AN N EA 10W Chapter Notes - Chapter 23: Sunnah, Sharia, Temple Mount
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Muslims do not believe in jesus because they find it hard that god would allow a prophet to die in such disgrace. Temple mount right now filled with garbage and filth (cid:858)u(cid:373)ar built the mosque of al-aqsa on the southern end of the platform, where. Herod(cid:859)s o(cid:455)al porti(cid:272)o (cid:449)as: muslims here face mecca when praying (cid:858)a(cid:271)d al-malik (685-705) replaced old byzantine and persian systems with a new arab administration. A centralized monarchy buit on the theocratic ideal. Contributed the dome of the rock in 688. Chose to build the dome around the rock toward the northern end of the platform. Rock was where muhammad ascended to heaven. Where the holy of holies is assumed to be in the temple. Not a mosque: no orientation toward mecca or large space for prayer. Is a shrine: devoted to deny the notion that god had a son. Abraham not a jew nor a christian but a muslim.
