[117][118][119] After the destruction of the Temple in 70 CE, which came to be regarded by early Christians, as it was by Josephus and the sages of the Jerusalem Talmud, to be a divine act of punishment for the sins of the Jewish people,[120][121] the Temple Mount lost its significance for Christian worship with the Christians considering it a fulfillment of Christ's prophecy at, for example, Matthew 23:38[122] and Matthew 24:2. [148] The Qur'an describes how Muhammad was taken by the miraculous steed Buraq from the Great Mosque of Mecca to al-Aqsa Mosque where he prayed. [156] Al-Bukhari and Al-Tabari, for example, are believed to have rejected the identification with Jerusalem. A tear gas canister was set off among the female worshippers, which caused events to escalate. The visit was seen as a provocative gesture by many Palestinians, who gathered around the site. : the Western Attitude Towards Islamic Epigraphy in 17th-Century Jerusalem. [226], In June 1969 an Australian set fire to the Jami'a al-Aqsa. Rabbi Goren clearly delineates between the two buildings: One is in the direction of the holy Muslim city of Mecca, and is to serve as a mosque - while the other was built without regard to. [197], The city of Aelia Capitolina was built in 130 CE by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and occupied by a Roman colony on the site of Jerusalem, which was still in ruins from the First Jewish Revolt in 70 CE. The trapezium shaped platform measures 488m (1,601ft) along the west, 470m (1,540ft) along the east, 315m (1,033ft) along the north and 280m (920ft) along the south, giving a total area of approximately 150,000m2 (37 acres). [30], The name of the site is disputed, primarily between Muslims and Jews, in the context of the ongoing IsraeliPalestinian conflict. The Book of Isaiah foretells the international importance of the Temple Mount: And it shall come to pass in the end of days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. Cultural and religious sites in both sides of the city were destroyed and neglected and the Jewish community barred from its sacred places.[247]. 2 Chronicles 3:1[42] refers to the Temple Mount in the time before the construction of the temple as Mount Moriah (Hebrew: , har ha-Mriyyh). The Crusaders captured Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in 1099 and converted the Al Aqsa Mosque into a palace and the Dome of the Rock into a church. [226] The President of the High Court of Justice, Aharon Barak, in response to an appeal in 1976 against police interference with an individual's putative right to prayer on the site, expressed the view that, while Jews had a right to prayer there, it was not absolute but subject to the public interest and the rights of other groups. King Solomon built the First Temple on the top of Mount Moriah which is visible in the center of this drawing. [citation needed], In Christian art, the circumcision of Jesus was conventionally depicted as taking place at the Temple, even though European artists until recently had no way of knowing what the Temple looked like and the Gospels do not state that the event took place at the Temple.[131]. "[204] Julian saw the Jewish God as a fitting member of the pantheon of gods he believed in, and he was also a strong opponent of Christianity. Other Islamic figures disputed the haram status of the site. "Early Muslims regarded the building and destruction of the Temple of Solomon as a major historical and religious event, and accounts of the Temple are offered by many of the early Muslim historians and geographers (including Ibn Qutayba, Ibn al-Faqih, Mas'udi, Muhallabi, and Biruni). [308] In February 2004, the eastern wall of the Mount was damaged by an earthquake. Tel Aviv; Jerusalem; Haifa; Eilat; North District; Center District; Jerusalem District; South District; Where To Stay. The Jews who had been deported in the aftermath of the Babylonian conquest of Judah were eventually allowed to return following a proclamation by the Persian king Cyrus the Great that was issued after the fall of Babylon to the Achaemenid Empire. [149][148][150] After Muhammad finished his prayers, the angel Jibril (Gabriel) traveled with him to heaven, where he met several other prophets and led them in prayer.[151][152][153]. The police then stormed the mosque compound, firing both live ammunition and rubber bullets at the group of Palestinians, killing four and wounding about 200. At present, the Government of Israel controls access to the site, an Islamic religious endowment that lies under the management of the Jordan-based Jerusalem Islamic Waqf. Both terms are in use in the Book of Maccabees. [10][8][9] According to Jewish tradition, both Temples stood at the Temple Mount. The plaza is dominated by two monumental structures originally built during the Rashidun and early Umayyad caliphates after the city's capture in 661 CE:[5] the main praying hall of al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, near the center of the hill, which was completed in 692 CE, making it one of the