IRAQ TO BUILD MASSIVE MOSQUE OVER THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET EZEKIEL

The Last Crusade ^ | Jan. 05, 2010 | Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.

[Tamar Rush]

DESECRETAION OF SACRED SITE PROMPTS LITTLE ATTENTION

by Paul L. Williams, Ph.D.

thelastcrusade.org

The Iraqi government plans to convert the Tomb of the Prophet Ezekiel, one of the most sacred sites for Christians and Jews, into a massive new mosque.

What’s more, the Iraqis intend to erase all Jewish markings from the tomb so that no indication of its historic significance will remain for future generations.

The plan to transform the ancient burial site into a mosque was reported this week by Ur News, the Iraqi news agency, and Shelomo Alfassa, Director of Justice for Jews from Arab Countries.

Mr. Alfassa says that Iraq’s Antiquities and Heritage Authority “has been pressured by Islamists to historically cleanse all evidence of a Jewish connection to Iraq - a land where Jews had lived for over a thousand years before the advent of Islam.”

The desecration of the tomb, Mr. Alfassa adds, is taking place under “the pretext of restoring the site.”

Similar confirmation comes from Professor Shmuel Moreh, Israel Prize Laureate in Arabic Literature and Professor Emeritus at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who says that he is aware that the Hebrew inscriptions have been erased and that the plans for the new mosque are well underway.

The ancient burial site of Ezekiel is located in Al-Kifl, a small town south of Baghdad.

Ezekiel, whose prophecies included the Valley of the Dry Bones and the return of the Jews to Israel, lived in the sixth century B.C., having accompanied the exiled Judeans to Babylon.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

...the rabid nutters from the BJP in India demolished the babri mosque at Ayodhya to build a temple there on very specious grounds.

Muslims do not belong in India.

I wish we had such "nutters" here in the States...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

That was early 1990s and the violence around it still rages today.

Muslims have terrorized India for centuries and they do not belong there to begin with.

[Androcles]

Muslims do not belong in India.

I wish we had such "nutters" here in the States...

Be careful what you wish for....perhaps you might learn a lesson from some timeless verses.

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a communist;

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist;

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew;

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak out for me.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Why do you regurgitate tired old leftist drivel here on FreeRepublic???

First, I hate Muslims...

Second, I never met a Hindu I didn't like (they are always polite and hospitable) and I'm an atheist.

So, if you want to go to bat for Islam, I'd love to play Arjuna for a few moments.

[little jeremiah]

Thanks for the ping, Sir Francis.

Androcles, Muslims do not belong in India. They are brutal invaders, and practically every Muslim in India (and Pakistand and Bangladesh, which until very recently, WERE India) are descendents of Hindus, with some Buddhists and Jains, who were forced into Islam. If only the modern Muslims knew history, and if only Islam allowed those born into the prison of Islam were allowed to leave.

But they aren’t. Islam literally means “surrender”. They have mistaken the voluntary surrender of love for God with what a bad guy with a gun to your head says, as in “Surrender or get shot”!

[little jeremiah]

Many if not most of the old mosques in India, at any rate, are built out of ancient Hindu temples. The Muslims defaced the temples, added some minarets and so forth, and claimed they built them. Even the Taj Mahal is not a mausoleum for Shah Jahan’s wife as claimed, but is an ancient Hindu temple, probably for Mahadeva Shiva.

And look at the Hagi Sofia - it was a huge Christian church, now defaced into a mosque.

[little jeremiah]

The mosque in Ayodhya was built upon the ruins of an ancient temple of Rama. It is Rama’s birthplace, after all.

Why are you so pro-Muslim? Wouldn’t you like to be better educated about Islam?

[little jeremiah]

Oops - supposed to be Hagia Sofia.

[Androcles]

I’m not pro-Islam - that’s a conclusion you’ve leapt to rashly - if you read my posts you’d see that from the outset I opposed this Iranian act and the Bamiyan barbarity.

[Androcles]

I sense neither of us will be on each others xmas card list. For the record - I’m not pro or anti Islam / Hindu /Christian other, although I’m happy to condemn specific acts or groups of extreme stupidity.

[rabidralph]

Amen.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I sense neither of us will be on each others xmas card list.

I'm an atheist... You don't read too good...

[little jeremiah]

Okay - I just read a couple of your posts and you appeared to be favoring the Islamic position on the Ayodhya situation rather than the Hindu position, which is the correct side here.

[Androcles]

You don't read too good...

You don't write so good...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

You don't write so good...

Arabic is not my first language, perhaps you could translate...

[Androcles]

Here’s an excellent Arabic quote to start you on your way then (Translated of course):

He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Here’s an excellent Arabic quote...

I knew you could pull one out of your nether regions... somehow, I just knew...

[Androcles]

I knew you could pull one out of your nether regions... somehow, I just knew...

It alarms me that you're thinking so intently upon my nether regions. I'm sure you're a nice chap Francis, but quite frankly my bread isn't buttered that way.

[LanaTurnerOverdrive]

GW and his people must have known this type of thing would happen. That’s the risk you take when you decide to liberate a bunch of Muslims.

[Future Snake Eater]

You think Bush gives a damn? He’s the original “Islam is a religion of peace” guy.