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Crimes against Islam |
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Israeli Attempts to
Destroy the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock
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The
Israeli attempts to wreck the Al Aqsa Mosque and the holy Dome of
the Rock have passed through several stages, the most important of
which are as follows:
In August 21, 1969, the occupation authorities were involved in an attempt
to burn down the Al Aqsa Mosque. That act of arson destroyed the
historic Salahuddin pulpit and sizable parts of the Mosque. The fire
caused serious cracks in a number of the Mosques’ pillars which
resulted, in turn, in the collapse of a portion of the ceiling. The
Arab inhabitants of Jerusalem confronted this abominable act of
arson without assistance from the occupation authorities by
transporting water buckets by hand until they succeeded in
extinguishing the fire.
Early in 1980, an attempt was made to blow up the Al Aqsa Mosque by
explosives in a conspiracy plan for execution by Rabbi Meir Kahane.
The explosives were discovered minutes before detonation at a
distance of 50 meters from the Mosque.
Jewish religious fanatics have repeatedly attempted to conduct
prayers within spacious areas of the Al Aqsa Mosque, similar to what
they had done within the Ibrahimi holy sanctuary at Hebron. The
Jewish extremists, furthermore, attempted on August 9, 1981 to enter
the holy sanctuary in big numbers and on several occasions and from
various gates leading to Al Aqsa holy sanctuary to conduct prayers
therein. They broke the Magharbah Gate , the Iron Gate and they
ascended to the Tankinazia building in which the occupation
authorities are garrisoned and which overlooks the open spaces of
the Mosque. But the Moslem worshippers confronted those
transgressors and repelled their intrusions.
Many Israeli diggings were made in the vicinity, as well as under
the foundations of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the holy Dome of the Rock.
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