Israel saja tidak mengijinkan pembangunan di sekitar kota Jerusalem lama secara sembarangan. Bahkan ketika Hotel King David dibangun, ia tidak boleh terlalu dekat dengan situs-situs yang disucikan oleh agama- agama Semit dan harus menggunakan batu yang sama dengan batu kota Jerusalem lama. Dengan demikian suasana sakral tetap terjaga. KM
----Original Message---- From: dharma.hutau...@gmail.com Date: 01/10/2009 15:27 To: <wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com> Subj: Re: [wanita-muslimah] The Destruction of Makkah & Madinah! Apabila hal ini benar, alangkah sayangnya. Bagi Anda yang ingin mengetahui lebih jauh kota Mekah dan Madina, silahkan menghubungi kami untuk mendapatkan Buku Penting: Mekah dan Madinah Di penuhi foto-foto yang mengharukan dan membanggakan. hubungi saya lewat japri di dharma.hutau...@gmail.com atau dharma_hutau...@erlangga.net On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 2:04 PM, sunny <am...@tele2.se> wrote: > > > Untuk dibangun hotel dan fasilitas-fasilitas lainnya untuk tamu-tamu jemah > haji. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Razia Fatima > To: yanabi_sis...@yahoo.com.au <yanabi_sister%40yahoo.com.au> > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:59 AM > Subject: [wanita-muslimah] The Destruction of Makkah & Madinah! > > "The Destruction of Historical Sites in > Makkah & Madinah - The Cradle of Islam" > > Yet Muslim Ummah Remains Absolutely Silent!!!!! Q. WHY? > > The Saudis are now set on unprecedented onslaught of demolishing the > birthplace > of Prophet Muhummed and the remaining historical structures in the heart of > Makkah and Madinah, the cradle of Islam, revered by the world's over 1.5 > billion Muslims. Over the last two decades most of Makkah's > 1000-year-old historic sites have been bulldozed and replaced by casino > style > hotels, huge westernized malls, parking lots, roads and public washrooms. > Failure to protect them from destruction is the biggest tragedy for the > Islamic > architectural heritage. The Saudi royal family claims to be guardians of > the holy > places of Islam, and profits hugely by visiting believers to Makkah and > Medina > for pilgrimage, and yet such self proclaimed custodians are party to this > barbaric desecration of the holiest sites in the Islamic world. > > Today, the religious zealots in Saudi Arabia > are not alone. Commercial developers such as Bin Laden Group and many > others > have joined hands with them and are making hundreds of millions in profits > as > they build ugly with out respecting any environmental concerns, and today > lucrative high-rises are shadowing the Grand Mosque know as the Kaaba > (House of > God/Allah). Today Saudi petrodollars have the ability to silence even its > most > vocal critics, but when all is said and done, history will render a harsh > judgment on those who try to wipe out its footprints and steal the heritage > of > all humanity. > > The problem is the Saudi's interpretation of Islam; they are opposed to the > preservation of the old historic structures due to belief that some Muslims > in > their ignorance would overcome with love and awe that historic sites may > invoke, leading to idolatrous thoughts. Destruction of the most precious > sites > in Islam for presumptuous fear of idolatry by some is like killing a child > for fear that he may grow up to be less than pious. Instead of > teaching proper Islamic etiquettes and manners one must conduct themselves > with, when being around such historical sites of religious importance, the > Saudis just annihilated these sites one by one. In effect, behind > the obsessive fear of idolatry lies a complete lack of understanding and > total > fanaticism of radical Islam, unable even to appreciate its own past. The > truth is that under the context of "Preventing Idolatry Thoughts" and > be able to safely "Accommodate Pilgrims" in large numbers, all most > all sites of historical importance related to Islam and early Muslims have > been > wiped out. > > What is the reason for this silence? "Is it because Muslims nations have > become so overwhelmed by the power of the Saudi denial of Visas for > Pilgrimage > (Hajj), that we have lost all courage and self-respect? Or is it because we > feel a need to cover up Muslim-on-Muslim violence; Muslim-on-Muslim terror; > Muslim-on-Muslim oppression? Or it is fear of loosing ones life in a > barbaric > way?", stories of citizens being disappeared are far too common, where it > is commonly believed that the truth seekers and protesters get thrown naked > in > middle of Rab-al-Khali, the worlds 3rd largest and the hottest > desert if not executed in one of the many underground hidden prisons. > > As all Muslims > of the world have stake in the upkeep and maintenance of two Holiest > Mosques > and related historically important Islamic sites. King Abdulaziz, upon > usurping > control of Arab lands including holy cities of Makkah and Madinah from > legitimate Hashemite (Prophets MuhummedÂ’s Tribe) rulers, promised to > consult > with Muslims of the world while undertaking major changes in the holy > cities, > this promise was never upheld, and hence it is time that Muslims held this > regime responsible for such an irreversible breach of trust. > > We Muslims constantly > rail against any wrongs inflicted on fellow-Muslims by non- believers, but > hold > our silence when Muslims kill, exploit and terrorize other Muslims. Thus, > when > the Americans