When Jews lived as dhimmis under Islamic rule, Muslims had no issue acknowledging the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount.
That was taken as an obvious historical truth. For example, in 1925 the Supreme Muslim Council published a guidebook to the Haram al-Sharif. On page 4 it said:
“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.”
That was the mainstream Muslim position for centuries. The Temple Mount was recognized as the location of the ancient Jewish Temple.
There was no denial, no attempt to erase Jewish history, because Jews were under Islamic domination, without sovereignty, and therefore posed no political threat.
But everything changed with the collapse of the Ottoman Caliphate and the introduction of nation-states under the British and the French.
Once the idea of Jewish sovereignty became possible, Jews ruling themselves on their ancestral land, the Muslim world could no longer tolerate the acknowledgment of Jewish history.
This is why the modern denial of Jewish history began, why the Palestinian identity was manufactured and why Muslims suddenly began denying the Jewish connection to the land.
I'm sorry, but *Secular Jews champion a café open on Shabbat because it really, really pisses off Strictly Orthodox Jews, only to find out that the café is owned by Jews for Jesus* really does sound more like a comedy film than reality.
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Our mayor went from mommy & daddy’s apt. in Manhattan to expensive college dorms to rent stabilized apt. to tax-payer supplied Mayor’s mansion, with trips to lavish Ugandan compound, staffed and protected by poor people, throughout and now wants to punish successful Americans who own what he does not. Shitty little communist.
Someone really needs to call this out, his captaincy at The Oval against NZ was some of the worst captaincy Ive seen...and its quite a low bar...I know its Joe and he's a legend, but as a captain he is awful - his batting is way too important to drag it down with the captaincy again...
#EngvNZ #EngvPak
Ludicrous scheduling of next year's Ashes tests. Nothing at Old Trafford or Headingley and 5 tests compressed into a few weeks because of the execrable Hundred. Cricket has sold its soul.
When Trump does this kind of thing liberals go “why are we deregulating ice cream instead of fighting climate change so people don't need ice cream, also experts say more people will get diarrhea”
Jolyon Maugham and @GoodLawProject came after me for a joke, which they deliberately misrepresented. Causing considerable distress and which they made a lot of money on the back of slandering me. Time ran out to be able to sue them for libel, but having faith in the universe this despicable man and his despicable organisation are being more and more exposed for the extremists and danger they are. It is time for the authorities to get involved. (Check out Sarah’s timeline for the receipts and support her case if you can)
He did indeed. From my 'Maugham dossier'
1. Maugham has published on line the following direct support for this group
a. April 2026 he posted above the image of a man in a balaclava wielding a hammer ‘the non-violent action promoted by Bash Back is the inevitable, and I would say legitimate, response to a society whose institutions, politics and media systemically dehumanise trans people. No pasaran’
b. When another poster objected to the image, JM replied ‘As you know, there is a long and proud tradition of non violent resistance. So this is hardly unprecedented. And I think a broad change ecology should also accommodate this’.
c. JM further attempted to justify his support of Bash Back by saying ‘how should you participate in a society in which the ‘health’ system systemically harms your health, the ‘human rights’ commission removes your human rights, the justice system refuses even to hear you and the ‘independent’ State broadcaster lies about’
d. He deleted his Bluesky account on 15 July 2026 which was four days after the arrest on 11 July 2026 of the suspect in the murder of Ann Widdecombe, who was struck 21 times with a hammer.
After dumping David Lammy onto the backbenches, Andy Burnham has spent his first few days unpicking Lammy's agenda.
Jury trials stay. More early prisoner releases are off the table.
Whatever your politics, those are two sensible decisions that serve Britain's best interests.
David Lammy should never be anywhere near the heart of government again.
1/ More misinformation. First, there was no trial, Rudakubana entered guilty pleas to the 16 count indictment just as his trial was due to begin on 20 January 2025, so it's flat out wrong to suggest that "during the trial" Defence counsel was at fault.
If @andyburnham really wanted to help with Energy Bills he would remove the standing charges.
@MartinSLewis is right in this. Completely shameful that people have pay over £300 a year for the privilege of having a connection.
When other people got severance payments Rayner was *exploding* with moral indignation.
Obviously, now that it's HER getting £17,000 for resigning in a scandal, its totally different.
Total hypocrite.