Whose Jerusalem? Jerusalem
Kanan Makiya, 7 February 2002
Whatever one does, one always rebuilds a monument in one’s own way. But something has already been gained if we use only the original stones.
Marguerite Yourcenar
The problem that everyone faces in writing about the Dome of the Rock is that so few ‘stones’ remain from the first century of Islam. Why was it built then; what did it mean to the Muslims who built it? We know...
