The following is an Arutz Sheva interview with the creator of the representation:
"What has caused upset in the Muslim world is a representation of the Temple Mount as it would appear with a rebuilt Jewish Temple atop it rather than Al-Aqsa Mosque that currently stands there.
"The site has been repeatedly targeted by hackers, and has been the focus of criticism in the Arab media. Sheikh Raed Salah, who heads the hardline northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, has called for an “Islamic awakening” in response to the website.
“We didn’t do this to provoke or to annoy the Arabs,” ...
“We’re presenting history as it was,”
"When asked whether he sees the simulation of the Third Temple as provocative, he said,
“If someone wants to get angry, what can I do?
"Because he’s angry, I should ignore my truth?”
"The desire to see a rebuilt Temple is central to traditional Judaism,
and the Amidah prayer, which religious Jews recite three times daily,
calls for the Temple to be rebuilt."
4 comments:
Now that hit the nail on the head!
I'm glad you've been putting your post links on the End of Days blog lately.
Only a month from Shabbat to go...I hope!
CDG, Yerushalayim
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