Islamic Movement: Suspicious digging under Temple Mount

YNet ^ | Jan. 22, 2007 | Roee Nahmias

[Alouette]

Group raises charges that religious Jewish groups are making moves to construct Third Temple. Israel Antiquities Authority: There were no excavations, there are none, and none are planned

Roee Nahmias Published: 01.22.07, 07:44

Israel has been digging underneath the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, with the aim of constructing the Third Temple, the chairman of the Islamic Movement in Israel charged.

“This digging is a very dangerous phase in the mosque’s history,” Sheikh Raed Salah said in a statement.

The Islamic Movement in Israel considers itself responsible for “safeguarding the Temple Mount mosques,” and organizes transports to Friday prayers at the Jerusalem site, as well as the yearly summit “Al-Aqsa is threatened.”

Sheikh Salah and his movement dramatically issue similar messages every few months. This time, Salah made the charges in response to photographs issued by the Al-Aqsa Institution, a fund which works under the Islamic Movement’s northern faction to rehabilitate Muslim holy sites.

The pictures were issued two weeks ago in Israel, but met with little response. Recently, however, they were broadcast on the al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya Arab television networks, with the claim that the Religious Zionist “Ateret Cohanim” movement is executing “dangerous and extensive excavations” in the Temple Mount area.

The Islamic Movement rushed to respond, charging that “these excavations threaten the future of the al-Aqsa Mosque, as no one knows the accurate extent, direction and depth of the digging.”

The Islamic Movement believes that the excavations threaten the Temple Mount and are concerned that their ultimate goal is the construction of the Third Temple in place of the al-Aqsa Mosque.

'All excavations are open and known'

The Al-Aqsa Institution said in a statement, “On a visit a week and a half ago we managed to document extensive excavations led by the Jewish Ateret Cohanim movement, via the Antiquities Authority. The area is in the Old City, a mere couple of meters from the al-Buraq Plaza and the al-Aqsa Mosque.

"On the last visit, excavations 25 meters deep, 30 meters wide and no less than 40 meters long were witnessed – in the direction of one of the Temple Mount gates. Local residents told us that they hear digging day and night, and it has already led to fissures in the foundations of their homes.”

The Israel Antiquities Authority issued a response saying that no excavations were being carried out at all in the area of the Temple Mount.

“There were none, there are none, and none are planned,” said Osnat Goaz, spokesperson for the Antiquities Authority.

Regarding accusations of discreet and night-time digging, Goaz said, “The Authority is not acquiring assets, and is certainly not digging in the middle of the night, and definitely not behind closed doors.

"All excavations are open and known, and anyone who claims to know of other excavations is invited to report them to the Antiquities Authority, so we can act according to the law and stop illegal excavation. No digging permit was issued to anyone to dig tunnels to the Temple Mount. If someone knows of illegal excavations, it is his duty to report it to the Antiquities Authority.”

Anat Shalev contributed to the report

[To Hell With Poverty]

Well that's not surprising then. One negative thing that does stand out in my memories of Istanbul (besides all the smog) is plentiful BO! ;) Luckily Hagia Sophia smells more like centuries' worth of incense than 3000 or so muslims!

[Centurion2000]

Israel has been digging underneath the al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, with the aim of constructing the Third Temple, the chairman of the Islamic Movement in Israel charged.

“This digging is a very dangerous phase in the mosque’s history,” Sheikh Raed Salah said in a statement.

Too bad, get ready for the third temple.

[Blogger]

In reality, they are setting up the excuse for when the eyesore currently on the mount collapses due to their own "excavations."

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[TexanToTheCore]

It does sound as if the Al Aqsa mosque just got a bad engineering report and they're going to turn it into a big deal.

[Blogger]

Gee, wouldn't that be a pity.

[ChocChipCookie]

DIG!

DIG!

DIG!

DIG!!

[Towed_Jumper]

"Can you hear em comin? I can...it's a herd of dispensational premillenialists!"

...and at the head of the herd was Hal Lindsey riding upon a White Horse...with a contract in his right hand to write yet another "Late Great Planet Earth-2007 Collector's Edition". ...lol...

[CholeraJoe]

Those pesky Templars still digging for Mary Magdalene.

[Fred Nerks]

Likud minister and leader of Israel's Manhigut Yehudit Party Moshe Feiglin told WorldNetDaily: "We gave away our sovereignty to the holiest place of the Jewish people. I can pray in Manhattan, Damascus, Cairo, but I cannot pray in my holiest place because of an Israeli decision. ... I think it's a disgrace that represents more than anything the deepest conflict that Israel deals with – not peace, not security or the Palestinians. It's the conflict between the Jews and themselves over what is going to be their national identity for the coming generations. This identity is represented more than anything else by the Temple Mount."

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42895

[Kevmo]

BFLR = Bump for later reading

[theFIRMbss]

>Those pesky Templars still digging for Mary Magdalene

Yes. Or, maybe it's
Mary digging herself out
looking to kick ass . . .

[Reddy]

The mooslimbs ruined the Hagia Sofia. Covering mosaics and converting it to a mosque.

Thankfully, it still survives.

[Fred Nerks]

The Tajmahal is Tejomahalay A Hindu Temple

Probably there is no one who has been duped at least once in a life time. But can the whole world can be duped? This may seem impossible. But in the matter of indian and world history the world can be duped in many respects for hundreds of years and still continues to be duped. The world famous Tajmahal is a glaring instance. For all the time, money and energy that people over the world spend in visiting the Tajmahal, they are dished out of concoction. Contrary to what visitors are made to believe the Tajmahal is not a Islamic mausoleum but an ancient Shiva Temple known as Tejo Mahalaya...

http://www.hindunet.org/hindu_history/modern/taj_oak.html

[Lurker]

Just dynamite that malodorous nest of murderers masquerading as a 'shrine' and be done with it.

L

[Texas Mom]

During Desert storm I was hoping one of Saddams missiles would land on the Dome.

Wouldn't that have been a toot?

[Lurker]

During DSI I was hoping all of Saddams missiles would land squarely on 'pali' heads.

The dome of the syphilitic pedophile would have been a nice bonus.

L

[Bon mots]

The mooslimbs ruined the Hagia Sofia. Covering mosaics and converting it to a mosque.

Yeah, they ripped all the crosses off of it too. The door handles were crosses - they are gone, and they have all that Arabic Islamic text hanging up all over the place in there.

[Little Ray]

I have a better idea: blast and bulldoze that travesty on the Mount, and kill anybody who decides to riot over it. Kills two birds with one stone...

[theFIRMbss]

>The Tajmahal is Tejomahalay A Hindu Temple

The Tâj Mahal (Hindi: ताज महल) is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. The Mughal Emperor Shâh Jahân commissioned it as a mausoleum for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Construction began in 1632 and was completed in 1648. Some dispute surrounds the question of who designed the Taj; it is clear a team of designers and craftsmen were responsible for the design, with Ustad Isa considered the most likely candidate as the principal designer. The Taj Mahal (sometimes called "the Taj") is generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian, Indian and Islamic architecture. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar part of the monument, the Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures. It was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 when it was described as a "universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage". [The Taj's wiki entry]