Headline: "At the hands of extremist Jew Michael Dennis – today is 42nd anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Mosque being set on fire"
"August 21st every year is a sad anniversary for the Palestinian people and for the Arab and Islamic nations – the anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Mosque being set on fire by the extremist Jew from Australia, Michael Dennis…
This criminal act caused serious responses in the Islamic world, and demonstrations broke out everywhere. One of the ramifications of this crime was the establishment of the Islamic Conference Organization, to which all the Islamic countries belong… But the organization has not succeeded in stopping the activities of destruction and defilement of Al-Aqsa to this very day…
From even before Al-Aqsa was set on fire, and until today, the Israeli authorities are trying via different ways and means to harm the Mosque, by excavating under it and building adjoining tunnels, which has led to the destruction of the Mosque's foundations at the Jerusalem Shrine [i.e., the Temple Mount].
The Israeli authorities are still attempting to Judaize Arab Jerusalem, and are always trying to hide [from view] the Dome of the Rock, regarded by the world as the symbol of Arab Jerusalem, in a pitiful attempt to convince the world that Jerusalem is not Arabic but rather Jewish. Likewise, they continue to incite against Muslims, and no one can rule out the possibility that some new Jewish 'madman' will set fire to the Mosque again." =========================================== | | Abbas' advisor: Israel wants to transfer the "alleged Temple" into the Al-Aqsa Mosque | | Source: Palestinian TV (Fatah), July 26, 2011 | PA TV News broadcast, main report the Committee to Protect Silwan's report concerning the Israeli excavation of a tunnel.
PA TV newsreader: "[The Committee to Protect Silwan] noted that some of the Israeli sources had said that a gold bell had been found in the tunnel, belonging to what they call the Second Temple Period. This once again highlights the efforts of the Israeli side to forge the history of the holy city."
Interview with Ahmad Al-Ruweidi, advisor to President Abbas, on the Committee's report:
Abbas' advisor, Al-Ruweidi: "I personally visited the entrance to this tunnel, and it is clear that they [the Israelis] have built it modeled on the alleged Temple, as a basis for transferring the Temple in the future into the Al-Aqsa Mosque." |
========================================== | PA daily: Israel is building the Temple "in place of the Al-Aqsa Mosque" | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 7, 2011 | Headline: "Warning concerning construction of Talmudic parks, targeting of Al-Bustan neighborhood, and Judaization of Silwan"
"The Committee for Protection of Silwan Land and Assets warned of accelerated work in the area… [Member of the committee Fakhri] Abu Diab drew attention to the fact that the occupation authorities (i.e., Israel) are acting to falsify facts and history, by 'planting' alleged graves in the area, claiming that they are Jewish ones, and thereby conclusively seizing the area…
He stated that the results of the [construction of] very prominent works being carried out by the occupation's instruments, are changes in the area's landmarks, with the aim of falsifying its history and its heritage, and [bringing about] its complete Judaization, as a service to the legend and fable of the alleged Temple. As to the parks… they will belong to the Temple, which the occupation authorities and groups of extremist Jews are hurrying to build in place of the Al-Aqsa Mosque." =================== | Former PA Minister: Al-Aqsa Mosque is subject to "brutal attack" by Israel | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, May 2, 2011 | "'Quds.net Center for Research and Communications' recently published the book, 'The Guide to the Al-Aqsa Mosque', by speaker at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and former Minister of Religious Affairs, Sheikh Yusuf Salameh. The book… deals with the Al-Aqsa Mosque, its importance, and the religious importance of the city of Jerusalem, in order to refute what the Israelis disseminate, claiming that the Al-Aqsa Mosque was built on the ruins of their temple. Sheikh Salameh said that the book was published at this sensitive time, with the holy city in general and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in particular being subjected to brutal occupation attack, aimed at forging reality, culture and history…
Salameh noted that the book clarifies the Muslims' connection to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the importance of Jerusalem in Muslim history throughout the ages, since knowing [about] the Al-Aqsa Mosque is a precondition for protecting it and aiding it. Likewise, the book refutes the Israeli claims that the Al-Aqsa Mosque is situated upon the ruins of the alleged temple, and states that the Al-Buraq Wall (Western Wall) is an authentic part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and is not the 'Wailing Wall', as the occupiers falsely refer to it." ==================== | Former PA Chief Justice of Religious Court: Israel plans destruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque to build "alleged Temple" | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Apr. 28, 2011 | "Former [PA] Chief Religious Justice, Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi... warned against negligence of the nation in fulfilling its obligation to defend Jerusalem, which would allow the Israeli occupation to carry out its plans - its transformation into a Jewish city and the destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in order to establish the alleged Temple in its place."
