al-Aqsa Mosque

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Al-Aqsa Mosque – It is a mosque which is considered Islam’s third most holy site after Makkah and Madinah and was completed in the 8th century atop the Haram al-Sharif or Noble Sanctuary in the Old City of Jerusalem. To Jews, the area is known as the Temple Mount, the site of the ancient Jewish temples.
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Al-Aqsa

Reuters: Al-Aqsa is the mosque built in the 8th century atop the Haram al-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Arabs also use Al-Aqsa to refer to the whole area, which houses the Dome of the Rock shrine, also. To Jews the area is known as the Temple Mount, the site of the ancient Jewish temples.

Al-Aqsa Mosque

AP: The mosque completed in the eighth century atop the Haram al-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary, in the Old City of Jerusalem; Arabs also use Al-Aqsa to refer to the whole area, which houses the Dome of the Rock shrine, too. To Jews the area is known as the Temple Mount, the site of the ancient Jewish temples.

 

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