Islam’s Tenuous Connection to Jerusalem

Naming the Jerusalem mosque al-Aqsa was an attempt to say the Dome of the Rock was the very spot from which Mohammed ascended to heaven. But Mohammed died in the year 632, nearly 50 years before the first construction of the al-Aqsa Mosque was completed.

Eli Hertz

23 Nisan 5774 – April 23, 2014

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Al-Aksa Mosque was claimed to be the site from which Mohammed ascended to Heaven, but it was built nearly 50 years after Mohammed died.

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Eli Hertz

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