Samer/StS- here is a Muslim site that refutes your fairy tale of Mohamed and Jerusalem... read it and weep

Submitted by sara (United States), Jun 26, 2008 at 18:33

http://www.mostmerciful.com/night-journey-of-prophet-muhammad.htm

Most of the Muslim translators have - based upon the SPURIOUS NARRATIONS - either injected the name "Jerusalem" within the brackets or have specified 'the Mosque in Jerusalem' within their commentaries. It is a recorded historical fact from the Islamic and Jewish history that there was NO MOSQUE in Jerusalem when the Second Khalif Umar ibn al-Khattab (ra) conquered this city. Khalifah Umar declined to pray in a Church and instead prayed in the open.

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The emphasis "must refer to" placed by the translator is UNFOUNDED. Surprisingly, the next sentence of that commentary acknowledges the fact that this famous Mosque in Jerusalem known as (Masjid-ul-Aqsa) was completed in 68 A. H. The Prophet passed away in 10 A. H.

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