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PA Officials Warn Obama Over Visiting Al-Aqsa
Arutz Sheva ^ | 25/2/13 | Elad Benari

Posted on 02/24/2013 4:00:33 PM PST by Eleutheria5

Political and religious leaders in the Palestinian Authority on Sunday stressed that U.S. President Barack Obama should not visit the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem in a way that might compromise what they called its "Muslim sovereignty," AFP reports.

Obama will be arriving in the region in the spring, and PA media has been speculating that he will visit the site of the mosque. The White House, however, has announced neither the dates of Obama's visit nor its itinerary.

Sheikh Akrameh Sabri, head of the higher Islamic council and former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, said that Obama must enter through a gate that was not under Israeli auspices.

"Any visitor is welcome to Al-Aqsa, but they should follow the regulations of the Waqf and enter through the Lions' Gate and not through Mughrabi Gate, to ensure Muslim sovereignty," he said at a press conference and was quoted by AFP.

Hatem Abdel Qader, who heads the Jerusalem portfolio of the Fatah movement, said that Obama's visit should be coordinated with the PA and with the Jordanians.

"The visit shouldn't have a political theme to it because Al-Aqsa belongs to Muslims only and it is their place of worship and we refuse that any Israeli official accompanies the visitor," said Sabri.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alaqsa; alaqsamosque; israel; muslimsovereignty; obama; obamaisraelvisit; pa; waronterror
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My cup overfloweth with satire. But I am struck dumb at the Chutzpa.
1 posted on 02/24/2013 4:00:44 PM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: F15Eagle

where he will be killed by a head wound and arise on the 3rd day.


3 posted on 02/24/2013 4:17:18 PM PST by Craftmore
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To: Eleutheria5

As a Sunni Muslim, he has every right to go to the mosque, unroll his prayer blankee and pray to the Muslim goat god.


4 posted on 02/24/2013 4:20:30 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (The Progressive mind...an arid ethical and moral wasteland!)
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To: Craftmore

It will awaken an evil inside him that has been hidden, and world war three will begin in earnest.


5 posted on 02/24/2013 4:30:42 PM PST by Rage cat
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To: Eleutheria5

The place needs to be “visited” with a bulldozer.


6 posted on 02/24/2013 4:32:55 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: Rage cat
Probably right...or at least something like that.

And don't the PA officials know Obama is a muzzie...his visit to the Temple Mount will fulfill a prophecy. He is more qualified that any member of the PA.

After all, he is the Mahdi.

7 posted on 02/24/2013 4:40:50 PM PST by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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To: BenLurkin

I prefer an A-10 Warthog. No better way than to use something that has a reference to the pig family!


9 posted on 02/24/2013 5:05:40 PM PST by getarope (Time for the repubs to grow some balls and STOP the Kenyan in his tracks NOW!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Obama, go visit them at the mosque, you Muslim basturd.


10 posted on 02/24/2013 5:06:21 PM PST by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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To: RoosterRedux

What the heck would happen if he started running around claiming to be the Twelfth Imam?

Everyone in the western world would just ignore it and feel sad for him because they know his delusions were a result of a traumatic brain injury.

The Muslims on the other hand. After seeing something that could only be described as a miracle from the creator. They may take him at his word, and initiate their final battle plan for taking over the world.


11 posted on 02/24/2013 5:10:55 PM PST by Rage cat
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What the heck would happen if he started running around claiming to be the Twelfth Imam?

As a Sunni Muslim, he does not believe in the Mahdi!

12 posted on 02/24/2013 5:32:21 PM PST by Former Fetus (Saved by grace through faith)
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To: Eleutheria5
The White House, however, has announced neither the dates of Obama's visit nor its itinerary.

Uh? I thought he was going the week before Palm Sunday. Supposed to arrive there Weds. I believe?

Being given the medal of honor....

Barack Obama will receive one of Israel's most prestigious honours during his upcoming visit to the Middle East. On Monday, the office of the Israeli president, Shimon Peres, announced that Obama will be given the presidential medal of distinction in March.

A statement said that the honour recognised Obama's "unique and significant contribution to strengthening the State of Israel and the security of its citizens".

Obama to receive Israeli honor next month

13 posted on 02/24/2013 6:19:17 PM PST by EBH ( The 2nd Amendment exists for times like this.)
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PA Officials Warn Obama Over Visiting Al-Aqsa

"Obama will be arriving in the region in the spring, and PA media has been speculating that he will visit the site of the mosque."

Being given the medal of honor....

The first thing that came to mind when seeing the headline was that super-spiffy Peres Medal.

Why you may ask? Because he may need it on a visit to Al Aqsa.

Early in young Hussein’s life, and on July 20, 1951, his grandfather King Abdullah was martyred at al-Aqsa mosque in al-Quds (Jerusalem). Hussein was there, with his grandfather, as they went regularly to perform Friday prayers. A medal King Abdullah had recently given the young Prince Hussein, and which he wore after his grandfather’s insistence, saved Hussein from the assassin’s bullet.
http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/biography.html

14 posted on 02/24/2013 6:47:13 PM PST by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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As a Sunni Muslim, he does not believe in the Mahdi!

Oh Shiite!! You're right.

15 posted on 02/24/2013 6:49:58 PM PST by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: Ezekiel

So many signs coming into alignment...

Thanks for the link.


16 posted on 02/24/2013 7:08:21 PM PST by EBH ( The 2nd Amendment exists for times like this.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Eleutheria5.
in a way that might compromise what they called its "Muslim sovereignty,"

17 posted on 02/24/2013 7:49:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Eleutheria5
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18 posted on 02/25/2013 5:19:05 AM PST by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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19 posted on 02/25/2013 5:21:12 AM PST by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: BipolarBob; Former Fetus
Sunnis believe in the Mahdi (Sunni Muslims' Al-Mahdi)...just with slightly different role than that envisioned by the Shia.
20 posted on 02/25/2013 6:26:15 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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