Thursday, April 03, 2014

On my way to the dome of the rock

 Security is tight. For non Muslims there is only a very narrow passage to enter the temple mount or dome of the rock. There are many entrances to the compound but they are only for Muslims. Under the old Ottoman law, whoever has their monument at a place is who will control the area. Hence this area is controlled by the Muslims of Jerusalem. Only the Jews refer to this area as the temple mount. Ask a Muslim, 'they will deny that there were temples here before! In the picture above, one can see a brown overhead bridge, that is our entrance.

 The bridge starts at the same entrance as the Western wall except it turns into a covered bridge and go over the Western wall and into the compound of the dome of the rock.

 From the inside of the bridge I can look into the Western wall compound.
Once inside I see the awesome sight of the dome of the rock.

2 comments:

Merisi said...

Gorgeous images and great background story!

annechung said...

Thank you, Merisi.