tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post2365017504531835473..comments2024-03-28T14:55:27.949+02:00Comments on My Right Word: "Palestine" is ... SyriaYMedadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-7976668485100980762016-02-23T08:22:10.738+02:002016-02-23T08:22:10.738+02:00In the Bible the palestineans were known as earlie...In the Bible the palestineans were known as earlier inhabitants of the Holy land before Abraham.It was under Roman empire rule for centuries.Islamic rule closely took place.Moslems consider Jerusalem'al Kods' their first Qibla(direct their face to prayer as the Jews and like Daniel) and their second sacred place after Mecca.Eversince this land has never been separated from the totality of the several successors of Islamic empires and sultanates.During the ottoman empire all the region of Palestine and Syria and Lebanon was known as El Sham.The inhabitants of the Holy land were known as Palestineans as a people and as in the Bible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900165475108627191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-34431102391690941912013-03-14T14:23:40.760+02:002013-03-14T14:23:40.760+02:00this material is interesting and very relevant. Wh...this material is interesting and very relevant. What these Arabs or "Syrians" were doing was just thinking in terms of their traditional geographical terms. It was Jews and Christians, certainly not Muslims, who thought of Israel [or the Holy Land] as a separate country distinct from Syria. The Quran uses the term Holy Land, btw, in Sura 5:20-22, but this was not usual Muslim Arab usage. In any event, according to Quran 5:20-22, Allah assigned the Holy Land to the people of Moses, elsewhere in the Quran identified as Jews.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-70135833722650095372013-03-14T14:18:59.841+02:002013-03-14T14:18:59.841+02:00In traditional Arab/Muslim geography, al-Sham or B...In traditional Arab/Muslim geography, al-Sham or Bilad ash-Sham means Syria or Greater Syria and included the Lebanon, Syria, Israel [including Judea, Samaria, Gaza Strip] and Jordan of today, roughly speaking. There was no territory named "filastin" or "palestine" under the Mamluk and Ottoman empires.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com