Jordan plans construction on Temple Mount
Pastor Dale Morgan
Jordan plans construction on Temple Mount
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Oct. 13, 2006 at 2:24PM
A senior Jordanian government official has said the country plans to
construct a fifth minaret on the Temple Mount in early 2007.
Raief Najim, vice chairman of the committee overseeing the plans, said
Israel has not objected to the construction of the minaret, which is
planned for the eastern wall of the Temple Mount in the vicinity of the
Golden Gate, the Jerusalem Post reported Thursday.
Najim said he detailed the plan to Israeli authorities in 2005 and
toured the site of the planned minaret with a Jerusalem police
commander, a senior government official and the head of the Antiquities
Authority. He said none of the three officials voiced opposition to the
construction.
"Even though the political situation has changed, I do not think they
will refuse to construct such a thing," he said.
The minaret, planned to be one of the tallest on the mount, will be the
first to be built in more than 600 years, the Post said.