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Nation of Islam Looks to UFOs to Save the World

By Lee SpeigelMar 23rd 2011 – 3:36PM
AP

AP

It isn't often you hear about entire religious groups seriously interested in unidentified flying objects. But UFOs are what the Nation of Islam, led by the controversial Minister Louis Farrakhan, considers among its core beliefs. The Nation of Islam was founded in 1930 in Detroit by a former clothing salesman, Wallace...

Close-Up Video Casts Doubt on Jerusalem UFO

By Lee SpeigelFeb 2nd 2011 – 6:10PM
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Getty Images

Do you like a good UFO mystery? Then try your hand at this one: In the past week, several videos have appeared on the Internet depicting an amazing UFO sequence over the Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine, on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. But are these videos real or faked? It's causing quite an online...

Is Holy Land Archaeology Being Hyped by Politics?

By Matthew KalmanJul 15th 2010 – 7:23PM
Gali Tibbon, AFP / Getty Images

Gali Tibbon, AFP / Getty Images

JERUSALEM (July 15) -- Bible-era scholars say they are getting fed up with headline-grabbing archaeological discoveries that seem more influenced by modern political agendas and showmanship than by scholarship. Some recent announcements have been tainted with "exaggeration and speculation the likes of which haven't been...

Temple Mount News From the Web

  • 05/31/12 Illuminating Jeremiah's Dungeon – And The Temple... Source: jewishpress.com The Municipality of Jerusalem and Mayor Nir Barkat are trying to stay on everyone's good side.
  • 05/31/12 The Test of the Sotah and the Mystery of Erasing G-d's... Source: Arutz Sheva It's all part of the cosmic rectification that takes place in the Holy Temple.
  • 05/21/12 PM: Yielding Temple Mount would be a fatal mistake Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel Whoever proposes that giving up the heart of Jerusalem - the Temple Mount - will bring peace, is fatally mistaken, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu declared on Monday evening.
  • 05/20/12 15 arrested in clashes marring Jerusalem Day Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel Fifteen people were arrested during clashes outside Damascus Gate during the annual Jerusalem Day Dance of Flags, when 50,000 people marched through the streets of Jerusalem towards the Western Wall. The march commemorates the anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War, when Israeli soldiers liberated Old City and the Temple Mount from Jordanian forces.
  • 05/20/12 Three activists arrested at Temple Mount Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel Three right-wing activists were arrested on the Temple Mount on Sunday morning, after a group of activists started praying on the holy site in honor of Jerusalem Day. MKs Michael Ben Ari and Uri Ariel (National Union) joined the activists in the pilgrimage to commemorate the anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War, when Israeli soldiers liberated Old City and the Temple Mount from Jordanian forces.

Background on Temple Mount

The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew (and in Judaism) as Har haBáyith () and in Arabic (and in Islam) as the Haram Ash-Sharif (, al-haram al-qudsī ash-sharīf, Noble Sanctuary), is one of the most important religious sites in the Old City of Jerusalem.

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