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Jerusalem: City of Peace
Jerusalem: City of Peace
Image courtesy of Icham Takache: http://www3.sympatico.ca/hicham.takache
By Soumy Ana
(Safar 1422-May 2001)
Sunni Waqf Book
Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin: www.lib.utexas.edu
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"No, David, do not disturb this nest before you have sent away
the mother!"
The boy stood before a bush in the middle of Jerusalem. He was
perplexed.
"Why not, mom? Everybody can get to it."
"It is part of our scriptures, the Torah, David."
Amina looked at the Jewish family seating in her same alley of the
plaza. She was shocked by the child's attitude, but a child was a
child, after all. She looked right in the eyes of the woman and
remembered her crushed Palestine, her country of birth.
Above the ancient buildings of the town, she could perceive the
beautiful golden dome of the rock reflecting the sun's light like an
aura. The dome had been the first qibla Muslims had used to direct
their prayers before Mecca was chosen.
Jerusalem was sacred for the three major world's religions, but still
Jews threatened to destroy the most sacred site for Muslims in
order to erect their third temple. Its construction would have been
ordered in their scriptures. 'What a mess,' thought Amina. Twelve
times burned down and rebuilt, Jerusalem had been the center of
huge misunderstandings between the greatest world's religions.
Amina had walked many times around the walls of Jerusalem; it
usually did not take her more than an hour but so much violence had
happened in this small earth's square. She had tried all the gates,
from the Damascus gate opened for the Muslim community to the
Lion gate and the famous Golden gate closed by the Muslims to
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