i m standing under the rock where muslims believed the profit mohammed ascended to heaven. this is holy in all three religions because they believe this is where god demanded abraham bring his son, isaac, for sacrifice. today, this place is marked by the familiar gold dome of the rock that dominates the old city of jerusalem. and it sits on one of the most contested sites in the world. even the name of this site is complicated. jews call it the temple mount. while muslims call it haram al sherif or noble sanctuary. on one side is the western wall, the holiest site the jews come to pray at. nearby, the christian church. in just one square mile, the most revered places of each of the three religions. and this is also the place where the bible tells us that god had
and now, a father s love, a terrible secret, but did one man of immense faith go too far? back to the beginning with christiane amanpour continues. the landscape of the bible is as brutal as it is breathtaking. here, it s easy to imagine the suffering and the patience it took for a family to survive in abraham s time, and why it s here that god would demand a sacrifice so stark and so unforgiving that he would never again ask for anything like it. i m standing under the rock where muslims believed the profit mohammed ascended to heaven. this is holy in all three religions because they believe this is where god demanded
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