When he returned the next day, he found that the hold had already been repaired. Three thousand years of recorded history sit atop, around, and below the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, Israel's capital city. After the city's conquest, the Crusading order known as the Knights Templar was granted use of Al-Aqsa Mosque to use as their headquarters. So, they built the Al- Aqsa mosque in 705 AD over the site of the first and second Jewish temples and the Dome of the Rock over the site where Muhammad allegedly ascended to heaven- both of which still stand today. [155] A group of Islamic scholars understood the story of Muhammad's ascension from al-Aqsa Mosque as relating to the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. [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. This mountain top can be seen today, inside the Islamic Dome of the Rock. Two twin gates follow south of the Ablution Gate, the Tranquility Gate and the Gate of the Chain: A twelfth gate still open during Ottoman rule is now closed to the public: East of and joined to the triple gate passageway is a large vaulted area, supporting the southeastern corner of the Temple Mount platform which is substantially above the bedrock at this point the vaulted chambers here are popularly referred to as Solomon's Stables. News", "Tourism Min. A monumental street, today referred to as the "Stepped Street," and took pilgrims from the city's southern gate via the Tyropoeon Valley to the western side of the Temple Mount. In. It was also customary in Roman rites to sacrifice a pig in land purification ceremonies. . In 1217, Spanish Rabbi Judah al-Harizi found the sight of the Muslim structures on the mount profoundly disturbing. Some early scholars however, claim that entry onto certain areas of the Mount is permitted. 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. [49] According to the Book of Samuel, Mount Zion was the site of the Jebusite fortress called the "stronghold of Zion", but once the First Temple was erected, according to the Bible, at the top of the Eastern Hill ("Temple Mount"), the name "Mount Zion" migrated there too. 2. 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). [citation needed][81], In 1980, Jordan proposed that the Old City be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site[82] and it was added to the List in 1981. As a result, the Al-Aqsa Mosque has been rebuilt and renovated several times since its original Umayyad construction. This sensitivity has not, however, prevented both Jewish and Muslim works from accusations of destroying archeological evidence on a number of occasions. Much of the Temple Mount's prominence stems from the story of the prophet Mohammed's Night Journey. One was a terrorist attack . sect. [138], Muslim interpretations of the Quran agree that the Mount is the site of the Temple originally built by Solomon, considered a prophet in Islam, that was later destroyed. [212] He found it covered with rubbish, but the sacred Rock was found with the help of a converted Jew, Ka'b al-Ahbar. [207] However, no contemporary Jewish sources mention this episode directly. During the mandate period, Jewish leaders celebrated ancient religious practices at the Western Wall. Jews with religious appearance must visit in groups monitored by. Herod moved . [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. [277] Their opinions against entering the Temple Mount are based on the current political climate surrounding the Mount,[278] along with the potential danger of entering the hallowed area of the Temple courtyard and the impossibility of fulfilling the ritual requirement of cleansing oneself with the ashes of a red heifer. That he heard Allah's Messenger saying, "When the people of Quraish did not believe me (i.e. Umar replied, "You correspond to Judaism!" "The city of Jerusalem was chosen at the command of Allah by Prophet David in the tenth century BCE. 5762. In 637 Arabs besieged and captured the city from the Byzantine Empire, which had defeated the Persian forces and their allies, and reconquered the city. During the Maccabean times, the temple mount was expanded to the north another 100 ft and the Temple was also moved north. This stunning temple has a storied past, that initially functioned as a Christian church for several centuries until . Early Islam regarded the Foundation Stone as the location of Solomon's Temple, and the first architectural initiatives on the Temple Mount sought to glorify Jerusalem by presenting Islam as a continuation of Judaism and Christianity. [233] Rocks were eventually thrown, while security forces fired rounds that ended up killing 21 people and injuring 150 more. Did Judaism's holiest site become Muslim? The lower platform which constitutes most of the surface of the Temple Mount has at its southern end al-Aqsa Mosque, which takes up most of the width of the Mount. [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. The golden domed mosque is called the Dome of the Rock because it was built on top of the Foundation Stone which according to Jewish tradition is the holiest place in the world. [185][36], According to Patrich and Edelcopp, the ideal area of the complex, described in Ezekiel as 50x50 cubits, was attained by the Hasmoneans, perhaps under John Hyrcanus; this is the same size later mentioned by the Mishnah.