| I think we've had this story before, but it does point out that all the Philistines don't live in Palestine. |
The Saudi embassies in Washington, Ottawa and London are likely to be soon flooded with mail from shocked Muslims urging that the birthplace of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) not be bulldozed. | CAIR statement of outrage in 10...9...8... |
A report in the London newspaper The Independent, says, "Now the actual birthplace of the Prophet Mohamed is facing the bulldozers, with the connivance of Saudi religious authorities whose hardline interpretation of Islam is compelling them to wipe out their own heritage."| American Muslim Council statement of outrage in 7...6...5... |
According to progressive Canadian Muslim broadcaster and activist, Toronto-based Tarek Fatah, "In January 2002, Turkey accused Saudi Arabia of a 'cultural massacre' following the demolition of an historic Ottoman castle near the holy city of Mecca. | Muslim Student Association statement of outrage in 4...3...2... |
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The spat between Turkey and Saudi Arabia barely caused a stir anywhere in the Muslim world, let alone international circles. The Ottoman fort's destruction is not the only massacre of culture that the Saudis have done in the name of money and Islam. In the 1980s, they demolished part of the two hills of Safaa and Marwah to build a palace for the late King Khaled. |
