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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->His is how the Vatican has reacted to Muslim demands for constructing the mosque next to the Basilica of Annunciation –

"The decision (by the Israeli government to revoke prior decision permitting the construction) "re-establishes legality, the respect of holy sites and the consideration of a community of believers," Holy See spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said, quoted by Agence France-Presse (AFP)."

"This is not a decision against Muslims, as religious and political authorities in the region and in the world came out against a project that harmed the sensibilities of the Christian world and its pilgrims," Navarro-Valls said.

"In an unprecedented public attack, the Vatican representative dealing with the controversy surrounding the Shihab al-Din mosque in Nazareth described the construction project as "a clear provocation."

Addressing the special ministerial committee convened to assess the dispute among the Christians and Muslims in Nazareth, Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa said that the initiative to build the mosque in close proximity to the Basilica of the Annunciation "is unacceptable to the Christian world."

"The mosque, at this site, is solely meant to interfere in one of the holiest places of the Christian world," he added."

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