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Arabia
Saudi cleric calls for rebuilding Holy Mosque
2010-03-19
[Al Arabiya Latest] A hardline Saudi cleric called for demolishing the Holy Mosque in Mecca and rebuilding it in a way that would insure Sex segregation.

Sheikh Youssef al-Ahmad told the Saudi-based Bedaya satellite television channel Wednesday that the mosque should be demolished and replaced with a new one featuring "10, 20 or 30" floors.

The floors would then be divided between men and women, al-Ahmad said in video footage posted on the Internet.

The existing Holy Mosque has three floors and is the largest mosque in the world. It is built around the Kaaba, the most sacred place in Islam.

The Saudi cleric is known for his controversial religious views. He once issued a fatwa (an Islamic ruling) calling for the murder of anyone who allows unmarried men and women to mix.

Last month another prominent Saudi cleric, Shaikh Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak, issued an edict calling for those who support co-educational environments to be put to death.

The ruling was following by barrage of criticism from religious scholars in Saudi Arabia and Egypt condemning his fatwa as a call for violence.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Since Al-Aska Paul is summering in Hooper Bay or some such, on his behalf, I declare a fatwa on the Wahhabis. Let the games commence!
Posted by: Frank G   2010-03-19 18:42  

#7  TSaudi Arabia, in which Wahhabism is the state form of Islam, has a long history of vandalizing and demolishing historical monuments. Cultural devastation of Islamic heritage sites is not a new phenomenon. In 1801 the Saudis-Wahabbis waged a campaign against the Shia Muslim destroying and defacing the sacred tomb of the Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq. Then in early 1920 Saudi rulers Aal-e-Sa'ud bulldozed and levelled a graveyard in Medina - Cemetery of Al-Baqee -and Jannatul Moualla - in the holy city of Makkah that housed the shrines of the holy Prophet Muhammad, his family and his companions. This anniversary falls Oct 9th, (8th Shawal 1426) and is Know as Yaum-e-Ghum.

The Saudis followed their conquest of Mecca and Medina in the mid-1920s with an orgy of destruction. They levelled the "Jannat al-Baqi" or "Heavenly Orchard" at Medina that included graves of the Prophet Muhammad's son Abraham, as well as numerous of the Prophet's relatives and companions. They also looted the Prophet's Shrine in Medina and demolished the cemetery in Mecca that included the graves of Muhammad's mother and grandfather. They completely destroyed mausoleums, mosques, and other honoured sites, including Muhammad's own house. It was even said that they wished to uproot the grave of Muhammad himself and tear down the Kaaba, the stone temple at the centre of Mecca. They were prevented from this last act by pressure from Muslims around the world. Wahabism vandalism continues today, by levelling of five of seven mosques built in the city Mecca & Medina by Muhammad's daughter and four of his companions. These structures are the Mosque of Sayyida Fatima bint Rasulillah, Salman al-Farsi Mosque, Abu Bakr Mosque, Umar ibn al-Khattab Mosque, and Mosque of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Wahhabism is not about faith, but about power and nothing better illustrates the power of the state, in the mind of the Saudi rulers, than the desecration of holy places--including Islamic sites dating from the time of the Prophet Muhammad himself.
Posted by: john frum   2010-03-19 18:30  

#6  Just wondering - wouldn't tearing down the Holy Mosque be considered halal?
Posted by: mojo   2010-03-19 12:26  

#5  it would be faaaaaabulous!
Posted by: Frank G   2010-03-19 08:27  

#4  Hey Elder, how about we add that the reconstruction has to be carried out by the San Francisco GLBT alliance?
Posted by: Alanc   2010-03-19 08:06  

#3  I accept his proposal one one condition:
That the demolition of the Holy Mosskkk of Mekkkka will be contracted out the the First Strategic Bomber Squadron of the IAF.
Posted by: Elder of Zion   2010-03-19 07:02  

#2  Nice religion they've got there. The only idea that will get a cleric 'defrocked' is getting along with the joooos?
Posted by: Free Radical   2010-03-19 06:33  

#1  Oh no, he is more Islamic than thou!
Posted by: gorb   2010-03-19 02:35  

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