0
Jerusalem
The capital of Israel, Jerusalem is situated in the Judean Mountains between the northern edge of the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a holy city to the three major religions –Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The city has a population of 780,200 as of 2009.
1,227 Questions
Why was Jerusalem sacred to Muslims?
Because apparently their prophet Mohammad was born there.
======================================
Another contributor added some potentially helpful info:
The prophet Muhammad was born in 570 in the Arabian city of Mecca.
Discontented with life in Mecca sometime after age 25, he retreated to
a cave in the surrounding mountains for meditation and reflection.
According to Islamic beliefs, it was there, at age 40, in the month of
Ramadan, that he received his first divine revelation. Three years after
this event, Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly.
Muhammad gained few followers early on, and he and his followers
were met with hostility and harsh treatment from some Meccan tribes.
To escape persecution, Muhammad sent some of his followers to Abyssinia,
and he and his remaining followers in Mecca migrated to Medina (then known
as Yathrib) in the year 622. This event, the Hijra, marks the beginning of the
Islamic calendar.
In Medina, Muhammad united the conflicting tribes, and after eight years of
fighting with the Meccan tribes, his followers conquered Mecca.
In 632, a few months after returning to Medina from his Farewell pilgrimage,
Muhammad fell ill and died. By the time of his death, most of the Arabian
Peninsula had converted to Islam, and he united the tribes of Arabia into a
single Muslim religious entity.
Mecca is roughly 650 miles from the nearest point in modern Israel, and Medina
is roughly 460 miles distant.
What is the flight time from jfk to Jerusalem?
The average flight time from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Ben Gurion International Airport is 11 hours, 21 minutes.
How long does flight from Melbourne to Jerusalem take?
About 18 hours on a commercial Jet, assuming no stops.
How was jerusalem valuable to christians Jews and Muslims?
Answer 1
Jerusalem is important in the history of Muslims because when the Muslims reached the Jerusalem they ruled over there .The principle of Islam is not to make the restrictions for the believers of others to follow the Islam forcefully. Islam is the religion of peace .in Islam it is forbidden to destroy the holly places of other religions. islam allows the non believers to worship their own believes. and in the Jerusalem there came the ruler AL Hakeem who ruled against the Islamic laws .he ordered to destroys the holly places of christens .in his age the crusaders then enter the Jerusalem to defend their holly places. and try to conquer the Jerusalem. that's why Muslims have importance or the Jerusalem in their history.
Answer 2
More to the point, it is impossible to weigh the particular value of any one holy site to its adherents as more important than another site in a different religion. The presence of Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem makes it equally holy for both.
Who conquered Jerusalem in 587 BCE?
All of the following countries have controlled Jerusalem:
- Proto-Canaanite
- Egyptian New Kingdom
- Jebusites
- United Kingdom of Israel
- Judah
- Neo-Assyrian Empire
- Neo-Babylonian Empire
- Achaemenid Persian Empire
- Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great
- Ptolemaic Hellenic Empire
- Seleucid Hellenic Empire
- Hasmonean Kingdom
- Roman Empire
- Byzantine Empire
- Sassanid Persian Empire
- Rightly-Guided Islamic Caliphate
- Umayyad Islamic Caliphate
- Abbassid Islamic Caliphate
- Fatimid Islamic Caliphate
- Seljuk Sultanate
- Kingdom of Jerusalem and Other Crusader States
- Ayyubid Islamic Caliphate
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Ottoman Sultanate
- British Empire
- Jewish State of Israel & Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (the city was divided from 1949-1967 between the two countries)
- Jewish State of Israel (exclusively)
What continent is the dome of the rock on?
The "Dome of the Rock" and the rest of the Al Aksa Mosque are located on the Temple Mount,
in the 'old city' portion of Jerusalem, in Israel, on the continent of Asia.
From Bethlehem to Jerusalem what direction would you travel?
You would travel south from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.
What is the distance between the state of Alabama and Jerusalem Israel?
the distance is: 6,607 miles. 10,633 kilometers.
How long is the flight from Philippines to Jerusalem?
A random search for flights from Manila (MNL) to Tel Aviv (TLV) shows:
OPTION 1: 17hr 35min via Bangkok (BKK) & Amman (AMM)
MNL - BKK Philippine Airlines Flt 732 Dep 07:25pm 14Jan,Thu
BKK - AMM Royal Jordanian Flt 183 Dep 11:35pm 14Jan,Thu
AMM - TLV Royal Jordanian Flt 342 Dep 06:15am 15Jan,Fri
Flight Duration: 13hr 50min; Layover Time: 3hr 45min; Total Trip Time: 17hr 35min
OPTION 2: 17hr 25min via Bangkok (BKK)
MNL - BKK Philippine Airlines Flt 732 Dep 07:25pm 14Jan,Thu
BKK - TLV Thai Airways Flt 4593 Dep 12:40am 15Jan,Fri
Operated by El Al Israel Airlines
Flight Duration: 14hr 30min; Layover Time: 2hr 55min; Total Trip Time: 17hr 25min
OPTION 3: 20hr 40min via Amsterdam (AMS)
MNL - AMS KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flt 804 Dep 11:35am 15Jan,Fri
AMS - TLV KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Flt 461 Dep 08:50pm 15Jan,Fri
Flight Duration: 18hr 30min; Layover Time: 2hr 10min; Total Trip Time: 20hr 40min
What is the most famous mosque in Jerusalem?
