Jerusalem is an old religious site for the Christians and even an older one for the Jewish people, two thousand years compared to six thousand. It's good that Christian rites are allowed.

GLeigh,

you really like to show your ignorance time and after time... tirelessly.

Jerusalem is an old religious site for Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. Christians as well as Muslims rites are taken away.... You should go attend the Jerusalem archbishop lecture in DC on June 12. It would be an eye openning for you.

Prof – I have no interest, at all, for what one person says. Never have. Read back. There are always fanatics for everything. I find them off. So what any archbishop says, or anyone else who is one-sided, does not interest me. Stop letting them bother you! People are just people. Given freedoms to think and reason and feel how all other people feel, no one is better than anyone else, we can co-exist in peace. I'm not certain that man will reach that level. Perhaps. I really think that everyone is too afraid of everyone else. Sadly. That's hard for me to grasp, but it's really about survival and fear.

Prof,

Muslims and Christians have the right to practise their rites freely under Israeli rule.

Jews were denied their right to practise religion freely when Jordan controlled East Jerusalem and to this day are unable to visit some of their most holy sites.

Christian Palestinians, if given the freedom of speech by their Muslim brethren and not intimidated, would tell you that their religious rights are restricted by Muslim leaders, however very few are not afraid to tell the truth.

Miriam,

can you quit the lies?... you don't hear every Friday that those who are under 40 years old cannot get to the Aqsa to make their prayers?

And you are going to tell me that the Archbishop of Jerusalem has been forced to give a speech in Washington DC by muslims?

What kind of a bad joke are you?