Tuesday April 10, 2007

I've Been Thinking:

What is the biggest disaster to have been inflicted on Muslims?
According to Sheik Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in Northern Israel:
"The biggest disaster ever inflicted on the Muslim nation is the occupation of Jerusalem and the Al Aksa Mosque."

Understanding this sentiment is to understand the Middle East.
With these few words Sheik Raed Salah precisely encapsulates the very raison d'etre of the Muslim world today.

The vanguard of the entire movement against the West and against Israel balances on the circumstance that places the holy site where Solomon's Temple once stood in the hands of Jews.
Sheik Raed Salah and sheiks around the world use this very issue to stoke the flames of Muslim discontent.

Here is the simple reality: Under Israel's control and because Israel is a democracy all religions have access to religious sites in Israel.
If anything Jews are upset because in truth they cannot ascend the mountain where Solomon and Herod's Temples stood.
They cannot and do not ascend out of respect for Muslims.
Only a special Israeli Supreme Court hearing permits Jews to climb the mount in the City on the Mountain.