{"id":6118,"date":"2026-07-07T13:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/?p=6118"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:38:24","slug":"zionism-palestine-and-the-third-temple-an-islamic-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/zionism-palestine-and-the-third-temple-an-islamic-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Zionism, Palestine and the Third Temple: An Islamic perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Moulana Ismail Moosa, Head of Comparative Religion and Research at the Islamic Propagation Centre International, has delivered a detailed lecture examining Zionism, Palestine and the concept of the Third Temple through Islamic theology, history and comparative religion.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Listen to the full lecture: This article summarises key themes from Moulana Ismail Moosa&#8217;s presentation. The full lecture is available <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cREWDr5NpUETti27FGBykydYwgxLQKqs\/view?usp=drive_link\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1cREWDr5NpUETti27FGBykydYwgxLQKqs\/view?usp=drive_link\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening the lecture, Moulana Moosa cautioned against reducing the subject to social media speculation and end-times theories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis topic is about Zionism and the Third Temple. Many people, because of what\u2019s happening on social media, might think that this has to do with the end times or eschatology and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the lecture was not intended to focus on predictions about \u201cwhich year this person\u2019s going to come\u201d or \u201cwhich year that person\u2019s going to come\u201d, but rather on \u201cthe Islamic theology of how do we understand what is happening in Palestine and how do we understand what is this Third Temple that everyone\u2019s talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a lot of background information. You can\u2019t learn this from a two-minute short. It\u2019s not going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulana Moosa said Zionism should not be viewed as a single, uniform ideology, noting that there are secular Zionist, Jewish Zionist, Christian Zionist and secular non-Zionist perspectives, alongside what he described as the Islamic perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Covenant and responsibility<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He began by discussing Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him), explaining that the Qur\u2019an presents him as a devoted servant of Allah, a believer in Tawheed and one who was not among the mushrikeen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulana Moosa said the covenant associated with Prophet Ibrahim is central to understanding competing claims over Palestine. According to him, while the Biblical narrative presents the covenant as permanent, the Qur\u2019an places conditions on those who benefit from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to the Qur\u2019anic principle that Allah\u2019s covenant does not extend to wrongdoers, he argued that the covenant cannot be understood as an unconditional ethnic entitlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulana Moosa said the covenant involved both Prophet Ishaq (peace be upon him) and Prophet Ismail (peace be upon him), while Bani Israel (Children of Israel), emerged through Prophet Yaqub (peace be upon him), whose name was &#8220;Israel&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs Muslims we believe that at a certain point in history, Bani Israel, the children of Israel, they were the chosen people of Allah. And this has not got to do with ethnic superiority, or anything like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said their responsibility was to obey Allah and spread Tawheed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From Prophet Musa to the First Temple<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lecture also examined the life of Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) and the oppression endured by the Israelites in Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulana Moosa said the Biblical account reminds them of their own experience of persecution and warns against inflicting similar oppression on others.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5729\" style=\"width:349px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-1320x743.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_3062.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRemember when you were a slave in Egypt. You wouldn\u2019t want to do that to someone else.\u201d He explained that he was paraphrasing the message contained in the Biblical text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turning to Prophet Dawud and Prophet Sulayman (peace be upon them), Moulana Moosa discussed their connection to Jerusalem and the First Temple in Jewish tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the structure built by Prophet Sulayman was dedicated to the worship of the One True God and was intended to serve people from across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was supposed to be like how the Kaaba is for the entire world. The First Temple of Sulayman was supposed to be like that for the entire world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulana Moosa added that Islamic teachings differ from Biblical accounts that attribute grave sins to prophets such as Dawud and Sulayman. He referred to the Qur\u2019anic defence of Prophet Sulayman against allegations of disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the First Temple was later destroyed after repeated wrongdoing, shirk and rejection of prophetic guidance among Bani Israel, linking this to the Babylonian conquest under Bukhtunasr, or Nebuchadnezzar, and the subsequent exile to Babylon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Moulana Moosa, this period significantly influenced later Jewish religious writings and theological ideas, including what he described as the Davidic covenant \u2014 the belief that a ruler from the lineage of Prophet Dawud would always return to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prophet Isa, the Second Temple and exile<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulana Moosa said Christians later sought to establish Prophet Isa (peace be upon him) as a descendant of Prophet Dawud in order to demonstrate that he was the Messiah expected in Jewish tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He argued that the Qur\u2019anic reference to Maryam as \u201cYa Ukhta Harun\u201d presents a different understanding of Isa\u2019s lineage and mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s a Messiah that didn\u2019t come to rule immediately, but rather he came as a prophet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lecture then examined the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulana Moosa linked this to the rejection of Prophet Yahya (peace be upon him) and Prophet Isa, explaining that, in Islamic belief, Prophet Yahya was killed while Prophet Isa was targeted but saved by Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said many Orthodox Jewish communities responded to exile by believing Jews should not return to Palestine through military or political means before the coming of the Messiah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Moulana Moosa, this position included living peacefully in the countries where they resided, observing the Torah and waiting for divine intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The rise of political Zionism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lecture then turned to the emergence of modern political Zionism in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulana Moosa described Theodor Herzl as a secular Jewish figure who advocated establishing a Jewish state in response to anti-Jewish persecution across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/1nationmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/israel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6124\" style=\"width:390px;height:auto\" 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey are saying, \u2018We as the Jewish people are just being persecuted, we need an ethno-state, we need a homeland to go to.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moulana Moosa said many Orthodox Jewish leaders initially opposed Zionism because they believed it shifted Jewish identity away from religious observance and towards ethnicity and nationalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said they also rejected attempts to establish a Jewish state in Palestine before the coming of the Messiah, viewing such efforts as contrary to traditional Jewish teachings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat changed the whole thing, and expedited the whole process, was the Holocaust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Moulana Moosa, the Holocaust led many religious Jews to reconsider Zionism and ultimately support a movement that had previously been opposed by large sections of Orthodox Judaism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described this development as the emergence of religious Zionism, in which religious language became intertwined with the political project of establishing and maintaining a Jewish state in Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concluding the lecture, Moulana Moosa urged Muslims to study the issue carefully and distinguish between established historical and theological evidence and speculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re here to focus on facts and we\u2019re going to focus on what we know and what we can prove from there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moulana Ismail Moosa, Head of Comparative Religion and Research at the Islamic Propagation Centre International, has delivered a detailed lecture examining Zionism, Palestine and the concept of the Third Temple through Islamic theology, history and comparative religion. 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