Petition Tag - halt construction of museum on muslim cemetery in jerusalem

On November 19th, 2008 a group of US Jewish and Muslim leaders sent a letter to the Wiesenthal Center to halt the construction of the Museum of Tolerance on a historic Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem. This petition is based on that letter and you can read more about the campaign at http://cair-california.org/

We are deeply offended by the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center’s plan to move forward with construction of a ‘Museum of Tolerance’ on the Ma’manullah (Mamilla) Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem.

The cemetery is of tremendous historical and archaeological significance as well as a holy site for more than a billion Muslims worldwide. According to Muslim historians, the site was once the largest Muslim cemetery in Palestine and had approximately 15,000 graves.

Additionally, companions from Islam's Prophet Muhammad’s time, as well as famous Muslim scholars and jurists are believed to be buried there.

Please read factsheet:
http://ca.cair.com/download.php?f=/downloads/Questions_and_Answers2.pdf

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