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| Growing fears of Ramadan Temple Mount disaster |
| 2004-10-14 |
| The Defense eststablishment is carefully considering a proposal to severely limit access to the Temple mount mosques during Ramadan, the Moslem holy month due to begin at the end of the week. Proponents of the plan call for limiting access to 50,000 worshippers, instead of the 250,000 that usually come to pray in the Temple Mount mosques on the first day's prayers of Ramadan This is a result of mounting fears that the structural integrity of Solomon's Stables has been compromised. Over the past several months the Waqf (Moslem religious council) has carried out major construction work without adequate supervision, due to its refusal to allow Israeli construction engineers access to the construction site. |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #6 It's too late to prevent the Temple Mount disaster. It happened in 687 AD, when the Moslems starting building the eyesore in the first place. Everything they've done there since then has been a disaster. |
| Posted by: Dripping Sarcasm 2004-10-14 2:08:28 PM |
| #5 I can understand why the Israielis are doing this. Its b'cause they're Decent Human Beings. But a nasty little part of me wishes that the Iraelis would just let the collapse happen, then close the site to all, for repair |
| Posted by: N Guard 2004-10-14 1:46:13 PM |
| #4 ed yes that is one purpose; another is to "islamize" the area by putting in small mosques and the like in the stables |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-10-14 9:59:27 AM |
| #3 I read that the purpose of all that excavation is to get rid of any buried Jewish artifacts and make it easier to deny Jews have any claim to Temple Mount. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-10-14 2:41:32 AM |
| #2 I have to admit this whole Temple Mount thing makes me wonder. I hope Friday passes without problem. |
| Posted by: 2b 2004-10-14 1:56:20 AM |
| #1 I think I am going to start referring to any event resulting in 10 or more corpses caused by wilful ignorance/disregard for basic science and engineering as a 'Mecca Moment'. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-10-14 1:55:07 AM |