Editing Al-Aqsa Mosque (section)

==Definition==
The "Al-Aqsa Mosque" translates into "the Farthest Mosque" in English.

[[File:Mesjid el-Aksa and Jami el-Aksa in the 1841 Aldrich and Symonds map of Jerusalem (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Extract of an [[1840–41 Royal Engineers maps of Palestine, Lebanon and Syria|1841 British map]] showing both "Mesjid el-Aksa" and "Jami el-Aksa"]]
The Arabic term "Al-Aqsa Mosque" is the translation of both ''al-Masjid al-Aqṣā''{{efn|{{lang|ar|ٱلْمَسْجِد ٱلْأَقْصَىٰ}}}} and ''Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā'',{{efn|{{lang|ar|جَامِع ٱلْأَقْصَىٰ}}}} which have distinct meanings in [[Arabic]].<ref name=Robinson>{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=E. |last2=Smith |first2=E. |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine |title-link=Biblical Researches in Palestine |publisher=John Murray |year=1841 |quote="The Jámi'a el-Aksa is the mosk alone; the Mesjid el-Aksa is the mosk with all the [[sacred enclosure]] and precincts, including the [[Dome of the Rock|Sükhrah]]. Thus the words Mesjid and Jāmi'a differ in usage somewhat like the Greek ίερόν and ναός."}}</ref><ref name=Palmer>{{cite journal |author-link=Edward Henry Palmer |last=Palmer |first=E. H. |title=History of the Haram Es Sherif: Compiled from the Arabic Historians |journal=Palestine Exploration Quarterly |volume=3 |issue=3 |year=1871 |issn=0031-0328 |doi=10.1179/peq.1871.012 |pages=122–132 |quote=EXCURSUS ON THE NAME MASJID EL AKSA. In order to understand the native accounts of the sacred area at Jerusalem, it is essentially necessary to keep in mind the proper application of the various names by which it is spoken of. When the Masjid el Aksa is mentioned, that name is usually supposed to refer to the well-known mosque on the south side of the Haram, but such is not really the case. The latter building is called El Jámʻi el Aksa, or simply El Aksa, and the substructures are called El Aksa el Kadímeh (the ancient Aksa), while the title El Masjid el Aksa is applied to the whole sanctuary. The word Jámi is exactly equivalent in sense to the Greek συναγωγή, and is applied to the church or building in which the worshippers congregate. Masjid, on the other hand, is a much more general term; it is derived from the verb sejada "to adore," and is applied to any spot, the sacred character of which would especially incite the visitor to an act of devotion. Our word mosque is a corruption of masjid, but it is usually misapplied, as the building is never so designated, although the whole area on which it stands may be so spoken of. The Cubbet es Sakhrah, El Aksa, Jam'i el Magharibeh, &c., are each called a Jami, but the entire Haram is a masjid. This will explain how it is that 'Omar, after visiting the churches of the Anastasis, Sion, &c., was taken to the "Masjid" of Jerusalem, and will account for the statement of Ibn el 'Asa'kir and others, that the Masjid el Aksa measured over 600 cubits in length-that is, the length of the whole Haram area. The name Masjid el Aksa is borrowed from the passage in the Coran (xvii. 1), when allusion is made to the pretended ascent of Mohammed into heaven from ·the temple of Jerusalem; "Praise be unto Him who transported His servant by night from El Masjid el Haram (i.e., 'the Sacred place of Adoration' at Mecca) to El Masjid el Aksa (i.e., 'the Remote place of Adoration' at Jerusalem), the precincts of which we have blessed," &c. The title El Aksa, "the Remote," according to the Mohammedan doctors, is applied to the temple of Jerusalem "either because of its distance from Mecca, or because it is in the centre of the earth."