Posted on 08/05/2010 3:10:38 PM PDT by SvenWaring
The Mecca Synagogue and Jewish Cultural Center, a 13-story Jewish cultural center proposed for a site two blocks from Mecca, an Islamic holy site, cleared its likely final hurdle when the Mecca and Medina Landmarks and Preservation Commission voted 9-0 to deny protected landmark status to the building currently occupying the site, a "I Hate The Jews" t-shirt stand.
The decision is believed to be the last legal impediment to the project going forward. The commission, whose 11 members are all appointed by Saudi King Abdullah, held its meeting yesterday morning in lower Mecca, in the shadow of the Masjid al-Haram.
Commission member Ahmed Al-Alawiwi was willing to acknowledge the controversy surrounding the proposal, saying that the building near the mosque, is a part of Islam's holy site. But Al-Alawiwi said that connection was not enough to warrant landmark status.
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Must be Abdullah Crow laws.
What would be really funny is to have it translated into Arabic and then post it on some Muzzie websites. They would have a cow, I mean camel, over this! Next thing you know Al-Qaeda is issuing fatwas and threating the Saudi government as well as well as the Angry Muslim Guy arranging protests against it.
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