<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap">Dear colleagues, on last April 14, Eduardo Manzano (CSIC, Madrid) published in the Spanish newspaper <em>El País</em> an article on the Mosque of Córdoba in which he called for the preservation of its public ownership, against the claims of privatization from the side of the Spanish Catholic Church (<a href="http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/05/opinion/1423137778_840752.html" target="_blank">http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/02/05/opinion/1423137778_840752.html</a>).<br><br>A group of Arabists, Historians and Archaeologists have decided to convert Manzano's article in an academic manifesto in favour of the public ownership of the Mosque. Those interested in signing this initiative, please do it by sending an email to the following address (<a href="mailto:sanjuan@uhu.es" target="_blank">sanjuan@uhu.es</a>) citing your academic affiliation.</pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap">Best regards</pre><div class="" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div id=":pz" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div></div><span class="" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font color="#888888">-- <br><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:x-small"><strong>Alejandro García-Sanjuán</strong></span></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:x-small">Facultad de Humanidades</span></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:x-small">Universidad de Huelva (Spain)</span></pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:x-small"><a href="mailto:sanjuan@uhu.es" target="_blank">sanjuan@uhu.es</a></span></pre></font></span></div></div>
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