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    The Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem has four minarets in total: three on the western flank and one on the northern flank. Early Muslim...
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    Al-Aqsa (/æl ˈæksə/; Arabic: الأَقْصَى, romanized: Al-Aqṣā) or al-Masjid al-Aqṣā (Arabic: المسجد الأقصى) is the compound of Islamic religious buildings...
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    The Aqsa Mosque (Arabic: جامع الأقصى, romanized: Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā, lit. 'congregational mosque of Al-Aqsa'), also known as the Qibli Mosque or Qibli Chapel...
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  • The Al-Aqsa mosque fire was an arson attack on Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, the primary prayer hall within the Al-Aqsa compound, on 21 August 1969. The...
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  • Thumbnail for 2023 Al-Aqsa clashes
    A series of violent confrontations occurred between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in April 2023. After the...
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    other name is the Minaret of Salahiyah which refers to the Salahiyah School close to it. It is one of the four minarets of Al-Aqsa, and is situated along...
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  • Al-Aqsa has been the site of frequent clashes between Palestinian Arab visitors and both Israeli security forces and Israeli groups, beginning with the...
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    الشريف, 'Haram al-Sharif'), al-Aqsa Mosque compound, or simply al-Aqsa (/æl ˈæksə/; The Furthest Mosque المسجد الأقصى, al-Masjid al-Aqṣā), and sometimes...
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    "Al-Aqsa is in danger" (Arabic: الأقصى في خطر, romanized: al-Aqṣá fī khaṭar) is an Islamic political slogan that has been used in the context of the Arab–Israeli...
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    respectively, the Masjid al-Haram (including the Kaaba), in Mecca; the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi, in Medina; and Al-Masjid al-Aqsa, in Jerusalem. Both the Umayyad...
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    more minarets were added, the ceiling was refurnished, and the floor was replaced with artificial stone and marble. The Mas'a gallery (As-Safa and Al-Marwah)...
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    a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem, also known as the al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf or Al-Aqsa, contains twelve gates. One of the gates, Bab as-Sarai, is currently...
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  • Wiley/National Geographic College Atlas of the World. Wiley. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-471-74117-6. Retrieved 15 June 2022. Al 'Aqsa is the second oldest mosque in Islam...
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    the southwest corner of the Masjid al-Aqsa compound in the Old City of Jerusalem. This mosque is called al-Buraq Mosque because of a ring that is nailed...
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    of the Dome of the Rock) in a single night in the year 620. The Qur'an mentions the Al-Aqsa Mosque only once in verse 1 of chapter no. 17 (Surah Al-Isra')...
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    The al-Aqsa Library (مكتبة الأقصى Maktabat al-ʾAqṣā), also known as the al-Aqsa Mosque Library (مكتبة المسجد الأقصى Maktabat al-Masjid al-ʾAqṣā), is the...
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    lack of minarets Close-up of a minaret Islamic prayer, facing the mihrab Interior view Islam portal Netherlands portal Islam in the Netherlands List of mosques...
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    Jerusalem Waqf (category Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs (Jordan))
    The Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, also known as the Jerusalem Waqf, the Jordanian Waqf or simply the Waqf, is the Jordanian-appointed...
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    Kaaba as the qibla during the Dhuhr prayer, instead of Baytul Maqdis, which was the Masjid Al Aqsa in Jerusalem. He later announced this to his companions...
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    Mujīr al-Dīn al-'Ulaymī, who was a historian at that time, the madrasa was the third jewel of Masjid Bayt al-Maqdis (the Haram al-Sharif), after al-Aqsa Mosque...
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    affairs in Mandatory Palestine, chose Hussein bin Ali (Sharif of Mecca) as custodian of Al-Aqsa. The custodianship became a Hashemite legacy administered...
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    The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount...
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    Quba Mosque (redirect from Masjid al-Quba)
    all composed of white marble. Originally, there was one minaret, the new renovations included the addition of the other three minarets, they rest on...
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  • List of oldest minarets List of tallest minarets Holiest sites in Islam Islamic architecture List of mosques in India Congregational mosque List of largest...
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    The Aqsa Mosque (or Masjid Aqsa; Urdu: مسجدِ اقصیٰ) is the largest and oldest mosque of Qadian, India. It is situated inside the compound of the ancestrial...
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    authority in charge of the Al-Aqsa compound, who employs its own archaeologist and who at times has applied for the services of Jordanian and Egyptian...
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  • The Al-Aqsa compound sits atop the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism, and is also the site of the existing al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock...
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    reconstruction of a late Ottoman pavilion. Within the Umayyad Mosque complex are three minarets. The Minaret of Isa on the southeast corner, the Minaret of Qaytbay...
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  • The 1990 Temple Mount killings, or the Al Aqsa Massacre, also known as Black Monday, took place in the Al-Aqsa compound on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem...
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    al-Maqdis, which preserves the memory of the Temple. The Temple Mount is home to two monumental Islamic structures, the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque...
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