| Another award-winning project was the restoration and modernization of four housing units, a mosque and surrounding courtyard and open spaces in the Rabat al-Din al-Basir neighborhood located near the Haram al-Sharif. The Wailing Wall--the western wall of the Temple Mount, called the Haram al-Sharif by Muslims--is considered by Jews the most sacred place in the world; the Haram is for Muslims the third-most sacred place, after Mecca and Medina. A month later, Sharon, then a member of Israel's parliament, made a provocative visit to a sacred site in Jerusalem known to Jews as the Temple Mount, and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary). |
