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ISRAEL: NAZARETH: MOSQUE CORNERSTONE UNVEILED

(23 Nov 1999) English/Nat Muslims unveiled the cornerstone for a mosque in Nazareth on Tuesday close to one of Israel's most sacred churches. Christians closed key holy sites for a second day throughout Israel and the occupied territories in protest. The row centred on a mosque which will be built just 300 metres from the Basilica of the Annunciation church - where it's believed the Virgin Mary was told by the Angel Gabriel that she would give birth to Jesus. The Vatican sharply criticised Israel for allowing Muslims to build the mosque next to the Basilica of the Annunciation, saying it would fuel "future conflicts and tensions" between Christians and Muslims in the town. The Israeli government said it totally rejected the accusations that were made by the Holy See. What was meant to be a formal ceremony turned into a undignified scramble when the cornerstone was finally laid - hours after it was scheduled to happen. As the green cloth was lifted from a slab stone, a crowd of several thousands Muslims chanted in memory of a twelfth century anti-Crusader cleric believed to be buried at the site. Celebrating Muslims crowded onto rooftops to see the ceremony, whilst Christian shopkeepers near the disputed plaza in the heart of Nazareth, an Arab town in northern Israel, closed their stores and stayed away. This was a symbolic gesture which has torn the Christian and Muslim communities in this normally peaceful city apart. It has caused tensions over the last two years, with riots and threats of violence a constant menace. One of the signatories to the closure of the churches said the Muslims were deliberately provoking dissension. SOUNDBITE (English) "The aim is not building a Mosque. It is just to put this dissension between Christians and Muslims." SUPERCAPTION: Michael Sabbah, Latin Patriarch The closures left baffled pilgrims and tourists milling outside locked-up sites such as Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where tradition holds that Jesus was entombed and then rose from the dead. In Bethlehem, believed to be the site of Jesus' birth, the small iron doors of the Church of the Nativity were closed to the visitors too. Some visitors prayed and stuck notes into the cracks of pillars in the courtyard. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...