[Harrison Bergeron]

The History Channel last week aired a two night mini-series on the impact of ancient Egyptian religions on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It was fascinating to see ancient sites like the first Christian monestary, St. Anthony's, and the early churches established by the Coptic Christians of Egypt. But one detail glibly glossed over in the documentary was the so-called "tradition" of Islam to build mosques square in the center of sanctified Jewish and Christian sites - directly over them in many cases. The documentary depicted this sacriligious practice as quaint and ideosyncratic of Arab culture. They didn't dare call it what it is - profane desecration.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

"The documentary depicted this sacriligious practice as quaint and ideosyncratic of Arab culture. They didn't dare call it what it is - profane desecration."

I missed that program but do not doubt your description of this practice. I didn't know about it - except about the Dome of the Rock.