This is proof that Jerusalem first belong to the Hebrew, that being said Israel has the right to live, and the right to live in the land, Ishmael give peace to your brother Isaac ....... Umar was the first Muslim leader to expand the Islamic empire to non-Arabian regions; during his reign as caliph, he helped to conquer Mesopatamia and some of Persia from the Sassanids, and took Syria, Egypt, Palestine, Armenia and North Africa from the Byzantine empire. Umar’s conquest of Jerusalem was famously peaceful, leaving intact the Christian holy sites and permitting Jews to reenter the city and settle near the Western Wall. It was an event that signified the dramatic shift of Jerusalem from a Christian-dominated city to a part of the Islamic empire. The claim of Islam was reinforced by Umar’s clearing of the Temple Mount to build a rough-hewn wooden mosque on the spot, a precursor to Al Aqsa Mosque. The reign of Umar ended abruptly in 644 A.D., when he was assassinated by a Persian prisoner of war, and wars of succession frayed the close-knit fabric of the empire. But in spite of the chaos that ensued after Umar’s death, Muslim sovereignty in Jerusalem was to flourish for centuries to come.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 04:47:58 +0000
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