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==Proclamations==
Following [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s [[Regensburg lecture|quotation of a Byzantine emperor in a lecture]], the Grandgrand Muftimufti called the popePope's statement "lies", adding that they "show that reconciliation between religions is impossible".<ref>[http://www.netzeitung.de/spezial/derpapst/440836.html "Hässliche, unglückliche Äußerungen: Erdogan fordert Entschuldigung des Papstes"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208025214/http://www.netzeitung.de/spezial/derpapst/440836.html |date=2012-02-08 }}, ''Netzeitung'', 17 September 2006 {{in lang|de}}</ref>
 
In 2007, the Grand Mufti announced plans to demolish the [[Green Dome]] and flatten the dome.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mecca-for-the-rich-islams-holiest-site-turning-into-vegas-2360114.html|quote=A pamphlet published in 2007 by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, endorsed by Abdulaziz Al Sheikh, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, stated that "the green dome shall be demolished and the three graves flattened in the Prophet's Masjid".|title=Mecca for the rich: Islam's holiest site 'turning into Vegas'. Historic and culturally important landmarks are being destroyed to make way for luxury hotels and malls, reports Jerome Taylor|work=[[The Independent]]|author=Jerome Taylor|date=24 Sep 2011|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-date=16 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616174556/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mecca-for-the-rich-islams-holiest-site-turning-into-vegas-2360114.html|url-status=live}}</ref>