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\nIs the Catholic Church trying to erase traces of Islamic heritage from its most famous icon of the medieval period, the Mosque of Cordoba<\/a>?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what this fascinating article from Foreign Affair<\/a>s suggests. It notes that last year Google Maps deleted reference to the Mosque of Cordoba. It was reinstated after a petition with 55,000 names was submitted to Google.<\/p>\n

In addition Foreign Policy<\/a> notes that since 2006 the Catholic Church \u201chas slowly wiped away the word \u201cmosque\u201d from the monument\u2019s title and from print and online publications about the site, where it is now officially called the \u201cCathedral of C\u00f3rdoba.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n

And tourist literature now emphasizes the mosque\u2019s Christian identity.<\/p>\n

Many people oppose this \u201cassault on the monument\u2019s name and Muslim heritage.\u201d Last year a group called \u201cPlatform for the Mosque-Cathedral of C\u00f3rdoba\u201d made the outcry an \u201cinternational cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre\u201d and demanded that name be changed back.<\/p>\n

The Mosque at Cordoba, notes Foreign Policy<\/a>, was \u201cthe symbol of Umayyad power and also the center of the city\u2019s intellectual life in medieval Spain.<\/p>\n

The Umayyads conquered southern Spain in the 8th century. Cordoba, with its mosque at the center, became what one writer called, \u201c the ornament of the world<\/a>\u201d because of its beauty and intellectual life.<\/p>\n

Paved streets, shops, booksellers, universities, \u00a0running water, fountains and restaurants characterized this once great city. Religious tolerance was also a hallmark.<\/p>\n

This is the heritage that some say the Catholic Church is trying to erase.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"