Holy City? Give Me A Break!

Opinionet.com ^ | August 18, 2004 | Alan Caruba

[Cronos]

Other than pure arrogance, what gives Islam the right to claim Jerusalem as an Islamic holy city when Muhammad never physically stepped foot there, nor anywhere else outside of Arabia?
Good point!

[Cronos]

It is the U.S., they contend, that supports these dictators and, therefore, is to be blamed for their actions. As for Israel, it is responsible for everything that is wrong with their lives. By contrast, militant and even peaceful Muslims are never to blame for anything.

And the (true) shots still keep coming!!! Looove this article

[fish hawk]

On Sept. 11 those Arabs attacked our Holy City of New York flying airplanes into the two Minarets, World Trade Center Minarets, and destroying them. Not to count the 3000 worshipers that were there at the time. That gives us the right to bomb their holy cities in my book.

[NCC-1701]

Great read!!! Note my tagline that goes with your sentiment.

[tjwmason]

But, there's another reason. Christian holy cities -- like Jerusalem, Rome, Salt Lake City and Moscow -- have a lot more going for them than merely being religious centers. Thus you can't call Rome "holy" because many parts of it are not.

First, how did Salt Lake City jump into that list?

Secondly, those cities which Christians call holy are called so because of events there. Thus it was the joint martyrdom the Holy Apostles Ss. Peter and Paul which made Rome holy. It was the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin which made Lourdes and Fatima holy. Above all, of course, it was the crucifixion and resurrection of Our Lord which made Jerusalem holy. There are distinctly unholy elements in Jerusalem, Rome, &c. but that is not the point we make.

So too Najaf contains a shrine considered holy to the shi'ite moslems (the tomb of Imam Ali); and they believe that Jerusalem (al Quds) has some important rock (I forget its significance) in al Aqsa mosque. Whence they call the entire cities holy.

[cloud8]

Holy city of Najaf my Yankee a$$.

It's "holy" because it's one of the pit stops where Mohammad squatted as he was passing through.

I've had it with these guys. Tell Sadr to come out with his hands up, or else he and his "holy shrines" are toast.

[leftyontheright]

-Unitarianism
-Boston

-Isn't citing a Unitarian Holy City pushing things a little too far?



My thoughts exactly... Is this a joke?