Why were the christians and muslims fighting over the city jerusalem

Jerusalem is one of the holiest places in the world. It´s a holy place for the three monotheistic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The wars over the control of Jerusalem in the past - the crusades - were motivated by the desire of the Roman Catholic Church and some European monarchs to establish Christian dominion of the holy city. But it was also a holy place for Muslims. Jerusalem is where Jesus´ passion, death and resurrection took place. For Muslims, Jerusalem is the site where profet Muhammad ascended to Heaven.  

Explanation:

no statements but ok.

the statement that best describes the idea of manifest destiny that was used in the 19th century would be that "it was fate that the united states would continue to  expand westward," since people thought the us was "destined" to do so.