Tuesday, April 13, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Ayatollah slams Islamisation of Ezekiel's shrine - 'The Jewish Chronicle reports that one of Iraq's leading clerics, Ayatollah Shaykh Ayad al-Rikabi, has denounced the proposed conversion of the ancient tomb of the Prophet Ezekiel into an Islamic site. This latest welcome development in the ongoing saga of Ezekiel's tomb suggests that the Shi'i religious establishment does not speak with one voice. But those of us who wish to see the Jewish character of the shrine preserved must keep up the pressure: please sign our petition calling for intervention by UNESCO and others...'
