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the sources credit her building to Abd al-Malik
Saladin came five centuries later
the Ottomans restored, not built, her
she was built Islamically in the seventh century
the sources place her over the stone
the Rock is in Jerusalem, not Medina
the Rock is a sacred stone, not a tomb
the Rock is a stone inside the Sanctuary
the sources name her octagon and dome
she has eight sides and a dome
she is a dome, not a tower
she was built Islamically, octagonal
the sources record her early writing
her inscriptions are Arabic Kufic
her inscriptions are Arabic, not Chinese
she has old Kufic writing
the sources record her Ottoman restoration
the Ottomans restored her, not Crusaders
the sources record her restoration
the restoration is Ottoman in the sources
she was built in 691, the seventh century
she was built three centuries before the tenth
that is her restoration era, not building
she was built in Islam''s era, not before
the sources name her Islamic seniority
oldest Islamic, not absolute
she is oldest, not newest
she is counted the oldest standing Islamic building
she stayed her landmark since 691
her importance is historic and symbolic, not size
she is in Jerusalem, not Mecca
every Muslim in the world knows her
her accounts reach us from travellers and historians
books and inscriptions document her
Muslims and Europeans wrote of her
she was Umayyad-built and every age wrote of her
the sources date her completion about 691
that is the Umayyad Mosque''s year, not hers
that is Jerusalem''s recovery, not her building
that is the Hijra year, before her building
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