Posted on 2/9/2008, 5:08:01 PM by processing please hold
Rabat : The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) strongly condemned the decision taken by the Israeli occupation authorities to demolish the Al-Omari Mosque, built more than 700 years ago in Umm Tuba, a small village southeast of Al-Quds city.
In a special communique, released on Friday, ISESCO faulted the pretexts used by Al Quds Municipality under Israeli jurisdiction to justify its decision to demolish the Mosque as being manifestly unfounded.
It also called on the international community to bring pressure to bear on Israel to reverse its decision to destroy the Al-Omari Mosque of Umm Tuba, considering it an open offence against Islamic sanctities and a grave breach of international law, especially the Geneva Convention and the decisions of UNESCO World Heritage Committee.
The Organization also called on the OIC member states to immediately interfere to stop this aggressive act and protect Islamic historical monuments in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Moreover, ISESCO considered the decision by Israel to wipe out the Al-Omari Mosque as a gross insult to the feelings of Muslims across the world, and warned against the consequences of such a colonial decision which shocks the conscience of the Islamic Ummah and the peace-loving people the world over.
ISESCO also appealed to UNESCO, with which it has a cooperation agreement, to pressurize on Israel to refrain from implementing its decision.
It also called on the United Nations Human Rights Committee to denounce Israel's violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which are manifest in the tight restrictions it puts on Palestinian Muslims' right to worship and the acts of aggression it perpetrates against Muslim sanctities.
Where is that happening today?
Muslims throughout the world desecrate other religions structures. Ancient Buddhist rock carvings, world class large banyan tree and Christian churches. It’s a one-way process with them.
Kosovo .... many very old church’s there have been destroyed.
Al-Quds is in Jerusalem I believe.
A one way, process, you’re correct. Only they can be outrage and indigent.
Israel doesn’t have any say about what happens in Kosovo.
What’s ISESCO’s position on the THOUSANDS of churches and temples which Muslims destroyed in western India?
Funny, I didn’t see any protests when the Taliban dynamited two giant Buddha 1500 year old statues in 2001...
Now, now, it’s only mosques that matter. Get with the program infidel.
Neither did I. Bowing to islam is all that matters now. Other religions be damned.
So I take it this means that the Muslims are going to knock down the Temple Mount mosque complex so the Jews can rebuild?
(Thank you. Thank you. I’ll be here all week.)
The Jewish temple was demolished nearly 2000 years ago. Or am I confusing locations?
Generous tip left in tip-jar.
Protesting in Afghanistan at that time would not have been a healthy idea.
But there was a significant amount of disgust expressed in the western press.
Thank you for that link, bookmarked.
Umm Tuba is a low income neighbourhood in the southeast portion of Jerusalem, located north-east of Bethlehem. ...(according to my googling abilities.
Well I did. There were plenty of protests worldwide.
But you are right in that Muslims were not among the protesters.
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