"Oh be careful. I am about to be falling out".
THIRD holiest? Are you kidding me? How overrated!
Come on, anyone who has seen al-Aqsa knows that it deserves no better than sixth or seventh, even with their new gift shop. Prophet's Mosque in Madinah and the Dome of the Rock, al-Aqsa's crosstown rival, would beat al-Aqsa handily, especially on a neutral field. I'll take Ethopia's Harar (which is nothing but a "party shrine," anyway) and lay the points to al-Aqsa!
Granted, al-Aqsa has the momentum from the "Arafat factor" but still, no way they withstand the zeal of the imams at Umayyad Great Mosque in Damascus OR the Great Mosque in Kairouan, Tunisia.
Third, my ass.
"Oh be careful. I am about to be falling out".