all three being central to three basic faiths ,islam, judeism and christianity
2006-12-06 04:51:43 · 5 answers · asked by ton1ishere 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesualem is a special place.
But the mosque is only there because of the Temple Mount. Islam has always usurped the holy sites of other religions for their own purpose...that is, denying that the other religions ever existed.
When Pope Benedict was in Turkey, he visited a Mosque that was originally a cathedral.
Not 5 years ago, muslims seized and burned Joseph's Tomb (which housed a yeshiva) in Nablus and turned it into a mosque...and they would have done the same to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem had not the Israeli Army and internation pressure stopped them.
2006-12-06 04:57:27 · answer #1 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
They are not in the same place, same city yes, same place in the city not quite. They are all located around the same area
Called WAILING WALL, in the Old City of Jerusalem, a place of prayer and pilgrimage sacred to the Jewish people. It is the only remains of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, held to be uniquely holy by the ancient Jews and destroyed by the Romans in AD 70.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre lies in the northwest quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Constantine the Great first built a church on the site. It was dedicated about AD 336, burned by the Persians in 614, restored by Modestus (the abbot of the monastery of Theodosius, 616-626), destroyed by the caliph al-Hakim Bi-Amr Allah about 1009, and restored by the Byzantine emperor Constantine Monomachus. In the 12th century the crusaders carried out a general rebuilding of the church. Since that time, frequent repair, restoration, and remodelling have been necessary. The present church dates mainly from 1810.
The Dome of the Rock was built between AD 685 and 691 by the caliph 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, not as a mosque for public worship but rather as a mashhad, a shrine for pilgrims.
2006-12-06 05:39:20 · answer #2 · answered by Black Dragon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because when one society with one religion conquered the old society with the other religion, they would typically build their religious sites on top of the old one that existed.
2006-12-06 04:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by gg 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
location, location, location.
2006-12-06 04:54:15 · answer #4 · answered by uncle J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They wanted everything to be convenient, and why should you even care?
2006-12-06 04:56:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