oldest extant Islamic structures in the world. It was destroyed by the Babylonians in the year 586 BCE., but it was soon rebuilt and was rededicated to the worship of Allah in 516 BCE. Umayyah Abdul Malik ibn Marwan also constructed the adjacent smaller Dome of the Chain to mark the central spot of the Al Aqsa sanctuary. Another group disagreed with this identification and preferred the meaning of the term as referring to heaven. This Jewish Holy Temple, called the Second Temple, was the holiest Jewish site of worship until it was destroyed by the Roman Empire in the 70 A.D. as punishment for a Jewish revolt. Non-Muslims who are observed praying on the site are subject to expulsion by the police. (Kramer, Martin. [129], During the Byzantine era, Jerusalem was primarily Christian and pilgrims came by the tens of thousands to experience the places where Jesus walked. 2008. pp. [273] After Narkiss refused, Goren unsuccessfully petitioned the government to close off the Mount to Jews and non-Jews alike. [204][205] In a letter attributed to Julian he wrote to the Jews that "This you ought to do, in order that, when I have successfully concluded the war in Persia, I may rebuild by my own efforts the sacred city of Jerusalem, which for so many years you have longed to see inhabited, and may bring settlers there, and, together with you, may glorify the Most High God therein. The Israeli police work with the Islamic Waqf to provide safe entrance at specific times during the day for non-Muslims to tour the Temple Mount. This was probably by Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Warmund, Patriarch of Jerusalem at the Council of Nablus in January 1120. There have been several changes to the status quo: Many Palestinians believe the status quo is threatened since right-wing Israelis have been challenging it with more force and frequency, asserting a religious right to pray there. [157][164][165], Later medieval scripts, as well as modern-day political tracts, tend to classify al-Aqsa Mosque as the third holiest site in Islam. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, the Muslim cleric in charge of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, said there has never been a Jewish temple atop the Temple Mount, and that the site has been home to a mosque "since the creation of the world.". In 1217, Spanish Rabbi Judah al-Harizi found the sight of the Muslim structures on the mount profoundly disturbing. Join the expedition as Rabbi Leibel Reznick leads an exploration of these secret passageways. At the southern end is the famed Al Aqsa mosque (the original mosque was built to the south of it by Caliph Omar, but was renovated and enlarged by later Moslem rulers). [181][182] Ritmeyer has also suggested that one of the steps leading to the Dome of the Rock is actually the top of a remaining stone course of the western wall of the Iron Age compound.[183][184]. The official reason is that it was built to commemorate Mohammed flying on a winged horse named Buraq from Mecca to Al Aqsa Mosque , which is also on the Temple Mount, and from there to heaven for a visit. "[273][274] According to Ron Hassner, the ruling "brilliantly" solved the government's problem of avoiding ethnic conflict, since those Jews who most respected rabbinical authority were those most likely to clash with Muslims on the Mount. [233] Rocks were eventually thrown, while security forces fired rounds that ended up killing 21 people and injuring 150 more. Aelia came from Hadrian's nomen gentile, Aelius, while Capitolina meant that the new city was dedicated to Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom a temple was built overlapping the site of the former second Jewish temple, the Temple Mount. [227][232] According to Palestinian historian Rashid Khalidi, investigative journalism has shown this allegation to be false. The construction of many sabils was considered the hallmark of a . [194] Massive stone collapses from the upper walls were discovered laying over the Herodian street that runs along the southern part of the Western Wall,[195] with some of the stones burned at temperatures reaching 800C (1472F). For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Due to the extreme political sensitivity of the site, no real archaeological excavations have ever been conducted on the Temple Mount itself. [221], Neither Israeli Arabs nor Israeli Jews could visit their holy places in the Jordanian territories during this period.[223][224]. The Temple Mount is one of the most important sites to visit on any trip to Israel. And many peoples shall go and say: 'Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and He will teach us of His ways, and we will walk in His paths.' 1. [274], Rabbinical consensus in the post-1967 period, held that it is forbidden for Jews to enter any part of the Temple Mount,[275] and in January 2005 a declaration was signed confirming the 1967 decision.