Exploring the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • Embark on a captivating journey through the centuries as we unveil the mesmerizing Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba. Witness the seamless fusion of Islamic and Christian influences in this architectural marvel, where two worlds collide in harmony. Delve into the rich tapestry of history, art, and spirituality as we explore the significance and cultural legacy of this iconic landmark.
    Sources/Recomended Reading:
    Ebstein, Michael (2014). "Mysticism and Philosophy in al-Andalus: Ibn Masarra, Ibn al-Arabi and the Isma'ili Tradition". Brill.
    Kennedy, Hugh (2016). "Muslim Spain and Portugal: a political history of al-Andalus". Routledge.
    Menocal, Maria Rosa; Raymond P. Scheindlin & Michael Sells (ed.) (2000). "The Literature of al-Andalus". Cambridge University Press.
    Stroumsa, Sarah & Sara Sviri (2009). "The Beginnings of Mystical Philosophy in al-Andalus: Ibn Masarra and his Epistle on Contemplation". JSAI 36. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
    Wymann-Landgraf, Umar F. Abd-Allah (2013). "Malik and Medina: Islamic Legal Reasoning in the Formative Period". Brill.
    #andalucia #islam #christianity

Комментарии • 634

  • @gigagorilla4364
    @gigagorilla4364 Год назад +304

    i love your unbiased and rich view of religion and the massive respect you have for different faiths

    • @LetsTalkReligion
      @LetsTalkReligion  Год назад +53

      I do my best!

    • @gabrielleangelica1977
      @gabrielleangelica1977 Год назад +14

      @@LetsTalkReligion Yes you do! Thank you...

    • @JohnGeometresMaximos
      @JohnGeometresMaximos Год назад +3

      @@LetsTalkReligion
      But is islam unbiased towards non-muslims?
      What does the quran say about you in 8.55 and 98.6?

    • @ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT
      @ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT Год назад +1

      very good cult burning atheist
      SAHIH BUKHARI HADITH NO. 6922
      Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to `Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn `Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"

    • @yusufardagures5490
      @yusufardagures5490 Год назад +6

      ⁠@@JohnGeometresMaximosIslam didn’t claim to be unbiased towards atheists? The verses you gave says that non-believers will burn in hell. So what is your point and if you are a Christian thats even funnier. 😂

  • @Reedanimzthestupe
    @Reedanimzthestupe Год назад +139

    Dude you are literally one of the most unbiased religious teacher I've ever seen and heard about. I'm a Muslim and the way u refuse to put neither religions in a bad light is just really refreshing to see as their are a lot of scholars out their that prefer to attack other religions than teach their own ☹️. God bless you either way dude.

    • @vladodobleja748
      @vladodobleja748 Год назад +1

      Are you familiar with the Ottoman practice called hütbe?

    • @iloveyoushima
      @iloveyoushima Год назад

      @@vladodobleja748What is it?

    • @sheshahayat5117
      @sheshahayat5117 Год назад +4

      They don’t attack, they try to prove their’s is right.. if you didn’t believe your religion was the ONLY right one, you wouldn’t have chosen it… Hypocrisy is wrong. insulting is wrong.

    • @danielt5068
      @danielt5068 Год назад

      ​@@sheshahayat5117👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    • @Reedanimzthestupe
      @Reedanimzthestupe Год назад +4

      @@sheshahayat5117 wrong they do attack. People such as apostate prophet or David wood have their channels all about insulting and disrespecting islam. I rarely ever see David wood teaching about Christianity. Even when Christian apologists make videos about Islam they tend to sneak a few insults in the video even in the thumbnail too. I'm not sure if Muslim scholars ever do the same cuz I never saw one do so but that's what most scholars do nowadays.

  • @ultramet
    @ultramet Год назад +209

    I have visited this mosque several times. One of my tour guides informed me that, apparently, when the Christians took over they initially didn’t do much to the Mosque. However, in the 16th century they asked Charles V for his permission to insert a new Renaissance nave and transept. He gave his permission. Years later when he finally visited the new Cathedral he basically was a bit annoyed as he believed the mosque was much more beautiful/majestic than the inserted cathedral. I am not of the Islamic faith but admit that that original mosque is so much more beautiful than the Renaissance cathedral structure. In any event,if you haven’t, you must visit this majestic structure in person. It is stunning.

    • @eugenioginicambaceres2882
      @eugenioginicambaceres2882 Год назад +63

      It is said that he told the local bishop: “You ruined the unique to build the commonplace”

    • @ultramet
      @ultramet Год назад +11

      @eugenioginicambaceres2882 Amazing quote. Thanks for the additional info. Glad my tour guide wasn't making stuff up! I paid a lot for that tour..lol

    • @Qaramitah
      @Qaramitah Год назад +1

      there is nothing beautiful about mosque, no sculptures, no stories, its just height competition, islam is against arts, so they dont have imaginative brain, hence are called sub-humans (no disrespect, I love apes)

    • @Bundpataka
      @Bundpataka Год назад +9

      Rare Charles the 5th W

    • @flamencoprof
      @flamencoprof Год назад +6

      Agreed. When in my mid-Forties, already an atheist for 20 years I visited this place, having read much first. I was inclined to agree with the critics, it seemed the alterations were intrusive and jarring.
      There is an oppositely equivalent building, Hagia Sophia, in Istanbul.

  • @sariahmarier42
    @sariahmarier42 Год назад +55

    Whenever I see such glorious architecture, I think of all the artists, artisans, craftspeople, and laborers who collectively collaborated to bring about these marvels.

    • @LetsTalkReligion
      @LetsTalkReligion  Год назад +11

      Yes, we sometimes forget that all these amazing buldings were the work of actual people. It's amazing.

