Jerusalem does not become impure through touching; Jerusalem will not — Jerusalem

"Jerusalem, thought Morrison, was like a deep pool, where time had settled too thickly."

"Jerusalem, which was first conquered by Omar and then liberated by Saladin, was lost by the Muslims, who strayed from the path of Allah....Jerusalem will be restored only through Jihad."

"“Come to Jerusalem and go mad,” said Morrison. “Not much of an advertising slogan.”"

"The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence, from Jerusalem, of a lunatic asylum."

"“I suppose you must be looking forward to them sorting all this out,” he said. “Er. The Palestinian situation. The politics.” She shrugged. “It doesn’t matter to Jerusalem,” she said. “The people come. The people believe. Then they kill each other, to prove that God loves them.” “Well,” he said. “How would you fix it?” She smiled her whitest smile. “Sometimes,” she said, “I think it would be best if it was bombed. If it was bombed back to a radioactive desert. Then who would want it? But then I think, they would come here and collect the radioactive dust that might contain atoms of the Dome of the Rock, or of the Temple, or a wall that Christ leaned against on his way to the Cross. People would fight over who owns a poisonous desert, if that desert was Jerusalem."

"[Prophet said:] This city hath been to me a provocation of Mine anger and of My fury from the day that they built it even unto this day."