Islamization of the Temple Mount

The Islamization of the Temple Mount is the historical process by which Muslim authorities have sought to appropriate and Islamicize the Temple Mount for exclusive Muslim use. Originally an Israelite and subsequently Jewish holy site, as the location of the First and Second Temples, the site was subsequently the location of a Roman pagan temple, a Byzantine public building, possibly a church, a garbage dump, and later the Dome of the Rock and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Temple Mount is the holiest site in Judaism, and the third holiest in Sunni Islam. rdf:langString