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A 🧵on a small campaign emerging in some parts of Arabic twitter intended to distance Arabs from Jerusalem and Palestinian concerns under the banner “the #qibla of the Jews (i.e. Jerusalem) does not concern us” or #قبلة_اليهود_لاتعني_لنا
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There’s been some praise of this from some Israel advocates, who seem to think that Arab world dissociation Palestinians is a) new and b) good for Israel. Both assumptions are just. plain. wrong.
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To start, "qibla" means sacred direction of worship in Arabic.✡️pray towards the site of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. Muhammad also faced towards J'lem when God commanded that the Ka’ba in Mecca become the qibla for all ☪️(FYI- the qibla for early✝️and some today is due East)
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1️⃣ #Erdogan implied that #Jerusalem belongs to #Turkey, referring to the #OttomanEmpire’s control over the city for much of the modern era. “In this city, we had to leave in tears during the #FirstWorldWar, it is still possible to come across traces of the #Ottoman resistance.
2️⃣ So #Jerusalem is our city, a city from us,”. “Our first #qibla [direction of prayer in #Islam] #alAqsa and the #Dome of the #Rock in Jerusalem are the symbolic #mosques of our faith. In addition, this city is home to the holy places of #Christianity and #Judaism.”
3️⃣ #Jerusalem has been the capital of #Israel since the country’s founding, and the #Jewish people have thousands of years of history in the city, backed up by extensive archaeological finds.
