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Wednesday, April 6, 2005 |
Official PA website features article: Jews Have No Rights in Al-Quds: Egyptian Christian Copts |
Jews Have No Rights in Al-Quds: Egyptian Christian Copts By Hamdy Al-Husseini CAIRO, April 5, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) - Egyptian Copts refused on Tuesday, "Jews can't turn black into white and claim sacred rights in Al-Quds," "True that Jews used to live in Al-Quds for a while, but they lived like any Media reports said last month preparations were underway to organize a Matta said the Israeli claims of having rights in Al-Quds are part of "They, to mention but a few examples, claim that they are the 'chosen people No Evidence Bishop Rafiq Girgis, director of the Catholic Church press office in Cairo, "But we can't deny them the right to enter the holy city to enjoy its Al-Azhar said on March 27, that Jews have no religious rights whatsoever in "Al-Quds is a Palestinian right that should be given back to the Raouf Abbas, professor of history in Ein Shams University, said since the "They might now resort to such talked-about conferences to get what they Mohammad Abu Ghadir, professor of Hebrew in Al-Azhar University, added that Al-Haram Al-Sharif, which includes Al-Aqsa Mosque, represents the heart of Jews claim that their alleged Haykal (Temple of Solomon) exists underneath Its significance has been reinforced by the incident of Al Isra'a and Al Palestinian archeologists have warned that ongoing Israeli excavations Political Agenda Matta said Egyptian Copts are only for conferences on interfaith dialogue, "But we reject any religious conferences with political and hidden agendas," Girgis saw eye to eye with Matta on the conference's purpose. "We reject to participate in conferences that take religion as a facade to Matta added that Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria has set a good example by Up to 400 Palestinian Christians demonstrated in Al-Quds last month to The protestors marched from the Holy Sepulchre Church to the Greek Orthodox |
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