Did you know that the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher is in the hands of a Muslim?

Question

Yep! Greek Orthodox, Armenians, Roman Catholics, Copts, Ethiopians and Syrian Orthodox could not decide which of them should have the key to this very important Christian landmark Church in Jersusalem, so they gave it to a prominent Palestinian Muslim family (two families actually).

http://www.atlastours.net/holyland/holy_sepulcher.html

Remember, Muslim control of the key, however, does not mean Muslim control of the Church.

No point to me made here. Just wondering if you knew this...There is hope for peace in the world...

Mortgagegirl: Yeah, whatever... :)

free1indeed: You read too much into it! I already mentioned that holding the key does not mean control, so here you are saying that it's going to be a bargaining chip! If the Christians whanted to, at any time, they can take the key back. There is no problem with either the Christians who gave the key, and the Muslims who have the key...can you see that?

pkepp: That's not relevant to my question...sorry!

Answer 1

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

Answer 2

There will be no peace as long as propaganda is being spread that is untrue. I do not even know that I believe any one hold the key. I just wish the muslims would quit trying to push their own little slant on everything religious. I am so tired of hearing they are the only ones who have it right and they are theones who are doing the most infighting between themselves. How can you be expected to be taken seriously if you cannot even reconcile things amongst yourselves? Which Muslims are we supposed to believe are the friendlies and which are the fundies?

Answer 3

Well, this pretty well says that the Church will be a bargaining chip sometime in the future.

Or they will kill anyone who thinks of going in that building, because, that, after all is all it is.

So what if they hold the key. They aren't stronger than God

Answer 4

Have you read this book and what are your view or answers to the list below from this book?

The Truth About Muhammad
by Robert Spencer

Meet the real Muhammad:


Muhammad's bizarre reaction to his first "revelation": "I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself"

The heretical Christian who convinced Muhammad he was a prophet – and may have taught him his erroneous views of Christianity

Islamic borrowings from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism – and Muhammad's enraged replies to charges that he borrowed material rather than received actual divine revelations

The "revelation" that allowed Muhammad to marry his beautiful daughter-in-law

The strange incident in Muhammad's life that makes it virtually impossible to prove rape in Islamic countries today

The real "Satanic Verses" incident (not the Salman Rushdie version): how Muhammad's attempt to win over his opponents ended with his saying he had been inspired not by God, but by Satan

How the Qur'an's teaching on warfare against unbelievers developed – with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage

The first year of the Muslim calendar: not when Muhammad was born or became a prophet, but when he became a warlord

How Muhammad used the graphic lure of Islamic Paradise to urge his warriors to fight furiously to extend his rule

"Kill every Jew who comes into your power": why Muhammad became so angry with both Jews and Christians – with disastrous consequences that are still playing out in the world today

The momentous command by Muhammad that led to good being identified with anything that benefited the Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them --without reference to any larger moral standard

Muhammad's child bride – and the terrible consequences his marriage to a nine-year-old still has in the Islamic world

"This is the caravan of the Quraysh possessing wealth. It is likely that Allah may give it to you as booty": how Muhammad gave divine sanction to the Muslims' bloody raids

"War is deceit": the permission Muhammad gave his followers to lie in order to gain an advantage over their enemies

How Muhammad broke the principal treaty he entered into, again setting a pattern for Muslim states thereafter

Muhammad's commands to his followers to wage perpetual war against non-Muslims, including Jews and Christians

Muhammad on women's rights: women "are prisoners with you having no control of their persons"

"If justice is not to be found with me then where will you find it?" Why Muhammad still stands for Muslims as the supreme model for human behavior

"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, and will not leave any but Muslims" – and other statements by Muhammad that contemporary jihadists take very seriously

Islamic tolerance? The onerous tax burden and other discriminatory regulations mandated for non-Muslims under Islamic law

How Muhammad ordered the killing of apostates from Islam

The massacre of a Jewish tribe by Muhammad that was invoked by modern-day jihadists at the beginning of Israel's July 2006 operations against Hizballah in Lebanon

"Embrace Islam, and your lives and property will be safe": Muhammad's threatening letters to the rulers of the lands around Arabia

Muhammad's frequent avowals that the Muslims would overcome the empires bordering on Arabia and one day stand as masters of the world

"I have been made victorious with terror" – and other statements of Muhammad on his deathbed

Six steps that American leaders can and must take in order to protect our nation from Islamic jihad terrorism