[36]. [267] A hewn stone measuring 60cm 90cm (24in 35in) and engraved with Greek uncials was discovered in 1871 near a court on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in which it outlined this prohibition: Religion and the Arts, Volume 12. [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. Climate III. Temple Mount entry restrictions are restrictions on entering the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, which is a holy place for Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Warren secretly[citation needed] excavated some tunnels near the Temple Mount walls and was the first one to document their lower courses. Gardens take up the eastern and most of the northern side of the platform; the far north of the platform houses an Islamic school.[285]. [15], The Temple Mount is the place Jews turn towards during prayer. [291] The passageway for each is vaulted, and has two aisles (in the case of the triple gate, a third aisle exists for a brief distance beyond the gate); the eastern aisle of the double gates and western of the triple gates reach the surface, the other aisles terminating some way before the steps Warren believed that one aisle of each original passage was extended when al-Aqsa Mosque blocked the original surface exits. [248], In the 2010s, fear arose among Palestinians that Israel planned to change the status quo and permit Jewish prayers or that al-Aqsa mosque might be damaged or destroyed by Israel. The Temple Mount (Hebrew: , romanized:Har haBayt, lit. What's the story behind Jerusalem's Golden Dome? El Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount. A northern portion of the western wall may be seen from within the Western Wall Tunnel, which was excavated through buildings adjacent to the platform. [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. In October 1986, an agreement between the Temple Mount Faithful, the Supreme Muslim Council and police, which would allow short visits in small groups, was exercised once and never repeated, after 2,000 Muslims armed with stones and bottles attacked the group and stoned worshipers at the Western Wall. 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. [193], During the early phases of the First Jewish-Roman War (6670 CE), the Temple Mount became a center of fighting for various Jewish factions struggling for control of the city, with different factions holding the area during the conflict. xxi. [156] Al-Bukhari and Al-Tabari, for example, are believed to have rejected the identification with Jerusalem. 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. [178] In 2014, Finkelstein, Koch and Lipschits proposed that the tell of ancient Jerusalem lies beneath the modern-day compound, rather than the nearby archeological site known as the City of David, as mainstream archaeology believes;[179] however, this proposal was rejected by other scholars of the subject. Jewish attitudes towards entering the site vary. Why is the Temple Mount holy to Jews? [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. The current location of the Dome of the Rock is considered one of the possible locations where the Holy of Holies was placed; numerous alternative opinions exist, based on study and calculations, such as those of Tuvia Sagiv. A Jordanian team of engineers recommended replacing or resetting most of the stones in the affected area. Baker,Eric W.. [115] Since at least the first century CE, the two sites have been identified with one another in Judaism, this identification being subsequently perpetuated by Jewish and Christian tradition. The visit sparked a five-year uprising by the Palestinians, commonly referred to as the al-Aqsa Intifada, though some commentators, citing subsequent speeches by PA officials, particularly Imad Falouji and Arafat himself, claim that the Intifada had been planned months in advance, as early as July upon Yasser Arafat's return from Camp David talks. Killebrew (eds.). God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. Two frightful scenes unfolded in Jerusalem on Wednesday, which seemed, at first glance, to have little to do with each other. How it came to be connected with the Koran is explained here: [62] The two different Arabic terms translated as "mosque" in English parallels the two different Greek terms translated as "temple" in the New Testament: Greek: , romanized:hieron (equivalent to Masjid) and Greek: , romanized:naos (equivalent to Jami'a),[51][58][63] and use of the term "mosque" for the whole compound follows the usage of the same term for other early Islamic sites with large courtyards such as the Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Cairo, the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Aryeh Shimron and Orit Peleg-Barkat. The surface of the Temple Mount would remain in a state of destruction until the Muslim invasions in the seventh century. [220] While secular Jews ascend freely, the question of whether ascending is permitted is a matter of some debate among religious authorities, with a majority holding that it is permitted to ascend to the Temple Mount, but not to step on the site of the inner courtyards of the ancient Temple. According to Muslim sources, Jews participated in the construction of the haram, laying the groundwork for both al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock mosques. On April 11, 1982, a Jew hid in the Dome of the Rock and sprayed gunfire, killing 2 Palestinians and wounding 44; in 1974, 1977 and 1983 groups led by Yoel Lerner conspired to blow up both the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa. An Islamic Waqf has managed the Temple Mount continuously since the Muslim reconquest of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187. 