“Who guards the most sacred site in Christendom? Two Muslims”

“Who guards the most sacred site in Christendom? Two Muslims”

 

Kinisat al-Qiyama fi al-Quds
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre
(In Arabic, “Kinisat al-Qiyama,” or “Church of the Resurrection”)
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I’ve been aware of this curious situation, I think, since I first lived in Jerusalem in 1978.  But people need to know about it, and I’m grateful to Jabra Ghneim for alerting me to this article, which was originally published shortly before Easter 2013:

 

http://www.ibtimes.com/who-guards-most-sacred-site-christendom-two-muslims-1161517

 

 


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