Jiang predicts the Al-Aqsa/Dome of the Rock site, described in the transcript as the third holiest site in Islam, will be destroyed during the war.
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Al Aqsa
Jiang says his predictive model is wrong if Al-Aqsa is not destroyed and peace is achieved.
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Key Notes
Jiang says building the Third Temple requires getting rid of the Al-Aqsa Mosque/Dome of the Rock.
Jiang says his predictive model is wrong if Al-Aqsa is not destroyed and peace is achieved.
Jiang predicts Al-Aqsa will be destroyed and Persia/Iran will rise because eschatology needs the Islamic world united against Israel.
He identifies Al-Aqsa as the third key war question because its destruction would religiously obligate the Muslim world, in his account, to war against Israel.
Jiang closes by predicting that the Al-Aqsa Mosque will be destroyed at some point, with fuller analysis promised for the next class.
Jiang predicts Israel will rebuild the Temple of Solomon/Third Temple by destroying Al-Aqsa Mosque, producing major conflict with the Islamic world.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque being built on the Jewish Temple Mount is a central paradox because it appears to conflict with Jiang's account of Islam's early openness toward Jews.
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"As I mentioned last class, there are three major questions that will determine how this war is fought, what this war will end up..."
"of steps to achieving a divine plan then the next miracle should be the rebuilding of someone's temple the third temple and that means..."
"...Mecca, Medina, and this is the Dome of the Rock, the Al -Aqsa Mosque. And this is where the Jews were supposed to ascend..."
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"then the two billion Muslims in this world would be religiously obligated to go to war against Israel, okay? So these are the three..."
"...if nuclear weapons are used. Okay? The third is that the Al -Aqsa Mosque will be destroyed at some point, and this is something..."
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"open, inclusive, and tolerant, and Jews are welcome into the tradition, why would you build a mosque on top of the Jewish holy site?..."
"Right? What's the point? In fact if you name your successor then you are admitting defeat. Right? What Mohammed is saying to everyone is..."
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