al-Masjid al-Aqsa

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ARTS - PHOTOGRAPHY - ARCHITECTURE

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ARABIC

Al-Aq?? [2] is the compound of Islamic religious buildings that sit atop the Temple Mount, also known as the Haram al-Sharif, in the Old City of Jerusalem, including the Dome of the Rock, many mosques and prayer halls, madrasas, zawiyas, khalwas and other domes and religious structures, as well as the four encircling minarets. The compound's main congregational mosque or prayer hall is variously known as Al-Aqsa Mosque, Qibli Mosque or al-J?mi? al-Aq??, while in some sources it is also known as al-Masjid al-Aq??; the wider compound is sometimes known as Al-Aqsa mosque compound in order to avoid confusion.[3] <

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