Posted on 03/31/2005 8:49:52 AM PST by SavedAndForgiven
An act of Islamic vandalism on a wall of Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount, has elicited outrage on the part of archaeologists.
The word “Allah” was found yesterday carved into the eastern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Arabic letters are approximately a foot tall.
It is suspected that Arab workers brought in by the Waqf Islamic authority, which controls the Temple Mount, are the culprits. Police feel they used stone cutting tools to engrave the word into the stone, which is located about thirty feet off the ground.
The stone in question is located next to scaffolding brought in by Jordanian workers to prevent the collapse of the wall. The Temple Mount retaining wall was in danger of collapse after the Waqf engaged in massive and unsupervised excavations below the mount. The material dug out from beneath the mount was then mixed with refuse and discarded into the Kidron Valley.
Archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar of the Committee for the Prevention of the Destruction of Antiquities strongly condemned the vandalism. “They are supposed to be fixing and bolstering the wall, not carving names into the ancient structure,” the Hebrew University archaeologist told Arutz-7. “The Antiquities Authority and the police, as well, have failed to provide even elementary protection that is provided for any archaeological site, let alone the Temple Mount.”
Dr. Mazar added that the Jordanian work strengthening the walls that were weakened during the illegal construction is being carried out, "purposely," very slowly. The Committee for the Prevention of the Destruction of Antiquities warned ten months ago that the "Temple Mount has been abandoned, with no archaeological supervision whatsoever.”
“This is a shameful crime,” Mazar said. “Graffiti on an archaeological site! Can you imagine what a political storm would have resulted if graffiti with a Jewish theme had been carved into such a site?”
Dr. Mazar claims that the authority has an inclusive picture of all construction taking place on the Mount, “but I am unable to promise that we know everything. I don’t know what happens at night, and I don’t know what is being done in Solomon’s Stables [the area on the southeastern side of the Temple Mount plaza that was dug out for the construction of a new mosque –ed.].”
GOT TO THE LINK FOR A PICTURE.... DISGUSTING!!!!!!!
I'm sure it's a capital crime in Islam to erase the name of Allah once it's carved. Wait and see.
I think I see the problem here...
========= Israel: Joseph's Tomb =========
Joseph's Tomb, after the Arab terrorists first destroyed it,
then after the Israelis restored it, and then again after the Arab and Palestinian terrorists struck again.
Early destruction of Joseph's Tomb by Arab terorists.
Then Joseph's Tomb, rerestored by Israel, tolerant of all religions,
Joseph's Tomb, after the Arab and Palestinian terrorists
resavaged the site, in their typical "pieceful" way.
I thought they took the "no graven images" prohibition seriously.
'Allah me, why not take allah me?'
Ping.
Is it alright if you just wee on it?
Can someone please post the image here from arutz.. Its beyond my techie abilities lol
Maybe Isreal should declare that Jerusalem is now subject to the same rules Mecca is, and only Jews (and Christians) are allowed to visit.
Imagine the outcry!
Maybe an idea whose time has come..
They should remove the stone and place it in front of a urinal.
The people who did this are swine.
The word “Allah” was found yesterday carved into the eastern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Arabic letters are approximately a foot tall. ...Islamic vandalism on the eastern wall of the Temple Mount.
WE'RE ALL DOOMED. The towel-headed animals are reproducing faster than we are and will rule the earth one day. I'm not optimistic.
That picture is interesting... looks more like the "carving" is actually something glued to the front of that stone. See how the rest of the face of the stone does not look recessed, compared to the neighboring stones?
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