Stop the desecration of Mamilla Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem

A group of Palestinian descendants of those buried in Mamilla is presenting a petition to the United Nations to stop the desecration of the historic cemetery. The American Muslims for Palestine has endorsed the Mamilla Cemetery Petition Campaign. AMP asks its supporters to sign the petition to help strengthen international efforts to halt the museum's construction.

Points of the Petition:
Stop the desecration of Mamilla Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem by Israeli Authorities and the Simon Wiesenthal Center. 

1. To immediately halt further construction of the Simon Wiesenthal Center "Center of Human Dignity - Museum of Tolerance" on part of the Mamilla Cemetery site in Jerusalem;
2. To declare the entire historic site of the Mamilla Cemetery an antiquity, to be preserved and protected henceforth by its rightful and appropriate custodians, the Muslim Waqf (public endowment) authorities in Jerusalem;
3. To recover and rebury where they were originally found all human remains removed from Mamilla Cemetery, in coordination with the competent Muslim authorities in Jerusalem; and,
4. To document and reveal to families who claim their ancestors are buried in Mamilla, or to their representatives, the whereabouts of human remains and artifacts, as well as archaeological fragments and monuments exhumed in the construction.

To read and sign the petition, go to http://www.mamillacampaign.org.