'Religious sovereignty' was to remain with the Muslims while 'overall sovereignty' became Israeli. 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. Persons suffering from corpse uncleanness were not allowed to enter the inner court. Indeed, in a case where there is near certainty that injury may be caused to the public interest if a person's rights of religious worship and freedom of expression would be realized, it is possible to limit the rights of the person in order to uphold the public interest. The Jews in Palestine were allowed to set up a vassal state under the Sassanid Empire called the Sassanid Jewish Commonwealth which lasted for five years. Warren also conducted some small scale excavations inside the Temple Mount, by removing rubble that blocked passages leading from the Double Gate chamber. 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. Some would also say the Greek word for generation in Mark 13:30 is interpreted as race or family, speaking of Jews.There certainly have been a few "foreshadowers" of the antichrist and its "abomination", including Nebuchadnezzar and his image, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, King Herod and the golden Roman Eagle he built at the entrance to the temple (Dan 11:31); all before Jesus spoke those words. But conflict, controversy and tension continue to boil to this day. Is that God's plan? The plaza includes the location regarded as where the Islamic prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven,[21] and served as the first "qibla", the direction Muslims turn towards when praying. New evidence of the Royal Stoa and Roman flames. Biblical Archaeology Review, 36, 2, pp. 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. 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. There is also a smaller domed building on the upper platform, slightly to the east of the Dome of the Rock, known as the Dome of the Chain traditionally the location where a chain once rose to heaven. [91][92] In October 2017, Israel and the United States announced they would withdraw from UNESCO, citing anti-Israel bias. Golden Gate (Bab al-Zahabi); eastern wall (northern third), a double gate: Warren's Gate; western wall, now only visible from the Western Wall Tunnel, Bab an-Nabi (Gate of the Prophet) or Barclay's Gate; western wall, visible from al-Buraq Mosque inside the Haram, and from the Western Wall plaza (women's section) and the adjacent building (the so-called house of Abu Sa'ud), Double Gate (Bab al-Thulathe; possibly one of the Huldah Gates); southern wall, underneath al-Aqsa Mosque, Triple Gate; southern wall, outside Solomon's Stables/Marwani Mosque, Single Gate; southern wall, outside Solomon's Stables/Marwani Mosque, Bab al-Asbat (Gate of the Tribes); north-east corner, Bab al-Hitta/Huttah (Gate of Remission, Pardon, or Absolution); northern wall, Bab al-Atim/'Atm/Attim (Gate of Darkness); northern wall, Bab al-Ghawanima (Gate of Bani Ghanim); north-west corner, Bab al-Majlis / an-Nazir/Nadhir (Council Gate / Inspector's Gate); western wall (northern third), Bab al-Hadid (Iron Gate); western wall (central part), Bab al-Qattanin (Gate of the Cotton Merchants); western wall (central part), Bab al-Matarah/Mathara (Ablution Gate); western wall (central part), Bab as-Salam / al-Sakina (Tranquility Gate / Gate of the Dwelling), the northern one of the two; western wall (central part), Bab as-Silsileh (Gate of the Chain), the southern one of the two; western wall (central part), Bab al-Magharbeh/Maghariba (Moroccans' Gate/Gate of the Moors); western wall (southern third); the only entrance for non-Muslims. The present site is a flat plaza surrounded by retaining walls (including the Western Wall), which were originally built by King Herod in the first century BCE for an expansion of the Second Jewish Temple. The Israeli police manage the Temple Mount, standing guard at the entrances and exits. (2009). The copy and shadow is no longer needed. [175] The Bible also mentions several other buildings constructed by Solomon at the site, including the royal palace, the "House of the Lebanon Forest", the "Hall of Pillars", the "Hall of Throne" and the "House of Pharaoh's Daughter". If you mean the al-Aqsa mosque, it was opened in 705CE, 73 years after the death of the Prophet Muhammad. [177] Alternatively, Na'aman suggested that Solomon built the Temple on a much smaller scale than the one described in the Bible, which was enlarged or rebuilt during the 8th