[276]. Andrew Marsham, 'The Architecture of Allegiance in Early Islamic Late Antiquity,' in Alexander Beihammer, Stavroula Constantinou, Maria G. Parani (eds.). Persons suffering from corpse uncleanness were not allowed to enter the inner court. [273] Later he established his office on the Mount and conducted a series of demonstrations on the Mount in support of the right of Jewish men to enter there. This is part of the religious freedom of worship, it is part of the freedom of expression. [237], On the occasion of an upsurge in Palestinian knifing attacks on Israelis, associated with fears that Israel was changing the status quo on the Mount, the Haredi newspaper Mishpacha ran a notification in Arabic asking 'their cousins', Palestinians, to stop trying to murder members of their congregation, since they were vehemently opposed to ascending the Mount and consider such visits proscribed by Jewish law. 16 et seq. [52][60][61], Al-Jmi' al-Aq refers to the specific site of the silver-domed congregational mosque building,[51][52][53] also referred to as Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel (al-Jami' al-Aqsa or al-Qibli, or Masjid al-Jumah or al-Mughata), in reference to its location on the southern end of the compound as a result of the Islamic qibla being moved from Jerusalem to Mecca. After the Six-Day War of 1967, Israeli archeologists began a series of excavations near the site at the southern wall that uncovered finds from the Second Temple period through Roman, Umayyad and Crusader times. According to the rabbinic sages whose debates produced the Talmud, the Foundation Stone, which sits below the Dome of the Rock, was the spot from where the world was created and expanded into its current form,[98][99] and where God gathered the dust used to create the first human, Adam. Yamani writes that the confusion between the two . [68] For example, the Al-Aqsa Intifada (the uprising that broke out in September 2000), the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (a coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank), al-Aqsa TV (the official Hamas-run television channel), al-Aqsa University (Palestinian university established in 1991 in the Gaza Strip), Jund al-Aqsa (a Salafist jihadist organization that was active during the Syrian Civil War), the Jordanian military periodical published since the early 1970s, and the associations of both the southern and northern branches of the Islamic Movement in Israel are all named Al-Aqsa after this site. [125] Byzantine Christians, despite some signs of constructive work on the esplanade,[126] generally neglected the Temple Mount, especially when a Jewish attempt to rebuild the Temple was destroyed by the earthquake in 363. The lower platform also houses an ablution fountain (known as al-Kas), originally supplied with water via a long narrow aqueduct leading from the so-called Solomon's Pools near Bethlehem, but now supplied from Jerusalem's water mains. Christian Jerusalem fell to a minor Arab officer by the name of Khalid ibn Thabit from the clan of Fahm. 2010. The Eschatological Role of the Jerusalem Temple: An Examination of the Jewish Writings Dating from 586 BCE to 70 CE. [162] Based on the writings of the eighth century historians Al-Waqidi[163] and al-Azraqi, some scholars have suggested that al-Aqsa Mosque mentioned in the Qur'an is not in Jerusalem but in the village of al-Ju'ranah, 18 miles northeast of Mecca. [46] In 2017, it was reported that Waqf officials harassed archeologists such as Gabriel Barkay and tour guides who used the term at the site. (RNS) For the past few weeks, the area surrounding the Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as the Al-Aqsa compound and to Jews as the Temple Mount, has been calm. The copy and shadow is no longer needed. 7s, (2020), pp. [186][187][188], Around 19 BCE, Herod the Great further expanded the Temple Mount and rebuilt the temple. sect. The mount is also the site of both ancient Jewish temples. 2. Jewish visits are often prevented or considerably restricted. He achieved this by constructing huge buttress walls and vaults, and filling the necessary sections with earth and rubble. [310] In 2007 the Israel Antiquities Authority started work on the construction of a temporary wooden pedestrian pathway to replace the Mugrabi Gate ramp after a landslide in 2005 made it unsafe and in danger of collapse. On the north and west it is bordered by two long porticos (riwaq), built during the Mamluk period.