Interesting development. Tip of the hat to AtHisFeet for the link. While the city of Jerusalem is mentioned over 800 times in the Bible, the Qur'an mentions Jerusalem as frequently as the Hindu Bhagavad-Gita, the Taoist Tao-Te Ching, the Buddhist Dhamapada and the Zoroastrian Zend Avesta. In other words, not even once. But now an ISIS ally and Mideast superpower has declared the "protection" of al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem to be a sacred mission, even equating al-Aqsa with Islam's holiest site itself -- the Kaaba idol in Mecca. What could possibly go wrong? ...
Zechariah 12:2-3a, “Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah [and] against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces …”
Hurriyet Daily News - "Turkish leaders have said protecting Islamic sites in the Holy Land is a sacred mission for them, with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan bluntly warning any attack against the 8th-century al-Aqsa Mosque is no different than an attack on the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca. 'The Israeli administration has to stop this despicableness, this barbarity; what would it say if this kind of attack had been launched against synagogues? The Masjid al-Aqsa is not only a shrine for Palestinians, but is the shrine of ..." Read more.
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