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

180 Pages·2021·1.989 MB·English

by  Dr. Issa Nakhleh (author) Dr. Ghulam Habib (editor)

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

Edited by

Dr. Ghulam Habib
International Association of Muslim University Professors

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

Dr. Issa Nakhleh

Edited by
Dr. Ghulam Habib

International Association of Muslim University Professors
Book details
Title:
DESECRATING JERUSALEM - The Destruction, Desecration
and Usurpation of Muslim and Christian Holy Places in Al-Quds
Editor:
Dr. Ghulam Habib
Publisher:
International Association of Muslim University Professors

Copyright © 2021
International Association of Muslim University Professors
Tehran, I.R. Iran
CONTENTS

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
PREFACE
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.
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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.
We hope that this book will be received well by the interested
readers and will also lead to awareness about yet another ugly
and inhumane nature of Zionism and the Zionist regime.
I thank Dr. Fatema Reza for her help in preparation of book.
Dr. Ghulam Habib
Office of the International Affairs
International Association of Muslim University Professors
April 2021
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