Jerusalem's Supreme Muslim Council, Headed By Grand Mufti Hajj Amin Al-Husseini, In 1925: The Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound's "Identity With The Site Of Solomon's Temple Is Beyond Dispute"

Submitted by Barry S (United States), May 26, 2022 at 15:02

Jerusalem's Supreme Muslim Council, Headed By Grand Mufti Hajj Amin Al-Husseini, In 1925: The Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound's "Identity With The Site Of Solomon's Temple Is Beyond Dispute"

Memri, 26/5/2022
https://www.memri.org/reports/jerusalems-supreme-muslim-council-headed-grand-mufti-hajj-amin-al-husseini-1925-al-aqsa

Introduction

The Haram Al-Sharif Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem, known to Christians and Jews as the Temple Mount, is a focal point of tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.
In 1925, the Jerusalem-based Supreme Muslim Council, [http://www.memri.org.il/cgi-webaxy/item?5618#_edn1] which was headed by Grand Mufti Hajj Amin Al-Husseini, published a 16-page informational booklet about the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound titled A Brief Guide to Al-Haram Al-Sharif. The booklet establishes that the site is holy to Jews and that the ancient Jewish temples had stood there (contemporary Palestinian figures often reject such claims about the Temple Mount and about its historical and religious significance to Jews – see Appendix I)...

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