Re: Musharraf Meets Ehud Barak in Paris.
^ but you have to understand that the Hindus in case of the Babri Mosque have a genuine issue for our temple having been so destroyed and taken over.
On the dome you mention, is it built over the jewish temple and destroyed the temple or you mean it is built in close proximity? (want to know before I answer)
The original temple was build by King Solomon.
It was destroyed in 579BC by the Assyrians. It was rebuild and again destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD during the massacre of Jerusalem in which the Romans killed over 1 million Jews.
After which only the Western Wall or the wailing wall was left intact.
Arabs took over that area in 700 AD and build the mosques on top of the temple.
There are still catacombs and various undiscovered chambers underneath the Mosques. Infact where the Dome of the Rock Mosque is build, right underneath it was the area was where the Ark of the Covenant was kept.
This area is holy to Christians as well as Jesus used to preach in the temple.