Who do you think should be allowed to pray at the Temple Mount?

[patzer]

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a major site in the Abrahamic religions, and specifically so in Judaism and Islam. The subject of who should be legally able to pray there is a topic of political controversy nowadays. Currently it is controlled as an exclave by Jordan, who prohibits non-Muslims from engaging in prayer on the site.

[Goldwater]

Anyone who wants to.

[dead0man]

obviously everyone*



*except for people who complain about other types of people being there, ban those racist mothertruckers.  Perhaps force them to wear a hat that says "I'm a bad person and the way I do religion is wrong."

[falling apart like the ashes of American flags]

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a major site in the Abrahamic religions, and specifically so in Judaism and Islam. The subject of who should be legally able to pray there is a topic of political controversy nowadays. Currently it is controlled as an exclave by Jordan, who prohibits non-Muslims from engaging in prayer on the site.

That's not entirely true. There's currently 11 gates to it, of which 10 are restricted to only Muslims, and the remaining one is for non-Muslims (conversely, Muslims are banned from this gate.)

Also most Jews don't even want to enter the Temple Mount, because they believe it contains the "Holy of Holies", a spot in the old Temple where God's presence was most focused on Earth, and that this spot is too holy to even step on. However in its current state there's no way to know where this spot is, so religious Jews just avoid it by refusing to enter the Temple Mount at all.

[dead0man]

what I want the most concerning this issue is for there to be more archeology done on the site.  There is SOOOOOOOOO much knowledge just sitting there.  We KNOW it's there.  We KNOW we have the right spot.  But, ya know, the information might not match what certain parties want to believe so nothing (or little) happens (and in fact, much destruction has been wrought on purpose).

[Vosem]

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a major site in the Abrahamic religions, and specifically so in Judaism and Islam. The subject of who should be legally able to pray there is a topic of political controversy nowadays. Currently it is controlled as an exclave by Jordan, who prohibits non-Muslims from engaging in prayer on the site.

It is not an exclave of Jordan; it is merely considered to be the private property of the Jordanian government.

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem is a major site in the Abrahamic religions, and specifically so in Judaism and Islam. The subject of who should be legally able to pray there is a topic of political controversy nowadays. Currently it is controlled as an exclave by Jordan, who prohibits non-Muslims from engaging in prayer on the site.

That's not entirely true. There's currently 11 gates to it, of which 10 are restricted to only Muslims, and the remaining one is for non-Muslims (conversely, Muslims are banned from this gate.)

Also most Jews don't even want to enter the Temple Mount, because they believe it contains the "Holy of Holies", a spot in the old Temple where God's presence was most focused on Earth, and that this spot is too holy to even step on. However in its current state there's no way to know where this spot is, so religious Jews just avoid it by refusing to enter the Temple Mount at all.

This is the position of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and broadly the most common position among ultra-Orthodox Jews generally, but there are many relatively prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbis who disagree, and also non-Haredi currents of the religion (like dati Jews) which disagree pretty uniformly. Among secular Jews I think (speaking for myself) many would be interested in going as tourists. The Knesset held hearings on easing restrictions in the early 2010s, and though this was abandoned because of Jordanian diplomatic pressure, my understanding is that most of the Israeli electorate has inconsistently supported opening the question even when society significantly left of where it is now.