tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post4169955233231576437..comments2023-12-02T06:33:50.847-08:00Comments on Notes from a Common-place Book: The Mosque of Ming the MercilessTerry (John)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-48800563431133424922009-01-08T13:32:00.000-08:002009-01-08T13:32:00.000-08:00Steve,I read your interesting article. The Singap...Steve,<BR/>I read your interesting article. The Singapore mosque is indeed beautiful.Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-31145741631972854952009-01-08T13:28:00.000-08:002009-01-08T13:28:00.000-08:00Samn!, Thanks for the links. I visited Mar Gabrie...Samn!, Thanks for the links. I visited Mar Gabriel Monastery in 2006. This is alarming news, though hardly surprising. I visited one formerly-Christian village that had been forcibly expropriated by the Kurds. The village look deserted, as only 8 Kurdish families lived in the entire town. An elderly Syriac priest and nun still remained in the church complex. It was a sad experience,, and one reason why I view with scepticism all talk of "Kurdistan."Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-50327288626089434682009-01-06T20:39:00.000-08:002009-01-06T20:39:00.000-08:00There's a picture of one mosque I really did appre...There's a picture of one mosque I really did appreciate here, <A HREF="http://methodius.blogspot.com/2007/08/theology-of-religion-and-interreligious.html#links" REL="nofollow">Notes from underground: Theology of religion and interreligious dialogue</A>, but that may be just because I appreciated its cool iconoclasm as a contrast to the raucous idolatry I'd experienced shortly before entering it.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-13952036298565880852009-01-06T10:04:00.000-08:002009-01-06T10:04:00.000-08:00Hi, sorry to leave an unsolicited not-that-related...Hi, sorry to leave an unsolicited not-that-related comment, but the following links are circulating around Syriac-related lists and may be of interest to you---<BR/>(it at least has bearing on architectural monuments in Turkey...)<BR/><BR/>http://www.aina.org/releases/20081202055618.htm<BR/><BR/>http://www.morgabrieledokunma.com/?lang=enAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com