Talk:Hala Sultan Tekke

message: This article is ridicously incorrect, in appraising the religiuos importaznce of the mosque for
muslims. It is a matter of fact and widely known that the Haram al sharif(temple mount) is the third most important holy place in islam, evidenced by the amount of prayers one prayer at this site is equal to. However this article repaetedly asserts that the third holiest is this site in cyprus. the fact that the header -holy status in islam- in which this ludicrous claim is made ; has been added by a person with posts relating exclusively to jewish or israeli-arab conflict issues says enough. It's a pathetic attempt to deny the Temple Mount's importance to Islam. This, coupled with the fact that the rest of the article violates copyright, it should be deleted or seriously rewritten. a mere wiki disclaimer stating that the informationis contrary to worldwide view is not sufficient
:Oh please, lets not go through this all again Faisel Chesdovi 21:47, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm sorry, but none of what you have said makes this information invalid for inclusion on Wikipedia. Chesdovi 16:16, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

text: Please see Talk:Third holiest site in Islam (expression)/Archive 1#George E. Bowen when this issue was discused at great length. Those opposed to this site featuring on the Holiest sites in Islam page agreed that it could be included on this page. By the way, it was myself who removed it from Holiest sites in Islam. There is nothing manipulative and flawed. According to you it may be, but this isn't Kfetopedia. Chesdovi 10:52, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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message: The following paragraph added by Yamanam is a violation of WP:Original Research:
Several non-Muslims have been discussing the importance of the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque, while on the other hand, no official Muslim reports have been issued confirming the holiness of this site from an Islamic perspective. Non-Muslims who are stating that this mosque is one of the most important sites in Islam have failed to provide an Islamic evidence of such claims. From Islamic point of view either Quran or Hadith should decide on the sacredness of any place, not even Muslim scholars can decide on that.
If citations are not found, it will be removed. Chesdovi (talk) 15:20, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Violation of WP:OR 

message: Why would any Chrsitian consider this site sacred? You can't just go and say that, you must explain a Christian denomination's motivations for calling this site sacred. Because I certainly think that the Prophet Muhammad and / or his wet nurse don't really account to much to say... the Catholic Church or the Cypriot Orthodox Church or the Orthodox Church of Greece. I bet there are even Buddhists from China who think this site is sacred, aren't there?! I mean... no disrespect here, it's just simply unbelievable. Show me just one Christian source that says this Tekke is sacred TO CHRISTIANS in any way. Maybe it's respected by all communities, that's a different thing. I really need to see a Christian motivation to regarding it sacred to be able to swallow this one.
As for the 3rd most sacred place in Islam there are literally HUNDREDS of very good and reliable academic sources that state plainly that the Mosque of Al-Aqsa in the Haram Ash-Sharif, i.e. Temple Mount complex is the third most sacred place in Islam after the mosques of Mekke and Medine. From Israeli sources to Palestinian sources (secular and religious), to Arabic sources (like Egyptian ones), to even Turkish sources (just check out the site of Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı - Presidency of Religious Affairs of Turkey), to even radical fundamentalist Jewish sources (like the guys who want to bring down the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa to build the 3rd Temple). All of these acknowledge Al-Aqsa as the 3rd most holiest place in Islam. Just check out the Wikipedia page for Al Aqsa and Haram al-Sharif and you'll find there all the sources you need.
The sources cited here, which are obviously Turkish Cypriot sources seemed simply not to be informed well enough (if not altogether biased) if they can't even agree with the Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı of Turkey....  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.77.239.121 (talk) 14:27, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  you guys are insane 

message: The side of Umm Haram's sarcophagus features at least two Star of David emblems, as shown in these photos  and more in this blog post . Does anyone know why they are there? This use might pre-date its use as  Jewish symbol, depending on the date of the tomb Fig (talk) 19:47, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Star of David on side of sarcophagus