“the godless Saracens entered the holy city of Christ our Lord, Jerusalem, with the permission of God and in punishment for our negligence, which is considerable, and immediately proceeded in haste to the place which is called the Capitol. They took with them men, some by force, others by their own will, in order to clean that place and to build that cursed thing, intended for their prayer and which they call a mosque (midzgitha).” Source: “John Moschus (Georgian tr.), Pratum spirituale, 100–102 (tr. Garitte, 414–16). Against Mango, “The Temple Mount, AD 614–638,” 2–3, and Flusin, “L’ esplanade du Temple á 1’arrivée des arabes,” 26–28,” Already in 633-634 CE the Muslims had a distinctive religious identity. The Mosque was their place of worship not the Church.