The church was built facing Jerusalem.....

[Paul Younan]

A Shiite Muslim is heading up the efforts to restore this ancient church....we should be ashamed of ourselves.

http://www.middle-east-online.com/englis.../?id=23665

[yaaqub]

Ain Tamur police chief Mahfoud al-Tamimi said he agreed that Al-Aqiser must be saved.

"The church does not belong to the Christians only or to the Muslims. It belongs to the world," Tamimi said.

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