============================= | Religious official and Mufti of Jerusalem: Israel endangers Al-Aqsa Mosque | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Feb. 17, 2011 | Headline: "Our people's religious leaders are calling for help in order to save Jerusalem"
"The office of the Chief Religious Justice of the Supreme Council for Sharia Justice held a press conference yesterday at the governmental information center at the Ministry of Information in Ramallah, in which speakers addressed the Israeli violations against the city of Jerusalem and the sites holy to Islam and to Christianity. [...] Attending the press conference were Chairman of the Supreme Council for Sharia Justice, Sheikh Yusuf Iddais; Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein; and Deputy Minister of Christian Religious Affairs, Hanna Issa, and representatives of the local, Arab, and world media.
In his address, Sheikh Iddais noted that the holy city and the Al-Aqsa Mosque are being subjected to ongoing and systematic Judaization by the leading rabbis in Israel and Jewish religious leaders, who incite to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque in various ways [...]
Sheikh Hussein said: 'Israel is also continuing its excavations beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque. It recently announced that it had finished clearing a tunnel which starts at Silwan and ends at the Western Wall of the holy city, and there is no need to mention the falsification of facts by means of the renovations which [Israel] is carrying out and the placement of the forged stone, to which UNESCO objected." |
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============================== | Israel conspires to destroy Al-Aqsa; the attack on the mosque is imminent | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Feb. 7, 2011 | "Secretary of the Supreme Islamic Council [and former PA Chief Justice of Religious Court,] Sheikh Tayseer Tamimi, warned of the [possibility of] Israeli occupation authorities implementing their criminal scheme of destruction of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and construction of the alleged Temple in its place.
His Eminence [Tamimi] emphasized that an analysis of the declarations of Israeli politicians and rabbis in the last while; a monitoring of the steps of the Israeli occupation authorities in the holy city; their dissemination of a rumor that a UFO which puzzled scientists passed over the Al-Aqsa Mosque a few days ago; the involvement of the peoples of the [Muslim] nation, its governments and its parties in the popular revolutions taking place in Egypt and Tunisia and in the internal problems of several Arab and Muslim countries; in addition to the fact that the Israeli government and the extremist Jewish groups and parties are exploiting all of these developments – all of this proves that we are talking about preparations for an imminent attack against the Al-Aqsa Mosque." ================== | | Mufti of Jerusalem: The main target of "the [Israeli] war against Jerusalem" is Al-Aqsa | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Jan. 6, 2011 | "At a press conference, the Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein… stated that the aim of a significant part of the [Israeli] war against Jerusalem is the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is the focus of the struggle, and is in danger of being destroyed in order that the alleged Temple can be built in its place." ========================= | Israel is planning to destroy Al-Aqsa and to build the third Temple on its ruins | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec. 31, 2010 | "According to the reports published by legal and civil institutions in Jerusalem and by groups active in protecting the holy sites and the Arab character of Jerusalem, during 2010, Israeli excavations beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque continued. These works are part of [the efforts] causing the collapse of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in order to establish Solomon's Temple upon its ruins." ====================== | Senior Fatah official: Israeli excavations under Al-Aqsa may cause collapse | | Source: Palvoice website (Fatah), Dec. 15, 2010 | Headline: "Abbas Zaki: Internal compromise means victory for everyone. Fatah and Hamas must meet halfway."
