Posted on 12/11/2015 11:08:08 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
A fine thread running through many of our columns is that the legitimacy of Islam’s religious claims to Jerusalem is in inverse proportion to the volume and frequency with which they are made. Now comes along a renowned Muslim Egyptian scholar, of all people, to corroborate our point.
Prof. Youssef Ziedan, a specialist in Arabic and Islamic studies and a prolific author, has given a series of interviews to Egyptian television stations in recent days, in all of which he emphasizes one issue: There is actually no connection between Jerusalem and ancient Islam.
When Islam was founded during the 7th century, Ziedan says, Jerusalem was a holy city to the Jews, while the Mosque of Omar was not even built until 74 years after Muhammad’s death. The reason it was built, he maintains, had nothing to do with the sanctity of Jerusalem but rather because the builder “had a cause†– he wished to detract from the centrality of Mecca in Islam.
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishpress.com ...
Well, wrt Jerusalem, Islam is certainly Jihad-Come-Lately.
Our fraud president and his staff refuse to recognize even the word “Jerusalem”.
Jerusalem was never a capitol city for any muslim country. Neer.
It straight up Jew hatred to deny Israel its capitol. Its always been so.
Jerusalem is God’s country, NOT Allah’s!
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