.
"The only limitation on religion in Jerusalem today is that Jews are not allowed to pray at the Temple Mount," [Jerusalem Mayor Nir] Barkat said. "Over 200,000 Muslims came during Ramadan to pray at the Temple Mount. This was strategically important for us in the future. Israel proved, both practically and ideologically, that we can share this wonderful city with the world."
- - -
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
2 comments:
Well, that's not technically true. There are a few limitations on religion. Arabs are not allowed to pray at the Kotel, and women aren't allowed to hold the Torah at the Western Wall. I'm not saying i disagree, but to make a broad, incorrect statement like that only hurts the right.
Not so broad and not so incorrect.
a) For the Arabs, there is no reason to pray at the Western Wall. In fact, they never did. In 1929, to make the Jews angry, they began zaqqir ceremonies which even the British halted in addition to walking their donkeys through so that dung droppings could be left.
b) the Western Wall extends for 470 meters or so and the Women of the Wall have been granted enough space, albeit not in the Western Wall plaza, to pray. I would settle for a similar arrangement on the Temple Mount. (I won't get into a theological discussion whether "praying" includes holding a Sefer Torah (if you had more correctly said "reading from a Torah scroll", you would have made a slightly better case). And in fact, Anat Hoffman did hold one but because she inexcusably delayed her demonstrative walk out of the women's section, she was detained briefly recently.
Post a Comment