Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral Name Change
Lesson Brief
BBC Arabic
On April 1, BBC Arabic reported that Catholic Church authorities agreed to restore the Islamic reference to the Cordoba-Mosque Cathedral in the southern Spanish city of Cordoba. Going forward, the building will be referred to as the Mosque-Cathedral Monument Complex instead of just the Cordoba Cathedral.
Click and Match
- the monument
- النصب
- they complained, complain
- اِشْتَكُوا ، يَشْتَكُون
- the policy
- السياسة
- presence
- وُجُود
- they demanded, are demanding
- َطَالَبُوا ، يُطَالِبُون
- mosque(s)
- مَسْجِد ، مَسَاجِد
- protesters
- محتجون
- furthermore
- علاوة على
- it pursued, pursues (f)
- إِنْتَهَجَتْ ، تَنْتَهِج
- to obliterate, wipe
- لِطَمْس