Historical references such as the Church of St. John in Damascus being replaced by a Mosque are more difficult to track down. But visit this Catholic Encyclopedia article and scroll down to Fall of Constantinople, to the second half of the second paragraph, where we find this.
Most of the churches, like In this video, David Wood reveals some things we need to know. He quotes the Qur'an 3:28 and Ibn Kathir's Tafsir which you should verify for yourself.
Historical references such as the Church of St. John in Damascus being replaced by a Mosque are more difficult to track down. But visit this Catholic Encyclopedia article and scroll down to Fall of Constantinople, to the second half of the second paragraph, where we find this.
Further confirmation is found in this WikiIslam article, which quotes Robert Spencer from Front Page Magazine.
Yet further confirmation is found in the Arab Occupation of Sicily article at WikiIslam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxFzFIDbKpg&feature=player_embedded
Muslims kill, conquer and supplant churches with Mosques as a sign of supremacy. Why in Hell should we tolerate that? For what good reason should we tolerate the erection of an Islamic symbol of supremacism two blocks from the ruins of the World Trade Center?
Would construction of a Synagogue near the Mosque shot up by Baruch Goldstein contribute to reconciliation and mutual understanding between Jews and Muslims? Would the construction of a Cathedral at the Burlington Coat Factory contribute to reconciliation & mutual understanding? How then will a Mosque be of any such benefit? We are being fed irrational slogans instead of logical answers.
It is time to wake up, wise up, rise up and shout: "No more Mosques!!".
Thanks and a tip of the hat to CitizenWarrior, who wants us to make this video go viral.
St. Sophia, were gradually converted into mosques. This was the fate of SS. Sergius and Bacchus — a beautiful monument built by Justinian, commonly called "the little St. Sophia"; of the church of the monastery of Khora, whose splendid mosaics and pictures, mostly of the fourteenth century, are among the principal curiosities of the city; of the churches of the celebrated Pantocrator and Studium monasteries, etc. Other churches were demolished and replaced by various buildings; thus the church of the Holy Apostles gave way to the great mosque built by the conquering Sultan Mohammed II. The imperial tombs in this church were violated; some of their gigantic red porphyry sarcophagi were taken to the church of St. Irene. The latter is the only church taken from the Greeks that has not been changed into a mosque or demolished; it became, and is yet an arsenal, or rather a museum of ancient weapons.
Historical references such as the Church of St. John in Damascus being replaced by a Mosque are more difficult to track down. But visit this Catholic Encyclopedia article and scroll down to Fall of Constantinople, to the second half of the second paragraph, where we find this.
Most of the churches , like St. Sophia , were gradually converted into mosques. This was the fate of SS. Sergius and Bacchus — a beautiful monument built by Justinian, commonly called "the little St. Sophia "; of the church of the monastery of Khora, whose splendid mosaics and pictures, mostly of the fourteenth century, are among the principal curiosities of the city; of the churches of the celebrated Pantocrator and Studium monasteries, etc. Other churches were demolished and replaced by various buildings; thus the church of the Holy Apostles gave way to the great mosque built by the conquering Sultan Mohammed II. The imperial tombs in this church were violated; some of their gigantic red porphyry sarcophagi were taken to the church of St. Irene. The latter is the only church taken from the Greeks that has not been changed into a mosque or demolished; it became, and is yet an arsenal, or rather a museum of ancient weapons.
Further confirmation is found in this WikiIslam article, which quotes Robert Spencer from Front Page Magazine.
After a period of Byzantine resurgence, in 1004, the sixth Fatimid Caliph, Abu ‘Ali al-Mansur al-Hakim (985-1021) turned violently against the faith of his Christian mother and uncles (two of whom were Patriarchs) and ordered the destruction of churches, the burning of crosses, and the seizure of church property. He moved against the Jews with similar ferocity. Over the next ten years thirty thousand churches were destroyed, and untold numbers of Christians converted to Islam simply to save their lives. In 1009, al-Hakim gave his most spectacular anti-Christian order: he commanded that the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem be destroyed, along with several other churches (including the Church of the Resurrection). The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, rebuilt by the Byzantines in the seventh century after the Persians burned an earlier version, marks the traditional site of Christ’s burial. Bizarrely, the church had served as the model for the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Caliph al-Hakim commanded that the tomb inside be cut down to the bedrock. He ordered Christians to wear heavy crosses around their necks (and Jews heavy blocks of wood in the shape of a calf). He piled on other humiliating decrees, culminating in the order that they accept Islam or leave his dominions.