}}</ref><ref name="PEF">{{Cite book |last1=Warren |first1=Charles | url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00warruoft/page/118/mode/2up |title=The survey of Western Palestine. Jerusalem |last2=Conder |first2=Claude Reignier |publisher= |others=Published for the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund |year=1884 |location=London |page=119 |author-link=Charles Warren |author-link2=Claude Reignier Conder |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> The former (''al-Masjid al-Aqṣā'') refers to the [[Quran]]'s ''[[Al-Isra|Surah 17]]'' – "the furthest mosque" – and thus is used for whole compound of the [[Temple Mount]], also known as the Haram al-Sharif, while the latter name (''Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā'') is used for the subject of this article – the silver-domed [[congregational mosque]] building.<ref name=Robinson/><ref name=Palmer/><ref name=PEF/> Arabic and Persian writers such as 10th-century geographer [[al-Muqaddasi]],<ref name="MukaddasiNasir">{{cite book |last=Le Strange |first=Guy |author-link=Guy Le Strange |title=Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Translated from the Works of the Medieval Arab Geographers |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin |year=1890 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BxUyssIX-H4C&pg=RA1-PA94 |pages=96 |quote=Great confusion is introduced into the Arab descriptions of the Noble Sanctuary by the indiscriminate use of the terms Al Masjid or Al Masjid al Akså, Jami' or Jami al Aksâ; and nothing but an intimate acquaintance with the locality described will prevent a translator, ever and again, misunderstanding the text he has before him-since the native authorities use the technical terms in an extraordinarily inexact manner, often confounding the whole, and its part, under the single denomination of "Masjid." Further, the usage of various writers differs considerably on these points : Mukaddasi invariably speaks of the whole Haram Area as Al Masjid, or as Al Masjid al Aksî, "the Akså Mosque," or "the mosque," while the Main-building of the mosque, at the south end of the Haram Area, which we generally term the Aksa, he refers to as Al Mughattâ, "the Covered-part." Thus he writes "the mosque is entered by thirteen gates," meaning the gates of the Haram Area. So also "on the right of the court," means along the west wall of the Haram Area; "on the left side" means the east wall; and "at the back" denotes the northern boundary wall of the Haram Area. Nasir-i-Khusrau, who wrote in Persian, uses for the Main-building of the Aksâ Mosque the Persian word Pushish, that is, "Covered part," which exactly translates the Arabic Al Mughatta. On some occasions, however, the Akså Mosque (as we call it) is spoken of by Näsir as the Maksurah, a term used especially to denote the railed-off oratory of the Sultan, facing the Mihrâb, and hence in an extended sense applied to the building which includes the same. The great Court of the Haram Area, Nâsir always speaks of as the Masjid, or the Masjid al Akså, or again as the Friday Mosque (Masjid-i-Jum'ah). |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719063147/https://books.google.com/books?id=BxUyssIX-H4C&pg=RA1-PA94 |url-status=live }}</ref> 11th-century scholar [[Nasir Khusraw]],<ref name=MukaddasiNasir/> 12th-century geographer [[Muhammad al-Idrisi|al-Idrisi]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Idrīsī |first1=Muhammad |authorlink1=Muhammad al-Idrisi |last2=Jaubert |first2=Pierre Amédée |authorlink2=Pierre Amédée Jaubert |title=Géographie d'Édrisi |publisher=à l'Imprimerie royale |year=1836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BRA7AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA343 |language=fr |pages=343–344 |quote=Sous la domination musulmane il fut agrandi, et c'est (aujourd'hui) la grande mosquée connue par les Musulmans sous le nom de Mesdjid el-Acsa مسجد الأقصى. Il n'en existe pas au monde qui l'égale en grandeur, si l'on en excepte toutefois la grande mosquée de Cordoue en Andalousie ; car, d'après ce qu'on rapporte, le toit de cette mosquée est plus grand que celui de la Mesdjid el-Acsa. Au surplus, l'aire de cette dernière forme un parallelogramme dont la hauteur est de deux cents brasses (ba'a), et le base de cents quatre-vingts. La moitié de cet espace, celle qui est voisin du Mihrab, est couverte d'un toit (ou plutôt