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Dome of the Rock
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Dome of the Rock
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(Placenames / Named Buildings) the mosque in Jerusalem, Israel, built in 691 ad by caliph `Abd al-Malik: the third most holy place of Islam; stands on the Temple Mount alongside the al-Aqsa mosque Also called (not in Muslim usage) Mosque of Omar


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