Research on the Byzantine period brings forth a plethora of documentation investigating the enormous impact of Christianity on the peoples of Bzyantium and the historic councils that would shape the traditions of Christianity upheld today. Every Christian honours the belief in the Trinity; however, few know that the Trinity was decided amongst councilors under Emperor Constantine at the Council of Nicaea in 325CE (Common Era, secular form of AD – Anno Domini). Christians and Jews have long held the Holy land as the geographical centre of their belief systems and Jerusalem was at the heart of these monotheistic religions. Conversely another religion claimed Jerusalem as a sacred and integral part of their beliefs, Islam. In this paper I will investigate why Muslims esteem Jerusalem so highly which brings the focus on to the holy land area ofMount Moriah and in particular the building Dome of the Rock.
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