51. The Israeli government said at the time that the Muslims could build a mosque on one-third of the land the plaza covers. 52. The mosques are built on a spot traditionally believed by Jews to be where the biblical Jewish Temples stood. 53. The ogranization operates scores of bakeries, supplying subsidized food to the poor, and has built several mosques in Afghanistan. 54. The place where the Al-Aqsa mosque is built is mentioned in the Koran, and Muslims honor it as the third holiest site in Islam. 55. The two mosques are built atop the ruins of the biblical Jewish Temples. 56. The three-story mosque would be built in a residential zone, sharing a wall with an elementary school. 57. They built a mosque and elected one of the settlers, an Arab named Yusof Al-Qadri, as village head. 58. They claim that the military commanders of Babur, the first Mogul emperor, destroyed a Hindu temple to build the mosque that stood at the site for centuries. 59. They are building a mosque there. 60. Hardline Hindus believe the mosque was built on the birthplace of the Hindu god Ram, and the disputed site is currently under the protection of the courts. |