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 :Almaqdisi my friend, I understand your position and your conviction over this. But please understand that this view is not universally accepted. Why do you think for years articles like this and this one included didn't call it a mosque ? Because it's widely not considered as such. Check this very anti jewish site of an agency which sole purpose is to ""defend"" the sanctuary - it too doesn't even contemplate the notion that dome of the rock is a mosque . This is a very unique piece of architecture which wasn't built as a mosque and never referred to as such throughtout many centuries.  "