Saudis are planning to destroy the house of the prophet!

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06 August 2005
By Daniel Howden:

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/mid ... 304029.ece



Historic Mecca, the cradle of Islam, is being buried in an
unprecedented onslaught by religious zealots. Almost all of the rich and
multi-layered history of the holy city is gone. The Washington-based Gulf
Institute estimates that 95 per cent of millennium-old buildings have been
demolished in the past two decades.

Now the actual birthplace of the Prophet Mohamed is facing the
bulldozers, with the connivance of Saudi religious authorities whose hardline interpretation of Islam is compelling them to wipe out their own
heritage.

It is the same oil-rich orthodoxy that pumped money into the
Taliban as they prepared to detonate the Bamiyan buddhas in 2000. And the same doctrine - violently opposed to all forms of idolatry - that this week decreed that the Saudis' own king be buried in an unmarked desert grave.

A Saudi architect, Sami Angawi, who is an acknowledged specialist
on the region's Islamic architecture, told The Independent that the final
farewell to Mecca is imminent: "What we are witnessing are the last days of Mecca and Medina."

According to Dr Angawi - who has dedicated his life to preserving
Islam's two holiest cities - as few as 20 structures are left that date back to the lifetime of the Prophet 1,400 years ago and those that remain could
be bulldozed at any time. "This is the end of history in Mecca and
Medina and the end of their future," said Dr Angawi.

Mecca is the most visited pilgrimage site in the world. It is home
to the Grand Mosque and, along with the nearby city of Medina which houses the Prophet's tomb, receives four million people annually as they
undertake the Islamic duty of the Haj and Umra pilgrimages.

The driving force behind the demolition campaign that has
transformed these cities is Wahhabism. This, the austere state faith of Saudi Arabia, was imported by the al-Saud tribal chieftains when they conquered the region in the 1920s.

The motive behind the destruction is the Wahhabists' fanatical fear
that places of historical and religious interest could give rise to
idolatry or polytheism, the worship of multiple and potentially equal gods.

As John R. Bradley notes in his new book Saudi Arabia Exposed, the
practice of idolatry in the kingdom remains, in principle at least,
punishable by beheading. And Bradley also points out this same literalism
mandates that advertising posters can and need to be altered. The walls of Jeddah are adorned with ads featuring people missing an eye or with a foot painted over. These "deliberate imperfections" are the most glaring sign of an orthodoxy that tolerates nothing which fosters adulation of the graven image. Nothing can, or can be seen to, interfere with a person's devotion to Allah. "At the root of the problem is Wahhabism," says Dr Angawi. "They have a big complex about idolatry and anything that relates to the Prophet."

The Wahhabists now have the birthplace of the Prophet in their
sights. The site survived redevelopment early in the reign of King Abdul
al-Aziz ibn Saud 50 years ago when the architect for a library there persuaded the absolute ruler to allow him to keep the remains under the new structure.

That concession is under threat after Saudi authorities approved
plans to "update" the library with a new structure that would concrete over the existing foundations and their priceless remains.

Dr Angawi is the descendant of a respected merchant family in
Jeddah and a leading figure in the Hijaz - a swath of the kingdom that includes the holy cities and runs from the mountains bordering Yemen in the south to the northern shores of the Red Sea and the frontier with Jordan. He established the Haj Research Centre two decades ago to preserve the rich history of Mecca and Medina. Yet it has largely been a doomed effort. He says that the bulldozers could come "at any time" and the Prophet's birthplace would be gone in a single night.


He is not alone in his concerns. The Gulf Institute, an independent
news-gathering group, has publicised what it says is a fatwa,
issued by the senior Saudi council of religious scholars in 1994, stating that preserving historical sites "could lead to polytheism and idolatry".

Ali al-Ahmed, the head of the organisation, formerly known as the
Saudi Institute, said: "The destruction of Islamic landmarks in Hijaz is
the largest in history, and worse than the desecration of the Koran."

