Row over Jerusalem Muslim cemeteryBackground here.
By Wyre Davies
BBC News, Jerusalem
Religious leaders in Jerusalem are warning of dangerous consequences after a decision by Israel's Supreme Court to allow the destruction of part of an ancient Muslim cemetery.
The graveyard has not been used for more than 50 years, but contains the bodies of some important Islamic figures.
Many of those bodies will now be disturbed to make way for a new Jewish "Museum of Tolerance".
Earlier this week hundreds of Muslims - young and old - marched through the centre of Jerusalem towards the city's Mamilla cemetery.
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Saturday, November 08, 2008
THE MUSEUM OF TOLERANCE CONTROVERSY is taken up by the BBC: