A post by Maynard
The former mufti of Jerusalem claims there never was a Jewish temple on the Temple Mount, and so the Western Wall (the “Wailing Wall”, generally accepted as a remnant of the Second Temple and one of the holiest sites of Judaism) was really part of a mosque. From a Jerusalem Post article:
“There was never a Jewish temple on Al-Aksa [the mosque compound] and there is no proof that there was ever a temple,” he told The Jerusalem Post via a translator. “Because Allah is fair, he would not agree to make Al-Aksa if there were a temple there for others beforehand. The wall is not part of the Jewish temple. It is just the western wall of the mosque. There is not a single stone with any relation at all to the history of the Hebrews.”
Palestinian leaders, most notably the late Yasser Arafat, have consistently denied Jewish claims to the Mount.
A summary of accepted history:
The First Temple was built by King Solomon in the 10th century BCE, and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The Second Temple was built 70 years later, enlarged during the first century BCE by Herod, and destroyed by the Romans in the year 70. The Dome of the Rock and Al-Aksa Mosque were constructed on the Temple Mount site in the late seventh century.
Jerusalem is claimed as a Muslim holy city, but this is also a matter of historical revisionism. Jerusalem is never mentioned in the Koran (in contrast to hundreds of references in the Hebrew Bible), and it was generally ignored by Arab leaders while it was under Arab rule from 1948 to 1967.
The Temple Mount mosque was named the “Farthest Mosque” as a matter of political expediency. The Koran speaks of Mohammed’s “Night Journey” on a flying horse from Mecca to the masjid al aksa (the farthest temple). However a geographic location is not specified, and many scholars consider the “farthest mosque” to be a transcendental metaphor rather than a real place. The builders of the mosque figured they could put their outlying turf on the map by giving it the name that would nail down the endpoint of Mohammed’s dream. So we now face a Twilight Zone alternative history in which this is Islamic holy territory and nobody else’s. During the period of Jordanian control from 1949 to 1967, Jews were denied access to the Wailing Wall (for the record, a violation of the 1949 armistice).
If I may be so bold as to editorialize…Okay, everybody is entitled to their fantasies. We’d all like to think we’re richer than we are, sexier than we are, more important than we are…whatever. So I’d be happy enough to leave people with their kooky illusions as long as those kooky illusions aren’t malignant. The problem with these Islamist kooky illusions is they tend to encourage acts of mass murder, and that’s carrying the jest a tad too far.
He would not agree to make Al-Aksa if there were a temple there for others beforehand?
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The nation of Israel does not exist in the minds (and maps) of Islamic fascists; therefore, it is not surprising they would fail to acknowledge a Jewish temple. In order for Islam to flourish, it must revise history and eliminate those who stand in the way for it cannot thrive on it’s own ‘merits’ or when introduced to legitimate historical facts.
We are witnessing an interesting point in time. The argument over the temple and its history is just the beginning of an escalation over the city of Jerusalem. The potential for war over Jerusalem is entirely conceivable.
I do not believe our unique history and place in the world was by accident – it was a divine act with a divine purpose. We were key in establishing Israel as a Jewish nation, and few have enjoyed life as we have in America (in other words: we have been blessed – as promised biblically). But since we have become so ‘sensitive’ toward Islam, even in the aftermath of 9/11, I wonder where we – as the USA – will ultimately stand when the battle for Israel (in which Israel has conceded much space to her enemies at our urging) becomes the battle for Jerusalem.
Let’s face it: the battle lines are being drawn right now. Will we hear of Israel being urged to just give the temple over entirely to her Islamic enemies to make them happy for 5 more minutes? It would not be surprising considering we urge Israel to ‘make nice’ and give a ‘peace’ of land to those salivating at the thought of slitting her throat.
If ANY of the current Democrat candidates for President makes it to the White House, you can expect that Israel will go the way of Lesser Lolome in Allen Drury’s 1995 book, “A Thing of State”. That is, Israel will not exist at the end of that Democrat’s term.
Talk about rewritting history! The revisionist history libs can learn alot from these deniers. Also, when iran starts launching nukes into Isreal and that Armageddon thing happens, it will put another spin on the “global warming” thing!