From Seafarious' comment.
The 5.3-magnitute earthquake that jolted Israel on Friday shook open a large hole on the Temple Mount plaza, near the Dome of the Rock.
In the religion bidnid, we call it a "pit." They're usually inhabited by demons and efrits and things like that. | Al-Aqsa mosque officials belonging to the Islamic Movement's Northern Branch covered the hole with wooden planks following afternoon prayers.
Good idea. Once the demons get out, you've had it. | The officials, who also said the quake caused cracks in several local residential buildings, said the hole was a meter deep, two meters long and meter and a half wide.
I'm not too sure about that "deep" figure. Usually they go all the way down, at least to the bank of the River Styx. | The Islamic Movement blamed Israel for the hole, saying Israel is digging tunnels in the area that undermine the stability in the area of the Al-Aqsa mosque. The organization urged Islamic states to take action to stop Israeli excavations in the area.
Maybe you should think about taking some sort of action to persuade God not to strike the al-Aqsa mosque with earthquakes. My advice would be to become Lutherans and turn it into a church hardly anybody attends. That usually does it. When was the last time you heard of Lutherans getting struck by an earthquake? | The earthquake shook Israel early Friday afternoon and was felt mostly in the Coastal Plain.
How many pits opened up there? | Magen David Adom emergency medical services said that no injuries were reported.
This is known in the bidnid as a "divine warning." | A Tel Aviv resident, living on the second floor, said: "We felt the earth move. The bed was rocking, the doors were moving, and the chandeliers were swinging."
"I said, 'Oh, Myra! Oh, Myra!' My wife said 'Oh, Irving, don't stop!'" |
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