(FrontpageMagazine) Interview with Prof. Khaleel Mohammed - The Qur'an in Chapter 5:20-21 states quite clearly: Moses said to his people: O my people! Remember the bounty of God upon you when He bestowed prophets upon you, and made you kings and gave you that which had not been given to anyone before you amongst the nations. O my people! Enter the Holy Land which God has written for you. From a faith-based point of view: If God has "written" Israel for the people of Moses, who can change this? When the Muslims entered that land in the seventh century, they were well aware of its rightful owners. The medieval exegetes of Qur'an - without any exception known to me - recognized Israel as belonging to the Jews, their birthright given to them. The idea that Israel does not belong to the Jews is a modern one, probably based on the Mideast rejection of European colonialism, etc., but certainly not having anything to do with the Qur'an.
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