Bkeirat: Israel planning to annex Marwani mosque to its heritage list

[sister herb]

[ 09/03/2010 - 10:13 AM ]

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) is planning to annex the Marwani mosque, within the Aqsa compound, to the so-called Jewish heritage list, Dr. Najeh Bkeirat, the head of the manuscripts and heritage department in the Aqsa Mosque, revealed.

He told the Egyptian newspaper Al-Destour published on Monday that the IOA has started practical steps to annex the Marwani mosque by warning worshipers not to enter it because of cracks and fissures inside it that might lead to its collapse over their heads.

He said that the IOA warning was meant to scare the citizens away from the mosque, recalling that the IOA had circulated similar news in 2000 and 2005 and issued orders banning worshipers from praying inside it.

However, the Islamic Awkaf department made a series of architectural tests and proved that the building was in excellent condition, Bkeirat noted.

He underlined that the IOA excavations in occupied Jerusalem had led to collapses and not only cracks in most of the buildings in Jerusalem, its suburbs and environs, warning that the diggings were posing great danger on all urban neighborhoods in the holy city.

The heritage expert said that the diggings never ceased and that cracks were seen in the Aqsa Mosque's outside walls along with buildings near it, adding that the IOA should be condemned for unilaterally conducting the diggings that ran contrary to the Geneva convention and law of the Hague.

Bkeirat said that the IOA is earmarking 380,000 dollars daily to judaize Jerusalem in the absence of any real financial backing on the part of Arab regimes, championing a five-year plan that would mobilize all potentials to rescue Jerusalem from judaization.

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[sister herb]

I wonder when those zionists decide to put all Al-Aqsa to they "heritage list".

:raging:

[sister herb]

Ihsanoglu warns of Israel’s intents to turn Aqsa into Jewish site
[ 10/03/2010 - 05:01 PM ]

SAUDI ARABIA, (PIC)-- Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the secretary-general of the organization of the Islamic conference, warned of the serious consequences of the declared Israeli intention to turn the Aqsa Mosque from a holy site for Muslims into a Jewish shrine.

Informed sources at the organization said Ihsanoglu sent a message to US secretary of state Hillary Clinton and the Spanish presidency of the European Union warning them of the repercussions of any serious moves made by Israel and extremist Jewish groups against the Aqsa Mosque during this month.

The Israeli media had reported that the Aqsa Mosque would be demolished on March 16 by Israeli religious groups.

For its part, the union of Arab lawyers in Cairo called on Arab attorneys to organize a one-hour strike next Sunday in protest at the Israeli attacks on Islamic holy sites in occupied Palestine.

In Kuwait, the parliament strongly denounced the Israeli aggression on mosques in Jerusalem and the West Bank and called on the Arab and Muslim countries, and the international orgnizations to assume their responsibilities to stop these violations.

Kuwaiti lawmakers called for supporting the Palestinian resistance to confront the Israeli violations and expressed their rejection of any peace negotiations with Israel.

“If we gave up the Aqsa Mosque, we would relinquish Makkah,” one of the Kuwaiti MPs said.

Mauritanian parties also called on all Muslims in the world to immediately move to defend and support Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque.

Students in Mauritania staged protests and activities to denounce the Israeli moves to Judaize the Islamic holy sites in Palestine.

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