Tuesday, February 9, 2010
[Crossposted from JStreetJive]
For decades, Palestinian Arabs, following their leaders from the notorious Grand Mufti, Haj Amin al Husseini in the 1920's to Yasir Arafat and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, have resurrected the canard that the Jews are imminently trying to destroy the "farthest mosque", the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Built by the Umayyads in 705 CE following the invasion and colonization of Jewish Palestine in 638 CE on top of the Herodian temple complex, it has served as a symbol of domination over an indigenous people for centuries.
Dr. Mordechai Kedar, a distinguished professor of Arabic literature and culture at Bar Ilan University, presents the history of Arab and Islamic views of this mosque in particular, and, a brilliant analysis of Islam in general - as it relates to its foundational texts and worldview. This talk is indispensable to understanding the current Israeli-Arab-Muslim conflict.
Today I am posting Part 1. Part 2 will follow tomorrow. In addition, check out Professor Kedar's memorable appearance on Al Jazeera a few years ago. Were the faithful of J Street to watch his presentation, I'm sure they would be instantly disabused of their fantasies. First, as a reminder, here is the Al Jazeera interview. Last night's presentation follows below it.
He recently appeared at Rabbi Jonathan Hausman's synagogue, Ahavath Torah, in Stoughton, MA. Rabbi Hausman has been singularly brilliant in his presentation of world class scholars and dissidents on the subject of Jihad.
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Event Report: Dr. Mordechai Kedar on 'Arab Terrorism and the Myth of al Aqsa' [Hillel].
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[Crossposted from JStreetJive] Here is Part 2 of one of the best presentations on classical Jihad and its application to the Jews: Part 1 is here.... Read More
Just to answer this ignorent Kedar and put things in context.
Khawrij where fighting the Ummayed dynasty from their basis in iraq and the Apeninsula for more than 100 years . Later Almuhalab bin abi sufra proposed to the calipha that he will stop the khawarij raids for ever.
almuhalib then used many tactics agianst the khwarij one of them is to forge hadiths agianst the khawarij.
thats the context of the issue of forging hadieths. as we now it.
forging a hadith to shoft piligrimjs from mecca to al masigd al aqsa.?
Kedar didnt you say that almasjid al aqsa (jeruslim is not mentioned in the quran?
while any ignorent muslim knows that in the quran hajj is to one place only. mecca.
this man...........I know where he gets his information from
Kitab al Aghani most probably. (an anthology of 12 volumes) that was written 300 years after the death of the prophet and its not a book taken so seriously.