  • @lerneanlion
    @lerneanlion Год назад +39

    In my view, al-Andalus is one of the most exciting periods and places in human history. And the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba are one of its greatest legacies!

    • @HimanshuShukla0802
      @HimanshuShukla0802 4 месяца назад

      Lol Lol it was the pagan temple not mosque and church go and read history and archeological evidences.

  • @kfz1489
    @kfz1489 Год назад +73

    I took my family to Spain few years back. We went to Cordoba and Granada, and visited the mosque and Alhambra. I must say for me both the mosque and Alhambra were absolutely amazing!!

  • @Lawarch
    @Lawarch Год назад +76

    Its pretty interesting that often times when different faiths and religions subsume others they tend to adopt or transform existing places of worship. I remember you talking about this with one of your early videos looking at how there was a church built close to or on top of an existing sacred place related to Norse Paganism. I guess an interesting example of the opposite of Cordoba happening can be seen with the Hagia Sophia where an older church was transformed into Mosque and was so successful it became the model for many other Ottoman mosques later on.

    • @LetsTalkReligion
      @LetsTalkReligion  Год назад +25

      Yep, it is a common and generally succesful strategy!

    • @anubratabit3027
      @anubratabit3027 Год назад +8

      @@LetsTalkReligion It also sows the seeds of discord for a long-time. The Dome of the Rock & the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem is one example. 3 out of some most important shrines in Hinduism were forcibly converted into mosques by the Muslim rulers. One has been reclaimed back violently by Hindus in 1992. An atmosphere of hatred presides over India fanned by the legal dispute to claim another one. So converting religious shrines of other faiths is successful only when you complete wipe out the faith from whom the shrine had been captured.

    • @caratacus6204
      @caratacus6204 Год назад +7

      It depends if it done by the people themselves or imposed by an invading power. That almost always changes the colour of the debate.

    • @kuroazrem5376
      @kuroazrem5376 Год назад

      I didn't expect to find you here.

    • @Lawarch
      @Lawarch Год назад +2

      @@kuroazrem5376 This is one of my most favorite RUclips channels and a big inspiration! I've been following LTR since Filip had like 5,000 subscribers and its been great to see the channel take off and produce so much good content

  • @michelepineau9657
    @michelepineau9657 Год назад +13

    I loved visiting this fascinating building as well as the Alhambra while touring Spain.

  • @cheri238
    @cheri238 Год назад +16

    We all who love you on your expertise of all religions and especially your music leaves wanting more.Thank you ,Filip❤

  • @sandokan2petrolis577
    @sandokan2petrolis577 Месяц назад +1

    Im from Córdoba and since centuries, the mosque/catedral is a catholic temple. The name mosque is only for commercial/ touristic marketing to attrack visitors.
    Apart from that, the building is fantastic and it deserves a visit in depth and discover its history as well as the rest of the monuments spread through the city. Regards !

  • @yahsadaud6123
    @yahsadaud6123 Год назад +28

    Another blending faiths story is in Jakarta, there is a mosque that design by non-muslim and on front of mosque is cathedral church that design by a muslim. The mosque is called Istiqlal Mosque

    • @bbbbbbb51
      @bbbbbbb51 Год назад +4

      Both buildings are truly stunning. I'll never fail to be amazed by what we humans can accomplish and create in dedication and service to our God(s.)

    • @LetsTalkReligion
      @LetsTalkReligion  Год назад +5

      Fascinating! Hopefully I can go to Indonesia at some point!

    • @fadhil2831
      @fadhil2831 Год назад +5

      Indonesian mosque are intresting especially their roof instead of dome or flat roof style,indonesian mosque has pyramid shape roof based around hindu/buddhist temple the most famous example being demak great mosque

    • @vidarodinson5246
      @vidarodinson5246 Год назад +6

      Yes istiqlal mosque are designed by Frederick Silaban, a Christian Architect, but Jakarta Cathedral are not design by muslim but Christian, Pastor Antonius Djikmans are the one who designed the Cathedral of Jakarta.

    • @vidarodinson5246
      @vidarodinson5246 Год назад +4

      ​​@@LetsTalkReligiones please do...
      Jakarta Cathedral and Istiqlal Mosque are few of many historical religious building that you could visit in Jakarta. Not far from The Cathedral and Mosque, you could visit Immanuel Church another historical religious building in the area.

  • @traveladventure7745
    @traveladventure7745 Год назад +9

    Greetings From California. Fascinating views, Mosque, Cathedral and Museum all at the same place. Thanks for your unbias analysis and presentation. 🙏❤🙏

  • @ReynaSingh
    @ReynaSingh Год назад +32

    a beautiful example of unity across faiths

    • @Qaramitah
      @Qaramitah Год назад +13

      Unity ? How ? So much blood flowed to transform buildings...

    • @dmitri1483
      @dmitri1483 Год назад +5

      LOL

    • @iconoclast400
      @iconoclast400 Год назад

      ​@@Qaramitahno blood was shed

    • @Qaramitah
      @Qaramitah Год назад +10

      @@iconoclast400 Jihad and Reconquista

    • @cheri238
      @cheri238 Год назад

      Come now children ❤

  • @ianferguson3543
    @ianferguson3543 7 месяцев назад +1

    The mosque in Cordoba is a super visit. It's weird to have a church built inside a mosque but the whole place is superb.

  • @iesureloaded6139
    @iesureloaded6139 Год назад +8

    What a beautiful and amazing blend of history and cultures. Thank you ✌️❤️

  • @kesorangutan6170
    @kesorangutan6170 Год назад +6

    This reminds me of Parthenon. It was a temple for Athena then a church then a mosque. Yes, Parthenon was used as a mosque. It even had a minaret lol.
    Also I'm from Tarsus and there's a place called "tomb of Daniel" in here. Basically tomb was under a riverbed where they built a bridge. Then muslims came and built a mosque above the bridge. Now I don't know if Daniel really lies there because there's another tomb of Daniel in Iran but i still find it very interesting how people remember holy places even if it is under a riverbed.