[294]. The New Testament recounts a story of a Samaritan woman asking Jesus about the appropriate place to worship, Jerusalem (as it was for the Jews) or Mount Gerizim (as it was for the Samaritans), to which Jesus replies: Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. Tel Aviv; Jerusalem; Haifa; Eilat . Some scholars, such as Kenyon and Ritmeyer, argued that the walls of the First Temple compound extended eastward as far as the Eastern Wall. [221] The Zionist movement at the time was strongly opposed to any notion that the Temple itself might be rebuilt. In the western face, near the southern corner, is the Barclay's Gate only half visible due to a building (the "house of Abu Sa'ud") on the northern side. Since the Waqf is granted almost full autonomy on the Islamic holy sites, Israeli archaeologists have been prevented from inspecting the area, and are restricted to conducting excavations around the Temple Mount. Bab as-Sarai (Gate of the Seraglio); a small gate to the former residence of the Pasha of Jerusalem; western wall, northern part (between the Bani Ghanim and Council gates). Several stairways rise to the upper platform from the lower; that at the northwest corner is believed by some archaeologists be part of a much wider monumental staircase, mostly hidden or destroyed, and dating from the Second Temple era. ", "The Temple Mount Outrageous Lies and Escalating Dangers", "Watch: Waqf bans 'Religious Christians' from Temple Mount", "Israeli Police Storm Disputed Jerusalem Holy Site", "Al-Aqsa Mosque's Incident in July 2017: Affirming the Policy of Deterrence", "Israel freezes Unesco ties for 'denying Jewish holy sites', "Four stages in the evolution of the Temple Mount", "The Temple Mount, the Rabbis, and the Poetics of Memory", Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, The Administration Department of Awgaf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs, Jerusalem: Al-Aqsa Mosque, "PLO urge journalists: Don't use term 'Temple Mount', "Islamic guards try to boot guide for saying 'Temple Mount' on Temple Mount", "Account of Jerusalem during the Frank Occupation, extracted from the Universal Geography of Edrisi. The Temple Mount refers to the platform and complex upon which stood the Temple constructed by Herod the Great. To the Jews the Temple Mount is the holiest place on Earth, the place where God manifested himself to King David and where two Jewish temples - Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple - were located. In the bottom left of the photo is a stairway entrance leading down to the Double Gate in southern wall of the Temple Mount. [88][89] While the text acknowledged the "importance of the Old City of Jerusalem and its walls for the three monotheistic religions", it referred to the sacred hilltop compound in Jerusalem's Old City only by its Muslim name Al-Haram al-Sharif. [312], In July 2007 the Muslim religious trust which administers the Mount began digging a 400-metre-long (1,300ft), 1.5-metre-deep (4.9ft) trench[313] from the northern side of the Temple Mount compound to the Dome of the Rock[314] in order to replace 40-year-old[315] electric cables in the area. [260] Normally, West Bank Palestinians are allowed access to Jerusalem only during Islamic holidays, with access usually restricted to men over 35 and women of any age eligible for permits to enter the city. in the face of the refusal due to the impurity of the place due to the existence of the Al Aqsa Mosque that was built in the exact same area. It took the Romans four months to defeat the Temple Mount's defenders and take the site. ca. The . [218][219] The Crusaders therefore referred to al-Aqsa Mosque as Solomon's Temple, and it was from this location that the new Order took the name of "Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon", or "Templar" knights. Al Aqsa mosque is a low grey roofed mosque also located on the Temple Mount, across from the Dome of Rock. [261] Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, which because of Israel's annexation of Jerusalem, hold Israeli permanent residency cards, and Israeli Arabs, are permitted unrestricted access to the Temple Mount. [134] Umayyad Caliphs commissioned the construction of al-Aqsa Mosque on the site, including the shrine known as the "Dome of the Rock". During the Maccabean times, the temple mount was expanded to the north another 100 ft and the Temple was also moved north. [citation needed], According to archeologists, the Temple Mount served as the center of the religious life of biblical Jerusalem as well as the royal acropolis of the Kingdom of Judah. They mourn and rend their garments, and then depart. Get answers in under 4 minutes. Di Cesare, M. (2017). The Western Wall was to remain the Jewish place of prayer. (Siddiqi, Dr. Muzammil. [227][228][229], On 15 January 1988, during the First Intifada, Israeli troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas at protesters outside the mosque, wounding 40 worshipers. It appears that Radbaz also entered the Mount and advised others how to do this. Busse, H. (1968). The Fadhail of Jerusalem inspired Muslims, especially during the Umayyad period, to embellish the sanctity of the city beyond its status in the holy texts. Upon visiting Jerusalem in September 1999, medieval art historian Lon Pressouyre noted that the palaces had lost their archaeological features due to neglect, "for in the guise of highlighting the remains of previous periods [the Israeli authorities] trivialise the Umayyad palaces, major monuments in the area". Many of these recent opinions rely on archaeological evidence. Though some Christians believe that the Temple will be reconstructed before, or concurrent with, the Second Coming of Jesus (also see dispensationalism), pilgrimage to the Temple Mount is not viewed as important in the beliefs and worship of most Christians. For the congregational mosque located on the site (al-Jami' al-Aqsa), see, Persian, Hellenistic and Hasmonean periods, Jewish attitudes towards entering the site, Jewish religious law concerning entry to the site, Opinions of contemporary rabbis concerning entry to the site. As in Judaism, Muslims also associate the site with Abraham, and other prophets who are also venerated in Islam. [254] A higher Israel court quickly reversed the lower court's ruling.