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The Temple Mount (Haram esh-Sharif) in Islam
After the Muslim conquest of this region, the Temple Mount became known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary). It is regarded by Muslims as the third holiest site after Mecca and Medina.
The main reasons for the Temple Mount’s importance for Muslims are these:
Islam respects Abraham, David and Solomon as prophets, and regards the Temple as one of the earliest and most noteworthy places of worship of God. (However, some Muslims dispute that the Temple Mount is the site of the Jewish Temple.)
Verse 17:1 of the Qur’an speaks of the Prophet’s night journey to the “farthest Mosque” (al-masjid al-Aqsa). This is traditionally interpreted to be the site at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on which the mosque of that name now stands.
Muhammad originally established Jerusalem as the qibla (direction of prayer) before changing it to Mecca.
According to Arab historians, when Muslims first entered the city of Jerusalem,
the ruins of the Temple were being used as a rubbish dump by the Christian inhabitants, in order to humiliate the
Jews and fulfill Jesus’ prophecy that not a stone would be left standing on another there. Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab is said to have been horrified at this, ordered it cleaned and performed prayer there at once.
sacred-destinations.com/israel/jerusalem-temple-mount.htm
This hall of arches was named Solomon’s Stables by the crusaders, because the Templar knights that inhabited the area in the 11th century used it **as a stable **(and the mosques as churches). Since 1996 there has been a mosque located in the stables called al-Marawani, in memory of the Caliph whose sons built the dome of the rock and whose grandson built the al-Aqsa mosque.
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The Byzantine Christians used the area as a dump and it was in this state that a Muslim, Caliph Omar Ibn al-Khattab, found it. In 638 AD. he ordered the place cleaned and built a House of Prayers at the southern end of the sanctuary, the apparent Third Temple " Masjid-ul-Aqsa".
jews-for-allah.org/Why-Believe-in-Allah/Temple-Mount-restored-by-Muhammad.htm
The Temple Mount Transformed
Omar recognized the sanctity of the Temple Mount, perhaps at the behest of his Jewish advisors, Shortly after his arrival in Jerusalem he cleared the site of
refuse, apparently with the aid of Jewish workers, where they came from is uncertain, and planned to erect a large mosque at its southern end. Among Omar’s close advisors was a converted Jew named Ka’ab El Akhbar. Ka’ab proposed that the mosque be erected on the northern side of the Temple Mount so that worshipers could face both the Foundation Stone and Mecca simultaneously. Omar rejected the proposal as an attempt at “Judaizing” Islam and the Mosque was subsequently built in the south, where the present-day El Aqsa stands, an effectively forcing worshipers to, literally, turn their backs to the Jewish holy place. From this it may be deduced that Moslems hadn’t yet associated Jerusalem and the Foundation Stone with the “Night Journey of Mohammed”.
The Gaullic bishop Arculf , who lived in Jerusalem from 679-688, describes the new mosque as a rectangular wooden structure, built over ruins and capable of accommodating 3000 worshipers.
Several accounts from this period noted that Jews and Jewish converts to Islam participated in clearing the Temple Mount at the time of Omar. Some of these sources even mention close cooperation between these two divergent groups. This seems strange given later Jewish attitudes towards the Temple Mount and apostates. Some modern scholars regard this phenomena as a by product of messianic anticipation which was produced by the political events of the mid-seventh century.
biu.ac.il/js/rennert/history_8.html
Waste
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Waste inside a wheelie binWaste, rubbish, trash, or garbage is unwanted or undesired material.
There are a number of different types of waste. It can exist as a solid, liquid, or gas or as waste heat. When released in the latter two states the wastes can be referred to as emissions. It is usually strongly linked with pollution. Waste may also be intangible in the case of wasted time or wasted opportunities. The term waste implies things which have been used inefficiently or inappropriately.
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