  • @t.e.fcastle1069
    @t.e.fcastle1069 Год назад +6

    This year i visited Andalucia region, and since i dont have that much money i couldnt pick a tourist guide, i got reeeeally interested in the Arabian culture, this is exactly y what i was looking for! Thanks

    • @zozoier5466
      @zozoier5466 Год назад

      Al-Andalus, Andalusia or the mozarabe culture ARE NOT Arabian culture.

  • @panagiotisg.6437
    @panagiotisg.6437 Год назад +6

    Great video! This is somewhere I’ve wanted to visit since learning about it in school. Very nice historical background. I think the next time someone asks me wha medieval Andalusia was all about I’ll send this video!

  • @userahmed190
    @userahmed190 11 месяцев назад

    دائماً أرى تعصب الناس للأديان المختلفة و هذه القناة هو الملجأ الوحيد اللذي لا يوجد فيه سوى الإحترام ، شكراً لك ❤

    • @userahmed190
      @userahmed190 7 месяцев назад

      @adammamdani3501 التعصب موجود في كل الأديان يا أخي و الخير و الشر موجود في كلهم و مثلما كان يوجد قادة مسلمون سيئين و متعصبون كذلك كان يوجد قادة مسيحيون سيئين و متعصبين مثل أنهم قتلوا من المسلمين خلقاً كثيراً في فترة الحروب الصليبية ابتعد عن الفكر التعميمي يا أخي بارك الله فيك

    • @14__16
      @14__16 7 месяцев назад

      @adammamdani3501
      ﴿يا أَهلَ الكِتابِ لا تَغلوا في دينِكُم وَلا تَقولوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا الحَقَّ إِنَّمَا المَسيحُ عيسَى ابنُ مَريَمَ رَسولُ اللَّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُ أَلقاها إِلى مَريَمَ وَروحٌ مِنهُ فَآمِنوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَلا تَقولوا ثَلاثَةٌ انتَهوا خَيرًا لَكُم إِنَّمَا اللَّهُ إِلهٌ واحِدٌ سُبحانَهُ أَن يَكونَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ لَهُ ما فِي السَّماواتِ وَما فِي الأَرضِ وَكَفى بِاللَّهِ وَكيلًا﴾ [النساء: ١٧١]

  • @phoenixk4328
    @phoenixk4328 Год назад +19

    loved the Arabic Hijas architecture of the buildings so much!!

    • @adilnourddine9747
      @adilnourddine9747 Год назад +5

      😂😂😂 are you kidding?
      Why is there no similar architecture in arabia? The builders were the moors, not arabs. A similar mosque can be found in marrakech named al koutoubia

    • @phoenixk4328
      @phoenixk4328 Год назад +7

      @@adilnourddine9747 Hijazi architecture does exsit now In Damascus mainly, the umayyads brought it from their homeland Al-Hijaz( Mecca, Madina and Jeddah). And through their expansion they did the same thing even in Andaulsia which is later. Barbers didn't have any architect style or knowledge about it, that's why Ibn ibn tashfin called the Arabs during the Abbasid to build Marakkish, And Yaqub al-Mansur called the Andalusians during his time to build Aribat. also Hijjaz was rebuilt by king of ksa For Haj and Namas he expanded Mecca and Madina. That's why it only exsit in Damascus, Old Jeddah and Kofah in Arabia.

    • @adilnourddine9747
      @adilnourddine9747 Год назад +2

      @@phoenixk4328
      You re funny but not realistic, Hijaz is a region in the actual saudi arabia, a desert, we are talking about nomads living in tents, you cant find any ancient building there today. The omeyyades were more interested in Jizya and Kharaj (taxes) rather than spreading islam or building. What you see in damascus is rather turkish archicteure

    • @phoenixk4328
      @phoenixk4328 Год назад +1

      @@adilnourddine9747 also The Hamam Maghribi, Riyad and the Zallj even the interior design by many places today brought by Arabs during the Ummayds both Hijjazi and Damascus style

    • @adilnourddine9747
      @adilnourddine9747 Год назад +1

      @@phoenixk4328 dude you must be algerian 😂😂😂

  • @stephenparathath4616
    @stephenparathath4616 6 месяцев назад

    I visited in 2023.A gorgeous piece of Christian and muslim art works monument

  • @AvrahamYairStern
    @AvrahamYairStern Год назад +4

    I've been here twice in my life, I had to come back to see it again because of how amazing it is. I've told so many people about it and to me, as a Jew, the Mosque-Cathedral is a really impressive testament of what it means to have respect for your fellow's religion instead of hate. Córdoba was the home of one of our most famous Rabbis in the Sefardi tradition, Rambam (Maimonides) and there are many interesting Jewish monuments to see in the city. It's one of my favorite places in Europe just because you can see the layers of Jewish, Christian and Muslim history blended together in harmony.

  • @richardmccombs617
    @richardmccombs617 Год назад +2

    If you believe in one God, then everyone who worships God is praying to the same God. The path to get to God is what changes and also must be watched to make sure the path is pure. Blessings

  • @modern-hestia
    @modern-hestia 7 месяцев назад

    I will be visiting Cordoba and Seville this summer so watching your videos a lot. Thank you so much for the wonderful explanations

  • @Astrid.101
    @Astrid.101 Год назад +7

    I'm from Andalusia and I thank the Lord and My ancestors that fighted back against the Muslim Invaders that occupied Iberia for 800 years. Thank the Lord for Reconquista ✝️🇪🇦🇵🇹✝️ even though that I'm from the most southern region of Spain I'm aware that my ancestors were part of the Leon / castile forces that defeated the Muslims and too back their land. May God bless them

  • @bongo990
    @bongo990 4 месяца назад

    I was there in December and one cool thing is that many of the columns you see are actually of Roman origin! Repurposed by the original mosque builders. That place is truly a mix of cultures and histories and civilizations.