d'un dôme) en pierres soutenu par plusieurs rangs de colonnes ; l'autre est à ciel ouvert. Au centre de l'édifice est un grand dôme connu sous le nom de Dôme de la roche; il fut orné d'arabesques en or et d'autres beaux ouvrages, par les soins de divers califes musulmans. Le dôme est percé de quatre portes; en face de celle qui est à l'occident, on voit l'autel sur lequel les enfants d'Israël offraient leurs sacrifices; auprès de la porte orientale est l'église nommée le saint des saints, d'une construction élégante ; au midi est une chapelle qui était à l'usage des Musulmans; mais les chrétiens s'en sont emparés de vive force et elle est restée en leur pouvoir jusqu'à l'époque de la composition du présent ouvrage. Ils ont converti cette chapelle en un couvent où résident des religieux de l'ordre des templiers, c'est-à-dire des serviteurs de la maison de Dieu. |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719063143/https://books.google.com/books?id=BRA7AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA343 |url-status=live }} Also at {{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=G. |last2=Willis |first2=R. |title=The Holy City: Historical, Topographical, and Antiquarian Notices of Jerusalem |publisher=J.W. Parker |chapter=Account of Jerusalem during the Frank Occupation, extracted from the Universal Geography of Edrisi. Climate III. sect. 5. Translated by P. Amédée Jaubert. Tome 1. pp. 341—345. |issue=v. 1 |year=1849 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_sqAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA131 |ref=none |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719063201/https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Holy_City/T_sqAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA3-PA131&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref> and 15th-century Islamic scholar [[Mujir al-Din]],<ref name="MujiralDin"/><ref>{{cite journal |title=The Holy Land, Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Islamic Sources |journal=Journal of the Central Conference of American Rabbis  |date=Fall 2000 |pages=60–68 |url=https://www.academia.edu/6338726 |author=Mustafa Abu Sway |quote=Quoting [[Mujir al-Din]]: "Verily, ‘Al-Aqsa’ is a name for the whole mosque which is surrounded by the wall, the length and width of which are mentioned here, for the building that exists in the southern part of the Mosque, and the other ones such as the Dome of the Rock and the corridors and other [buildings] are novel" |access-date=29 May 2022 |archive-date=29 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529020617/https://www.academia.edu/6338726/The_Holy_Land_Jerusalem_and_Al_Aqsa_Mosque_in_the_Quran_Sunnah_and_other_Islamic_Literary_Sources_i |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as 19th-century American and British [[Orientalism|Orientalists]] [[Edward Robinson (scholar)|Edward Robinson]],<ref name=Robinson/> [[Guy Le Strange]] and [[Edward Henry Palmer]] explained that the term Masjid al-Aqsa refers to the entire esplanade plaza also known as the Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif ('Noble Sanctuary') – i.e. the entire area including the [[Dome of the Rock]], the fountains, the [[Gates of the Temple Mount|gates]], and the [[Minarets of the Temple Mount|four minarets]] – because none of these buildings existed at the time the Quran was written.<ref name=Palmer/><ref>{{cite book |last=Le Strange |first=Guy |author-link=Guy Le Strange |title=Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Translated from the Works of the Medieval Arab Geographers |publisher=Houghton, Mifflin |year=1890 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BxUyssIX-H4C&pg=RA1-PA89 |quote=THE AKSÀ MOSQUE. The great mosque of Jerusalem, Al Masjid al Aksà, the "Further Mosque," derives its name from the traditional Night Journey of Muhammad, to which allusion is made in the words of the Kuran (xvii. I)... the term "Mosque" being here taken to denote the whole area of the Noble Sanctuary, and not the Main-building