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Salah: Caliph will sit in Jerusalem
 Head of the northern faction of the Islamic Movement Sheikh Raed Salah said Friday that soon Jerusalem will be the capital of the new Muslim caliphate, and the caliphs seat will be there. Salah addressed an audience of 50,000 attending the Islamic Movements 11th annual rally in Umm al-Fahm. Caliph refers to a leader of the Muslim nation and in Arabic means the heir or substitute of the prophet Muhammad. Salah noted that history tells of many occasions in which the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem was occupied by foreign conquerors, but the occupiers left after a short time, and thus will also be the fate of the Israeli occupation. The Israeli occupation will leave Jerusalem soon. It will happen sooner than is thought, Salah said at the rally, which was held under the slogan Al-Aqsa endangered. The sheikh added that former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Moshe Katsav were punished by Allah after they plotted to bring harm to the mosque. Sharon was punished because he planned to break into the mosque, and Katsavs punishment came in the shape of the sexual harassment charges plaguing him after he supported the notion of dividing the mosque area between Jews and Muslims. The site is also holy to Jews as the site of the Temple Mount. Former United States President Bill Clinton suffered a similar fate to Katsavs, and after backing the idea of dividing the site he became embroiled in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Posted by: Fred 2006-09-16 |
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