Al-Aqsa Mosque is a mosque in Jerusalem, located at the terminal point of the Prophet Muhammad’s Isra’ journey from Mecca. It stands near the Dome of the Rock on Al-Haram al-Sharif (the plaza known to Jews as the Temple Mount). The site’s significance
One day after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Palestinians celebrated in Gaza while Israeli forces dispersed a protest at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday. Tens of thousands ...
In Jerusalem, the Red Crescent says more than 300 Palestinian protesters have been injured by Israeli security forces. Police fired tear gas and rubber-coated bullets in and around the al-Aqsa mosque during a fourth day of clashes. Reporter Stephanie Freid with more from Jerusalem. ...
He said the incident is part of the Israeli government's continued violations of the historical status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, is administered by the Jerusalem Awqaf Department, an Islamic religious trust affiliated with Jordan. Jews revere the s...
Ben-Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound earlier Thursday, urging to press ahead with the war against Hamas in Gaza "until victory." This is Ben-Gvir's second visit to the flashpoint site, known to Jews as Temple Mount, since the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out ...
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The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound holds sacred significance for both Muslims and Jews and has long been a flashpoint for deadly violence between the two sides. Under the status quo, non-Muslim worshippers may visit the site in the heart of the Old City but are not allowed to pray there. Ben-Gv...
CAIRO, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Egypt condemned on Monday remarks by Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir about building a synagogue inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. Egypt demanded that Israel legally adhere to the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and re...
TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA)– The secretary of Guardian Council said that mosques especially al-Aqsa Mosque are the biggest stronghold against the criminal Zionist regime by keeping sacred concepts such as resistance against oppressors alive in society.
從橄欖山上拍的銀頂寺(遠寺、阿克撒清真寺Al-aqsa Mosque) 穿過種著香柏木的園子,來到了伊斯蘭教徒的潔淨池,在進清真寺前必須要潔淨自己。 在左手邊的是圓頂清真寺(Dome of the Rock)、奧瑪清真寺、磐石清真寺,或是俗名金頂寺。(畢竟也有個銀頂的了)。它是7世紀時由伍麥葉王朝(Ummayad)的哈里發Al-Malik所...