1.) "A ninth-century Muslim mystic described the tones of a flute as 'the voice of Satan crying over the world because he wants to make it outlive destruction; he cries over things that pass; he wants to reanimate them, while God only remains. Satan has been condemned to hold to things that pass and this is why he cries.'"

quoted in A World History of Art, Sixth Edition, by Hugh Honour and John Fleming

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also, for one more fantastic photo of the Mezquita in Cordoba, Spain (formerly a mosque, now a cathedral), click here

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