As a result of the Status Quo , the city of Jerusalem was divided into four quarters . The Temple Mount became a Muslim holy place , and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as well as various other sites were recognized as belonging to the Christian world . Despite the arguments over who would control what aspects of these sites , the Status Quo has remained largely intact from the 18th century to the present . The Status Quo was mentioned in the Treaty of Berlin ( 1878 ) . Claims that the Status Quo was being violated led to the 1929 Palestine riots . The 1929 summary of the Status Quo prepared by L. G. A. Cust , a civil servant of the British Mandate , '' The Status Quo in the Holy Places '' , quickly became the standard text on the subject
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
Status Quo (Jerusalem and Bethlehem)