Was Jerusalem ever a capital of a Arab or Muslim entity ??

Question

If not, what is their claim to it based on ??

Answer 1

no it was always a jewish city  

Answer 2

It was a holly city during Islamic rule for more than 10 centuries!

It is simply based on history which you can view from Jewsih history books also! It was Omar Bin Khatab who brought Jews back to the city after Romanians kicked them out...

Answer 3

OK, let's get this straight: JERUSALEM WAS FOUNDED BY THE CANAANITES AT LEAST 800 YEARS BEFORE ANY JEWS SET FOOT ON IT.

IT HAS BEEN UNDER MUSLIM RULE FOR OVER 1200 YEARS, WAY LONGER THAN UNDER JEWISH RULE.

THE CLAIM TO IT IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE HOUSE YOU LIVE IN AND THE LAND YOU LIVE ON IS YOUR OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SUCH IS THE CASE WITH OVER 300,000 PALESTINIANS IN EAST JERUSALEM WHO DON'T WANT TO LIVE UNDER ISRAELI RULE AS IS THEIR RIGHT UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW.

Thank you.

Answer 4

Yes,under the Ottomans it was for hundreds of years the capital of the autonomous Jerusalem vilayat. Just google up Jerusalem / Ottoman Empire. It was more than a Quebec; although nominally subordinate to the Empire in foreign policy it never attempted to engage in foreign policy,so it was essentially autonomous. Other than that Jerusalem was never,at any point in known history - as opposed to  Hebrew mythology - capitol of anything other than a colonial outpost of the first the Persian and later the Roman Empire. But these were mere vassal states with no authority. Under the Ottomans it was internally autonomous for the only time in it's history and remained so right until the British invasion of 1917. Once a prosperous and quiet community,it has known little peace since December 1917 when the Great Allenby came marching in like a medieval conqueror,complete with a Hitler moustache.  

Answer 5

No. Never, even when Muslims were in control of the City, it was never a revered place or Capital. It was rather a backwater city that was avoided by Muslim officials.

In addition there is no mention AT ALL (NOT EVEN ONCE) in the Qur'an about Jerusalem, while in the Torah and other Jewish writings, the word "Jerusalem" and other names for Jerusalem such as "Ari-el", "Ir- Ha-Kodesh" are mentioned literally thousands of times.

The Muslim claim for Jerusalem is a sham.....it is based on a hallucination of Muhammad who supposedly took a ride on the a winged horse with a woman's face called El-Buraq, and ascended heaven.

The Jewish claim is substantially more solid- 4,100 years of habitation of Jerusalem, along with Biblical and religious significance.

Answer 6

Their only claim is that Mohammad was there at the end of his life... in the 7th century AD. Jews have been living there since 4,000 years ago.

I love it... Jews were kicked out by the "Romanians"... Mohammad "descended" to heaven... I wonder what that means!!! LOL

Answer 7

1. For over 3,300 years, Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital. Jerusalem has never been the capital of any Arab or Muslim entity. Even when the Jordanians occupied Jerusalem, they never sought to make it their capital, and Arab leaders did not come to visit.

2. Jerusalem is mentioned over 700 times in Tanach, the Jewish Holy Scriptures. Jerusalem is not mentioned once in the Koran.

3. King David founded the city of Jerusalem. Mohammed never came to Jerusalem.

4. Jews pray facing Jerusalem. Muslims pray with their backs toward Jerusalem.



5. The U.N was silent while 58 Jerusalem Synagogues were destroyed by the Jordanians.

6. The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians systematically desecrated the ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.

7. The U.N. was silent while the Jordanians enforced an apartheid-like policy of preventing Jews from visiting the Temple Mount and the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

Answer 8

The Islamic claim to Jerusalem is based on a hallucination/vision/dream that their Mohammed had. I hallucinated that all my bills were paid, then I woke up.

Answer 9

no jerusalem was never the capital of an arab entity

Ever since King David made Jerusalem the capital of Israel 3,000 years ago, the city has played a central role in Jewish existence. The Western Wall in the Old City — the last remaining wall of the ancient Jewish Temple, the holiest site in Judaism — is the object of Jewish veneration and the focus of Jewish prayer. Three times a day for thousands of years Jews have prayed “To Jerusalem, thy city, shall we return with joy,” and have repeated the Psalmist's oath: “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.”

By contrast, Jerusalem was never the capital of any Arab entity. In fact, it was a backwater for most of Arab history. Jerusalem never served as a provincial capital under Muslim rule nor was it ever a Muslim cultural center. For Jews, the entire city is sacred, but Muslims revere a site — the Dome of the Rock — not the city. “To a Muslim,” observed British writer Christopher Sykes, “there is a profound difference between Jerusalem and Mecca or Medina. The latter are holy places containing holy sites.” Besides the Dome of the Rock, he noted, Jerusalem has no major Islamic significance.

Meanwhile, Jews have been living in Jerusalem continuously for nearly two millennia. They have constituted the largest single group of inhabitants there since the 1840's (map of Jerusalem in 1912). Today, the total population of Jerusalem is approximately 850,000. The Jewish population in areas formerly controlled by Jordan exceeds 160,000, outnumbering Palestinians in “Arab” Jerusalem.

Answer 10

Jebusites

Chart: Noah's Genealogy - Table of Nations





The name of the original inhabitants of Jebus, mentioned frequently among the seven nations doomed to destruction (Gen 10:16; Gen 15:21; Ex 3:8, 17; Ex 13:5). At the time of the arrival of the Israelites in Palestine they were ruled by Adonizedek (Jos 10:1, 23). They were defeated by Joshua, and their king was slain; but they were not entirely driven out of Jebus till the time of David, who made it the capital of his kingdom instead of Hebron. The site on which the temple was afterwards built belonged to Araunah, a Jebusite, from whom it was purchased by David, who refused to accept it as a free gift (2Sa 24:16-25; 1Ch 21:24, 25).

—Easton's Illustrated Dictionary

The genology didn't come through sorry.  the Jebs came down from Ham.

Answer 11

King David founded Jerusalem, Muhammad never stepped there.

Jerusalem is mentioned close to 700 times in the Torah, not once in the Quran.

Jews pray towards Jerusalem, Muslims pray towards Mecca, if they are in between they turn their backs to Jerusalem.

Their claim of Jerusalem being holy to them is just the same as the Romans calling Judah Palestina, just another attempt of masking the Jewish roots in the holy land which was given to the Jews according to the Quran.

Answer 12

First full, who gave the Zionist the right to clam the old Jewish history as their own?

Tel Aviv is the only Israeli recognize capital and Jerusalem is the recognized Arab state capital.

Answer 13

Nope, never was.

Their claim to it is based on ????? I have no idea.