After the vandalism was uncovered, Wakf director Adnan Husseini said that he saw nothing wrong with the 'Allah inscription' on the Temple Mount wall. "What's the problem with that? It's the name of God," he said.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005
STILL THERE. According to this Jerusalem Post article, the name "Allah," which was inscribed (or something) on a stone in a wall of the Temple Mount, is still there after two weeks. None of the questions bloggers, including myself, have asked about this are answered in this article (and if Eilat Mazar replied to my e-mail, it never reached me). The piece does add one bit of new, if depressingly true to form, bit of information -- the response of the director of the WAQF to the vandalism:
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