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02-01-04, 01:38 AM
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 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mansfield / S. Arlington Area
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 | Trouble In The Holy Land
TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND Jews urged to emphasize Temple Mount Chief rabbi says Torah laws can 'save us from our enemies' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: January 28, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Dov Lior, a leading rabbi in Israel, is calling on Jews to place a greater emphasis on the Temple Mount and the Jewish laws. Lior, who heads the Council of Yesha Rabbis, said during a rabbinical conference sponsored by the Ariel Institute and the Chief Rabbinate that ascending the Temple Mount while adhering to the Torah laws governing such a visit can "save us from our enemies." Rabbi Shar Yashuv Cohen, chief rabbi of Haifa and a member of the Chief Rabbinate Rabbinical Council said the ban on Jews and other non-Muslims ascending the Temple Mount no longer exists although the Chief Rabbinate has yet to officially "endorse" such visits. Police yesterday detained five Jews after they attempted to pray on the Temple Mount. Currently, non-Muslims are permitted to visit the site but are forbidden to pray. Israeli police enforce the ban imposed by the Islamic Waqf Authority, despite the site being holy to the Jewish people, the location of the First and Second Temples. Last August, Israeli police clashed with Muslims on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem after the compound was reopened to Christians and Jews. Police kicked and beat some protesters with batons while Arab children threw stones at the officers. Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, who appoints the Muslim clergy responsible for day-to-day administration of the site, ordered the site closed to non-Muslim visitors when riots erupted between police and Muslim worshippers a day after Ariel Sharon, now the Israeli prime minister, visited in September 2000 – a visit Arafat used to rationalize the current terrorist uprising, or intifada, that has resulted in more than 5,000 casualties. Last summer, the Israeli government announced it would reopen the complex to Jewish and Christian visitors for two hours every morning. The Waqf, or Muslim council, objected, complaining it was not consulted. The compound is known to Jews and Christians as the Temple Mount, having been the site of two biblical Jewish temples. To Muslims it is the Haram al-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary. Within the complex is the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa mosque.
__________________ Warm Regards, Trey Brister Nature abhors a vacuum and religion is a powerful civilizing and socializing force. It is not perfect, but at least it does not deny human nature. Most leftest ideology is based upon the idea that evil is the result of social conditions/injustice, and simple misunderstandings. Man's nature is seen as both inherently good and infinitely malleable. It is believed that man can be made into something better through education and other social endeavors. The truth is that human nature is not inherently good and neither is terribly changable. Any system that denies the truth about human nature will be the victim of it. Communism is only one of the more horrific examples of this fundamental truth. I understand why you're a socialist. You want to make the world a better place. What you need to understand is that not everyone can be helped and those who can are best served by providing them with the opportunity to help themselves. |
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