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Muslim group opposes Arafat's burial on Mount (No he's not dead yet)
Jerusalem Post ^
| Mar. 3, 2004
| Khaled Abu Toameh
Posted on 03/03/2004 4:12:05 PM PST by Alouette
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's wish to be buried on the Temple Mount is stirring an emotional debate among Palestinians. Leaflets distributed in Jerusalem on Wednesday by the Muslim Liberation Party called for thwarting Arafat's plan.
Sources close to Arafat confirmed that the PA chairman has asked his supporters in Jerusalem to check the possibility of burying him near the Aksa Mosque.
Jerusalem police recently detained three Arab residents of Jerusalem on suspicion they were putting pressure on the Muslim Wakf (religious trust) to agree to allocate a plot on the Temple Mount for the burial of Arafat. The three were served with orders banning them from entering the Temple Mount for three months.
Palestinians said some of Jerusalem's prominent Arab families are opposed to Arafat being buried on the Temple Mount. The last Palestinian to be buried on the Temple Mount was Faisal Husseini, the former PLO representative in Jerusalem, who died of a heart attack in 2001.
Husseini was buried at the site despite fierce opposition from some Palestinians, who said the privilege should be reserved only to devout Muslim figures. The Liberation Party, a tiny Muslim faction with a strong presence on the Temple Mount, spearheaded the opposition, but Husseini's aides managed to enforce their will.
A leaflet distributed in Jerusalem by the party said its members are also strongly opposed to plans to bury Arafat on the Temple Mount. Referring to Arafat, the leaflet said: "We warn this wicked infidel, who married a Christian infidel, against contemplating desecrating the holy Aksa Mosque."
Earlier this year, members of the Liberation Party prevented Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher from praying at al-Aksa. They threw shoes at him and shouted slogans accusing him and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of betraying the Arabs and Muslims.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arafat; burial; desecration; templemount
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posted on
03/03/2004 4:12:06 PM PST
by
Alouette
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posted on
03/03/2004 4:12:29 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Mitul d'min kadam Shemayo malchusa v'shalim b'ammaya)
To: Alouette
I cant say it enough.
Terror masters have created a monster they can no longer control.
3
posted on
03/03/2004 4:13:53 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(you win wars by making the other dumb SOB die for his country)
To: Alouette
Earth Quake alert.
4
posted on
03/03/2004 4:15:45 PM PST
by
reed_inthe_wind
(Vienna said the middlemen come from Ger, Nether,Belg, S Af, Jap,Dub, Mal,USA,Rus,Chin,and Pak.)
To: Alouette
Too bad he's not dead yet. :(
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posted on
03/03/2004 4:17:45 PM PST
by
NYC GOP Chick
(LMDC = Major Scam!)
To: reed_inthe_wind
When I saw this headline on the JPOST I almost broke out the bubbly I've been saving for a joyous occasion. And it is very close to Purim.
But he is not dead. Oh bummer.
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posted on
03/03/2004 4:18:37 PM PST
by
Alouette
(Mitul d'min kadam Shemayo malchusa v'shalim b'ammaya)
To: Alouette
Sources close to Arafat confirmed that the PA chairman has asked his supporters in Jerusalem to check the possibility of burying him near the Aksa Mosque. Word is they want to install a new septic system. I think they might be able to accomodate him.
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posted on
03/03/2004 4:19:24 PM PST
by
uglybiker
(Evil Overlord Rule #86: Don't turn into a snake. It never helps.)
To: Alouette
Shoot his ases up in the air with big fire cracker aim it at a manure field.
8
posted on
03/03/2004 4:20:26 PM PST
by
boomop1
To: Alouette
Shoot his ashes up in the air with big fire cracker aim it at a manure field.
9
posted on
03/03/2004 4:20:48 PM PST
by
boomop1
To: Alouette
But he is not dead. Oh bummer. Your sorrow is my sorrow.
10
posted on
03/03/2004 4:21:12 PM PST
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Pick my weapon? Ok I choose sledge hammers.... in seven feet of water.)
To: Alouette
But he is not dead. Oh bummer.Yes, but it must be close if he's thinking about a burial plot.
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posted on
03/03/2004 4:22:53 PM PST
by
McGavin999
(Evil thrives when good men do nothing!)
To: uglybiker
The septic system would choak on his evil fat.
There isn't enough Rid-X in the world to handle him.
12
posted on
03/03/2004 4:30:58 PM PST
by
TSgt
(I am proudly featured on U.S. Rep Rob Portman's homepage: http://www.house.gov/portman/)
To: Alouette
There is always room for compromise...he can be buried on the mount if his coffin is a few pigs sewn together.
To: Alouette
You mean we have to wait until he's dead to bury him?
To: Alouette
Bah. Feed him to the hogs. He doesn't even have to be dead, just stunned.
To: NYC GOP Chick
Too bad he's not dead yet. :( He's pining.
Pining for the fjords.
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posted on
03/03/2004 4:50:37 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Alouette
Ok. Leyt him be buried under the ruins if the Al aksa Mosque and the Dome of the Crock.
To: Alouette
Sounds good to me. Just let me pick the guy to blast the hole Arafat is to be buried in.
To: Alouette
Don't they have toxic waste laws?
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posted on
03/03/2004 5:10:58 PM PST
by
Lijahsbubbe
(The brighter you are, the more you have to learn)
To: Alouette
Question is not 'where.'
Question is 'how soon.'
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posted on
03/03/2004 5:42:21 PM PST
by
atomicpossum
(Fun pics in my profile)
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