Yet further confirmation is found in the Arab Occupation of Sicily article at WikiIslam.
Once the Arabs overran Sicily they set about the Islamification of Sicily through the destruction of churches and ertection of Mosques over the sites, they changed the composition of the population with the hundreds of thousand of Muslim immigrants who destroyed a civilization that had lasted from the 8th century before Christ had contributed to the creation of the identity of the West.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxFzFIDbKpg&feature=player_embedded
Muslims kill, conquer and supplant churches with Mosques as a sign of supremacy. Why in Hell should we tolerate that? For what good reason should we tolerate the erection of an Islamic symbol of supremacism two blocks from the ruins of the World Trade Center?
Would construction of a Synagogue near the Mosque shot up by Baruch Goldstein contribute to reconciliation and mutual understanding between Jews and Muslims? Would the construction of a Cathedral at the Burlington Coat Factory contribute to reconciliation & mutual understanding? How then will a Mosque be of any such benefit? We are being fed irrational slogans instead of logical answers.
It is time to wake up, wise up, rise up and shout: "No more Mosques!!".
Thanks and a tip of the hat to CitizenWarrior, who wants us to make this video go viral.
St. Sophia, were gradually converted into mosques. This was the fate of SS. Sergius and Bacchus — a beautiful monument built by Justinian, commonly called "the little St. Sophia"; of the church of the monastery of Khora, whose splendid mosaics and pictures, mostly of the fourteenth century, are among the principal curiosities of the city; of the churches of the celebrated Pantocrator and Studium monasteries, etc. Other churches were demolished and replaced by various buildings; thus the church of the Holy Apostles gave way to the great mosque built by the conquering Sultan Mohammed II. The imperial tombs in this church were violated; some of their gigantic red porphyry sarcophagi were taken to the church of St. Irene. The latter is the only church taken from the Greeks that has not been changed into a mosque or demolished; it became, and is yet an arsenal, or rather a museum of ancient weapons.
Further confirmation is found in this WikiIslam article, which quotes Robert Spencer from Front Page Magazine.
After a period of Byzantine resurgence, in 1004, the sixth Fatimid Caliph, Abu ‘Ali al-Mansur al-Hakim (985-1021) turned violently against the faith of his Christian mother and uncles (two of whom were Patriarchs) and ordered the destruction of churches, the burning of crosses, and the seizure of church property. He moved against the Jews with similar ferocity. Over the next ten years thirty thousand churches were destroyed, and untold numbers of Christians converted to Islam simply to save their lives. In 1009, al-Hakim gave his most spectacular anti-Christian order: he commanded that the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem be destroyed, along with several other churches (including the Church of the Resurrection). The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, rebuilt by the Byzantines in the seventh century after the Persians burned an earlier version, marks the traditional site of Christ’s burial. Bizarrely, the church had served as the model for the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Caliph al-Hakim commanded that the tomb inside be cut down to the bedrock. He ordered Christians to wear heavy crosses around their necks (and Jews heavy blocks of wood in the shape of a calf). He piled on other humiliating decrees, culminating in the order that they accept Islam or leave his dominions.
Yet further confirmation is found in the Arab Occupation of Sicily article at WikiIslam.
Once the Arabs overran Sicily they set about the Islamification of Sicily through the destruction of churches and ertection of Mosques over the sites, they changed the composition of the population with the hundreds of thousand of Muslim immigrants who destroyed a civilization that had lasted from the 8th century before Christ had contributed to the creation of the identity of the West.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxFzFIDbKpg&feature=player_embedded
Muslims kill, conquer and supplant churches with Mosques as a sign of supremacy. Why in Hell should we tolerate that? For what good reason should we tolerate the erection of an Islamic symbol of supremacism two blocks from the ruins of the World Trade Center?
Would construction of a Synagogue near the Mosque shot up by Baruch Goldstein contribute to reconciliation and mutual understanding between Jews and Muslims? Would the construction of a Cathedral at the Burlington Coat Factory contribute to reconciliation & mutual understanding? How then will a Mosque be of any such benefit? We are being fed irrational slogans instead of logical answers.
It is time to wake up, wise up, rise up and shout: "No more Mosques!!".
Thanks and a tip of the hat to CitizenWarrior, who wants us to make this video go viral.
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