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...great place of prayer" in Jerusalem, which the first Muslims called City of the Temple. Only after the Jews of Medina rejected Muhammad did he switch orientation and instruct his adherents to pray facing Mecca, whose ancient shrine, the Kabah, was thought by locals to have been built by Abraham and his son Ishmael, the father of the Arabs...
...night Muhammad was conveyed miraculously from the Kabah to Jerusalem's Temple Mount. There he was welcomed by all the great prophets of the past before ascending through the seven heavens. On his way up he sought the advice of Moses, Aaron, Enoch, Jesus, John the Baptist and Abraham before entering the presence of God. The story shows the yearning of the Muslims to come from far-off Arabia right into the heart of the monotheistic family, symbolized by Jerusalem...
Respect for other faiths was manifest in Islamic Jerusalem. When Caliph Umar, one of Muhammad's successors, conquered the Jerusalem of the Christian Byzantines in 638, he insisted that the three faiths of Abraham coexist. He refused to pray in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher when he was escorted around the city by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch. Had he done so, he explained, the Muslims would have wanted to build a mosque there to commemorate the first Islamic prayer in Jerusalem...
...music, both vocal and instrumental, is strong and potent. The set design is both very imaginative and precise. From the exit turnstile in the subway station to the frosted windows of the Hong Kong, viewers are convinced and delighted by the imaginative set conceptions of set designer Gabriel Abraham...
...incentives for consumers to use renewable energy sources and buy energy-efficient cars and homes.” However, The Crimson ignores the fact that such proposals would require additional government spending. The proposal by Senator Murkowski which has been endorsed by President Bush and Energy Secretary Abraham would use the revenue generated by leasing the ANWR area to pay for those conservation proposals that would otherwise be difficult to fund...