DESECRATING JERUSALEM - The Destruction, Desecration and Usurpation of Muslim and Christian Holy Places in Al-Quds

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The destructive cult of Zionism knows no boundaries of any national and international laws, no respect for human rights, and no reverence for holy religions. Its savage nature became apparent right from the beginning of its illegitimate inception and its illegal and sinister entrance in the holy land of Palestine. Besides hundreds of massacres, forced evictions and migrations and land grabbing of native Palestinians that led to reign of fear, terror and horror, Zionist terrorists systematically and in a highly planned and provocative manner, carried out destruction and desecration of Muslim and Christian holy places. Hundreds of mosques were destroyed and converted to Jewish temples or places of secular activities. Al-Aqsa and Ibrahimi mosques were damaged several times and some sections are now used for Jewish worship. Similarly, most holy places of Christianity in Palestine, churches, shrines and places attributed to Jesus Christ were systematically damaged and desecrated. In addition, preplanned and organized psychological warfare was used in various ways against native Palestinian Muslim and Christian inhabitants to prevent them from praying and attending religious ceremonies at mosques and churches. They were harassed, attacked and socially isolated from their community members and terrorized by various means so that either they migrate or live in isolation without publicly attending religious ceremonies at their places of worship. Simultaneously, international Zionist organizations carried out massive propaganda campaign to cover-up these crimes and brain wash people especially in USA and Europe. Encyclopedia of the Palestine Problem provides an authentic and valuable record of crimes of Zionist terrorists from the birth of illegal Zionist entity until 1991. Details of different crimes and atrocities committed by Zionist terrorists are meticulously recorded in chronological order. Chapters 13 and 14 of the volume 1 of Encyclopedia, respectively provide details of destruction and desecration of Muslim and Christian holy places by Zionist terrorists. The International Association of Muslim University Professors takes pride in republishing these two chapters especially for the youth who are perhaps less aware of the long history of heinous crimes of the Zionist entity against Muslim and Christian Palestinians. The record of their crimes clearly shows that apart from massacring and torturing Palestinians on daily basis, they have no respect for their religion and holy places – both Islam and Christianity alike. PREFACE i DESTRUCTION, DESECRATION AND USURPATION OF MUSLIM HOLY PLACES AND THE VIOLATION OF MUSLIM RELIGIOUS RIGHTS 1 Destruction of Muslim Mosques and Waqf property in 1967 2 Israeli desecration and attempts to destroy the Holy al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem 4 The Ibrahimi Mosque (Mosque of the Patriarchs) in Hebron 7 Recent incidents of desecration and usurpation of the Ibrahimi Mosque 9 Israeli desecration and destruction of other Muslim Mosques (the records of the Islamic Higher Council, Jerusalem) 13 Testimony of the Arab Mayor of East Jerusalem 14 Excavations under and around al-Aqsa Mosque 28 Attempt to burn al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969 31 Resolution 271 (1969) of 15 September 1969 34 Further excavations beneath and around al-Aqsa Mosque 36 Annex I 38 A. Israeli attempts to destroy the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock 39 B. Chronology of the most important occupation attempts 40 C. The Arab inhabitants’ resistance to these Israeli diggings 42 Annex II 43 Annex III 46 The attack on al-Aqsa Mosque in 1981 48 New aggression against al-Aqsa Mosque in 1986 53 New aggression against Muslim Holy Places 63 Annex 64 The conspiracy to destroy al-Aqsa Mosque & rebuild the Jewish Temple 68 Criminal conspiracy between Christian Evangelists and Zionist terrorists to destroy al-Aqsa Mosque 77 The Beisan Municipality expropriates the Mosque in the city to turn it into a museum 88 Jewish extremists evicted from al-Aqsa 88 Drive for a third Jewish Temple 90 The Religious Affairs Ministry of the Israeli Government sponsors a Conference of Temple Research 90 Government aid 91 Non-Muslims banned 92 Temple ‘Cornerstone’ laid 93 Notes 94 DESTRUCTION AND DESECRATION OF CHRISTIAN HOLY PLACES AND THE VIOLATION OF CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS RIGHTS 97 Uprooting Christianity from the Holy Land 99 Palestine Christians oppose partition and creation of a Jewish State 102 Desecration and profanation of Christian Holy Places in 1948 103 Statement of the Christian Union of Palestine 103 Testimony of Christian Clergy: Protests to the United Nations 109 Destruction and desecration of Christian Holy Places after 1948 111 Desecration of Christian Holy Places 1967-1969 115 Murder of the warden of Garden Tomb 118 Destruction of three biblical villages: Beit-Nuba, Emmaus and Yalu…114 A campaign against Christian missionaries 121 The persecution of Christians in Israel 123 1. Zionists attack Jewish-Christian meetings 123 2. Persecution of parents for sending their children to Christian schools 124 3. Persecution of mixed Christian-Jewish families 125 4. Preventing the mention of Jesus or Christianity 126 5. Persecution of Jews for association with Christians 126 6. Beating Christian women and removal of Christian religious objects from their homes 127 Obliteration of Christian Shrines 129 Christianity and the State of Israel 131 Bitterness in Bethlehem 134 Christian pilgrims and tour guides in the Holy Land…………………...135 Physical threat to Christian Holy Places 137 All Christian denominations attacked 138 Continuing persecution of Baptists: Arson destroys West Jerusalem Baptist Church 146 Statement of the Heads of the Christian Communities in Jerusalem 157 Response of World Council of Churches, Geneva 159 Notes 160 INDEX 163