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OIC condemns Israel's move to add muslim mosques to the list of Israeli heritage sites
- By King Fisher
- Published 02/28/2010
- Current Affairs
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King Fisher
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RIYADH: The head of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference
condemned as illegal the entry Sunday of Israeli police into
Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound and warned of dangerous
consequences to the action.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Jeddah-based pan-Islamic body, said the police move, which sparked fighting that left 17 people injured, violated international law protecting houses of worship.
He tied it to the Israeli government's much-criticised move to renovate two contested West Bank holy sites, the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb, as Israeli heritage sites.
"Such a breach, which comes days after the Israeli government's decision to illegally add the Ibrahimi Mosque and the Mosque of Bilal bin Rabah to the list of Israeli heritage sites, is a dangerous development in the Israeli scheme to stifle Islamic sanctities," Ihsanoglu said in a statement, using the Muslim names for the sites.
He warned that "any damage to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy places will have serious consequences with unpredictable danger to international peace and security."
Israeli police entered the compound to arrest Palestinians who had hurled rocks at visitors they believed were Jewish extremists.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary-general of the Jeddah-based pan-Islamic body, said the police move, which sparked fighting that left 17 people injured, violated international law protecting houses of worship.
He tied it to the Israeli government's much-criticised move to renovate two contested West Bank holy sites, the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Rachel's Tomb, as Israeli heritage sites.
"Such a breach, which comes days after the Israeli government's decision to illegally add the Ibrahimi Mosque and the Mosque of Bilal bin Rabah to the list of Israeli heritage sites, is a dangerous development in the Israeli scheme to stifle Islamic sanctities," Ihsanoglu said in a statement, using the Muslim names for the sites.
He warned that "any damage to the Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy places will have serious consequences with unpredictable danger to international peace and security."
Israeli police entered the compound to arrest Palestinians who had hurled rocks at visitors they believed were Jewish extremists.