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Supreme Moslem Council: Temple Mount is Jewish
IsraelNN.com) The widely-disseminated Arab Moslem position that the Temple Mount is not Jewish has been debunked - by the Supreme Moslem Council (Waqf) of Jerusalem, in a Temple Mount guide published in 1925.
In 1997, the chief Moslem cleric of the Palestinian Authority,
Mufti Ikrama Sabri, stated, "The claim of the Jews to the right over
[Jerusalem] is false, and we recognize nothing but an entirely Islamic Jerusalem
under Islamic supervision..."
Thus began a campaign to convince the world that the millennia-old natural
association between Jerusalem and Jews was untrue. As Islamic Movement
chief Raed Salah stated in 2006, "We remind, for the 1,000th time, that the
entire Al-Aqsa mosque [on the Temple Mount], including all of its area and
alleys above the ground and under it, is exclusive and absolute Moslem property,
and no one else has any rights to even one grain of earth in it."
However, it is now known that this "absolute" Moslem claim is actually
not as absolute as claimed. In fact, back in 1925, the Supreme Moslem Council -
also known as the Waqf, which has overseen Temple Mount activities on behalf of
the Moslem religion for hundreds of years - boasted proudly that the site was
none other than that of Solomon's Temple.
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem was in fact the site of the two Jewish Holy
Temples which stood for nearly 1,000 years. Israelnationalnews.com
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in Damascus Wednesday on a long-awaited visit as Paris tries to fill the diplomatic vacuum created by Washington's policy of exclusion.
The two-day trip, which was announced after Syrian President Bashar Assad attended France's national day ceremonies last July represents yet another step in the ongoing reconciliation process between Paris and Damascus. ME Times
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the weekend invited the international community to help him and the Palestinian Arabs divide the city of Jerusalem between them as part of a final status peace deal.
According to the proposal, major international powers like the European Union, the United States, Russia and the United Nations would be asked to act as official advisors in the process of partitioning the Israeli capital.
Olmert hoped that his latest concession over Jerusalem would convince Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to agree to an "shelf" final status peace agreement when the two men met on Sunday.
Olmert is reportedly determined to hammer out some kind of deal that will be binding on the next prime minister before he is officially ousted from power when his ruling Kadima Party holds its primary election later this month. Israel Today
Analysis
For many years now, the Islamic world has been emphatically denying that the Jewish nation has any historical claim or right to the Temple Mount. In fact, the Bible predicted many years ago, that in the last days, the Arab peoples would claim the land of Israel, which God gave to their brothers, the Jews (Ezekiel 35:5, 10; 36:2, 5).
This is what Islamic Movement chief Raed Salah said in 2006. "We remind, for the 1,000th time, that the entire Al-Aqsa mosque [on the Temple Mount], including all of its area and alleys above the ground and under it, is exclusive and absolute Moslem property, and no one else has any rights to even one grain of earth in it." Israelnationalnews.com In the last few years, despite historical data, this belief was beginning to take on legs. Of course, leaders from around the world were all too willing to continue to drink from the very deep Islamic well of lies...until now.
Recently, the Jerusalem-based Temple Institute, has acquired a copy of the official 1925 Supreme Moslem Council Guide Book to Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The Supreme Moslem Council (today known as the Wapf) has been overseeing the Temple Mount activities on behalf of the Muslim world for centuries. This guidebook is the official informational guide that documents the historical path of the Temple Mount dating back to the reign of Israel's King Solomon and beyond. In fact, it proudly boasted " that the site was none other than that of Solomon's Temple." Israelnationalnews.com
Here are a few of the excerpts from the official 1925 Supreme Moslem Council Guide Book written by Islamic religious leaders that verifies the historical claims of the Jews 'beyond dispute':
Page 4, the Waqf states, "Its identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according to universal belief, on which 'David built there an altar unto the L-rd...', citing the source in 2 Samuel XXIV, 25."
"In addition, on page 16, the pamphlet makes reference to the underground area in the south-east corner of the Mount, which is refers to as Solomon's Stables. 'Little is known for certain of the history of the chamber itself,' the guide reads. 'It dates probably as far back as the construction of Solomon's Temple. According to Josephus, it was in existence and was used as a place of refuge by the Jews at the time of the conquest of Jerusalem by Titus in the year 70 A.D.'" Israelnationalnews.com
This is an amazing document that once again proves Israel's historical claim to the Temple Mount, and in the words of the Islamic religious leaders, is an undisputed claim. I recommend that every person reading this article go to Israelnationalnews.com and look at the copied pages from the original and official 1925 Supreme Moslem Council Guide Book. This is just one more reason to believe that the Bible is historically 100% accurate and true.
In other news, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, has invited the world to divide Jerusalem in an attempt to force Israel into an ill-fated peace agreement with the Palestinians. As the Bible predicted over 2000 years ago, in the last days, Jerusalem would become a major stumbling block to the world ( Zechariah 12:3). But in the second half of this verse is found God's message to those who would dare take on this burdensome stone..."all that burden themselves with it (Jerusalem) shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it." That day is soon approaching when all the world will come against this holy city but will be soundly defeated at the Second Coming of Christ (Revelation 19:11).
While the US leadership is sleeping, EU rotating president (and French President) Nicolas Sarkozy, is hard at work becoming the face of world peace not only in Russia but in the Middle East as well. This is how the Middle East Times described his visit to Syria on Wednesday:
"French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives in Damascus Wednesday on a long-awaited visit as Paris tries to fill the diplomatic vacuum created by Washington's policy of exclusion." Israel Today
I suspect that in very little time Mr. Sarkozy will position himself as the new world peace mediator due to increasing Islamic mistrust of the US and as the resumption of the Cold War progresses.
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