All the muslin experts telling me Cordoba means "conquest"

[Enrique]

And by expert I mean every moran calling every right-wing talk show sharing their scholarship with everyone.

Was Ricardo Montalban spitting in America's face? Rubbing our nose in it?

[Xipe Totec]

1. Yes, but conquest of whom, and by whom? nt

[tridim]

2. Maybe they should change the name to "Rich Corinthian Leather"?

[CTyankee]

4. No, "Lee Iaccoco's dream!"

[Codeine]

3. "Welcommmme, to Fantasy Mosque." nt

[riverbendviewgal]

5. \It was once a mosque in Spain and now it is

a catholic cathedral.

The RW should google this in wiki to be informed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_C%C3%B3rdoba

[sarge43]

14. For what it's worth

According to Wiki, Cordoba is originally Carthaginian, Kartuba, the city of Juba, a Carthaginian general. If correct, the name predates Islam by centuries.

[Scurrilous]

6. I heard the interior was made from the skins of dead Corinthians.

@#$% Muslins!!1!

[Steely_Dan]

9. LOLOLOLOL n/t

[el_bryanto]

7. It's open to interpretation - obviously the Intepretation Imam Rauf

favors is the pointing to Corodoba where Jews, Christians and Muslims lived together peacefully and productively. It was under Muslim rule however; and that's the part the right wing and their ilk are focusing on.

Bryant

[slackmaster]

8. That ad series was very effective. It comes to mind every time I hear the word "Cordoba".

I'll never forget the car's graceful lines, or the feel of that fine Corinthian leather.

RIP Ricardo Montalban. You were one of the best.

[baldguy]

10. Sharia Law requires the sacrifice of rich Corinthian leather.

From Wikipedia: The first historical mention of a settlement dates however to the Carthaginian expansion across the Guadalquivir, when the general Amilcar Barca baptized it Kartuba, from Kart-Juba, meaning "the City of Juba", the latter being a Numidian commander who had died in a battle nearby.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Spain#History

[Obamanaut]

11. There is some interesting reading to be found by searching 'victory mosque' -

and the mosque in Cordoba is mentioned in several of the articles.

[guitar man]

12. Those were actually pretty nice cars

I bought one in '84, beautiful car but it had blown a radiator hose and the owner kept driving it until the engine burned up. It had the 400 "b" big block in it so the 383 Magnum out of a wrecked Super Bee I found at the salvage dropped in and bolted right up with little problem as I recall :evilgrin:

[uppityperson]

13. all your gas is belong to us

[Xithras]

15. Cordoba means "City of Juba" in Carthaginian.

Juba was a Carthaginian commander who died in a battle on the site of the current city, and the name predates Islam by nearly a thousand years.

[Mnpaul]

16. But what does Park 51 mean?

Cordoba is so last week