century BCE. This was probably by Baldwin II of Jerusalem and Warmund, Patriarch of Jerusalem at the Council of Nablus in January 1120. Shortly before the Byzantines took the area back five years later in 615, the Persians gave control to the Christian population, who tore down the partially built Jewish Temple edifice and turned it into a garbage dump,[209] which is what it was when the Rashidun Caliph Umar took the city in 637. "[33], The term Har haBayt commonly translated as "Temple Mount" in English was first used in the books of Micah (4:1) and Jeremiah (26:18) literally as "Mount of the House", a literary variation of the longer phrase "Mountain of the House of the Lord" the abbreviation was not used again in the later books of the Hebrew Bible[34] or in the New Testament. Of these, the most notable are (numbering traditionally follows Wilson's scheme[286]): The retaining walls of the platform contain several gateways, all currently blocked. 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. In the New Testament, Herod's Temple was the site of several events in the life of Jesus, and Christian loyalty to the site as a focal point remained long after his death. Built in the seventh century, it actually was only covered in gold in 1962. (The Mosque of Omer was built at the end of the Seventh Century 16 centuries after Solomon's Temple was built.) Jerusalem is a city located in modern-day Israel and is considered by many to be one of the holiest places in the world. "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). [303][316][317], "Al-Aqsa Mosque compound" redirects here. During the Second Temple Period, Jerusalem was the center of religious and national life for Jews, including those in the Diaspora. In an article in the Saudi news outlet Okaz, Yamani claims that the mosque is actually located in Al Ju'ranah, near Mecca in Saudi Arabia. [78] In around 19 BCE, Herod the Great extended the Mount's natural plateau by enclosing the area with four massive retaining walls and filling the voids. According to Islam, Mohammed flew from Mecca to Jerusalem on a winged horse which landed atop the Western Wall. [226] The Muslims objected to Dayan's offer, as they completely rejected the Israeli conquest of Jerusalem and the Mount. There are no contemporary records, but many traditions, about the origin of the main Islamic buildings on the mount. [2] The courtyard (sahn)[20] can host more than 400,000 worshippers, making it one of the largest mosques in the world. It was built over the Foundation Stone, the site of the historic Jewish Temple. King Hezekiah built a square Temple Mount (yellow walls) around the site of the Temple, which he also renewed. In 638 C.E. The mosque was built on top of the Temple Mount, known as the Al Aqsa Compound or Haram esh-Sharif in Islam. [76], The Temple Mount forms the northern portion of a very narrow spur of hill that slopes sharply downward from north to south. To the Jews it is known as Har HaMoriyah ("Mount Moriah") and Har HaBayit ("Temple Mount"); to Muslims it is known as Haram el Sharif ("the Sacred Noble Sanctuary"). 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. The Western Wall was to remain the Jewish place of prayer. It took the Romans four months to defeat the Temple Mount's defenders and take the site. 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. The double and triple gates (the Huldah Gates) are more substantial; heading into the Mount for some distance they each finally have steps rising to the surface just north of al-Aqsa Mosque. [129], During the Byzantine era, Jerusalem was primarily Christian and pilgrims came by the tens of thousands to experience the places where Jesus walked. David subsequently the site for a future temple to replace the Tabernacle and house the Ark of the Covenant;[103][104] God forbade him from building it, however, because he had "shed much blood". The Knights Templar, who believed the Dome of the Rock was the site of the Solomon's Temple, gave it the name "Templum Domini" and set up their headquarters in al-Aqsa Mosque adjacent to the Dome for much of the 12th century. There are several Mamluk buildings on and around the Haram esplanade, such as the late 15th-century al-Ashrafiyya Madrasa and Sabil (fountain) of Qaitbay. [49] The name later migrated for a last time, this time to Jerusalem's Western Hill. After him his son, the Prophet Solomon built a mosque in Jerusalem according to the revelation that he received from Allah. Saladin captured Jerusalem in 1187 and restored the mosque. [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. From Karnak which is the largest temple ever built and took over 1500 years to complete to the Temples of Philae which was the centre for worship of the goddess of Isis, the temples are not to be missed. God answered his prayers and stopped the plague. The term "Noble Sanctuary" or "Haram al-Sharif", as it was called later by the Mamluks and Ottomans, refers to the whole area that surrounds that Rock.