kill Iraqis, or the Russians persecute Chechens; we are > rightly > offended and resentful. But when Saddam Hussein massacred Iraqi Muslims for > years, Muslims around the world maintained a discreet silence. So why this > conspiracy of silence? Thousands demonstrated against the desecration of > the > Holy Book Quran at Guantanamo Bay and thousand complained at the remark by > Congressman Tom Tancredo of Colorado, referring to Makkah and Madinah said > "If there is another 9/11 we should take out their holy places," > Where are those zealots now? Why aren't preachers at mosques demanding that > the > Saudi government halt their destructive plans? Alas, these double standards > are > what now define the Muslim Community. We have become completely neutered > when > it comes to criticizing other Muslims. This is not of washing our dirty > linen > in public but this is the time to self-analyze and self-criticize and these > things > need to be said out loud, clear and often. > > Saudi Arabia, a sisterly state of Israel, as it too was founded with the > help and aid of United States and United Kingdom where Wahhabism/Salafism is > the > state form of Islam, has a long history of vandalizing and demolishing > historical monuments. Cultural devastation of Islamic heritage sites > is not a new phenomenon. The very sites and symbols of Islam and Muslims > which > are part of our identity have been demolished. In 1801 the > Saudis-Wahabbis/Salafis waged a campaign against the Iraqi Muslims > destroying > and defacing the sacred tomb of the Imam Hussein in Karbala, Iraq. > Then in early 1920 Saudi rulers Aal-al-Sa'ud (an Arab tribe of Jewish > heritage > from Arabian region of Najd) bulldozed and leveled a graveyard in Madinah - > Cemetery of Al-Baqee -and Jannatul Moualla - in the holy city of Makkah > that > housed the shrines of the holy Prophet Muhummed, his family and his > companions. > This anniversary falls on Sept 27th/2009, (8th Shawal > 1430) and is Know as Yaum-al-Mahzan. > > The Saudis followed their conquest of Makkah and Madinah in the mid- 1920s > with > an orgy of destruction. They leveled the "Jannat al-Baqi" or > "Heavenly Orchard" at Madinah that included graves of the Prophet > Muhummed's son, Ibrahim, as well as numerous of the Prophet's relatives and > companions. They also looted the Prophet's Shrine in Madinah and demolished > the > cemetery in Makkah that included the graves of Muhummed's mother and > grandfather. They completely destroyed mausoleums, mosques, and other > honoured > sites, including Muhummed's own house. It was even said that they wished to > uproot the grave of Muhummed himself, and his dome because as per their > interpretation a grave cannot be inside the Mosque, be it the grave of the > Prophet of Islam it self. They were prevented from this last act by > pressure > from Muslims around the world. > > Wahabism/Salafism vandalism continues today, by leveling of five of seven > mosques built in the city Makkah & Madinah by Muhummed's daughter and four > of his companions. These structures are the Mosque of Sayyida > Fatima-tuz-Zahra > bint Rasulillah, Salman al-Farsi Mosque, Abu Bakr Mosque, Umar ibn > al-Khattab > Mosque, and Mosque of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Wahhabism/Salafism is not about > faith, > but about power and nothing better illustrates the power of the state, in > the > mind of the Saudi rulers, than the desecration of holy places-- including > Islamic sites dating from the time of the Prophet Muhummed himself. > > My pain is what type opium we Muslim masses are on anyway? What will it > take to > shake our deep slumber? We Muslims should be in no doubt that acts of > terrorism > do not speak for Islam, and that the perpetrators will get no shelter and > no > moral support from the people who love God (Allah). Today, Islam needs to > find > the resources within it to combat extremism. More importantly, the moment > has > come to shift our the struggle to warn the West about Jihadism and campaign > to > organize mainstream, traditional Muslims, throughout the world, for the > liberation of our communities and our faith from the grip of corrupt rulers > - > whether in Saudi Arabia, or elsewhere throughout the Arab and Muslim world. > > > I find it appalling to see this inaction on part of > Global Muslims and specially on part of Arab's, whereas the citizens of my > town protested day and night to preserve a fragile 100 year old tree from > being > cut. It is time that we act, and become more aware of what is transpiring > and do something to put a complete stop and wherever possible to reverse > this loss. So far over 200 historic sites of Islamic importance have been > lost forever in the Province > of Hejaz, > the future generation of Muslims have been robbed indefinitely of their > heritage and what is all more disturbing is that Muslim Nations around the > world continue to remain silent while the genocide of Islamic Holy sites > continuesÂ… > > Some > of the destroyed sites listed here: > > > http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Destruction_of_sites_associated_with_early_Islam > > __________________________________________________________ > Get more done like never before with Yahoo!7 Mail. > Learn more: http://au.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ======================= Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. 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