Anti-Catholic NYTimes Columnist Calls Cathedral of Córdoba “The Great Mosque”

From Right Side News:

Rachel Donadio, anti-papal conspiracy theorist, resident priest basher and Islamapologist for the New York Times, has turned her attention to the clash between Christians and Muslims in Córdoba over the Catholic Cathedral or, as Donadio calls it, “the great mosque of Córdoba”. As the New York Times engages openly in the practice of obscuring history in a manner that helps Islam, perhaps instead of a mosque at Ground Zero there ought to be a minaret alongside the “Gray Lady“.

 

Donadio fundamentally fails in her explanation of the history of Córdoba in the context of Islamic-Christian conflict by offering as equally debatable points the historical revisionism of Islamists, both openly radical and ostensibly moderate, while mischaracterizing the position of Bishop Demetrius Fernandez, the latter being based on a history that is disputed by virtually no one outside the Muslim community and their leftist, Catholic-hating apologists.

“The great mosque of Cordoba”, as Donadio calls it, is actually La Catedral de Córdoba, a Catholic cathedral. While it is true that the current building was formerly a mosque, Donadio fails to point out that it was built by Christian dhimmis on the ruins of the Basilica of Saint Vincent which had been destroyed by the invading Muslims. In 1236, King Ferdinand succeeded in a bloodless return of Córdoba to Christian hands and the building was consecrated as a cathedral which, by definition, refers to its place as the official seat of the Catholic bishop, the teaching authority of the diocese.