The Dome of the Rock: the Atypical Mosque


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May 19, 1999


CONCLUSION

Because the Dome of the Rock borrows heavily from a pre-existing architectural tradition it is very unique and atypical in terms of its own tradition. This is not unusual for great monuments, especially ones that come at the beginnings of new empires where it becomes necessary to borrow. That is not to say that the Dome of the Rock is not an Islamic building. Although many individual elements were not Islamic, they were arranged with an Islamic attitude and sensibility so that despite its borrowed architectural language, the Dome of the Rock still had an Islamic message. Perhaps that message was, with this great monument the Islamic empire was now legitimate.

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The Dome of the Rock http://www.erols.com/ameen/domerock.htm

Pictures of Jerusalem http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~ishaq/pal/p...

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