  • @jbaquinones
    @jbaquinones Год назад +3

    great episode. thank you

  • @CG-zi5ku
    @CG-zi5ku Год назад +21

    Forced conversion of the mosque of Cordoba into a church, and the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, both tragic wrongs. But the magnificence of them both shine on for all of humanity.

    • @RaptorBot
      @RaptorBot Год назад +7

      Hagia Sophia wasn’t force converted. It was bought with money then converted to mosque.

    • @CG-zi5ku
      @CG-zi5ku Год назад

      @@RaptorBot Well that's about as likely as the arabs selling the Kaaba to Prime Minister Modi so that he can convert it to a temple to lord vishnu. LOL. Read the horror story that is the Fall of Constantinople - the attrocities are as grim as it gets.

    • @ashimov1970
      @ashimov1970 Год назад +5

      💯 though unlike Cordoba Grand Mosque Hagia Sophia was not forcibly converted into a church

    • @ibrahimmohammedibrahim9273
      @ibrahimmohammedibrahim9273 Год назад +3

      You can see the difference who force who
      Hagia sophia maintains its structure while mosque of Cordoba was not

    • @undermysaviour
      @undermysaviour Год назад +7

      ​@@RaptorBotthe the country invaded christians were foced to convert or leave who got paid for it?

  • @SeekersofUnity
    @SeekersofUnity Год назад +6

    Just delightful :)

  • @JackDSquat
    @JackDSquat Год назад +9

    If it is called a “mosque-cathedral” then is hagia sofia a cathedral-mosque?

    • @shadab_30
      @shadab_30 Год назад +2

      Probably yes

    • @darylldavis2846
      @darylldavis2846 6 месяцев назад

      You said it right!

    • @HimanshuShukla0802
      @HimanshuShukla0802 4 месяца назад

      Lol it was the pagan temple not mosque and church go and read history and archeological evidences.

  • @screambeyond
    @screambeyond Год назад +5

    Such openness and tolerance was actually much less than relative. Orientalists and scholars have romanticised, idealised and been very "indulgent" with Al-Andalus when it comes to this. It is true that during some few short periods they were kind of tolerant because obviously the local natives were bigger in number, so they had to be "tolerant" so to avoid riots and popular rebellions. But most of the times Christians and Jews were allowed to have a "normal" life only if they paid huge special taxes (a not so subtle way to make them leave to the Northern Christian areas, and to keep only the more wealthy Christians and Jews), and even so they lived in total guetos. Local Christians were usually massively sold as slaves to the Middle East, along all those centuries (something that even happened to Cervantes much later, though the historical context was already different). Throughout those centuries there were massive and periodical killings of Christians in public areas as a reminder not to have ideas about popular rebellions (in some parks and squares in Andalucía you still see plates remarking such events). Personal contact btw local Christians and Arabs was most of the time absolutely forbidden (even eye contact on the streets could be penalized with death). Though there was occasional contact btw Amazig-Berber workers (which were basically slaves of the Arab elite) and the local Christians workers. The ones who really had contact, and in a not so public way, were the artisans from all sides. They needed each other, they stole ideas to each other, and so on. The same with religious texts. Religious people from all sides didn't meet each other (except rare exceptions), but they were curious to read copies of mystical texts from their "fellows" so to enrich their own views and rhetorics. The actual contact btw cultures was through a very hidden and "clandestine" phenomena, which is sad and interesting at the same time. And, well, needless to say that with muslims it happened the same than with anyone when they arrive to "Spain"... they relax :))) (and back in those times Andalucía was quite green) so they were a bit more at easy with fellow neighbours and open to expand and mix ideas, even if indirectly.

  • @theguyver4934
    @theguyver4934 Год назад +16

    Spain is truly an amazing place

    • @LetsTalkReligion
      @LetsTalkReligion  Год назад +3

      Absolutely!

    • @theguyver4934
      @theguyver4934 Год назад

      @@LetsTalkReligion One question if you were to be reincarnated what would you like to be a marine animal a flying or maybe a land one

    • @Qaramitah
      @Qaramitah Год назад +4

      @@theguyver4934 It doesn't depend on personal liking, depends on Karma ...

    • @theguyver4934
      @theguyver4934 Год назад +1

      @@Qaramitah I know that but i'm just asking what would you like to be reincarnated into
      because i'd like to be a butterfly

    • @LetsTalkReligion
      @LetsTalkReligion  Год назад +4

      @@theguyver4934 I love the ocean, so maybe some marine animal? Not sure actually!

  • @stephenspackman5573
    @stephenspackman5573 Год назад +3

    I always find it nice when we don't destroy everything. Surprising, but nice.

  • @Abu_hussein_2000
    @Abu_hussein_2000 Год назад +3

    CORDOBA As Church or Mosque both Are Mazing And pretty by opinion As Muslim and respect religions ☪️❤️✝️🇮🇶❤️🇪🇸❤️🇵🇹 🕌❤️⛪

  • @yopoxikeweapescai9066
    @yopoxikeweapescai9066 Год назад +5

    It really makes me wonder how could the world be if all those like this always

  • @dswamig
    @dswamig Год назад +7

    Was there NOT a Church, where the mosque was built over it. According to traditional accounts, the present-day site of the Cathedral-Mosque of Córdoba was originally a Visigothic Christian church dedicated to Saint Vincent of Saragossa, which was divided and shared by Christians and Muslims after the Umayyad conquest of Hispania. Why are you NOT mentioning that? Guess politically correct is the right thing, nowadays? You are BS'ing.

