2024-06-07 20:39:39
Loy Alsharif, a Muslim blogger from the UAE, conveyed an vital message to different Muslims relating to Jerusalem.
In keeping with him, on Jerusalem Day he desires to remind his co-religionists that neither the Prophet Muhammad nor his companions thought-about Jerusalem sacred, recognizing sanctity just for Mecca and Medina. The Prophet and his companions didn’t really name it “Jerusalem” or “Al-Quds”; they used the widespread Latin-Roman title “Aelia Capitolina”, given by the Romans once they expelled the Jews from Israel and renamed the land “Palestine”, though it had beforehand been referred to as “Judaea”. The title “Al-Quds” (the Arabic equal of Jerusalem) comes from the Hebrew phrases “Beit Hamikdash”, which suggests Jewish temple.
“Nonetheless, the Jewish Israelite prophets, similar to King David, whom we honor, revere and even title our youngsters after, established Jerusalem because the capital of Israel 3,000 years in the past, throughout the time when David was king of Israel,” added Loy Alsharif.
As well as, Minister of Economic system Nir Barkat, talking on the Knesset plenary session, recalled the historical past of Jerusalem within the context of the celebration of Jerusalem Day within the nation.
“I need to remind my Muslim associates that 3,000 years in the past, when Jews lived on this metropolis, there have been no Christians, they arrived 1,000 years later, and Muslims arrived one other 1,600 years later. Jerusalem has been the middle of the world for a thousand years, a spot that may unite the entire world,” Barkat stated.
We beforehand revealed attention-grabbing statistics about Jerusalem.
Cursor additionally shared archival pictures of Jerusalem in 1934-1946.