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Jul 19, 2004
Jewish Group Presses Paraguay To Close Mosque
By Damir Ahmad, IOL Correspondent
MOSCOW, July 13 (IslamOnline.net) – A Jewish lobby group is pressing Paraguay to close a mosque in the capital Asunción under the pretext of funding Palestinian resistance operations, the Russian Jewish News Agency (AEN) reported Monday, July 12., The Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center, which is affiliated with the Jewish Agency, sent a letter to the Paraguayan presidency to shut down the Prophet Muhammad mosque in Asunción.
Citing alleged information from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Jewish group claimed that the mosque was raising funds for Palestinian "terrorists" to carry out "bloody attacks" against Israeli interests.
It also alleged that the mosque has become a "hub" in South America to transfer cash to the Palestinians in the Middle East.
The group claimed that Israeli customs officials arrested two months ago three people carrying Paraguayan passports with huge sums of US dollars in their possession.
The Israeli officials said the three confessed they had been assigned by the mosque to transfer the cash to Palestinian resistance factions.
There are some 50 mosques in Paraguay. Prophet Muhammad mosque is one of two in Asunción.
Muslims represent 2% of Paraguay’s six million population.
[Editor's Note: The Jewish community here in Paraguay is small, but influential. Pray that they may be reached with the Gospel & realize that Jesus IS their Messiah.]
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