in reading through the history of the building, when it was put up there wasn't anything there except what had already been there all along ~ no other building stood above the level of the platform.
So, how did the erection of that building desecrate anything, unless you believe ruins left behind by Roman armies are to be treated as sacred.
Remember, when the time comes the place will be properly prepared.
16 posted on 04/20/2013 2:45:14 PM PDT by muawiyah
"how did the erection of that building desecrate anything"
It was well-known at the time the significance of the location, which is exactly why an Islamic temple was built there. Muslims have a traditional habit of building mosques over the holy sites of other religions, in order to forcibly replace them.
22 posted on 04/20/2013 3:00:15 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)