Probably the Al Aksa mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Before Jerusalem became the capital of Israel what other city was Israel's capital?
Yes and No. There are several different cities that served as capitals of Ancient Israel such as Giv'ah (Gibeah) during the Saul, Hebron during the early Davidic Kingdom leadership, Samaria for the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and Jerusalem for the remainder of the Davidic Kingdom to the Babylonian Exile and during the Hasmonean Kingdom. Jerusalem is the current capital of the State of Israel although most nations refuse to officially recognize it as such because of its disputed status and maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv.
What is the Islamic view of Jerusalem?
According to Islam and Koran Jerusalem is a holly land and Koran says:
We blessed the around of Jerusalem
Also Jerusalem was the first place Muslims were praying to its direction and then that direction changed to Kaaba in Mecca.
What is the capital of Israel and where is it located?
Answer
Israel's capital is Jerusalem. West Jerusalem was established as the national capital in 1950; and in 1980 the Jerusalem Law made the entire unified city of Jerusalem the Israeli capital. It is located in the Judean Highlands in the geographic center of the country. It also sits astride the border between Israel proper and the West Bank Territories of Palestine.
The Debate on Jerusalem
It is understandable that Israel, being of holy significance to 3 major religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and being one of the most fought-over and conquered pieces of land in the history of mankind, will spark a monsoon of debate, as to who owns what. But, the fact remains that the capital of Israel was proclaimed by the Israeli government and this capital is Jerusalem.
The issue that a lot of international groups have with the Israeli Declaration that Jerusalem is its capital is that the city defined by the Israelis as Jerusalem contains both de jureIsraeli territory (West Jerusalem) and the de jurenon-Israeli territory (East Jerusalem) which is owed, theoretically, to a Palestinian State. The UN Security Resolution 478 crystallized the international stance on this issue. If Israel, like East Germany, claimed that half of a city was its operating capital (i.e. West Jerusalem - but East Berlin in the German case), many international observers would have fewer objections to recognizing it as the capital of Israel. However, as the official Israeli capital contains territory that is not technically Israeli, many organizations and countries prefer to treat Tel Aviv, a city that is unequivocally Israeli and the site of David Ben Gurion's Declaration of Independence, as the working capital. Therefore, all embassies in Israel are in Tel Aviv.
When and Why was the Dome of the Rock built in Jerusalem?
The Dome of the Rock is an Islamic Shrine located on the Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary). This happens to be the same location as the Temple Mount. According to Islam, Mohammed ascended to heaven at this location.
The Dome of the Rock is located in Jerusalem at the foot of the Mount of Olives. It is basically a shrine with a Gold Dome Roof. It is said that Mohammad flew to Heaven on a winged horse from this same exact spot. It is the third most holy landmark in the Muslim religion. Mecca is the first most holy place. Medina is the second most holy place and The Dome of The Rock is the third. Incidentally, the Dome of The Rock is in the exact same spot that the Jewish Temple has been two previous times before. In The Holy Bible God advised Solomon that the Temple was to be erected on that one particular site and no where else. These places are called holy, but nothing can be truly holy other than God.
Where is jerusalem located in africa?
No. Jerusalem is in Israel/Palestine, which is situated on the southwest end of Asia. The universally accepted border between Africa and Asia is the Suez Canal, which is 175 miles west of Jerusalem.
Why is the Western wall of Jerusalem sacred?
It's because it's a remnant of the wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple, and is located in the old city of Jerusalem, at the foot of the Temple Mount.
(Note: There is no such thing as a wailing wall. This is a misnomer imposed by non-Jewish people who misunderstood the dinstinctive style of Jewish prayer, and thought it was wailing.)
Jews pray at the wall because for many different personal reasons, but in general, it is a place of prayer and hope.
Jews pray there NOT because God is closer to them there, but because they feel God's presense more clearly there.
Why are people more buoyant in the Dead Sea?
there is a higher salt content in the dead sea than in the pacific ocean for example.
they the same =.=
Under what king did the Babylonians destroy the Temple of Jerusalem?
The Babylonians under KingNebuchadnezzardestroyed Jerusalem including
Solomon's Temple, which was
around
587 BCE.
2 Kings 25:9 --
He [Nebuchadnezzar] set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.
What is Benjamin Netanyahu's mailing address?
He can be contacted through the Prime Minister's office website. Use the link below.
How far is Bethany to Jerusalem?
Today, Jerusalem and Bethlehem are practically connected. It depends on where you're located in Jerusalem - it may take between 5 to a 30 minutes drive.
Were the Jews in Jerusalem before the Muslims?
The question answers itself. It isn't a matter of 'who' was in Jerusalem first, but rather which religion was first.
Any look at the history of Judaism and that of Islam, clearly show that Judaism was around before Islam, in fact Christianity is older than Islam.
Both Jews and Christians were in Jerusalem before Islam ever started.
