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| | Crusader States, Kings of Jerusalem & Cyprus, Templars, Hospitallers, Israel, etc. |
 | | In Islâmic lore, the Temple Mount is where the Prophet Muh.ammad ascended to Heaven in a living dream, the "Night Journey." After the Islâmic Conquest, the Caliph 'Abd al-Malik built a great shrine, the Dome of the Rock, one of the classic buildings of the Middle Ages and one of the monuments of world history. |
 | | Nevertheless, after 1967, there began to be talk of rebuilding the Temple. |
 | | This had to be done with at least a show of legitimacy since the Templars operated directly under the authority of the Pope and in theory were not even subject to French criminal justice. |
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