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JERUSALEM, Israel [INN] — A brief Chabad-sponsored course on the Temple, to be held in Israel this week and the next, has angered Islamic organizations, who call it a threat to the Al-Aksa Mosque compound.

Chabad Temple Course ‘Scares’ Muslim Groups

JERUSALEM, Israel [INN] — A brief Chabad-sponsored course on the Temple, to be held in Israel this week and the next, has angered Islamic organizations, who call it a threat to the Al-Aksa Mosque compound.

“We view this as a serious and drastic move toward the fruition of extremist organizations to establish a temple in place of al-Aksa Mosque,” said Zahi Nujidat of the Islamic Movement. “This represents a real danger to al-Aksa.” The Aksa Foundation issued a similar statement.

The course, offered at roughly 200 locations throughout Israel, comes during the two weeks leading up to Tisha B’Av, the fast day that commemorates the destruction of both the First and the Second Temple.

According to Chabad Lubavitch spokesman Rabbi Menachem Brod, the Muslim groups are cynically pointing to the short courses as proof that the Israeli establishment wants to destroy the mosque.

“This is a pure provocation by an organization that is exploiting any opportunity to incite the Arab public to violence against Israel,” said Brod. “Every time they are looking for some other excuse to incite, and now they found it in the course.”

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6 Comments

  • Pentax

    Hehe…

    Well someone should tell them that there won’t be a temple until Moshiach builds it,that should solve the problem. Though I did hear of this Extreme Jewish group that wanted to blow up the mosque to build the temple again, that is the same group that tried to blow up a Muslims elementary school in Jerusalem.

  • NOT TOO DO IT

    Hello,

    There not building it again thats just a Picture, And there not GONNA do it
    And if they do they might get Punshied
    Because the rebbe said theres no bet Hameickdash untill MOSHIACH COMES
    !!!MOSHIACH NOW!!!

  • Chaim

    Muslims never complained about chabad teaching how to build the 3rd Beis Hamigdash until Olmert offered to Divide Yerushalayim