From an Arab-American: http://www.eretzyisroel.org/~jkatz/moremyths.html ... You see, it was Arafat's uncle who served as the grand mufti of Jerusalem in the 1920s and 1930s. It was his uncle who concluded, for the first time, that Mohammed had ascended into heaven from the site known as the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount.... Is that true? Was Mohammed's ascension from the Dome of the Rock first professed in the 1900's? I find that hard to believe.
Cohen, I really don't think that is true. In the Hadith, or sayings of the Quran, the journey to Jerusalem is discussed and that has not changed in 1400 years, it is extremely forbidden to change any parts of the Quran and Hadith.
Most probably not true. The Quran speaks of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) ascending into heaven from the site known as the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount and the Quran as FD said, cannot be changed.
It was, if I remember 'cannonised' so to speak about 100 years after Mohammed's death. Jeruselem's 'official' prominance was part of the 'second wave' of Islam, and was instrumental in it's explosive growth to Europe & North Africa from, if I remember correctly, about 500AD to 650ADish? So, if there is any truth to this, it's most likely some sort of determination that it was one of a few options or something. Also, I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure that the author's web site, worldnetdaily.com is notorious for being a bunch of whackos who basically report any rumor that fits their conspiritorial world view. If I'm wrong on that I apologise. Furthermore, I think most people should be generally wary of someone who has legitimate ties, such as this gentleman does to the Israeli side, or as many pro-Palestinian articles posted here are, that try to convince you that anyone's claim to the area is somehow less valid, or that someone's ties to the area are more tenuous or whatever. I think that most of these are people who choose to try to create a patern of facts that fits their world-view, irrespective of their valadity. I think I'd also tend to say the same for many of the regonal news agencies, such as SANA.
