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Who Is Destroying the Al-Aqsa Mosque?


(Gatestone Institute) Mudar Zahran - The Al-Aqsa Mosque was built on the Temple Mount, where the Jewish Temple stood. The mosque is badly in need of maintenance, with dirty walls, dust-covered ceilings and worn-out chairs. During a recent visit to Al-Aqsa, one of the mosque's Muslim security staff pointed to two large donation boxes. "They collect an average of one million shekels ($284,000) per month. We have no clue where that money goes....The poor and the needy never get any of it." Is Al-Aqsa an Islamically sacred site, or is it a tool to collect donations by trying to elicit global Islamic sympathy - just a goose that lays golden eggs for its managers?
2013-12-10 00:00:00
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