muslim,
Catholic and all other religions".
For more than 20 years the Islamic council has claimed the
shared use of the mosque-cathedral and, in 2004, it filed a
formal proposal with the Holy See. The archbishop of Cordoba has
always refused to open the doors of the temple to Muslim
prayer.(ANSAmed).
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