Originally Posted by Tenorikuma

I don't know if it's relevant, but there was a recent article at The Bible and Interpretation about how Jewish and Christian artists throughout the Medieval period (and sometimes right until the 20th century) depicted the Dome of the Rock mosque as the Jewish temple.

It seems that from the time it was built, Jews and Christians regarded the mosque as a continuation or reconstruction of Herod's (or Solomon's) temple, rather than as belonging to a foreign religion.