[ 14/08/2010 - 08:58 AM ]
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)-- Head of the high Shari'ah court of appeal Ahmed Natour along with other Jerusalemite figures visited the Islamic cemetery of Ma'manullah and witnessed the size of destruction that happened to it after the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) razed more of its graves.
During the visiton Thursday, Natour condemned Israel's violations in the cemetery as an indescribable barbaric act, and pointed out that his court issued a number of fatwas (edicts) which confirmed the sanctity and inviolability of Muslim graves.
He emphasized that Ma'manullah cemetery is a sacred and historical landmark that refers to the Arab and Islamic existence and thus should be protected by all means. He also vowed to work on confronting Israeli violations against the cemetery and re-build its graves again.
The cemetery is the largest in Palestine; there are graves of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) there.
The IOA recently disinterred hundreds of graves in this cemetery for the construction of the controversial museum of tolerance. The planned building is to be financed by the Simon Wiesenthal center, a US-based Zionist group.
Ever since its establishment on usupred Palestinian land more than 62 years ago, Israel started to desecrate Muslim burials in Palestine, exposing and destroying graves, and building parks, museums, hotels, bars, schools and parking lots in their places.
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