    • @anselmo4952
      @anselmo4952 Год назад

      St. Vincent was from Teruel, but he was death by torture in Valencia.

    • @zozoier5466
      @zozoier5466 Год назад

      Not Saint Vincent of Saragossa church but Hispanorromana/ Wisigothic basilic of San Vicente Mártir.

    • @mikie123
      @mikie123 Месяц назад

      He omitted a very important detail which was wrong of him. I disliked the video

  • @MillhouseSpeaks
    @MillhouseSpeaks Год назад +3

    Fascinating

  • @colingallagher1648
    @colingallagher1648 Год назад +2

    Bing used an image of it(or Maby someplace similar) with water in between the arches and it was one of the best images I’ve ever seen them use and I never refound it ironically

  • @xSheepz
    @xSheepz Год назад +3

    What a beautiful building, bringing us togther as we should be. There should be more of these mosque/churches!

    • @Kromiball
      @Kromiball Год назад +1

      Is that a threat..?

    • @iloveyoushima
      @iloveyoushima Год назад

      You should never mix different things.

  • @ezreality
    @ezreality Год назад +3

    A mystic is a person who seeks by contemplation and self-surrender to obtain unity with or absorption into the Deity or the absolute, or who believes in the spiritual apprehension of truths that are beyond the intellect1. It is also another term for mystical1.

  • @Kali-Yuga-Peace-Corp
    @Kali-Yuga-Peace-Corp Год назад +3

    Informative as always.
    Looking forward to more of these videos you have travelled and filmed the last year's.
    Hopefully you can do a one on Kaaba, Sacred sites in South Asia and the Nordics. Mongolia and Nepal would also be interesting.

    • @LetsTalkReligion
      @LetsTalkReligion  Год назад +1

      Would love to do more videos similar to these, if there is an interest!

    • @arifshahabuddin8888
      @arifshahabuddin8888 Год назад

      @@LetsTalkReligion I was fortunate to have visited the Mezquita in April 2023. In fact, all of Cordoba is interesting (the Roman walls, the Jewish quarter, the Roman bridge, etc.).
      Regarding new temples on sites of old temples, an interesting one would be the Great Cathedral (Metropolitan Cathedral) of Mexico City which was built on top of the Aztec Templo Mayor.

    • @LeZer0
      @LeZer0 Год назад

      @@LetsTalkReligion I'd love to see a video on Mecca and the Kaaba, or maybe the Temple of Jerusalem and the sacred esplanade

    • @Uzair_Of_Babylon465
      @Uzair_Of_Babylon465 Год назад

      ​@@LetsTalkReligionone on the blue mosque would be interesting or one on the Umayyad mosque in Syria

    • @ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT
      @ALLAHwithdaughterALLAT Год назад

      it is lovely cult burning atheist
      SAHIH BUKHARI HADITH NO. 6922
      Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to `Ali and he burnt them. The news of this event, reached Ibn `Abbas who said, "If I had been in his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade it, saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), 'Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"

  • @MrPlito95
    @MrPlito95 Год назад

    One interesting thing about the Mosque-Cathedral is that it illustrates a very interesting point of history and urbanism, which is "buildings change, but uses usually dont". Before the cathedral, there was obviously a mosque. Before the mosque, there was a church or a cathedral built by the Goths, and before that it was moat likely a place of cult and prayer for some pre-christian religion, maybe the Romano-Hellenic religion, or some religion native to the region. Point being, for milennia, that same place, that area of the city, has been THE place for religious practices no matter who owned the city or which gods were praised. Its almost as if it was an obligation to do it there, something mystical force needs to be theorized and praised there, regardless of how the people of each time decide to represent it.

  • @darylldavis2846
    @darylldavis2846 6 месяцев назад

    Truly amazing architecture! Just like the Cathedral-Mosque Hagia Sofia in Türkiye

  • @taquiarazvi785
    @taquiarazvi785 Год назад +1

    Beautiful era of Abrahamic faiths unity. May almighty bless its followers and unite them with peace and friendship. Ameen

  • @mikie123
    @mikie123 Месяц назад +1

    Now do one on the Cathedral Mosque of Hagia Sofia

  • @luciatheron1621
    @luciatheron1621 Год назад +2

    There was a Roman temple prior ... Places of worship have a certain energy.

  • @brightfuturetuitionsystem6779
    @brightfuturetuitionsystem6779 8 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing fact of history

  • @WadeyAdams
    @WadeyAdams 7 месяцев назад

    I have been to this catheral and mosque. Very interesting ❤❤❤

  • @zakali92
    @zakali92 Год назад +1

    Timing of this video is great for me as I'm going to Al Andalus end of this month

    • @LetsTalkReligion
      @LetsTalkReligion  Год назад +1

      Hope you enjoy the trip! It is a beautiful place!

    • @paununs8719
      @paununs8719 Год назад +3

      Andalucia*

    • @theresecoco1887
      @theresecoco1887 Год назад +4

      Its called Spain

    • @Sina.575
      @Sina.575 Год назад +4

      Al Andalus ? lmao that's what The Invaders from the South Called it. it's called andalucia in the country of SPAIN. get your facts right

  • @Qaramitah
    @Qaramitah Год назад +13

    Mecca Kaaba used to be a beautiful Pagan Temple...

    • @alomaralsulaiman6501
      @alomaralsulaiman6501 Год назад +8

      Yeah "it was"

    • @CG-zi5ku
      @CG-zi5ku Год назад +7

      The Kaaba was the first House of God built by Prophet Abraham. Over time it got filled with idols, until the arrival of Islam when idols were removed.

