Relations with the world's Christian rulers was further strained when Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah ordered the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 1009.
Odnosi sa svjetskim kršćanskim vladarima dodatno su se zategnuli kada je Kalif al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah naredio uništenje Crkve Svetog groba 1009.