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."
No wonder it inflamed tensions-everyone knows a pigs rectum best represents Moohammed.
LOL.. i sometimes call them "TowelHeads" indeed, but Little Sheet Heads will do... cant understand why are these moozies so sensitive as if they are really interesting individuals. Some Christians might not be interesting too but they are in many points reasonable.
LOL... sad truth!
"i find them much lower and dirty than what they think PIGS are..."
Agreed. To write Mohamed on a pig's head is an nsult to all pigs. Id rather see a "Fat Man" dropped on Mecca.
LOL..Yeah, because all pigs care of is just food... they dont kill other animals.
Um, the Watts riot started in about the same way, though without the intent.
Of course, the Watts riot didn't turn into World War IV..
....go after thier families. Take the gloves off mod style.
We need that kind of grass-roots movement here.
It is on it's way. There are those of us who are tired of the pussy-footing our government is doing.
The Mom didn't like the fact her son was being arrested on a dui. She jumped on a cop. People "thought" the cop didn't respect the Mom appropriately enough.
But the issue is the same. A people who feel that they are being threatened and insulted. Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't out to get them.
I actually got a chuckle about the second pig's head in the fridge for later use...
"A pig's head thrown into a mosque with the words "The Prophet Muhammad" written on it is stirring deep tensions here"
I think I just got an idea for a Holloween costume...
You may not believe it, but this couple is very likely to serve 2-3 years in PRISON for this wonderful act. Israel is a demented and suicidal nation which appeases its enemies and persecutes its own patriotic and nationalistic citizens. A 19-year old girl served 18 months in prison years ago for merely portraying the pedophile Mohammed as a pig in a CARTOON! Israelis need to clean house of the Stalinists who run their country.
I think it was a moslem that did it. They'd do anything to cause trouble.
Seems to me I read about this at least a week ago, maybe 2 weeks ago..
Same deal, pig's head, checkered head dress, arab outrage.. ( ha! arab outrage.. )
Different quote, same picture.
The Muslim fanatics can dog pigs all they want to, but I'd rather hang out with a pig than them.
Nice pics... identical to abu musab... but it feels like the pig is more innocent, what do you think?
Amen.
You know, an estranged muslim student claimed yesterday (I think.) to throw that pig head in there.
It must be W's and the jews' fault... (/sarcasm)
You know, someone should throw a couple of pig's heads in the Dome of the Rock and the Kaaba, and by pig's heads I mean incendiary bombs.
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