    • @Qaramitah
      @Qaramitah Год назад +12

      @@CG-zi5ku Abraham lived in tents, he did not build any temples or houses for God. The kaabaa is arabic paganist tradition, there are still many kaabaas in yemen and eastern arabia buried underground. Building kaaba is not Israelite tradition. Abraham never went across south of Judah.

    • @CG-zi5ku
      @CG-zi5ku Год назад +5

      @@Qaramitah hey you can make up and believe whatever you want. The fact remains, the Kaaba is the first House of God built by Prophet Abraham.

    • @AdvaiticOneness1
      @AdvaiticOneness1 Год назад +2

      Stolen from the Pagans and Still hates pagans , lol

  • @joshuagies4900
    @joshuagies4900 Год назад +1

    Fascinating video! The only problem is that now I want to plan a trip to see it!

  • @appalachiansufi5649
    @appalachiansufi5649 Год назад

    Great video as always, Filip! Partly thanks to the information provided in your videos, I officially decided to become a Sufi in May.

  • @applegreen4118
    @applegreen4118 Месяц назад

    The blue print for Islamic mosque architecture is The Hagia Sofia - a Byzantium Church

  • @elodiesalgado4739
    @elodiesalgado4739 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @ashishsunny7963
    @ashishsunny7963 Год назад +5

    Sure...a church converted to Mosque and reclaimed back as a church!

  • @1santaclauseHoHoHo
    @1santaclauseHoHoHo Год назад +2

    What about Hagia Sophia? Do the Christians get the same treatment? Do they keep that Church in the same fashion?

  • @iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643
    @iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643 Год назад +3

    Before being a mosque, that place was a church.

  • @naim7466
    @naim7466 Год назад

    Very impressive mosque building,over a thousand years ago,it was the 2nd largest mosque after Mecca in the World,it's still one of the largest mosque buildings,most of the building is the original mosque.
    Fascinating historic legacy of Islamic Spain.

    • @theresecoco1887
      @theresecoco1887 Год назад +3

      Its not a mosque

    • @zozoier5466
      @zozoier5466 Год назад

      it's not a mosque and it's an historic legacy of islamic AND catholic Spain.

    • @weidie2moro
      @weidie2moro 9 месяцев назад

      @@theresecoco1887 it is. It was built as one

    • @weidie2moro
      @weidie2moro 9 месяцев назад

      @@zozoier5466 same goes to u

    • @theresecoco1887
      @theresecoco1887 9 месяцев назад +1

      Can you pray in it then? The answer is no.@@weidie2moro

  • @knowledgeseeker725
    @knowledgeseeker725 Год назад +3

    More videos about sufism and sufi teachers please. ❤

  • @mindbodysoul9066
    @mindbodysoul9066 Год назад

    A mosque is a place where prayers can be conducted.

  • @markwinner274
    @markwinner274 Год назад

    short and to the point, Good work making this video

  • @adilnourddine9747
    @adilnourddine9747 Год назад

    The moorish architecture is amazing

  • @jackfrankmurphy
    @jackfrankmurphy Год назад +1

    Hey on my internet travels I just came across Cheondoism, a significant pantheistic religion in Korea. I'd love it if you did a video on it at some point; I like learning about religion from you

  • @p.h.freitas6727
    @p.h.freitas6727 Год назад +13

    It was a church dedicated to Saint James before the islamic period, so the christians only took it back. 🙏🏻✝️

    • @isaiah3872
      @isaiah3872 Год назад +6

      St. Vincent**

    • @azmanabas8425
      @azmanabas8425 Год назад +4

      It was a roman temple first.

    • @mansour9790
      @mansour9790 Год назад +4

      ​@@azmanabas8425good thing roman Catholics took it

    • @azmanabas8425
      @azmanabas8425 Год назад

      @@mansour9790 no problem.. As long as peoples who believe in God took it.. And not the liberal atheist who might turn it into a gay night club.

    • @adude849
      @adude849 Год назад

      ​@@mansour9790Arians*

  • @igormarins1227
    @igormarins1227 Год назад +1

    My dream is to visit the Mosque Church of Cordoba.

  • @anasibndawood6696
    @anasibndawood6696 Год назад

    Beautiful video, Philip , loved it

  • @rez0nk
    @rez0nk Год назад

    Filip, always posting the right things at the right time. I have been considering taking a trip to Al Andalus and have been thinking of this mosque and Alhambra for a while now. Taking your video as a sign to take the trip🤓
    Did you get to visit Al Hambra as well and are we going to be lucky enough to get a video on it as well?
    Enjoy your travels

    • @zozoier5466
      @zozoier5466 Год назад +1

      you can't travel to Al Andalus man only make a trip to Andalusia. Al-Andalus was the name given to the territory of the Iberian Peninsula occupied in the Middle Age by Muslims, Andalusia is the name of the autonomous community of southern Spain (region which includes 8 provinces: Sevilla, Granada, Jaen , Huelva, Malaga, Cadiz, Almeria and Cordoba)

  • @tomnola7204
    @tomnola7204 Год назад +1

    Very interesting !

  • @Carsshorts98
    @Carsshorts98 27 дней назад

    charles said : we have built what other might hav built somewhere, we destroyed something which was unique to world

  • @mohammadyameen6539
    @mohammadyameen6539 Год назад +1

    Superb ❤

  • @anubratabit3027
    @anubratabit3027 Год назад +6

    Eagerly waiting for your videos on the less discussed schoos of Hindu philosophies.

  • @tmAcorn
    @tmAcorn Год назад +1

    well done!

  • @thelonesoldier4518
    @thelonesoldier4518 Год назад +1

    As a muslim who went to tour Al Andalus 2 years ago and to see all of it being taken over just broke my heart.

