1925 Supreme Muslim Council:

Har ha-BaꞋyit "Jewish Beyond Dispute"

Excerpts from The Jerusalem Post, 2001.01.26, p. A3 corrected (1930 to 1925)

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1925 Waqf Guide for "al-​Ḥaram al-​Sharif" (The Noble Sanctuary, Muslim title for Har ha-BaꞋyit, Hellenized and Anglicized to "Temple Mount."

"… a 1925 booklet about the site published by the supreme Moslem body in Yᵊru•shâ•laꞋyim during the British Mandate states categorically that the site's identification with the First [Beit ha-Mi•qᵊdâshꞋ] is 'beyond dispute.'

"Published by the Supreme Moslem Council, the nine-page English-language tourist guide, entitled A Brief Guide to al-Haram al-Sharif… states: 'The site is one of the oldest in the world. Its sanctity dates from the earliest times. Its identity with the site of Solomon's Temple is beyond dispute. This, too, is the spot, according to universal belief, on which David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.' A footnote refers the reader to 2 Samuel 26:25…

"The booklet focuses on the Moslem connection to the site, with the authors stating clearly: '… for the purposes of this Guide, which confines itself to the Moslem period, the starting point is the year 637 A.D.'

"But Judaism's unequivocal connection to Har ha-BaꞋyit comes up again on the last page of the booklet, which discusses the 'substructures' of the Dome of the Rock.

1925 Waqf Temple Mount Guide p. 4

1925 Waqf Temple Mount Guide p. 16

"Describing the area of 'Solomon's Stables', which Islamic Wakf officials converted into a new mosque in 1996, the guide states: '…little is known for certain about the early history of the chamber itself. It dates probably as far back as the construction of Solomon's Temple… According to Josephus, it was in existence and was used as a place of refuge by the Jews at the time of the conquest of Jerusalem by Titus in the year 70 A.D.'"

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