[216]. One who is ritually impure through direct or in-direct contact of the dead cannot walk in the higher sanctified areas. But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him. Following the Ottoman conquest of Palestine in 1516, the Ottoman authorities continued the policy of prohibiting non-Muslims from setting foot on the Temple Mount until the early 19th century, when non-Muslims were again permitted to visit the site. [36] The term Har haBayt is used throughout the Mishnah and later Talmudic texts. [174] The First Temple is believed to have once been a part of a much larger royal complex. The Al Aqsa Mosque rests on the far southern side of the Mount, facing Mecca. [284], The large courtyard (sahn)[20] can host more than 400,000 worshippers, making it one of the largest mosques in the world. [226] He wrote: The basic principle is that every Jew has the right to enter the Temple Mount, to pray there, and to have communion with his maker. This fact was written by great Muslim writers such as Omar ibn Khatir and in the book by Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, The History of the . The attempt was blocked by Israeli authorities but demonstrators were widely reported as having stoned Jews at the Western Wall. Due to the extreme political sensitivity of the site, no real archaeological excavations have ever been conducted on the Temple Mount itself. In April 70, the Roman army under Titus reached Jerusalem and began besieging the city. Just like the Dome of the Rock was built to overshadow the rotunda of the Holy Sepulcher . [213] The first known eyewitness testimony is that of the pilgrim Arculf who visited about 670. The Al Aqsa Mosque is Islam's third holiest site. After he departed this world, it was destroyed by the Romans in the year 70 CE." [227], On 28 September 2000, then-opposition leader of Israel Ariel Sharon and members of the Likud Party, along with 1,000 armed guards, visited the al-Aqsa compound. Historic Cities of the Islamic World edited by Clifford Edmund Bosworth P: 226. [16][17][18], Among Muslims, the whole plaza is revered as "the Noble Sanctuary" or as the al-Aqsa Mosque, the second oldest mosque in Islam,[19] and one of the three Sacred Mosques, the holiest sites in Islam. [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. : the Western Attitude Towards Islamic Epigraphy in 17th-Century Jerusalem. Cistern 16/17 (located at the centre of the far northern end of the Temple Mount). King Solomon built the First Temple on the top of Mount Moriah which is visible in the center of this drawing. 2010. The Jews never had a temple in Jerusalem - ever. Jews call the area the "Temple Mount," claiming it was the site of two Jewish temples in ancient times. [251][252] In October 2021, a Jewish man, Aryeh Lippo, who was banned by Israeli police from the Temple Mount for fifteen days after being caught quietly praying, had his ban overturned by an Israeli court on the grounds that his behavior had not violated police instructions. Indeed, Muslims declare that the site was built as a mosque since Adam and Eve. Construction of the Second Temple began under Cyrus in around 538 BCE and was completed in 516 BCE. [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. Both terms are in use in the Book of Maccabees. Busse, H. (1968). 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]. Among both Sunni and Shia Muslims,[citation needed] the entire plaza, known as the al-Aqsa Mosque, also known as Haram al-Sharif or "the Noble Sanctuary", is considered the third holiest site in Islam. [254] A higher Israel court quickly reversed the lower court's ruling.[255]. After capturing the old city of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount in the Six-Day War in June 1967, Israel left the administration of the Temple Mount under Muslim control while maintaining its military control. God wants the temple gone, not because Judaism is destroyed, but because in Jesus it is fulfilled. The former UN envoy to Jerusalem, Raymond M. Lemaire, criticised "the construction of a metallic pergola in the middle of the courtyard of one of the Umayyad palaces, which disfigures the site." It is located above the Western Wall, part of an . During the 1930s and 1940s, large-scale restoration of the . The sanctity of Jerusalem in Islam. Reich, R. and Billig, Y. [144] The term Bayt al-Maqdis (or Bayt al-Muqaddas), which frequently appears as a name of Jerusalem in early Islamic sources, is a cognate of the Hebrew term bt ha-miqdsh ( ), the Temple in Jerusalem. The site, along with the whole of East Jerusalem (which includes the Old City), was controlled by Jordan from 1948 until 1967, and has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967. Le. A.D. 1099: Jerusalem is retaken by Crusaders, who convert the Al-Aqsa Mosque into a palace and the Dome of the Rock into a church. [204], Constantine's nephew Emperor Julian granted permission in the year 363 for the Jews to rebuild the Temple. "Furthest Mosque"), corresponding to the Islamic belief of Muhammad's miraculous nocturnal journey as recounted in the Quran and hadith. On 7 June 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israeli forces advanced beyond the 1949 Armistice Agreement Line into West Bank territories, taking control of the Old City of Jerusalem, inclusive of the Temple Mount. 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