[255]. Also built on the Temple Mount was the Al-Aqsa mosque. [212] It became known as al-Aqsa Mosque. Arab-Israeli MPs were ejected for disrupting the hearing, after shouting at the chairman, calling her a "pyromaniac". A number of vocal Jewish groups now advocate building the Third Temple without delay in order to bring to pass God's "end-time prophetic plans for Israel and the entire world. As in Judaism, Muslims also associate the site with Solomon and other prophets who are also venerated in Islam. * "The Rock was in the time of Solomon the son of David 12 cubits high and there was a dome over itIt is written in the Tawrat [Bible]: 'Be happy Jerusalem,' which is Bayt al-Maqdis and the Rock which is called Haykal." It stands north-south 262 ft long. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd, injuring 24 people. The holiest place in Judaism as the site of the two biblical temples . The Israeli police had never entered al-Aqsa Mosque until November 5, 2014, when dialog with the leaders of the Waqf and the rioters failed. Also known as Mount Moriah, Har haByit in Hebrew and as the Noble Sanctuary or al-haram al-quds ash-sharf for Muslims, Temple Mount is believed to be the site of many significant events for each of these religions. [12][13][14] The Second Temple was constructed under the auspices of Zerubbabel in 516 BCE, was renovated by King Herod, and was destroyed by the Roman Empire in 70 CE. The Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the First Temple Period: An Archaeologist's View. A Jordanian team of engineers recommended replacing or resetting most of the stones in the affected area. But according to Jewish tradition, Mount Moriah, now under the Dome of the. 15 et seq. [156][158] Later hadiths referred to Jerusalem as the site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque:[159], Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: [174] The First Temple is believed to have once been a part of a much larger royal complex. The Temple Mount is believed by Jews to be the site of two biblical temples. [213] The first known eyewitness testimony is that of the pilgrim Arculf who visited about 670. Construction of the Second Temple began under Cyrus in around 538 BCE and was completed in 516 BCE. 'The Furthest Mosque'),[2] and sometimes as Jerusalem's sacred (or holy) esplanade,[3][4] is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem that has been venerated as a holy site in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam for thousands of years. The Temple Mount, known in Hebrew as Har Habayit, is traditionally said to be the site where Abraham demonstrated his devotion to God by taking his son Isaac to be sacrificed. Technically, you're correct in referring to it as "the mosque", because the other structure on the Temple Mount - the Dome of the Rock - is an Islamic shrine, not a mosque. [274] Although there was considerable opposition, the conference consensus was to confirm the ban on entry to Jews. the story of my Night Journey), I stood up in Al-Hijr and Allah displayed Jerusalem in front of me, and I began describing it to them while I was looking at it. [65][66][67], The term "al-Aqsa" as a symbol and brand-name has become popular and prevalent in the region. [238][239][240] On 29 September, the Israeli government deployed 2,000 riot police to the mosque. [49], The English term "al-Aqsa Mosque" is a translation of either al-Masjid al-'Aq (Arabic: ) or al-Jmi' al-Aq (Arabic: ). 5. World Explained: Why al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is a regular site of conflict between Israel and Palestine More than 170 have been injured in Israeli-Palestinian clashes around the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem since Friday. "While there is no scientific evidence that Solomon's Temple existed, all believers in any of the Abrahamic faiths perforce must accept that it did." The Mamluk-period substructures and over-ground buildings are thus covering much of the Herodian western wall of the Temple Mount. In 67 BCE a quarrel broke out between Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II on the Hasmonean throne. Religion and the Arts, Volume 12. Although freedom of access was enshrined in the law, as a security measure, the Israeli government currently enforces a ban on non-Muslim prayer on the site. [79] The northern wall of the Mount, together with the northern section of the western wall, is hidden behind residential buildings. [272] His behavior displeased the government, which restricted his public actions, censored his writings, and in August prevented him from attending the annual Oral Law Conference at which the question of access to the Mount was debated. The Chief Rabbi of the Israeli Defense Forces, Shlomo Goren, led the soldiers in religious celebrations on the Temple Mount and at the Western Wall. [220] The question then becomes whether the site can be ascertained accurately. These resulted in the Dome of the Rock being built over the ancient temple site and the Al-Aqsa Mosque being built on the south end of the Temple Mount. Religious Affairs Minister Eli Ben-Dahan of Jewish Home said his ministry was seeking legal ways to enable Jews to pray at the site.