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\u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019ve been aware of this curious situation, I think, since I first lived in Jerusalem in 1978. \u00a0But people need to know about it, and I\u2019m grateful to Jabra Ghneim for alerting me to this article, which was originally published shortly before Easter 2013: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/who-guards-most-sacred-site-christendom-two-muslims-1161517 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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