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American Muslims Asked to Protest Opening of Tunnel Near AL-AQSA Mosque and
Dome of The Rock
WASHINGTON, DC (9/25/96) - CAIR today issued a statement condemning the
opening of a tunnel near Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock in
Jerusalem. The statement reads as follows: "The American Muslim community
views with great concern the opening of a tunnel near the foundations of one
of Islam's holiest sites, the Haram as-Sharif ("noble enclosure") containing
both Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock. The opening of this tunnel
could provide an opportunity for religious extremists to finally carry out
the destruction of these sites they have attempted in the past. People of
all faiths should recall the 1969 arson attack on Al-Aqsa mosque, the foiled
attempt to bomb the Dome of the Rock in the 1980s and the shooting deaths in
1990 of 17 Palestinians who challenged Jewish extremists when they sought to
lay a 'cornerstone' at the holy sites. These were not isolated incidents,
but are the result of an ideology that seeks to erase all traces of Islam in
Jerusalem. (Muslim and Christian Palestinians are routinely barred from
religious sites in Jerusalem.) The secretive nature of the tunnel's opening
also demonstrates a disrespect for places of worship and reveals an
intention to covertly alter the status of the city in favor of one faith.
This unilateral action can only serve to increase tensions in the Middle
East and throughout the Muslim world. We call on all people of conscience to
join American Muslims in condemning this flagrant attack on religious rights
and sensibilities." Muslims Must be on Religious Freedom Advisory Panel
President Clinton will soon appoint (as early as the end of the week) an
advisory committee to the Secretary of State on religious freedom abroad.
This committee is being formed at the insistence of evangelical Christian
groups in the United States who wish to use it to "mobilize support for
persecuted Christians around the world." (The New York Times) The committee
will be composed of some 20 prominent religious leaders and scholars who
will make recommendations to the Secretary of State. According to The
Washington Post (9/22/96): "Evangelical leaders are seeking to elevate the
cause to a national campaign modeled on the Jewish community's ultimately
successful effort in the 1970s and 1980s to free Soviet Jews." A non-binding
House resolution (515), passed yesterday in support of this campaign, states
in part: "Whereas in several Islamic countries conversion to Christianity
from Islam is a crime punishable by death; Whereas the militant Muslim
Government of Sudan is waging a jihad (religious war) against the Christian
southern part of the country, enforcing Shari'a (Islamic law) against
non-Muslim African Sudanese, torturing, starving, killing, and displacing
over 1,000,000 people, and enslaving tens of thousands of women and
children..." The resolution also singles out Kuwait and Iran as violators of
religious rights, falsely claiming that a Kuwaiti court "recommended that he
(a convert from Islam) be put to death." ACTIONS REQUESTED: (POLITE and
RESPECTFUL responses only. It is important that responses come from
community leaders, mosques, Islamic centers, Islamic organizations,
educators, and activists.)
CONTACT PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON, The White House, Washington, D.C.,
20500 Tel: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461
EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Demand that he put pressure on the Israeli
government to close the tunnel.
Tell him the incident in Jerusalem points to the need for Muslim
representatives on the State Department advisory panel on religious freedom
abroad. Indicate which organizations should be contacted for recommendations
on committee appointees.
SEND COPIES of the letter to Mr. Robert Nash, the White House committee
appointments coordinator at FAX: 202-456-2259, and to Ms. Alex Arriaga, the
State Department panel coordinator at FAX: 202-647-0431. Fax copies to CAIR.
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