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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:
The Mosque Upon the Mount Mohammed rode the night horse, or so the Korans say Mohammed rode the night horse to a mosque so far away And his followers the Muslims, coming after his death, claim That the mosque upon the Mountain is the mosque the Korans name.
Never mind the mosque upon the Mount was never even there At the time Mohammed---so they claim---took his ride in the air. Never mind the mosque upon the Mount was built in later days--- Mere factual reality did ne'er a Muslim faze.
Broadcast on Al-Jazeera, in the seething Arab street, Are echoed calls to the Muslims that they must not retreat; That they not cede unto the Jews they hold of no account Possession of the Mountain and the mosque upon the Mount.
The Muslims lost the mosque and lost the Mount on which it stands A foolish choice was made then that it stay within their hands And feverishly ever they work so as to erase The record of the Temple there---which must take pride of place.
The world stands by complacent at the Mount destruction news--- When cared the nations for the holy places of the Jews? But bad though the nations' silence be, the silence that is worse Is that of Jews who stand by as the destruction occurs.
Why should a people conquered justly through the force of arms Be permitted to retain a symbol that does lasting harm? Why should the conquered be allowed to rule the Temple Mount And by this hold their conquerors to be of no account?
The mosque upon the Mount is beautiful, or so they say But like the earlier Temple, it also may pass away--- The mosque was built to show who'd conquered many years ago; The reason it was raised is also why it now must go.
O Jews, who claim Jerusalem is still your capital How can you claim this when the Mountain still remains in thrall? It is in thrall by your consent. Jerusalem will be Your capital united when the Mount has been set free.
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JCM
2/28/2026 4:36:48 PM
Kosh's Shadow
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