Is Palestine the Land of Prophet Muhammad's Ascension?

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http://news.yahoo.com/palestine-land-prophet-muhammads-ascension-162000665.html

By Hussein Hajji Wario | Yahoo! Contributor Network – 4 hrs ago

COMMENTARY | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has formally submitted a bid to the United Nations General Assembly for recognition of Palestine as the 194th member state. He declared in his address to the assembly, "I come before you today from the Holy Land, the Land of Palestine, the land of divine messages, ascension of the Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, and the birthplace of Jesus Christ, peace be upon him."

His statement has one religious undertone that has claimed thousands of lives since the Palestinians rejected the Partition Plan to create two states -- Israel and Palestine -- in 1947. Many suicide bombers have killed scores of people and Israeli retaliations have cost many more innocent lives. To many Palestinians and Muslims around the world the land is important to them because they believe it is the land of the "ascension of the Prophet Mohammed." Is it true?

The Quran -- Islam's holy book and the highest authority -- states in Chapter 17, Verse 1, "Glory be to Him Who made His servant to go on a night from the Sacred Mosque to the remote mosque." According to this verse, Muslims believe Prophet Muhammad ascended from "the Sacred Mosque" in Jerusalem. The same chapter of the Quran, Verse 60, claims Prophet Muhammad had a mere vision of the ascension. In fact, the Hadith --Prophet Muhammad's saying in Sahih Bukhari, the authenticated and most authoritative Hadith -- claims this alleged ascension was a vision in which the Prophet Muhammad saw an actual temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

The Quran and the Hadith claim the ascension was a vision. Muslims believe the ascension took place on the Temple Mount in Palestine. There are three factual errors with President Abbas' claim and what majority of Muslims believe Palestine is the land of the "ascension of the Prophet Mohammed."

The first is there was no mosque in Jerusalem in 621 CE (when the alleged ascension took place). In fact a mosque was built in 691 CE on the spot where Prophet Muhammad allegedly ascended to the seventh heaven. Second, Muslim scholars interpret the "Sacred Mosque" in Chapter 17, Verse 1 of the Quran to referred to the Jewish temple on the Temple Mount.

This interpretation has some major flaws because the temple in question was destroyed in 70 CE, more than 500 years before Prophet Muhammad's alleged ascension. Third, the Quran and the Hadith claim the ascension was a vision. Therefore, Palestine cannot be the land of the "ascension of the Prophet Mohammed."

It is very clear Prophet Muhammad had a vision. He did not set foot in Jerusalem. Unfortunately, there will be no peace in Palestine as long as this religious innuendo which even facts debunk exists. Abbas shouldn't have made it.

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Hussein Hajji Wario

Hussein Hajji Wario is a former Sunni Muslim who was educated in madrassa during his formative years. Upon graduation from madrassa, he was a madrassa teaching assistant and a muadhin (a person who calls Muslims to pray) in his native hometown. He resides in the United States with his wife, Rita. He is the author of Cracks in the Crescent.

http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/1094729/hussein_hajji_wario.html

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Hussein Hajji Wario

Hussein Hajji Wario is a former Sunni Muslim who was educated in madrassa during his formative years. Upon graduation from madrassa, he was a madrassa teaching assistant and a muadhin (a person who calls Muslims to pray) in his native hometown. He resides in the United States with his wife, Rita. He is the author of Cracks in the Crescent.

http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/1094729/hussein_hajji_wario.html

And your point?

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Cracks in the Crescent

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Edited September 26, 2011 by Crusty Old Perv

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And your point?

The point is to determine what weight to give a Yahoo contributor with 1 Fan.

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Cracks in the Crescent

Cracking the Crescent one Post at a Time.

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I'm still not getting it. Now if you had posted a link to this guy being a member of AIPAC or or if his name was Hiram Goldberg then you might have something. All this guy did was write an article with his take on it.

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What difference does it make? Jerusalem is a holy city for Muslims not just because of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), but for all the other prophets of Islam that were there during their lifetimes. People forget that Muhammad was the LAST prophet of Islam, not the first or the only one. Plus, we have holy sites there.

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What difference does it make? Jerusalem is a holy city for Muslims not just because of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), but for all the other prophets of Islam that were there during their lifetimes. People forget that Muhammad was the LAST prophet of Islam, not the first or the only one. Plus, we have holy sites there.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Muslims build their "holy sites" on top of Jewish holy sites? I mean it's one thing to borrow from someone else torah/bible/holy book or whatever like the Christians did with the Jews, but it's another to build over their holy sites.

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That's a pretty common post-conquering tactic. Did you see what the Spanish did to La Mosquita after taking back Cordoba?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Muslims build their "holy sites" on top of Jewish holy sites? I mean it's one thing to borrow from someone else torah/bible/holy book or whatever like the Christians did with the Jews, but it's another to build over their holy sites.

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That's a pretty common post-conquering tactic. Did you see what the Spanish did to La Mosquita after taking back Cordoba?

BINGO! I gotcha.

You just admitted it's a common conquering tactic and that other religions/peoples have done it in the past. So in that regard it's the winner takes all.

That's unlike you...usually your more careful.

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You have to wait for a winner, then

BINGO! I gotcha.

You just admitted it's a common conquering tactic and that other religions have done it in the past including the Muslims. So in that regard is the winner takes all.

That's unlike you...usually your more careful.

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You have to wait for a winner, then

Things always change and sea's shift. But atm the Jews are like the Green Bay Packers of the middle east.

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I'm still not getting it. Now if you had posted a link to this guy being a member of AIPAC or or if his name was Hiram Goldberg then you might have something. All this guy did was write an article with his take on it.

Old Pervert has decided to be a forum troll. Thats what is going on here.

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Old Pervert has decided to be a forum troll. Thats what is going on here.

There's nothing trollish about posting information about an article's author. It's the smart and well-informed thing to do and a benefit for the reader.

Things always change and sea's shift. But atm the Jews are like the Green Bay Packers of the middle east.

Ya, keep that up. Underestimation is a great advantage.