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===Ancient Mosque in Jerusalem=== | ===Ancient Mosque in Jerusalem=== | ||
Muslim scholars maintain that a long extant, ancient mosque was present in Jerusalem during Muhammad's life time. Historical research has, however, found this not to be the case.{{Quote|{{Quran|17|1}}| | Muslim scholars maintain that a long extant, ancient mosque was present in Jerusalem during Muhammad's life time. Historical research has, however, found this not to be the case.<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dome-of-the-Rock Dome of the Rock] | Britannica Entry | ||
Glory to (Allah) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless,- in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things). }} | |||
''Dome of the Rock, shrine in Jerusalem built by the Umayyad caliph ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān in the '''late 7th century CE'''.''</ref> {{Quote|{{Quran|17|1}}| | |||
Glory to (Allah) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque, whose precincts We did bless,- in order that We might show him some of Our Signs: for He is the One Who heareth and seeth (all things). }}This was also not the furthest place of Abrahamic monotheistic worship at the time of Muhammad.<ref>For example, many ancient synagogues have been found further from Mecca than the Al-Aqsa mosque in Israel/Palestine in e.g. Aleppo, Syria from the 5th century. (''See:'' [https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Maq%C4%81m_and_Liturgy/_Sg2rGjBswgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA24&printsec=frontcover Kligman, Mark L. ''Maqām and liturgy: ritual, music, and aesthetics of Syrian Jews'' in Brooklyn. p. 24.]) | |||
As have many churches and cathedrals such as Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey the 6th century. (''See:'' [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hagia-Sophia Hagia Sophia | Britannica Entry])</ref> | |||
=== Haman in ancient Egypt === | === Haman in ancient Egypt === | ||