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Short answer
Funny how some Muslims rewrite history to present themselves as indigenous to Israel—while trying to erase 3,000 years of Jewish presence backed by archaeology, texts, and facts.
They claim Muhammad visited Jerusalem, but no mosque existed there in 621 CE—Al-Aqsa was only built 70 years after his death.
Even Muslim scholars admit “al-Aqsa” may have meant a symbolic place. There’s zero record he ever set foot in Israel.
The truth? Arab Muslims came from the Arabian Peninsula and conquered the land centuries after the Jews built their capital there. They weren’t indigenous—they were the real colonizers. So who’s rewriting history?
Long answer
Funny how some Muslims rewrite history to present themselves as indigenous to the Land of Israel—while actively erasing Jewish history at the same time.
They promote a narrative of Islamic “ownership” over Jerusalem, even though Islam—and the Arabs who brought it—only arrived from the Arabian Peninsula centuries after the Jews had already built their capital, their Temples, and their civilization there.
Just look at the claim that Muhammad visited Jerusalem during his Night Journey. The Qur’an mentions a trip to the “farthest mosque” (al-Masjid al-Aqsa)—but at that time (around 621 CE), there was no mosque in Jerusalem.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque wasn’t built until around 705 CE, nearly 70 years after Muhammad’s death. So how could he have visited a mosque that didn’t exist?
Even some Muslim scholars admit that “al-Aqsa” may have referred to a heavenly or symbolic location—not Jerusalem at all. And there’s no historical record—Islamic or otherwise—that Muhammad ever set foot in the Land of Israel, while there is abundant, undisputed archaeological and historical evidence of ancient Jewish presence in the land, dating back thousands of years.
The extent to which early Islam placed little importance on Jerusalem is also clear from the Muslim conquests. Jerusalem was one of the last cities conquered during the invasion of Syria—after Muhammad’s death—and not by Caliph Omar himself, as legends later claimed, but by a junior commander. It wasn’t even chosen as the provincial capital.
So who’s really rewriting history?
The people uncovering Hebrew inscriptions, coins, and remnants of the Temple?
Or those who came from the Arabian desert—and now claim to have always been here?
