Supreme Muslim Council

And of course, I don't believe anything Yasser Arafat ever had to say.

The booklet that you saw come up there was called the Al-Haram Al-Sharif, posted and published by the Muslim Supreme Council in 1925, I think.

And it says that the Temple Mount's association and identity as the place where Solomon's temple stood is undisputed, beyond dispute.

And so we know that's right.

And of course, I don't believe anything Yasser Arafat ever had to say.

The, the booklet that you saw come up there was, uh, called the Al-Haram Al-Sharif, posted, uh, published by the Muslim Supreme Council in 1925, I think.

And it says that the Temple Mount's association and identity as the place where Solomon's temple stood is undisputed.

Mm.

So you actually alluded to what that match was when you spoke about Al-Aqsa and the Temple Mount.

So coincidentally, right around the time that David arrived in Palestine, the leader of Palestinian Muslims under British rule, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, who had been facing years of criticism from his political rivals, from the Arabic press, with accusations of corruption, nepotism, misuse of religious funds, because he was also the president of the Supreme Muslim Council.

So he was the most powerful Muslim leader in Palestine, essentially the equivalent of chief rabbi of Palestine, but Islamic version.

He oversaw all of the Sharia courts, all Islamic holy sites, all Islamic funds, and he was actually using those funds for his own purposes.

So what led to Al-Aqsa becoming this rallying cry for the Muslim world was this campaign of disinformation that the Grand Mufti began, which claimed that the Jews of Palestine were planning to destroy Al-Aqsa Mosque to rebuild their ancient temple.

Because both temples once stood on the Temple Mount, this is why it's called the Temple Mount, and today Al-Aqsa, the entire Al-Aqsa compound is on those ruins.

And so at that time in 1928, unlike today, the Supreme Muslim Council recognized that the temple once stood there.

In their own brochures for tourists, you know, heralded the fact that this site was the site of Solomon's Temple.