Posted on 10/10/2006 6:29:36 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
Synagogue Planned For Temple Mount, Hashemites to Add Minaret 14:14 Oct 10, '06 / 18 Tishrei 5767 by Ezra HaLevi
MK Uri Ariel (National Union) is drawing up plans to construct a synagogue on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. Jordan's King Hussein plans to build a fifth minaret on the site as well.
The synagogue would be build upon the Temple Mount, but in an area that is indisputably not within the areas that require immersion and other preparations, according to Jewish law.
Ariel says that the synagogue would not change the Muslim status quo on the mount, which is home to the Al-Aksa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock.
“This is not a new idea,” Ariel stressed, “it has been brought up and considered countless times since the [1967] Six Day War [during which the Temple Mount was liberated from Jordanian occupation –ed.].”
The plan will be submitted to the Jerusalem municipality and the Committee for Design and Construction for approval. Ariel says that every aspect of the plan will be submitted to leading Torah scholars for approval.
The National Union MK, who visited the Temple Mount himself Monday, said that such a plan was an opportunity for the Muslim world to prove it is capable of rising above the violence and intolerance that have surfaced in the past year as a result of papal remarks and political cartoon portraying Islam’s founder Muhammad. Referring to Ariel's visit to the holy site, MK Talab el-Sana (Ta’al) said the “provocation” would bring nothing but “war and bloodshed.”
MK Ariel points out that every ruling by Israel’s Supreme Court regarding the matter of the Temple Mount has recognized the right of every Jew to pray on the Temple Mount. “This is rectification of a historic injustice, much more than the transport to Israel of [Theodore] Herzl’s children’s bones [as was done recently, in accordance with his wishes ed.].
"Since the destruction of the Holy Temple, the loss of our independence and the start of our exile and oppression during the destruction of the Second Temple, the Jewish presence at the site of our temple has always been an unmistakable symbol. The Romans, Byzantines and Crusaders expelled us and prevented Jews from entering Jerusalem, because they couldn’t stand to allow the Jewish nation to serve its G-d at this holy site. This synagogue will not interfere with believing Moslems who wish to pray at the Al-Aksa Mosque. On the contrary, this is an opportunity for the Moslem world to demonstrate and prove that it is tolerant enough."
Meanwhile, Jordan's King Abdullah II has donated a huge carpet to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and has announced a contest to design a fifth minaret for the mosque. The existing minarets have been affixed with green neon lights in recent years, dominating the Jerusalem skyline. The planned minaret would be constructed along the eastern wall of the Temple Mount and would be clearly visible towering above the Western Wall.
The project requires approval by the Israeli government before it can begin.
Published: 12:58 October 10, 2006 Last Update: 14:14 October 10, 2006
We live in interesting times.
Yeah, this'll go smoothly...
I can hear the squealing in east Jerusalem already -----
That's what I was thinking too.
The brown fecal matter will hit the fan (in very large amounts) if a synagogue is built on the Temple Mount.
Not gonna happen.
Ah come on Muslims, it's a synagogue and not the third temple. I am sure we can have dialouge on this./sarcasm on!
According the House of Saud, that's properly---Hashemite SCUM.
No it is not. It is part of Biblical prophecy.
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King Abdullah II orders building the fifth minaret for Al-Aqsa Mosque
www.petra.gov.jo ^ | 09/10/2006 18:48:16
King Abdullah II orders building the fifth minaret for Al-Aqsa Mosque
/0010/ Amman, 09 Oct. (Petra)—His Majesty King Abdullah II on Monday announced the construction of a fifth minaret for Al-Aqsa Mosque, along with carrying out the needs of maintenance and renewal of the Dom of the Rock’s furnishing .
His Majesty gave instructions to conduct a competition for the fifth minaret’s design.
During a meeting His Majesty chaired in the Ministry of Awqaf, the King said that keeping and constructing Islamic holy sites ‘is a duty that I should always support depicting the grandfathers steps.’ He stressed that he will personally follow up carrying out the needs of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
His Majesty announced also the establishment of a special fund and a Waqf for sacred places to help maintain and construct the Islamic sites, in the forefront, Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dom of the Rock.
His Majesty expressed support to the Ministry, its programs, its role in supervising and spreading Islamic morals. He pointed to the role of Zakat fund in easing the suffering of poor people.
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Zechariah 14:4 And His feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
Won't happen with moslims still breathing air.
Still not a bad long range plan.
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