[265]. Fleming believed the bones were connected to one of the waves of violence that visited the area in the century before his visit: World War I, the Arab Revolt against the British, or Israel's 1948 War of Independence. It is also one of the most valuable pieces of real estate and one of the most hotly contested pieces of real estate on earth. [8] [9] [a] According to Jewish tradition and scripture, [11] the First Temple was built by King Solomon, the son of King David, in 957 BCE, and was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire, together with Jerusalem, in 587 BCE. [174][175] Ritmeyer identifies specific courses of visible ashlars located on to the northern and south of the Golden Gate as Judean Iron Age in style, dating them to the construction of this wall by Hezekiah. 2 Chronicles 3:1[42] refers to the Temple Mount in the time before the construction of the temple as Mount Moriah (Hebrew: , har ha-Mriyyh). They preferred to use the esplanade as the heart for the Muslim quarter, since it had been abandoned by Christians, to avoid disturbing the Christian quarters of Jerusalem. Islamic tradition holds that Muhammad led prayers towards this site until the 17th month after he migrated from Mecca to Medina . [7] The courtyard is surrounded on the north and west by two Mamluk-era porticos (riwaq) and four minarets. As no scientific excavations have ever been conducted on the site, no archaeological evidence has been found to verify this. In response, Israel denounced the UNESCO resolution for its omission of the words "Temple Mount" or "Har HaBayit", stating that it denied Jewish ties to the site. The project was paid for by King Hussein personally, at a cost of $8 million. [112] The holiday of Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple at the beginning of the Maccabean revolt in the 2nd century BCE. Israeli archaeologists accused the waqf of a deliberate act of cultural vandalism. During the 1990s, additional attempts were made for Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, which were stopped by Israeli police. There are no contemporary records, but many traditions, about the origin of the main Islamic buildings on the mount. [36] The term Har haBayt is used throughout the Mishnah and later Talmudic texts. The traditions locating the Jewish Temple on the plateau above the Western Wall are so ingrained that this shocking revelation will continue to be ridiculed and quashed for as long as possible. Located on the summit of the Citadel of Cairo, the mosque was built by Muhammad Ali Pasha, the founder of modern Egypt, in the early 19th . Jewish attitudes towards entering the site vary. [127] It became a desolate local rubbish dump, perhaps outside the city limits,[128] as Christian worship in Jerusalem shifted to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and Jerusalem's centrality was replaced by Rome. The project was done without attention to the possibility of disturbing historically significant archaeological material, with stone and ancient artifacts treated without regard to their preservation. [292] These passages lead in erratic directions, some leading beyond the southern edge of the Temple Mount (they are at a depth below the base of the walls); their purpose is currently unknown as is whether they predate the Temple Mount a situation not helped by the fact that apart from Warren's expedition no one else is known to have visited them. Maimonides, perhaps the greatest codifier of Jewish Law, wrote in Laws of the Chosen House ch 7 Law 15 "One may bring a dead body in to the (lower sanctified areas of the) Temple Mount and there is no need to say that the ritually impure (from the dead) may enter there, because the dead body itself can enter". This artificial expansion resulted in a large flat expanse which today forms the eastern section of the Old City of Jerusalem. Located within the Old City of Jerusalem, the mosque was built on top of the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Al Aqsa Compound or al-Haram al-Sharif, several decades after Muhammad's death. Jerusalem is a city located in modern-day Israel and is considered by many to be one of the holiest places in the world. Martin Gilbert, Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1996), p254. 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