    • @knighthospitaller634
      @knighthospitaller634 Год назад +7

      You guys have Agia Sophia, it's equal equal

    • @TheCountDook
      @TheCountDook Год назад +5

      @@knighthospitaller634exactly. I guess every Muslim wants everything as always

    • @thelonesoldier4518
      @thelonesoldier4518 Год назад

      @@knighthospitaller634 more Muslims visit the agia Sofia than Christians visit the church of Cordoba. At least we make use of the holy places unlike the Christians who's churches everyday are being emptied and then sold!

    • @thelonesoldier4518
      @thelonesoldier4518 Год назад

      @@TheCountDook rightfully ours yes.

    • @theresecoco1887
      @theresecoco1887 Год назад +3

      @@thelonesoldier4518 None of what is in Spain is rightfully yours

  • @efat449
    @efat449 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for speech true we muslim want to pray here...

    • @theresecoco1887
      @theresecoco1887 9 месяцев назад +3

      Well you're not gonna. Its a Cathedral.

    • @tarosvan2253
      @tarosvan2253 9 месяцев назад +1

      Can Christians pray in Hagia Sophia?

    • @zacharyledford2785
      @zacharyledford2785 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@tarosvan2253yes, they literally can.

  • @aitwayagher
    @aitwayagher Год назад

    Shukran

  • @amazingfernando2440
    @amazingfernando2440 Год назад +2

    THE BIBLE SAYS ONLY JESUS CAN SAVE US FROM ETERNAL HELL

  • @sundararajan4461
    @sundararajan4461 Год назад

    Very beautiful

  • @Miguel09MC
    @Miguel09MC Год назад +3

    It's interesting that Hagia Sophia had the same fate but the opposite effect

    • @turkichorsemankhanete2295
      @turkichorsemankhanete2295 Год назад

      YES TURKS CONQUERRED COMVERT TO MOSQUE.

    • @turkichorsemankhanete2295
      @turkichorsemankhanete2295 Год назад

      @@reinhardkadmaer1554 DESTORY ALL CHRİSTİAN DESTORY CHURCH ONLY İSLAMİC MOSQUE.

    • @Ibnmsrk
      @Ibnmsrk Год назад +1

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@reinhardkadmaer1554 the Arabs build it from scratch, and the Christians turned it into a church.
      When it comes to Hagia Sophia the ottoman bought it from the Christians and turned it into a mosque

    • @romaniandude9872
      @romaniandude9872 Год назад

      ​@@turkichorsemankhanete2295 It brings me laughter when you believe that the Muslims are pious and men of God and the Christians should be destroyed. Mehmed I and II were homosexual pedophiles who did things with Vlad Țepes younger brother Radu. Muhammed was an adulterer and pedophile as well. Your religion conquered from Iberia, Africa, Balkans, to Levant. You forced jizyah, devshirme, slavery, and pact of Umah. You worship the black cube of Saturn/Satan (Mecca), repent and know that Jesus is the Messiah and Son of God and you will be saved.

    • @zozoier5466
      @zozoier5466 Год назад

      @@Ibnmsrk: "the Arabs build it from scratch" FALSE About 70 years after their invasion of Iberian territory, the Muslim rulers of the Emirate of Cordoba decided to annex and destroy what was the Hispanorromana basilica of San Vicente Mártir to build the main mosque of the city.

  • @Askarcher
    @Askarcher Год назад +1

    MMWAH! 🥰

  • @State_of_palestine_2025
    @State_of_palestine_2025 Год назад

    astonishing

  • @Lacteagalaxia
    @Lacteagalaxia Год назад +1

    Cordoba cultural capital of Europe for two centuries and one of the world; the mosque of Cordoba wit ñh more 24.000 m2 the second of the world apart Mecca until end 16 century .

  • @marcusj9947
    @marcusj9947 Год назад +2

    Now do one about Hagia Sofia. Let's see how objective you are.

  • @baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134
    @baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134 Год назад +2

    Such a purely Muslim, Christian, maybe Jewish thing to do - welcome all in brotherhood.

  • @Vllili
    @Vllili Год назад

    Nice work ❤

  • @FeliceChiapperini
    @FeliceChiapperini Год назад +4

    Have you done a similar video on the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople? Similar history, but in reverse.

    • @LetsTalkReligion
      @LetsTalkReligion  Год назад +1

      Nope! But maybe in the future!

    • @damnthezionists1708
      @damnthezionists1708 Год назад

      But the difference is that after the Christians took control of it, the Inquisition courts carried out massacres against hundreds of thousands of Muslims and pursued them as far as North Africa and tortured them with the most severe torture.

    • @Tzimiskes3506
      @Tzimiskes3506 Год назад

      ​@@damnthezionists1708Wow and muslims never tortured Christians 🤡

  • @alwindsouza4214
    @alwindsouza4214 Год назад +3

    Damascus mosque original Church Syria

    • @Jos1_1dgy
      @Jos1_1dgy Год назад

      But also was a pagan worship site

    • @alwindsouza4214
      @alwindsouza4214 Год назад

      ​@@Jos1_1dgypagan Jupiter temple Greek Saint John

  • @shahansindhi8141
    @shahansindhi8141 Год назад

    Let's build a new church!

  • @abbyvela6393
    @abbyvela6393 Год назад +1

    Super cool! I was in Spain this past month and was disappointed that I didn't have time to visit Cordoba and the mezquita. It's interesting that the mihrab still faces Mecca here as there are lots of mezquitas built during the Omeya rule in Iberia that face Cordoba. The few preserved mezquitas en Toledo are like that, and that of course comes with some incredible implications about the politics of the time haha.

  • @nayemislam6887
    @nayemislam6887 Год назад +1

    On day Muslim will take back this Mosque In Sha Allah.

