Egypt cancels unveiling of restored synagogue
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass
Zahi Hawass
Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities chief
Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities reported that Egypt has canceled the inauguration of a restored synagogue citing the Israeli oppression of Muslims in the occupied territories as well as excesses by Jews during an earlier ceremony at the synagogue

Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities restored the ruined Ben Maimon synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter and was set to unveil it to the press Sunday following its rededication a week earlier in a private ceremony.

For his part, Chief of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass said that "The cancellation of ceremony comes following provocative activities by Jews at rededication, including drinking alcoholic beverages, as well as aggression by Israeli authorities against Muslim sanctuaries"

 

 

 

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