When the Foundation Stone sees the Kaab’a approaching, it shall cry out, “Peace be to the great guest”. (Zev Vilnay, Legends of Jerusalem) The Muslim Kaab’a in Mecca was a very ancient ruined holy ...

King Solomon, according to the Bible, built the First Temple of the Jews on this mountaintop circa 1000 B.C., only to have it torn down 400 years later by troops commanded by the Babylonian king ...

Solomon’s temple was built after the middle of the tenth century BCE and served Israel for almost four hundred years before it was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon in 586 BCE. The sacking ...

Solomon then built the Temple on this site, suggesting a conscious rejection of earlier cultic locations in favor of spiritual purity. This layered history implies that the southern Temple ...

The Jews say, ‘This is ours, that was ours....’ No. That’s not what the Quran says,” said the Palestinian leader, echoing a claim made by his predecessor, Yasser Arafat.The post ...