Turkey declares protecting al-Aqsa its mission

Hürriyet ^ | November/07/2014

[DeaconBenjamin]

Turkish leaders have said protecting Islamic sites in the Holy Land is a sacred mission for them, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan bluntly warning any attack against the 8th-century al-Aqsa Mosque is no different than an attack on the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca.

“The Israeli administration has to stop this despicableness, this barbarity; what would it say if this kind of attack had been launched against synagogues? The Masjid al-Aqsa is not only a shrine for Palestinians, but is the shrine of all Muslims,” Erdogan was quoted as saying on Nov. 7 during an official visit to the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat.

“This action, this attempt launched against the Masjid al-Aqsa can never be forgiven. Attacking the Masjid al-Aqsa is like attacking the Kabaa,” Erdogan added.

The president had already urged the international community to take “all required steps” on the issue, while arguing that, otherwise, Israeli provocations might revive intifada movements, with various troubles spreading into different parts of the world, as tension would not remain limited to Palestine, Jerusalem or the region.

As Palestinian protesters fought with Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Nov. 7, the latest clashes in a fortnight of violence over access to Jerusalem’s holiest site, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu also made a point of the significance attached to resolving of the issue by his government.

“Al-Quds [Jerusalem] has been entrusted with us by [Muslim caliph] Hazrat Omar. Al-Quds has been entrusted to us by [Ottoman Sultan] Yavuz Sultan Selim and [Ottoman Sultan] Süleyman the Magnificent. Al-Quds has been entrusted to us by the last soldier of the Ottomans,” Davutoglu said passionately on Nov. 7.

“Al-Quds is our cause even if everybody else forgets and it will continue being our cause for eternity. Nobody can turn to a Turk and say ‘al-Quds is not your cause,’” Davutoglu added, as he was delivering a speech during a collective opening ceremony for some 21 facilities in the northwestern Anatolian province of Bursa.

Recalling that he called both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas political chief Khaled Mashaal earlier in the day, Davutoglu pledged to do whatever it takes for al-Quds and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

“We have given the required orders; we will launch initiatives everywhere, the U.N. being the first place in the world for supporting al-Quds,” Davutoglu said.

Erdogan also said Nov. 6 that Turkey would raise the issue with members of the U.N. Security Council, as he underlined the importance of stopping violations at the al-Aqsa compound for maintaining regional peace.

The Israeli aggression was protested at four corners of the country, as Friday prayers also provided an opportunity for people to gather.

The Humanitarian Aid Foundation (İHH), the charity that organized the Mavi Marmara ship to Gaza to break the embargo in 2010, called on people to protest the incursion of Israeli soldiers and extremist Jews into the mosque.

Pro-Palestinian activists chanted slogans and raised flags following Friday prayers in Istanbul as part of nationwide protests. Around 1,000 protesters gathered in the yard of Istanbul’s Fatih Mosque, condemning what they called “Zionist aggression on the holy temple.”

In Ankara, protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy and threw stones at the building. Riot police fired tear gas to disperse the protestors.

[agere_contra]

Any attack against the 8th-century al-Aqsa Mosque is no different than an attack on the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca

Cool. Demolish them both then.

[Dagnabitt]

The Turks must have a lot of time on their hands to come up with nonsense like this.

[Ancesthntr]

Hey, Erdogan, Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish People. It is not even mentioned in your so-called holy book even once.

Anyway, what are you going to do about it, invade Israel? Good luck with that one, moron.

[2banana]

Two Words: Hagia Sophia

[Ingtar]

Their support of ISIS against the Kurds has to be covered up by some sort of noise.

[DoughtyOne]

Good, then I'm sure they'll get right on protecting Joseph's Tomb.

Turkey got of the Western Nation's interstate and is headed to the Arab equivelant of Hooterville.


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[Sasparilla]

What would Turkey say about Moslem terrorists driving their cars into crowds of Israelis?

[PGR88]

is no different than an attack on the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca.

Hmmmm. Now there's an idea....

[Alas Babylon!]

So what happens when Turkey attacks Israel and gets its ass kicked— do they then ask NATO to fulfill their treaty obligations?

Will the USA attack Israel?

Ataturk spinning in his grave.

[montag813]

He need not worry. Bibi is way too much of a coward to ever do anything against this hemorrhoid on the Jews’ most holy ground.

[montag813]

Hey, Erdogan, Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish People. It is not even mentioned in your so-called holy book even once.

Moshe Dayan surrendered it as soon as Jews had liberated it in June 1967. An Israeli soldier should have put a bullet in his head at that moment and taken it back. But it is far too late now. At this rate, there will be no Israel in 20 years.

[montag813]

So what happens when Turkey attacks Israel and gets its ass kicked— do they then ask NATO to fulfill their treaty obligations?

Israel couldn't even kick Hamas' ass. They are so vulnerable right now, and the spineless Netanyahu is the wrong man at the most critical time.

[PIF]

Turkey declares protecting 8th Century tourist attraction its mission. Al-Aqsa Mosque, built by the Umayyads in 715 AD, to build up the prestige of their dominions.

The first Umayyad ruler, Muawiya, chose Jerusalem as the place where he ascended to the caliphate - he ascended, not Mohammad who “ascended” most likely in Medina when the assassins caught up to him.

[bayouranger]

Turkish Court Takes Monastery’s Land, Declares Assyrians ‘Occupiers’ 2012-06-29
http://www.aina.org/news/20120629005252.htm

Lets not even begin w/ what they’ve done on Cyprus in violation of Intl law & the NATO charter since 74.

Oh, check out E-dog’s new pigsty:
http://shoebat.com/2014/11/01/new-york-times-finally-notices-antichrist-turkey-leaders-peacock-like-arrogance/

[SunkenCiv]

“The Israeli administration has to stop this despicableness, this barbarity; what would it say if this kind of attack had been launched against synagogues? The Masjid al-Aqsa is not only a shrine for Palestinians, but is the shrine of all Muslims,” Erdogan was quoted as saying on Nov. 7 during an official visit to the Turkmen capital, Ashgabat.

In that case, bulldoze the imperialist muzzie eyesore off the Rock and expel the Arab squatters from all Israel, including the Arab-occupied areas east of Jerusalem.

[DeaconBenjamin]

The Turks must have a lot of time on their hands to come up with nonsense like this.

The Turks want to be viewed as the leaders of the Muslim world.

[wetphoenix]

It is like earlier 1800 all over again. Time to march on Constantinople, toss them out of Europe and convert their mosques back to Orthodox temples.