“Doomsday averted on the Temple Mount, for now”

“Doomsday averted on the Temple Mount, for now”

 

Shiva's Haram
An aerial view from the southeast Al-Aqsa Mosque (Arabic: المسجد الاقصى) and the Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة‎, Hebrew: כיפת הסלע), on the Temple Mount, (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת‎, Arabic: الحرم القدسي الشريف‎) in the Old City of Jerusalem ((Hebrew: העיר העתיקה‎, Arabic: البلدة القديمة‎). Al-Aqsa, the structure with the dark dome, is considered the third holiest site in Islam, after Mecca and Medina.
(Wikimedia Commons photograph by Andrew Shiva)

 

Some of you may have heard of this incident — e.g., “Students safe after deadly terrorist attack 1 mile from BYU Jerusalem Center” — a few days ago.

 

Here, though, is some very useful background to the story:

 

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/07/israel-palestinians-jordan-turkey-temple-mount-islam-attack.html

 

Jerusalem’s Temple Mount may well be the most politically sensitive thirty-seven acres in the world.

 

Posted from Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii

 

 


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