Israeli Islamist Leader: Caliphate´s Capital Will Be Jerusalem

Reiterating a position he has expressed in the past, the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement declared that a new Caliphate will soon arise, with its capital in Jerusalem.

The Islamist leader, Sheikh Raed Salah, made the prediction Friday night, at the 11th annual conference of the Israeli Islamic Movement, in the southern Galilee city of Um El-Fahm. Tens of thousands attended the event, including the Palestinian Authority-appointed mufti, Ikrima Sabri, and an archbishop of the Greek-Orthodox Church. Arab League Secretary-General Amr Musa of Egypt sent his regards to the gathering, as well.

The conference was held under the slogan "Al-Aksa [the Temple Mount mosque] is in Danger," which has been utilized as a theme repeatedly at Islamic gatherings in recent years, harking back to incitement that preceded Arab massacres of Jews in the pre-State period.

Likening Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem to that of past non-Muslim rulers in the region, Salah said, "The Israeli occupation will leave Jerusalem soon. It will happen sooner than is thought." To aid in that process, Salah repeated a call of his from several months ago for Arab and Muslim states and organizations to establish a special fund aimed at "saving" Al-Aksa Mosque and Jerusalem from the Jews.

Salah also claimed that former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Moshe Katzav are suffering, each in their own way, because of their plans to "attack" the Al-Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City.

Sheikh Raed Salah was arrested, along with four other leaders of the Islamic movement and the mayor of Umm El-Fahm, in 2003 on charges of belonging to a terrorist group, passing information to an enemy, contact with a foreign element (an Iranian intelligence operative stationed in Lebanon), conspiracy to commit a crime, money laundering, and other security and corporate crimes.

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2 posted on 09/18/2006 4:47:40 AM PDT by Alouette (Psalms of the Day: 119: 1-96)

I thought Iraq was the seat of the new Caliphate?

3 posted on 09/18/2006 4:48:48 AM PDT by mcg2000 (New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad on The Red Cross.)

Israeli Islamist Leader: Caliphate´s Capital Will Be Jerusalem

Not if the God of Abraham has anything to say about it.

4 posted on 09/18/2006 4:58:24 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (Well, good luck with all that.)

Sorry - ain't gonna happen.

"And I looked, and lo, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion. And with Him were a hundred and forty-four thousands, having His Father's name written in their foreheads." Rev 14:1

5 posted on 09/18/2006 5:05:00 AM PDT by patriot_wes (Infant baptism - the foundation of an unbelieving and unsaved church.....)

And to all those coming up against Jehovah -- Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

6 posted on 09/18/2006 5:22:41 AM PDT by Esther Ruth (Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper!)

The Lord Jesus Christ will sit on the throne of David. All nations will bow at his feet.

7 posted on 09/18/2006 5:29:06 AM PDT by Rodm (Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)

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8 posted on 09/18/2006 5:29:18 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof!

9 posted on 09/18/2006 6:08:07 AM PDT by Esther Ruth (Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is thy keeper!)

Boy, is this character in for a great big disappointment (see Zechariah 12-14)! Heeheehee, he isn't gonna have his "caliphate"! :)

10 posted on 09/18/2006 6:52:43 AM PDT by Convert from ECUSA (Mid East Ceasefire = Israel ceases but her enemies fire)

11 posted on 09/18/2006 6:58:52 AM PDT by katyusha (Those who fail history are doomed to go to summer school)

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - may they prosper who love thee. Ps 122:6

Shalom in Yeshua

12 posted on 09/18/2006 7:58:45 AM PDT by patriot_wes (Infant baptism - the foundation of an unbelieving and unsaved church.....)

Sorry - ain't gonna happen.

BUMP!!!!!!!!!and then some!!!!!!!!!!

13 posted on 09/18/2006 4:40:17 PM PDT by bayouranger (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)

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