MoroccanBeauty
February 7th, 2007, 02:10 PM
http://www.bma-alqods.org/englishsite/gates.htm
Moroccan and Prophet David the Gates or (Dung Gate):
Both lie in the southern part of wall. The outside entrance (Moroccan Gate) leads directly to the inside one (Prophet David or Dung Gate). The second outlet would lead you directly to the historical Moroccan neighborhood which was demolished by Israel after occupying the city in 1967 to build modern flats instead .
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/article_28.shtml
All of the property had been preserved until Israel came and destroyed them under military and security pretexts. This document has neither been the first nor the last one concerning the Moroccan legacy in Jerusalem. There is an area or quarter in Jerusalem that has been named after the Moroccans. Moreover, the Moroccans who used to visit the city developed and invested these estates wisely, according to another document left by the Moroccan scholar Al-Sheikh Al-Mujahed Omar Al-Ujrad Al-Masmoudy Al-Mughraby Al-Maleky, who founded the Zawyeh named Al-Masmoudia at his own expense and thereafter dedicated it to the poor in 703 H (1303 CE). He was a good Muslim, and he died in Jerusalem and was buried in Mamella Cemetery. There is a mosque and a shrine for this pious Muslim in the Zawyeh.
It is known that there were several documents similar to the two mentioned previously, but unfortunately they disappeared through history. Taking into consideration the numbers of Moroccans, it should be noted that their number increased during the Mamlouki reign because many of them immigrated to Jerusalem owing to the political conditions current in the Arab and Andalusian countries.
Many prominent men’s names have been preserved in the books of historians and writers who traveled all over the world. For example, a third of the book entitled, “Nafh Al-Teeb” talks about those men who were were members of Al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as several schools and charities. Some of those men took high-ranking positions such as judges.
Consequently, there was a school belonging to Al-Malekia and some mosques belonging to the Moroccans, but that was not enough, which caused the State of Bani Murein, which succeeded the State of Al-Muwahdeen, to work hard on improving the situation. Sultan Ali Ben Ottoman appropriated 16,500 gold dinars to purchase Al-Reba’ in Jerusalem. The relationship between the Moroccans and Jerusalem became more intimate and stronger, and the city has been the home of many of them although they founded other branches throughout Palestine.
All of these estates were preserved and well known to everyone. The ruling States had been faithful and considerate regarding these estates, especially from the time of the Ottomans through to the British occupation (until the Jews captured the city in 1948, when they destroyed most of these estates, in particular Abu Madein Al-Ghouth’s in Ein Karem, located outside the wall of the city and without any consideration of the fact that this estate had been built in the eighth century of the Hijra). Thereafter, Israel captured the rest of the Moroccan estates in Jerusalem after the war in June of 1967 and annexed them to the Israeli estates. The Israeli forces bulldozed the Moroccan quarters inside the city walls four days after the war in 1967, leaving 135 families, totaling 650 people, homeless.
This quarter had been built by the Moroccans for several centuries, and it is quite impossible to rebuild it as it was before it had been destroyed by the Zionists. There were no military or security reasons for doing so, but rather it was the desire of the Zionists to destroy and vandalize the Moroccan quarter in accordance with the ruling of their god (Yahwa), described as a terrific and horrible god who led them astray and encouraged them to murder, predate, steal and oppress others as long as it was for the benefit of Israel as stated in their holy book: “If your god let you enter any area, you should inherit it, so uproot a lot of nations before you.”
Moroccan and Prophet David the Gates or (Dung Gate):
Both lie in the southern part of wall. The outside entrance (Moroccan Gate) leads directly to the inside one (Prophet David or Dung Gate). The second outlet would lead you directly to the historical Moroccan neighborhood which was demolished by Israel after occupying the city in 1967 to build modern flats instead .
http://www.palestine-info.co.uk/am/publish/article_28.shtml
All of the property had been preserved until Israel came and destroyed them under military and security pretexts. This document has neither been the first nor the last one concerning the Moroccan legacy in Jerusalem. There is an area or quarter in Jerusalem that has been named after the Moroccans. Moreover, the Moroccans who used to visit the city developed and invested these estates wisely, according to another document left by the Moroccan scholar Al-Sheikh Al-Mujahed Omar Al-Ujrad Al-Masmoudy Al-Mughraby Al-Maleky, who founded the Zawyeh named Al-Masmoudia at his own expense and thereafter dedicated it to the poor in 703 H (1303 CE). He was a good Muslim, and he died in Jerusalem and was buried in Mamella Cemetery. There is a mosque and a shrine for this pious Muslim in the Zawyeh.
It is known that there were several documents similar to the two mentioned previously, but unfortunately they disappeared through history. Taking into consideration the numbers of Moroccans, it should be noted that their number increased during the Mamlouki reign because many of them immigrated to Jerusalem owing to the political conditions current in the Arab and Andalusian countries.
Many prominent men’s names have been preserved in the books of historians and writers who traveled all over the world. For example, a third of the book entitled, “Nafh Al-Teeb” talks about those men who were were members of Al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as several schools and charities. Some of those men took high-ranking positions such as judges.
Consequently, there was a school belonging to Al-Malekia and some mosques belonging to the Moroccans, but that was not enough, which caused the State of Bani Murein, which succeeded the State of Al-Muwahdeen, to work hard on improving the situation. Sultan Ali Ben Ottoman appropriated 16,500 gold dinars to purchase Al-Reba’ in Jerusalem. The relationship between the Moroccans and Jerusalem became more intimate and stronger, and the city has been the home of many of them although they founded other branches throughout Palestine.
All of these estates were preserved and well known to everyone. The ruling States had been faithful and considerate regarding these estates, especially from the time of the Ottomans through to the British occupation (until the Jews captured the city in 1948, when they destroyed most of these estates, in particular Abu Madein Al-Ghouth’s in Ein Karem, located outside the wall of the city and without any consideration of the fact that this estate had been built in the eighth century of the Hijra). Thereafter, Israel captured the rest of the Moroccan estates in Jerusalem after the war in June of 1967 and annexed them to the Israeli estates. The Israeli forces bulldozed the Moroccan quarters inside the city walls four days after the war in 1967, leaving 135 families, totaling 650 people, homeless.
This quarter had been built by the Moroccans for several centuries, and it is quite impossible to rebuild it as it was before it had been destroyed by the Zionists. There were no military or security reasons for doing so, but rather it was the desire of the Zionists to destroy and vandalize the Moroccan quarter in accordance with the ruling of their god (Yahwa), described as a terrific and horrible god who led them astray and encouraged them to murder, predate, steal and oppress others as long as it was for the benefit of Israel as stated in their holy book: “If your god let you enter any area, you should inherit it, so uproot a lot of nations before you.”