Word: al-ississ
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Dates: during 1996-1996
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...tunnel has been trafficked by tourists of three faiths for years, and the only difference now is that instead of having to enter and exit at the same end, visitors will now be able to enter at one end of the tunnel and exit out the other. Tadros' and Al-Ississ' anger at Israel's opening of a tunnel "which borders the foundations of Al-Haram Al-Sharif-- the third holiest site to Muslims around the world" is particularly baseless; first, because the tunnel has been open to tourists for years, and second, because the subterranean tunnel...
...would like to correct certain misrepresentations and distortions of fact in Ramy M. Tadros' and Mohamad M. Al-Ississ' letter ("Netanyahu Lacks Vision and Will for Peace," To the Editors, October...
...this discussion, let us not forget the very cause for the apparent sequel to the intifadah. In their letter published in yesterday's issue of The Crimson, Ramy M. Tadrous '97 and Mohamad M. Al-Ississ '00 claim that "the on-going violence in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza was directly provoked by the Israeli opening of a tunnel which borders the foundations of [Al-Aksa]" Mosque. What the Palestinians claim to be in such a huff and a puff about is an innocuous, inconspicuous and wholly inoffensive tunnel. Last July, I had the privilege of visiting...
Tadrous and Al-Ississ criticize the opening of the tunnel for "undermining the Islamic character of the shrine." Such hysterically paranoid comments have typified the reactions of many. While the tunnel is the literal foundation of the Jewish religion, it is of no relevance to Islam or to the Arab people. Furthermore, there is absolutely no threat whatsoever to Al-Aksa Mosque. Even if this was the intention of the Israeli government, which clearly it is not, aren't there any better ways of "undermining the Islamic character of the shrine" than excavating a 2,000 year-old tunnel alongside...
...here to stop the blood-shed," said Mohamad M. Al-Ississ '00, a member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Society of Arab Students. "As a Muslim I feel strongly about Israeli attempts to change the identity of Palestinians in Jerusalem...