Erdogan: Protecting Jerusalem a Muslim obligation

[Zarvan]

Turkey's president addresses a parliamentary symposium on Jerusalem in Istanbul on Tuesday [AP]
FAST FACTS

• Erdogan condemns Israel's bill on quieting call to prayer
• Safeguarding Al-Aqsa shouldn't be left to children
• Calls for Palestinian state with East Jerusalem its capital

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged all Muslims to defend the Palestinian cause and said it is their obligation to protect Jerusalem.

Speaking in Istanbul, at a parliamentary symposium on Jerusalem, Erdogan said "it is the common duty of all Muslims to embrace the Palestinian cause and protect Jerusalem" and that safeguarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque should not be left to children, armed with nothing but stones.


He also condemned a proposed Israeli bill on Tuesday that limits "noise levels" at places of worship in Jerusalem, a plan seen as an attempt to silence the Muslim call to prayer.

Erdogan criticised the bill as "irrational" and "conscienceless".

Broadcasting calls to prayer might get banned in Israel


Highlighting "policies of repression and discrimination against our Palestinian brothers", Turkey's president also said safeguarding the Al-Aqsa Mosque should not be left to children, armed with nothing but stones.

Last month, UNESCO passed a resolution condemning Israel for restricting Muslim access to the mosque.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War in 1967 and annexed it in 1980, a move never recognised by the international community.

1967 borders
Erdogan also underscored the need for the "two-state solution" involving Palestine and Israel within pre-1967 borders.

"The only way for permanent peace in the Middle East is a free and independent Palestinian state with a capital in East Jerusalem," said Erdogan.

He added: "It is not possible to provide peace in the region without bandaging this wound in the Middle East."

The president's comments are unlikely to go down well with the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel and Turkey just restored broken relations after six years, which were severed after an Israeli commando raid killed Turkish activists on a flotilla seeking to deliver much-needed aid to besieged Gaza.

Calls for calm at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa


Source: Agencies


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[C130]

Jersuleuem should be made a city-state like the Vatican.

It's a holy site for Jews,Christians, and Muslims.

 

[war&peace]

Jersuleuem should be made a city-state like the Vatican.

It's a holy site for Jews,Christians, and Muslims.

But who will control it?

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

But who will control it?

Well make it a government system like Bosnia. 3 Presidents for every religious group with their own legislation.

Turkey's president addresses a parliamentary symposium on Jerusalem in Istanbul on Tuesday [AP]

Erdogan has a nice scarf.

 

[Pangu]

Jersuleuem should be made a city-state like the Vatican.

It's a holy site for Jews,Christians, and Muslims.

It would then become like Rome vs Constantinople 2.0 I bet Jerusalem will have more "religious capital" than Vatican itself... Very powerful if good balance is achievable for the 3 religions.

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

It would then become like Rome vs Constantinople 2.0 I bet Jerusalem will have more "religious capital" than Vatican itself... Very powerful if good balance is achievable for the 3 religions.

LOL we all know how that turned out. Maybe the outcome will be the same...

 

[C130]

LOL we all know how that turned out. Maybe the outcome will be the same...

It would then become like Rome vs Constantinople 2.0 I bet Jerusalem will have more "religious capital" than Vatican itself... Very powerful if good balance is achievable for the 3 religions.

why would it become like Rome Vs Constantinople?

 

[Pangu]

why would it become like Rome Vs Constantinople?

Vatican being the center of Catholic, the bastion of Europa Christian foundation. Jerusalem would regain it's place as the concentration of power for the 3 religion, he who resides there can challenge the religious primacy, or should I say religion-driven politics of of Europa-Mid East & challenge the Vatican in formatting the new course development

If I were the Vatican, I would not like Jerusalem uniting the 3 religion & give me a run-for-the-money.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

... I don't know ... why that region always has so much bloodshed

 

[C130]

Vatican being the center of Catholic, the bastion of Europa Christian foundation. Jerusalem would regain it's place as the concentration of power for the 3 religion, he who resides there can challenge the religious primacy, or should I say religion-driven politics of of Europa-Mid East & challenge the Vatican in formatting the new course development

If I were the Vatican, I would not like Jerusalem uniting the 3 religion & give me a run-for-the-money.

Vatican is irrelevant when it comes to Jerusalem and the pope is weak and a commie.

 

[Saho]

Well make it a government system like Bosnia. 3 Presidents for every religious group with their own legislation.

Not going to happen. There have been historical warfare between Muslims and European Christians over Jerusalem for a very long time.

There is a reason why both Christian and Muslim (I think Jews as well?) believe a major war will occur around those areas in the end times.

 

[19887]

Jersuleuem should be made a city-state like the Vatican.

It's a holy site for Jews,Christians, and Muslims.

No no no no mister,Jerusalem was,it is now and forever will be the capital of the jews.
Jerusalem belong to the jews and only to the jews,it is not some international bullshit.
Others can participate their religion in there as the right of freedom of religion,but it belong to jews not to others.
All you thieves,don't try to take our heart and make it global.

 

[Desertfalcon]

religion-driven politics of of Europa

Lol, I don't think Europe has any such thing as, "religion driven politics" in over a century.

 

[EgyptianAmerican]

No no no no mister,Jerusalem was,it is now and forever will be the capital of the jews.
Jerusalem belong to the jews and only to the jews,it is not some international bullshit.
Others can participate their religion in there as the right of freedom of religion,but it belong to jews not to others.
All you thieves,don't try to take our heart and make it global.

Your capital? Isn't that Tel Aviv?

Jerusalem belongs to all faiths and peoples. Deal with it.

 

[Kambojaric]

Jersuleuem should be made a city-state like the Vatican.

It's a holy site for Jews,Christians, and Muslims.

Indeed, the most fair solution, and the keys should be handed to an outsider. I take my inspiration from the church of the holy sepulchre, whose gates have been opened by the same Muslim family every day since the time of Salahdin, because the Christian sects could not agree on who should have the keys to the church. In the same way, the keys of Jerusalem should be handed to outsiders and should be an internationally run city, where Christians, Muslims and Jews should all be given the right to their religious sites unhindered. Sounds utopian I know but then again the Christian sects in the mediaeval age would have said the same thing about the solution to the key issue of the holiest church in Christianity.