76 Friday, September 5, 1975 Is Given Deadline to Get Off Blacklist VW NEW YORK — Volkswa- gen and the British Lonrho Group have been given six months to meet require- ments for getting their names off the Arab boycott commission's blacklist. Gen. Mohammed Mah- goub, head of the commis- sion, said that to gain the "delisting" the two compa- nies must cancel their licen- sing of an unnamed Israeli company for manufacture of the Wankel auto engine. Audi-NSU, a Volkswagen subsidiary and Lonrho, a heavy industry and mining conglomerate are the main licensers of the engine. The New York Times reported that according to its sources, Israel Ameri- can Paper Mills is the only company involved in the production of the Wankel engine. Sources close to the com- mission's conference, which is currently revising its blacklist, said that the Bri- tish Leyland Motor Corp., Ltd., and the Sony Corp., the Japanese electronics company, were being taken off the list. For The Finest In Photography ARMEL STUDIO OF.PHOTOGRAPHY all social engagements Portraits on Location Landscapes—Interiors 851-3397 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS .• Israel to Stop Minting Independence Day Coins The Israeli Government Coins and Medals Corp. has announced proof coins — 41,480. The corporation will melt down all coins beyond the final quantities of the 1975 Independence Day coin issue for Israel these quantities. "Bonds:" gold coins — 32,275; regular silver coins — 52,500; silver Arab Claims to Moslem Sanctity of Jerusalem Not Proven by Middle East Historical Records (Continued from Page 74) defined religious duties, or even a symbolic system. It was an open space called "Musalla" in Arabic. It was not accompanied by any qualitative definition, formal or symbolic, from which anything regarding sanctity can be learnt. Therefore, when Islam refers to the sanctity of the Aqsa, it is applying later psychological reactions to an earlier situation. The third notion which supposedly offers a theo- retic base for the concept of Jerusalem's sanctity, is the first major monument built Wishing All Our Friends & Customers A Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year by the new rulers of the Middle East during the Sev- enth Century — the Dome of the Rock. Various sugges- tions have been'made to ex- plain its construction. Goldziher claims that Abd al-Malik tried to get the better of his opponent Abd Allah Ibn al-Zubbair, who exploited the sanctity of Mecca for his own political purposes by making it into the capital city (in place of Damascus) and ruling it as a counter-Caliph. This act, says Goldziher, made Abd al-Malik divert the Hajj from the Kaba of Mecca to the Sakhra of Je- rusalem, an act which be- stowed upon Jerusalem the status of religious priority in Islam. This ex- planation was rejected in a well-reasoned Efrgument by Goitein. Abd al-Malik had no intention of sancti- fying Jerusalem over Mecca by building the Dome of the Rock, and I think that he did not even intend to sanctify it in it- self. The second explanation concerns the Israa and Mia- raj story. That is if a mirac- ulous nocturnal journey from Mecca to Jerusalem did occur, followed by Mu- hammad's ascent to the seven heavens, then the Dome of the Rock was merely intended to serve as a memorial construction, a martyry to immortalize this important event. If the Dome of the Rock was really intended for com- memoration, why was an- other structure built next to it for the same purpose? This is called Qubbat al- Miaraj (Dome of Ascension) to this very day. Explana- tions offered do not suffice to confirm the dubious defi- nition of the Dome of the Rock as a martyry. The explanation recently offered by Oleg Grabar may, at least partly, settle the question. In a magistral analysis of the three inter- "DOC" Grossma n ,nal testimonies arising from the building itself — location, plan, ornamenta- tion and inscriptions, Gra- bar throws light on the po- anti-Christian lemical mission, including the sup-_ posed antithesis of Islam a:, the last true, universal and victorious religion. SUS lirlidITIFFED t ends To All Our Wonderful Friends Our Wishes For A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year. TO OUR MANY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS FOR A YEAR OF HEALTH AND HAPPINESS STARTING 18th year at DEXTER CHEVROLET Bus 534-1400 Res. 358-3582 Mr. & Mrs. Louis Levinson & Family Mr. & Mrs. Leo Rosenfeld & Family DNN, Holiday SMOKE r ____,c .JGreetings BIF Eddie & Wish All Their Friends & Customers A Happy, Healthy & Peaceful New Year "SHALOM" From sno 0 Ag Janie Citron 2 Locations to Serve You 23077 Greenfield Advance Building (lower Level) Southfield Mich. 48075 559-9119 17017 W. 9 Mile Rd. Sheraton Southfield Hotel open 7 days . Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock. 22141 COOLIDGE OAK PARK 398-91 8 NM LIVONIA STORK 37205 SIX MILE ROAD at Nov/burgh Road NEWBURGH PLAZA PHONE 4274470 or 72