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MK Ariel Plans to Build Shul on Temple Mount
10:04 Oct 10, '06 / 18 Tishrei 5767
http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=113296
(IsraelNN.com) MK Uri Ariel (National Union) is drawing up plans to construct a shul on the Temple Mount. The plan will be submitted to the Jerusalem municipality and the Committee for Design and Construction for approval. It will not inhibit Muslim services that are currently run at the site.
“This will be an ideal opportunity for the Muslims to demonstrate tolerance toward other faiths,” Ariel stated.A synagogue (Hebrew; beit knesset, "house of assembly"; Yiddish: shul is a Jewish place of religious worship. The word "synagogue" is derived from the Greek transliterated synagogé, "place of assembly" literally "meeting, assembly" from sunagein, to bring together; in Indo-European roots. It is where Judaism's Jewish services are held and conducted .