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To: Thomas M. who wrote (9446)	12/2/2001 12:35:52 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

More "meddling"...Looks like Arafat and Co will be finished..soon dailynews.yahoo.com Bush did not urge restraint by Israel in responding as the administration has in the past.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (9446)	12/2/2001 12:38:42 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

<< ... far more Palestinians having died in the conflict than Israelis ... >> You must mean, "Far more Palestinian terrorists" have died than innocent Israeli families. I'll forgive you for this little slip on your part. The deaths of many more terrorists just shows that terrorists aren't very smart. But how do you measure the damage done to the world? If 10,000 uneducated, unskilled, unwashed, uncivilized Palestinian terrorists die, there is very little lost to humanity. But, if one educated, skilled, civilized Israeli dies, the world has lost someone who can't be replaced. It's sad.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (9446)	12/2/2001 12:42:30 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

Seven people belonging to a wedding party were gunned down by suspected Muslim militants in India's troubled Jammu and Kashmir state on Sunday, police said. reuters.com

To: Thomas M. who wrote (9446)	12/2/2001 12:59:29 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

We're not about to tell Mr. Sharon what he should do," Powell said on CBS television's "Face the Nation". "But we've always said to both sides you better think about the consequences of what happens the next day or the day after," he said, adding that he had told Arafat by telephone the Palestinian leader now faced a "moment of truth". reuters.com

To: Thomas M. who wrote (9446)	12/2/2001 1:24:46 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

Most of the problems surrounding Jerusalem can be traced to two areas of dispute. One is the political area that asks Jereusalem to be the capital of both Israel and the nascent Palestine. The other and most contentious problem is the holiness of Temple Mount to both Judaism and Islam. The role Jerusalem has in the Hebrew holy works is well known and not open to debate; however, there are varying opinions on the holiness of Jerusalem, specifically Temple Mount to Islam. Many if not most opinions that counter Islam's claim point out the Jerusalem is not mentioned in the Quran and did not occupy any special role in Islam until recent political exigencies transformed Jerusalem into Islam's third holy site. Following is an analysis by a well known scholar: cmep.com

To: Thomas M. who wrote (9446)	12/2/2001 1:31:02 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

From the Muslim point of view the Dome of the Rock was an answer to and a denial of the attractions of Christianity and its Scriptures, providing the "faithful" with arguments to be used against Christian theology. The inscriptions are seven hundred and thirty-four feet long in all, amongst the lengthiest inscriptions in the world. There is a great amount of repetition and many quotations from the Koran. The following extracts are relevant: Inner Face: South Wall. In the name of Allah the Merciful the Compassionate. There is no God but Allah alone; he has no co-partner. He is the Kingship and His the praise. He giveth life and He causeth to die, and He hath power over everything. South-East Wall. Verily Allah and His angels pronounce blessing upon the Prophet. O ye who have pronounced blessings upon Him and give Him the salutation of peace. O, People of the Book (i.e. the Jews and Christians, always referred to as such by the Muslims -Ed.) do not go beyond the bounds in your religion and do not say about Allah anything but the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, is but a messenger of Allah and His word which he cast upon Mary, and a spirit from Him. So believe only in Allah and of his messenger, but do not say "Three" (Trinity) and it will be better for you. Allah is only one God. Far be it from His glory that he should have a son. North Wall. The Messiah will not deign to be in the service of Allah nor will the angels who stand in his presence. O Allah; pray upon Thy messenger "the servant Jesus - (N-W Wall) the son of Mary and peace be upon him the day of his birth, the day of his death and the day of his being raised alive." That is Jesus, son of Mary - a statement concerning which YOU are in doubt. It is not for Allah to take for Himself any offspring, glory be to Him. templemount.org