Download or read book Bayt Al-Maqdis: Jerusalem and early Islam written by Julian Raby and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the seventh century A.D., the Muslims rebuilt the former Temple Mount and created one of the most potent religious sites in the world. The articles in these volumes look at the different aspects of the architecture and the intentions of the builders in establishing this complex.