Islamic Texts Provide Evidence That Belies Palestinian Propaganda about the Temple Mount
The Jews who first acquainted Muslim scholars with Jerusalem.
June 3, 2020
Islamic Texts Provide Evidence That Belies Palestinian Propaganda about the Temple Mount
The Jews who first acquainted Muslim scholars with Jerusalem.
In the past few years, Palestinian leaders have added to their familiar, scurrilous claim that Israel plans to seize or destroy the al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock the assertion that there never was a Jewish Temple there, and that the site had no significance to Jews before modern times. Nadav Shragai argues that, to counteract this effort to rewrite history, it is not sufficient to turn to the wealth of archaeological evidence, which might not prove persuasive to a Muslim audience. Instead, he urges Israel and its defenders to build their case on Islamic sources:
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