    • @arolemaprarath6615
      @arolemaprarath6615 Год назад +2

      Sure with ur economic failures 😂😂😂 almost all Muslim countries are poor and uncivilised 😂😂😂😂😊

    • @weidie2moro
      @weidie2moro 9 месяцев назад

      @@arolemaprarath6615 anime pfp

  • @FrancescoCostaMerlara
    @FrancescoCostaMerlara Год назад +1

    For me the arabic inscriptions are very intriguing. I suppose that they are Coran verses. And I suppose that not all the christians after reconquista are totally ignorant of arabic writing. And in spite of this fact, that inscriptions were not destructed and are still there!

    • @muhammadadeel8639
      @muhammadadeel8639 Год назад +1

      There are Quranic verses inscribed on every entrance of the mosque i.e. on all the Gates (around 10).
      The one in the video is a Mihrab i.e. where Imam stands, it has two inscriptions. One is a verse and the outer, a statement.
      "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. He is God: there is no god other than Him, the Controller, the Holy One, Source of Peace, Granter of Security, Guardian over all, the Almighty, the Compeller, the Truly Great; God is far above anything they consider to be His partner." (Quran 59.23)
      The outer inscription reads, “Praise be to God, master of the worlds who favored Al-Hakam II, the servant of God, the prince of the faithful…for this venerable construction and helping him in the building of this eternal palace, with the goal of making this mosque more spacious for his subjects, both something he and they wanted."
      These inscriptions are written in gold inlaid on a black background, illuminated by the light of the dome above, which gives the highly lustrous arch and its surroundings an ethereal quality, announcing its importance."

    • @FrancescoCostaMerlara
      @FrancescoCostaMerlara Год назад +1

      @@muhammadadeel8639 thank you very much!

    • @weidie2moro
      @weidie2moro 9 месяцев назад

      Coran😂😂💀💀

  • @melissamybubbles6139
    @melissamybubbles6139 Год назад

    I'm glad that the Christians didn't totally destroy the building.

  • @ummpearls
    @ummpearls Год назад

    Great video! There is one thing though that even though it's called a Mosque-Cathedral, muslims are not allowed to pray there yet sadly. But it s fully functional cathedral. It really is mesmerizingly beautiful! The arches remind me of the infinity of the Universe and the unity of the Creator all at the same time.

  • @marionmarcetic7287
    @marionmarcetic7287 Год назад +2

    EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!‼️✝️🛐✝️🛐📛🕊️🕊️🕊️🤰🤱🧬🤰🤱💪💪💪✨👑✨😇🌟🤗🌹🌹🌹🌺🌺🌺🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅‼️

  • @jetsetjourneysofficial
    @jetsetjourneysofficial Год назад +5

    Islam and Catholicism is linked very closely if you study the history

    • @AdvaiticOneness1
      @AdvaiticOneness1 Год назад +4

      Middle eastern religions, so obviously there will be similarities!

    • @ghrtfhfgdfnfg
      @ghrtfhfgdfnfg Год назад +5

      yeah they used to fight each other very often

    • @Kali-Yuga-Peace-Corp
      @Kali-Yuga-Peace-Corp Год назад

      There are beliefs in Catholicism that is absent in Protestant and Orthodox Christianity, but sometimes can be found in some of Islamcate world. Is that what you are talking about?

    • @arifshahabuddin8888
      @arifshahabuddin8888 Год назад +1

      From the period of 700 to 1500, in the eastern Mediterranean region, Islam mostly interacted with Orthodox Christianity. In the western Mediterranean region, Islam mostly interacted with the Bishopric of Rome which separated from the other three bishoprics to form the Catholic Church (western Orthodox church). Otherwise, Muslims in the East interacted with Catholics primarily when the latter were on crusades. Often, the Orthodox were as much targets of the Catholics as were the Muslims and Jews. Of course, alliances were made based upon strategic interests. For instance, Venice and England allied with the Ottoman Empire or Moroccan kingdom to maintain their strategic position.
      Theologically speaking, Islam probably has more in common with some Protestant denominations as well as certain gnostic branches of Christianity. Moreover, there must have been a significant influence on Islam from the Nazrenes and Ebionites (defunct groups that were referred to as Jewish Christians (Jews who accepted Jesus as the Messiah but not as the son of God)). These Jewish Christians came to exist as a branch of Judaism before the destruction of the Second Temple but disappeared (as did Sadducees, Essenes and Zealots, but not the Pharisees) afterwards. Much of their beliefs, as well as gnostic Christian beliefs, were picked up in Islamic theology.

    • @jetsetjourneysofficial
      @jetsetjourneysofficial Год назад

      @@Kali-Yuga-Peace-Corp go back to the history and I don't mean the Islamic stories

  • @EBMNAM
    @EBMNAM Год назад

    Can you do a video about Hizmet movement in Turkey, I believe somewhat similar to Muslim brotherhood

  • @YoutubeGirlie
    @YoutubeGirlie Год назад +4

    I love this so much. I dream of a future where as a society we normalize interfaith/multifaith places of worship. All the world religions have so much in common, it would be wonderful to bring all of them together so we could learn from one another. I hope I live long enough to see things like this become the norm.

  • @beingawareIN
    @beingawareIN Год назад +5

    I would recommend you to do a study on a place called SHIRDI ( associated with a saint named SAI BABA ) in INDIA 🇮🇳...another example of UNITY.

  • @Bn9776
    @Bn9776 Год назад +3

    Is a cathedral.

  • @neninuraeni26
    @neninuraeni26 Год назад

    Please make indonesia subtitle please or make english subtitle so people in another country can understand by reading it

  • @mohammedraheef1415
    @mohammedraheef1415 Год назад +1

    Filip, through a secular view, how is islam and islamic history not a Arab centric one? The islamic culture, religion, and civilization were derived of an arab objectivity towards the world and created a world around that objectivity.