The Crusaders and the Jewish Allies Are Taking Our Holy Mosques

Thereare two sacred moslem mosques up on a hill in jerusalem called mount moriah. This is the temple mount to the jews, the noble sanctuary to the moslems. The dome of the rock was not visited by orthodox jews because it was regarded by them as the holiest part of their temple. But zionus, most of whom were without religious feeling, used to visit it out of an ordinary aesthetic interest. In this and other respects, the moslems of palestine were less jealous of their holy places than moslems elsewhere. I had never been allowed inside a great mosque in morocco or persia, but here, a place far holier to the is