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  Updated: February 20, 2007

Hiding prayer room dig near Al-Aqsa angers Muslims worldwide

By: Ahmed Hammadi

HELD JERUSALEM: A Muslim prayer room has been found underneath a ramp near Al-Aqsa mosque in Held Jerusalem. The disclosure, by Israeli government archeologist Yuval Baruch, has fueled new controversy over Israeli excavations at the site.

The archeologist says writing on an Israeli government website the room was discovered in 2004, when the ramp leading to the al-Aqsa Mosque collapsed. He says the room may have been part of an ancient Muslim school.

According to the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot the room dates to the 11th century.

The director Adnan Husseini of the Islamic group (Waqf) that overseas Muslim holy sites in Held Jerusalem, has criticized Israel for not having told Muslim authorities about the find.

Israeli excavations alongside the Mughrabi ramp have sparked Muslim protests. Islamic officials fear Israeli excavations could damage the foundations below the mosques.


OIC flays assault on Al-Aqsa, Iraq holy shrines

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Illegal excavation works at the Al Aqsa Mosque by Israel were condemned by the Ninth Session of the Council of Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (PUIC) member states.

 
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