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PA Minister Likens Agreement with Israel to Pact Muhammad Broke to Conquer Mecca


(Palestinian Media Watch) Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik - On the eve of renewed peace talks with Israel, PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash said in his Friday sermon on July 19 that when PA leaders signed agreements with Israel, they knew how to walk "the right path, which leads to achievement, exactly like the Prophet [Muhammad] did in the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah." Al-Habbash's sermon was delivered in the presence of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and was broadcast on official Palestinian Authority TV. The Hudaybiyyah peace treaty was a 10-year truce that Muhammad, Islam's prophet, made with the Quraish tribe of Mecca. However, two years into the truce, Muhammad attacked and conquered Mecca. "This is the example and this is the model," said Al-Habbash.
2013-07-26 00:00:00
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