are indigenous nowhere.2 The more Jews and Palestinians appeal to their exclusive ethnic or religious claim to the Holy Land, the more each will alienate the other. The resolution of these competing claims for land today will frequently be found in each community’s religious framework. Muslim attachment to Jerusalem springs from Muhammad’s famous nighttime visionary ride on his steed Al-Burak to Mount Zion (Qur’an, sura 17.1). Even the “far mosque” (today in Arabic, the Al Aqsa Mosque) is mentioned.