The Dome of Rock
Monuments are also a subject of manipulation and the Dome of Rock seems to be one of its finest examples. Located in the holy city of Jerusalem, this one monument is presently associated with all the three monotheistic faith of the city. The amount of interpolation and extrapolation done with the associated sources, in the mid of ongoing fight between the three religion or in greater sense the politics which has set its back of it has almost made it impossible for forming some concrete notions. However, the amount of study done in this area has revealed many facts but still it has led to scholarly debate. All the three faiths have weaved on their own stories which may have some element of truth but are mostly fabricated and is widely perceived among the present-day public. For Muslims, the Rock came to represent the foundation stone of the world, the Rock to which the Black Stone of the Ka'ba in Mecca would itself pay a visit on the Last Day, with the Well of Souls in the cave ...