ABSTRACT
Holy sites have always been inseparable from religion (Eliade 1959, 20-65;
Smith 1987).1 One of the more famous places is the flat, walled trapezoid
located on the eastern edge of Jerusalem’s Old City. In English, it is com-
monly referred to as the Temple Mount, but the literal translation of the
Hebrew would be the ‘‘Mount of the House.’’ Judaism and Islam in parti-
cular, but Christianity also, still revere the site as holy. Consequently, the
faithful are careful to observe special religious strictures and practices there.
