The Church of the holy Sepulcher, where according to the Christian understanding Jesus is buried. The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles to promote interfaith tolerance and secularism in every country of the world
Source: Newsweeklar
By Tom Porter
Christian leaders have closed the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, said to be built on the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, in a protest at Israeli tax policy which they say unfairly targets Christians.
In a rare move, leaders from the Greek, Armenian and Catholic denominations said they were indefinitely closing the church because of a “systematic campaign” by Israeli authorities.
“As a measure of protest, we decided to take this unprecedented step of closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher,” the Christian leaders said in a joint statement.
The statement criticized a recent bill passed by the Israeli parliament that allowed the Israeli state to take over Christian buildings leased to private companies, and plans to begin imposing taxes on Christian church properties.
The move is the first time the 1,000-year-old church has been closed since 1990, when it was shut in protest at Israeli settlers taking over a Christian building.
The church has long been a major pilgrimage site for Christians from around the world, with the first church on the site built on the orders of Roman emperor Constantine I.
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I am always amazed how little support the ‘Eastern Christians’ get from the ‘Western Christians’. The Evangelists in the USA seem to be so much ‘pro-Israel’ that they forget the fate of the ‘Eastern Christians’. (ah, well, it was the same already during the time of the crusades).
The headline is wrong. ‘Where Jesus ‘is’ buried’. it should read ‘was’ buried’ (for 3 days). No body says he is still buried there. His grave is in Srinagar, Kashmir. The ‘grave’ in Jerusalem could have been the one where he was put alive immediately after the crucifiction.
My comment to this excellent topic.
Please donot erase or delate it!
If we read Bible— after 3 days died, Jesus was raised to Heaven with…
Editor: Deleted repetition.
did we not discuss this already? You have the belief of Christians while we believe in the Qur’an, which says that Jesus died.
Rafiq— we are agree that Jesus died!
Jesus say: I will be died and raised alive again Q.19:32
Prophet Muhammad affirmed in Al Quran that Jesus died.
We should believe in Prophet Muhammad pbuh. Right?
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I think I have explained several times what we believe about Jesus’ death and ‘second coming’ … see http://www.alislam.org and search for Jesus in the library.
Rafiq— I thought you are in Swizerland for 3 months
Are you in Lombok now?
I was in Japan 1 month ago, like to see in Lombok, you say: you would go to Switzerland.
Have a good hot day there!
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yea … will be back in Lombok towards end of April, Inshallah.