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Israel has begun dividing Al-Aqsa: Islamic organization
2017-03-02
[AA.TR] Israel has begun partitioning East Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque complex with a view to creating a prayer space for Jewish worshippers, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) warned Wednesday.
According to Wikipedia, the OIC is "an international organization founded in 1969 consisting of 57 member states, with a collective population of over 1.6 billion as of 2008. The organisation states that it is "the collective voice of the Muslim world" and works to "safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony"."
"The placement of a glass room inside the courtyard of the al-Aqsa Mosque complex is a first step toward the spatial division of the mosque," Ahmad al-Ruwaidhi, the OIC’s representative in Paleostine, said at a Wednesday presser.

The move, he asserted, "follows the imposition of a temporal division [by Israel] in the form of daily incursions [into al-Aqsa] by Jewish settlers".

What’s more, the move reveals "Israel’s intention to dedicate a place for Talmudic rituals inside the al-Haram al-Sharif," al-Ruwaidhi said, using the Arabic term for the al-Aqsa Mosque.
I have no idea what Talmudic rituals are. Sorry.
The OIC representative also warned of the dangers posed by Israeli excavations that are reportedly being carried out under the holy site.

In light of these excavations, al-Ruwaidhi said, "we fear the al-Aqsa Mosque could collapse in the event of a natural -- or artificial -- earthquake".

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, for his part, reiterated the Islamic identity of Jerusalem and the al-Aqsa Mosque.

"Claims put forward this week by the Israeli magistrate's court -- that al-Aqsa is a holy place for Jews -- is completely false and not supported by evidence," he said.

For Moslems, al-Aqsa represents the world's third holiest site. Jews, for their part, refer to the area as the "Temple Mount," claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times.
Posted by:Fred

#4  "According to Wikipedia, the OIC is "an international organization founded in 1969 consisting of 57 member states..."

So that's where Obama got his "57 states" from, he wasn't thinking of the United States!
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance   2017-03-02 22:33  

#3  The moslems deliberately built the Al Aqsa mosque directly on top of the foundation of the Herodian temple to prevent the Jews from ever rebuilding the temple.

A false religion appropriating property and doctrine to cloak itself in something vaguely resembling validation
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2017-03-02 20:33  

#2  TW, you know full well that it's all about HAIR RAYS!!
So, you don't need to be coy with us.






/sarc (necessary?)
Posted by: AlanC   2017-03-02 11:31  

#1  I haven't seen anything about this, but I am not one of the Elders of Zion, so naturally I would not be included in the nefarious plotting to take over the world and evaporate Muslim pee-pees with a handshake.
Posted by: trailing wife   2017-03-02 01:34  

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