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| Islamic Movement head: temple never existed |
| 2008-03-11 |
| The al-Aqsa mosque was never the site of a Jewish temple, Sheikh Raed Salah, the head of the Islamic Movement's northern branch, said Monday during a press conference he convened in Jerusalem to respond to voices calling for the expulsion of Israeli residents of the city who participate in terror activities against Israel. "Those calling for the expulsion of Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem are hysterical and stupid and belong in the trash can," Salah said at the conference. He went on to deny any Israeli or Jewish historical claim to the city, denying that there ever existed a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount. "The claims of the Jews are big lies and they have no right to any speck of dust here," he said. Israel, he claimed, was carrying out extensive digs under al-Aqsa mosque, and was hiding destructive tunnels under the compound which had already caused damage to the mosque and several houses in the Muslim Quarter. "I think that we are at a critical time. We believe that al-Aqsa is in danger and that it is under occupation, and we believe that Jerusalem is in danger because it is under occupation," Salah said. "Jerusalem is not only houses - it is faith, it is history, it is a culture, it is a present, a future and an eternal right that we will not relinquish." In January, Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz filed an indictment against Salah, charging him with incitement to violence and racism in a speech he made last year protesting the archeological dig carried out at the Old City's Mughrabi Gate. During his sermon in Jerusalem's Wadi Joz neighborhood on February 16 of last year, Salah urged supporters to start a third intifada in order to "save al-Aksa Mosque, free Jerusalem and end the occupation." Salah's speech also attacked Jews, saying, "They want to build their temple at a time when our blood is on their clothes, on their doorsteps, in their food and in their drinks. Our blood has passed from one 'general terrorist' to another 'general terrorist.'" He also said, "We are not those who ate bread dipped in children's blood." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #22 Mouse, my thx and appreciation for the sacrifice as well, but I hope you already knew that |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-11 22:29 |
| #21 Anymouse - tell him thanks from all of us. And than you for raising him right. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-03-11 21:09 |
| #20 A small child doesn't have adult's sense of tenses, mhw. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-03-11 20:57 |
| #19 The Knights Templar also had their HQ's on the Temple Mount, post-dating the Muslims. |
| Posted by: Thealing Borgia6122 2008-03-11 18:39 |
| #18 Interestingly, some Muslims in India make the same claim about the Babri Masjid site - that there was never a Hindu temple there. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-03-11 15:57 |
| #17 Ex-lib, last time I was there, our hosts said that the Temple had been located in the open area behind the Dome of the Rock. Nothing there now (well, at least in 95). |
| Posted by: RWV 2008-03-11 15:40 |
| #16 With the links, better, this, not so much F. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-03-11 14:45 |
| #15 Islam is lame |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-03-11 14:44 |
| #14 I guess so they can make it collapse and blame Those Damn Joos. |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-03-11 14:20 |
| #13 Oh, and if there was no Jewish Temple there in the first place (BTW, NOT directly under the church/"mosque" anyway), why have the Arabs been trucking out loads of dirt and artifacts from underneath the Temple Mount in the dead of night--for how many years now? |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2008-03-11 14:05 |
| #12 What's really on the Temple Mount: Church of St. Mary of Justinian (Temple Mount, Jerusalem) The Church of St. Mary was a Byzantine church that was built in Jerusalem during the reign of Justinian and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The church was located on the Temple Mount. Byzantine historian Procopius wrote that the church was built in 560 AD and burned down by the Persians in 614. Later after the Muslim conquest of the Holy Land, this church eventually was converted into what is the present day Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Al-Aqsa Mosque was built 20 years after the Dome of the Rock, which was built in 691-692 by Khalif Abd El Malik (the name "Omar Mosque" is therefore false). Therefore, in or around 711, or about 80 years after Mohammed died, Malik's son, Abd El-Wahd (who ruled from 705-715) reconstructed the Christian- Byzantine Church of St. Mary and converted it into a mosque. He left the structure as it was, a typical Byzantine "basilica" structure with a row of pillars on either side of the rectangular "ship" in the center. All he added was an onion-like dome on top of the building to make it look like a mosque. He then named it El-Aqsa, so it would sound like the one mentioned in the Koran.[1] There are no buildings stemming from the religion of Islam that are anything like the DOR--it is quintessentially Orthodox Byzantine--just like Hagia Sophia in Turkey. End of story. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2008-03-11 14:02 |
| #11 Best yet, mhw: "Islam? Never heard of it." |
| Posted by: BA 2008-03-11 13:59 |
| #10 What a wonderful religion. You can ignore any data that doesn't support your view, call down blame and guilt on those that oppose you, destroy property of those that oppose you and have your mouthpieces whitewash the act. Sounds like the Green |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-03-11 13:24 |
| #9 In that future scenerio without Islam I assume copies of TRUE LIES will still be available even if Hollywood has glorified Islam and tried to make the west feel guilty and all. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-03-11 12:13 |
| #8 We haven't forgotten anymouse, jr. -- he is helping to change the world, one Iraqi at a time. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-03-11 10:02 |
| #7 You know, given the muslim tendency to blow up anything they disagree with (particularly things important to others religions) it would be fitting and proper for the Al Aqsa mosque AND the Dome of the Rock to be obliterated and the pieces dumped at sea. |
| Posted by: RWV 2008-03-11 09:57 |
| #6 grom, even better would be "What was Islam?" |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-03-11 09:33 |
| #5 hiding destructive tunnels Well, the Paleos would know about hiding destructive tunnels.. |
| Posted by: Spot 2008-03-11 08:00 |
| #4 One day I'll walk with my grandson, and he'll ask me "Grandpa, what is Islam?". |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-03-11 07:22 |
| #3 And for any of you Rantburgers who might have remembered...anymouse's son is alive and well in Fallujah. Thanks for thoughts and prayers for him and all the other brave US warriors in harm's way so that we all may sleep soundly at night. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-03-11 02:06 |
| #2 Thanks... |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-03-11 01:19 |
| #1 Again...as if there were any doubt. large doses of islam leads to insanity, delusions, and homicidal tendencies. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2008-03-11 00:50 |