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Islamic movement head Raad Saleh. (AP) Last update - 14:35 13/03/2008 Islamic leader to skip police probe, fearing rightist attacks By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Raad Saleh, Arabs  The head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ra'ad Salah said Thursday he would not appear before police for questioning over allegedly inciteful remarks he made last year because he fears that he will be attacked by rightist Jews. In an announcement released by the movement, Salah and other activists said that they were taking the rightist rabbis' threats of revenge for the Mercaz Harav yeshiva terrorist attack very seriously. In an interview with the A-shams radio station, Saleh said that he is not trying to dodge the interrogation: "I have been questioned in the past and I will continue to be questioned. I have also been behind bars. The information I received is from a reliable source and we have passed it on to the Jerusalem district police." Advertisement Police said that they had not received any information that would suggest an assassination attempt. The police questioning concerns a sermon Salah gave in February last year in East Jerusalem. During his speech about the Israeli dig at the Mugrabi gate around the Dome of the Rock, Saleh said that "the time has come for an Arab-Muslim Intifadha for Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque." Meanwhile, Hadash Chair Mohammed Barakeh said that the number of death threats he receives has risen drastically of late. Barakeh's aides said that they have passed the threats on to Knesset security but do not feel that they have been properly addressed. Related articles: Rightist rabbis urge 'measure for measure' revenge on foes 8 die in terror attack on J'lem yeshiva Islamic Movement head: J'lem destined capital of caliphate Bookmark to del.icio.us   Hezbollah scare Lebanese group's influence has dramatically increased in the West Bank. Literary boycott Peres calls Muslim countries' shunning of Paris Book Fair 'most ridiculous.'   1.   I`m Very Pleased That He`s Scared 14:20  |  Yishai Kohen 13/03/08   2.   Double Standards?? 14:49  |  Allan 13/03/08   3.   arabs will trample you sooner or later 14:55  |  you deserve it 13/03/08   4.   #3 fools don`t learn from history 15:43  |  George 13/03/08   5.   Poor baby 16:16  |  Chi 13/03/08   6.   Sheik whatever 16:38  |  Rachel 13/03/08   7.   if he doesn`t come in go and get him. he`s playing games 16:48  |  ralph 13/03/08   8.   Disingenuous sheihk 17:25  |  F. Kortyon 13/03/08   9.   So I take it he will not taking part in his intifada 17:38  |  seeker of martyrdom 13/03/08   10.   Maybe he should be jailed until there is a trial 18:15  |  Gee 13/03/08   11.   Yes Ralph 19:30  |  Navy Vet 13/03/08   12.   Ra`ad Salah the crackpot 22:11  |  Brod 13/03/08   13.   CHARGE THE SHEIKH WITH SEDITION 03:25  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08

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