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'Muhammad pig's head' inflames tensions
WND ^ | 08-26-05 | By Aaron Klein

Posted on 08/26/2005 5:23:34 PM PDT by ChristianDefender

A pig's head thrown into a mosque with the words "The Prophet Muhammad" written on it is stirring deep tensions here, with a popular extremist sheik today threatening an Arab revolt and Jewish Temple Mount activists calling on Arabs to be expelled from the country.

The pig's head, which was covered in a black-and-white checkered kaffiyeh, that is an Arab headdress, was thrown last week into the Hassen Bek Mosque of Jaffa, just outside Tel Aviv. The pig is regarded by Muslims and Jews as an unclean animal, and has been previously used in incidents here that have inflamed religious passions.

A Tel Aviv couple arrested today admitted to placing the pig in the mosque in hopes, they said, of instigating area Muslims to riot in order to derail the Gaza evacuation plan, which was at its height during the incident. Police found a second pig's head in the suspects' home refrigerator. The couple said they were planning to repeat the attack.

The intended consequences of the pig's head placement may already be playing out.

At prayer services inside the Hassen Bek mosque today, Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement, a Palestinian Temple Mount activist group, called on Arabs to revolt against the Israeli government.

"Jewish terrorists carried out this act against Hassen Bek, but the Israeli establishment bears responsibility for the attack, and will bear responsibility for the fall out as well," said Salah.

He warned Jews will take advantage of the atmosphere created by the swine incident to attack the Al Aqsa Mosque.

"The establishment is trying to get rid of al-Aqsa. The Zionists won't rest until there is an ugly attack [against it]. That would be very dangerous."

Salah, who was recently released from prison, has been accused by Israel of receiving funds from organizations related to terror groups, including Hamas. He said Muslims must defend Al Aqsa from "evil Jewish designs."

David Haivri, chairman of Revava, a Temple Mount activist group regularly targeted by Salah's public comments, told WND, "Indeed, the Temple Mount should be returned to the control of the Jewish authorities, but it should not be done with any attacks or violence. The Mount is the holiest place for Jews. Muslim control of the site and restrictions on Jewish prayer is not acceptable. Jews should make a pilgrimage to the Temple Mount and show we want it back."

Haivri added, "I think now that [Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon conducted his first stage in a population exchange with the Gaza withdrawal, he should complete it by sending in the same military forces to get out the Muslims from our country. They have 22 other large Arab countries to live in."

Reacting to Haivri's sentiment, Salah warned, "Anyone who thinks they can get us to leave our land had better prepare a million coffins for Palestinians in this country. We were born in this land, and we will die in this land. From here we will meet Allah."

Salah said his Islamic Movement will set up 24-hour-a-day guard units to secure Muslim holy sites in Jaffa, Ramleh and Lod, including at the Hassen Bek Mosque. Hassen Bek was the scene of Israeli-Arab violence at the start of the Palestinians' 2000 intifadah.

Anti-Muslim crimes in Israel involving pigs are usually punished severely. In 2001, an activist was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for placing a pig's head on the grave of a militant sheikh in a Muslim cemetery.

In June, tensions rose sharply in Gaza after local Arabs found graffiti on a wall that read "Muhammad pig."


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To: pipecorp

Boars Head Provisions.
No harm was intended.


21 posted on 08/26/2005 5:52:09 PM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (We shall never forget the atrocity of 11 Sept.)
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To: sgtbono2002
They call these people who threw in a Pigs head Terrorists , while they call Palestinians who commit suicide bombing Freedom Fighters.

Its the new trend popularized by Cindy Sheehan..

22 posted on 08/26/2005 5:53:17 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: Prime Choice

How loathsome and unclean!;)


23 posted on 08/26/2005 5:54:43 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Tim Long

Ahem.
Turd polishing is an ancient tradition that has been handed down for generations.
You obviously got all of the cushy jobs :)


24 posted on 08/26/2005 5:55:05 PM PDT by ARealMothersSonForever (We shall never forget the atrocity of 11 Sept.)
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To: ChristianDefender
We should be supplying THIS to all of our military personnel in Iraq...can't think of a better brand of gun lubricant!
25 posted on 08/26/2005 5:55:23 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (New England...the Sodom and Gomorrah of the 21st Century, and they're proud of it!)
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To: Sender
So let it be written...