Most of the buildings have suffered the same fate as the house of
Ali-Oraid,the grandson of the Prophet, which was identified and
excavated by Dr Angawi. After its discovery, King Fahd ordered that it be
bulldozed before it could become a pilgrimage site. "The bulldozer is there and they take only two hours to destroy everything. It has no sensitivity to history. It digs down to the bedrock and then the concrete is poured in," he said.

Similarly, finds by a Lebanese professor, Kamal Salibi, which
indicated that once-Jewish villages in what is now Saudi Arabia might have been the location of scenes from the Bible, prompted the bulldozers to be sent in. All traces were destroyed.

This depressing pattern of excavation and demolition has led Dr
Angawi and his colleagues to keep secret a number of locations in the holy cities that could date back as far as the time of Abraham.

The ruling House of Saud has been bound to Wahhabism since the
religious reformer Mohamed Ibn abdul-Wahab signed a pact with Mohammed bin Saud in 1744. The combination of the al-Saud clan and Wahhab's warrior zealots became the foundation of the modern state. The House of Saud received its wealth and power and the hardline clerics got the state backing that would enable them in the decades to come to promote their Wahhabist ideology across the globe.

On the tailcoats of the religious zealots have come commercial
developers keen to fill the historic void left by demolitions with lucrative
high-rises. "The man-made history of Mecca has gone and now the Mecca that God made is going as well." Says Dr Angawi. "The projects that are coming up are going to finish them historically, architecturally and environmentally," he said.

With the annual pilgrimage expected to increase five-fold to 20
million in the coming years as Saudi authorities relax entry controls, estate agencies are seeing a chance to cash in on huge demand for accommodation. "The infrastructure at the moment cannot cope. New hotels, apartments and services are badly needed," the director of a leading Saudi estate agency told Reuters.

Despite an estimated $13bn in development cash currently washing
around Mecca, Saudi sceptics dismiss the developers' argument. "The
service of pilgrims is not the goal really," says Mr Ahmed. "If they were
concerned for the pilgrims, they would have built a railroad between Mecca and Jeddah, and Mecca and Medina. They are removing any historical landmark that is not Saudi-Wahhabi, and using the prime location to make money," he says.

Dominating these new developments is the Jabal Omar scheme which
will feature two 50-storey hotel towers and seven 35-storey apartment blocks - all within a stone's throw of the Grand Mosque. Dr Angawi said: "Mecca should be the reflection of the multicultural Muslim world, not a concrete parking lot."

Whereas proposals for high-rise developments in Jerusalem have
prompted a worldwide outcry and the Taliban's demolition of the Bamiyan
buddhas was condemned by Unicef, Mecca's busy bulldozers have barely raised a whisper of protest.

"The house where the Prophet received the word of God is gone and
nobody cares," says Dr Angawi. "I don't want trouble. I just want this to
stop."




You have two choices: Read, reflect and weep, OR Call the Saudi Embassy near you and tell them to stop the destruction of Prophet Muhammad's House. Prophet Muhammad was a leader of the
Muslims, he was not a Saudi King. Prophet Muhammad belongs to all of us, not just the Saudis. They dare not touch his house and turn into a parking lot.

Here are some addresses and telephone numbers:

Embassy of Saudi Arabia
901-99 Bank,
Ottawa, ON K1P 6B9
Tel. : 613-237-4100

Embassy of Saudi Arabia
601 New Hampshire Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20037
Telephone (202) 333-2740, Fax: (202) 944-3140

Internet Address: http://www.saudi.net

Saudi Consulate General in New York
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 480
New York, NY 10017
Telephone (212) 752-2740, Fax: (212) 688-2719

Saudi Consulate General in Houston
5718 Westheimer, Suite 1500
Houston, TX 77057
Telephone (713) 785-5577, Fax: (713) 785-1163

Saudi Consulate General in Los Angeles
Sawtelle Courtyard Building
2045 Sawtelle Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Telephone (310) 479-6000/914-9011, Fax: (310) 479-2752

[SoMaLiSiZz]

who would believe this &*¤#!"