"Abbas Zaki, member of the Fatah Central Committee and General Commissioner for Arab Relations, called for an Islamic summit conference to be held immediately for the city of Jerusalem… He emphasized that the summit would need to establish the stance of the Islamic states towards Jerusalem, 'since it is not only ours, but [belongs to] all Muslims, and is in grave danger.'
Zaki said, in announcements to the press, that 'the struggle and the Jihad for the liberation of Jerusalem are not the job of the Palestinians alone; it is the job of all Muslims and all believers and all who are loyal and who bear the faith, and Jihad on [Jerusalem's] behalf is a personal religious commandment (i.e. incumbent on every individual) [fard ayn] and not [merely] a religious communal commandment, especially in the shadow of the threat to the holy city and its inhabitants, coming from the occupiers who are acting to change its Arabic and Islamic landmarks…' He noted that the excavation activities which Israel is carrying out beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque threaten the collapse of the Marwani prayer complex [Solomon's Stables]… In addition, they may cause a larger collapse of the structures adjacent to Al-Aqsa, in addition to the building of a new synagogue… with the purpose of concealing the usual sight of the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa." ========================= | Israel to destroy Al-Aqsa, with excuse of "natural collapse" from "aging, cracks, and earthquakes" | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Dec. 9, 2010 | "Secretary-General of the Islamic-Christian Council for Jerusalem and the Holy Places, Dr. Hassan Khater said that what [Home Front – Jerusalem region commander, Hen] Levi [sic] had said was more than just a statement to the press, and that it exposes the scope of the ominous Israeli preparations for the collapse of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, now that the occupation has included its occupation calculations the southern strip of the Mosque, adjacent to the Al-Buraq [Western Wall] plaza… especially since destroying this is an easier possibility than destroying the Dome of the Rock, which stands upon firm ground. This is in contrast to the older area of Al-Aqsa, the Marwani mosque and the library – where the lower floors are located, under occupation control – which are easy to destroy by various means, such as an artificially induced earthquake or the breaking of the sound barrier over them, using fighter planes…
Secretary-General of the Council rejected the possibility that these structures are in danger of natural collapse, and said that the studies carried out by Palestinian engineers inside Al-Aqsa and by experts from [the Ministry of] Religious Affairs show, with utmost professionalism and objectivity, that these structures are firm… However, the source of the [Palestinian] fear and concern is what lies behind these [Israeli] statements, and [the possibility] that the excuse of natural collapse as a result of aging, cracks, and earthquakes, will be used to cover the premeditated crime of destroying the Mosque." ========================================================================== | Israel seeks to build "the alleged Temple upon the ruins of the Al-Aqsa Mosque" | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 20, 2010 | Former PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei (Abu Alaa):
"Since being occupied in its entirety by Israel, Jerusalem has been subjected to an intensive Israeli effort to Judaize and to change the demographic and geographic reality, and the historical, architectural and religious landmarks of the holy city. This [has taken place] through ongoing attempts to conceal the [city's] Arab Islamic and Christian identity, for the purpose of the supposed historical claim that this city belongs to the Jews, especially as concerning the rebuilding of the alleged Temple upon the ruins of the Al-Aqsa Mosque." |
====================== | | Al-Aqsa preacher denounces Jewish "invasion" of Al-Aqsa Mosque | | Source: Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Oct. 1, 2010 | "Preacher at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and first deputy to Chairman of the Supreme Islamic Council in Jerusalem, Sheikh Yusuf Jum'a, denounced the invasion by dozens of Jewish officers into the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque yesterday… as part of the Jewish extremist plot to Judaize the holy city and to establish the so-called alleged Temple instead of the Al-Aqsa Mosque." --------------------------------------------- Warm Regards "This Year in Jerusalem" Feroze Mithiborwala |
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