...so let it be Done...

26 posted on 08/26/2005 5:55:30 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: ChristianDefender

Kermit would be jealous of that Hilli-Pig...wow, Miss Piggy outdoes that Marxist Sausage any day!!! :-)


27 posted on 08/26/2005 5:55:56 PM PDT by EagleUSA (w)
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

mmmmm pork, by any other name....


28 posted on 08/26/2005 5:57:38 PM PDT by pipecorp (Let's have a CRUSADE! , the muslims have already started. 1500 replies and not a single post!)
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To: shezza
Did it look something like this?

No. That one will cause another Arab-Israeli War, maybe in the future.

29 posted on 08/26/2005 5:57:55 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: who knows what evil?

LOL... you know what, this might be the only thing that will straighten' up the moozies... this will deprive them of 72 virgins badly...

30 posted on 08/26/2005 6:04:49 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Where does one find a pig in the Mideast?

While Israel is considered to be a Jewish homeland, there are many Christians who live there as well, and many Jews are non-observant. In particular, many immigrants from the Soviet Union, and later Russia, are not at all observant, and grew up eating pork, and continue to do so in Israel.

Mark

31 posted on 08/26/2005 6:06:53 PM PDT by MarkL (It was a shocking cock-up. The mice were furious!)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
Where does one find a pig in the Mideast?

You mean now that Arafat is gone?
Not to worry, Arafat Jr. (several, as I recall) have been appointed.

Pork city...

32 posted on 08/26/2005 6:06:53 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Liberal level playing field: If the Islamics win we are their slaves..if we win they are our equals.)
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To: ChristianDefender
...so let it be Done... ...to kill the firstborn pharaoh's son. I'M CREEPING DEATH!

That song will never get old. I daresay it's the anthem of conservatism.

33 posted on 08/26/2005 6:10:25 PM PDT by Tim Long
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To: Prime Choice

That's just nasty.


34 posted on 08/26/2005 6:12:54 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts
I said it before...Bill Clinton's little black book, thats where you find a pig in the Mideast, or China, or Russia, or....you know the rest.
35 posted on 08/26/2005 6:22:35 PM PDT by 359Henrie
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To: ChristianDefender
Reacting to Haivri's sentiment, Salah warned, "Anyone who thinks they can get us to leave our land had better prepare a million coffins for Palestinians in this country. We were born in this land, and we will die in this land. From here we will meet Allah."

Any coffin makers out of work, please contact Salah.

36 posted on 08/26/2005 6:24:08 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Cindy Sheehan has ZERO for an IQ.)
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To: varyouga
Now deporting all the hate preachers in the Mosque...there's an idea.

Absolutely... It's best for the Jews to be righteously prevailing, not giving the same stuff that their enemies do..

This would be out of topic though; But if the muslims will experience the taste of the best bacon in town they will surely become apostates...Pork meat is good..IMO

37 posted on 08/26/2005 6:30:23 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: ChristianDefender

"TOWEL HEADS"
Recently I received a warning about the use of this politically incorrect term, so please note, we all need to be more sensitive in our choice of words.
I have been informed that the Islamic terrorists, who hate our guts and want to kill us, do not like to be called "Towel Heads", since the item they wear on their heads is not actually a towel, but in fact, a small folded sheet.

Therefore, from this point forward, please refer to them as "Little Sheet Heads."

Thank you for your support and compliance on this delicate matter... And, God Bless America


38 posted on 08/26/2005 6:31:20 PM PDT by sierrahome (Life is tough enough without being stupid.)
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To: martin_fierro

I still dont know what happened to these guys after they did that with Berg... i find them much lower and dirty than what they think PIGS are...

39 posted on 08/26/2005 6:35:32 PM PDT by ChristianDefender (If you can't fight with M16/M4.. then use prayer, if not just choose whose side are You!)
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To: ChristianDefender

The notion that World War IV begins with the head of a pig staggers the imagination.

Nobody died.


40 posted on 08/26/2005 6:38:21 PM PDT by Beckwith (The liberal press has picked sides ... and they have sided with the Islamofascists)
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