[biiqaaye]

I do. I mean these ARAB motherfukaz would do anything that the U.S. tells them to do.

These ARAB cowards don't fear ALLAH but they fear BUSH.

[intellex]

[biiqaaye]

futadeyda maxaa ku tusay QANIIS maa tahay?

[intellex]

[biiqaaye]

iga wareeji macalinka!

[intellex]

warcad peace

[*Proud_Muslimah*]

Assalamu Alaikum.

I thought it was the non-muslims that were planning in destroying it and not the other way around (considering the fact that one of them made an statement), no?

[yasmin507]

why are they destroying the house of the prophat?
just cuz they scared of bush . suadis are the weakest arabs.

[SoMaLiSiZz]

Ma qofa gurigiisa ogaan u dumiya oo burburya Ya sater ya Rab

[SoMaLiSiZz]

some facts to come

[SoMaLiSiZz]

Colorado congressman says U.S. could retaliate against Islamic holy sites
July 18, 2005, 8:16 AM


DENVER (AP) -- A Colorado congressman told a radio show host that the U.S. could "take out" Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons.

Rep. Tom Tancredo made his remarks Friday on WFLA-AM in Orlando, Fla. His spokesman stressed he was only speaking hypothetically.

Talk show host Pat Campbell asked the Littleton Republican how the country should respond if terrorists struck several U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.

"Well, what if you said something like -- if this happens in the United States, and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites," Tancredo answered.

"You're talking about bombing Mecca," Campbell said.

"Yeah," Tancredo responded.

The congressman later said he was "just throwing out some ideas" and that an "ultimate threat" might have to be met with an "ultimate response."

Spokesman Will Adams said Sunday the four-term congressman doesn't support threatening holy Islamic sites but that Tancredo was grappling with the hypothetical situation of a terrorist strike deadlier than the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

"We have an enemy with no uniform, no state, who looks like you and me and only emerges right before an attack. How do we go after someone like that?" Adams said.

"What is near and dear to them? They're willing to sacrifice everything in this world for the next one. What is the pressure point that would deter them from their murderous impulses?" he said.

Tancredo is known in the House for his tough stand on immigration and had a 100 percent rating last year from the American Conservative Union his votes and positions on issues.

Mohammad Noorzai, coordinator of the Colorado Muslim Council and a native of Afghanistan, said Tancredo's remarks were radical and unrepresentative but that people in Tancredo's position need to watch their words when it comes to sacred religious sites and texts.

source:
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw1 ... 050718.htm

[SoMaLiSiZz]

The good news is

[SoMaLiSiZz]

The Virtue of Allah's House

Al-`Awfi reported that Ibn `Abbas commented on Allah's statement,

[وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ]

(And (remember) when We made the House (the Ka`bah at Makkah) a place of resort for mankind) "They do not remain in the House, they only visit it and return to their homes, and then visit it again.'' Also, Abu Ja`far Ar-Razi narrated from Ar-Rabi` bin Anas from Abu Al-`Aliyah who said that,

[وَإِذْ جَعَلْنَا الْبَيْتَ مَثَابَةً لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَمْناً]

(And (remember) when We made the House (the Ka`bah at Makkah) a place of resort for mankind and a place of safety) means, "Safe from enemies and armed conflict. During the time of Jahiliyyah, the people were often victims of raids and kidnapping, while the people in the area surrounding it (Al-Masjid Al-Haram) were safe and not subject to kidnapping.'' Also, Mujahid, `Ata', As-Suddi, Qatadah and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas were reported to have said that the Ayah (2:125) means, "Whoever enters it shall be safe.''

This Ayah indicates that Allah honored the Sacred House, which Allah made as a safe refuge and safe haven. Therefore, the souls are eager, but never bored, to conduct short visits to the House, even every year. This is because Allah accepted the supplication of His Khalil, Ibrahim, when he asked Allah to make the hearts of people eager to visit the House. Ibrahim said (14:40),

[رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ]

(Our Lord! And accept my invocation).