of the Aksà only, which, in the Prophet's days, did not exist. |access-date=29 May 2022 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719063144/https://books.google.com/books?id=BxUyssIX-H4C&pg=RA1-PA89 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Strange 1887 pp. 247–305">{{cite journal |last=Strange |first=Guy le |title=Description of the Noble Sanctuary at Jerusalem in 1470 A.D., by Kamâl (or Shams) ad Dîn as Suyûtî |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |publisher=Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland |volume=19 |issue=2 |year=1887 |issn=0035-869X |jstor=25208864 |pages=247–305 |doi=10.1017/S0035869X00019420 |s2cid=163050043 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25208864 |quote=…the term Masjid (whence, through the Spanish Mezquita, our word Mosque) denotes the whole of the sacred edifice, comprising the main building and the court, with its lateral arcades and minor chapels. The earliest specimen of the Arab mosque consisted of an open courtyard, within which, round its four walls, run colonades or cloisters to give shelter to the worshippers. On the side of the court towards the Kiblah (in the direction of Mekka), and facing which the worshipper must stand, the colonade, instead of being single, is, for the convenience of the increased numbers of the congregation, widened out to form the Jami' or place of assembly… coming now to the Noble Sanctuary at Jerusalem, we must remember that the term 'Masjid’ belongs not only to the Aksa mosque (more properly the Jami’ or place of assembly for prayer), but to the whole enclosure with the Dome of the Rock in the middle, and all the other minor domes and chapels.}}</ref> Al-Muqaddasi referred to the southern building (the subject of this article) as ''Al Mughattâ'' ("the covered-part") and Nasir Khusraw referred to it with the Persian word ''Pushish'' (also the "covered part", exactly as "Al Mughatta") or the ''[[Maqsurah]]'' (a part-for-the-whole [[synecdoche]]).<ref name="MukaddasiNasir"/>

The building is also referred to as (al-)Qibli Mosque or (al-)Qibli Chapel (''Muṣallā al-Qiblī''), in reference to its location on the southern end of the compound as a result of the Islamic [[qibla]] being moved from Jerusalem to Mecca.<ref name=scholars>*{{cite journal |last=Abu-Sway |first=Mustafa |title=Al-Aqsa Mosque: Do Not Intrude! |journal=Palestine-Israel Journal |date=2013-03-31 |url=https://pij.org/articles/1644/alaqsa-mosque-do-not-intrude |quote=Not only do the Israeli occupation authorities prevent freedom of movement and freedom of worship, they interfere in defining Al-Aqsa Mosque by restricting the meaning of Al-Aqsa Mosque to the southernmost building, Qibli Mosque, rather than all 144 dunums or 36 acres. |ref=none }}
*{{cite journal |last=Omar |first=Abdallah Marouf |title=Al-Aqsa Mosque's Incident in July 2017: Affirming the Policy of Deterrence. |journal=[[Insight Turkey]] |volume=19 |issue=3 |date=2017 |pages=69–82 |doi=10.25253/99.2017193.05 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/26300531 |jstor=26300531 |quote=As shown before, Israel tried first to play with the definition of al-Aqsa as being only the Qibli Mosque building. This would give Israel an excuse to request a share in administrating the whole compound, claiming that not all of it is al-Aqsa Mosque |ref=none }}
*Yehia Hassan Wazeri THE FARTHEST MOSQUE OR THE ALLEGED TEMPLE AN ANALYTIC STUDY, Journal of Islamic Architecture Volume 2 Issue 3 June 2013, "The blessed Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa, which is mentioned in the Ever Glorious Qur'an (in Sura Al-Isra'), is the blessed spot that is now called Al-Haram Al-Qudsi and is surrounded by the great wall along with the buildings and monuments that have been built on it, on top of which is Al-Masjid Al-Qibli (covered Masjid) and the Dome of the Rock."
*{{cite journal |last=Kamil |first=Meryem |title=Postspatial, Postcolonial |journal=Social Text |publisher=Duke University Press |volume=38 |issue=3 |date=2020-09-01 |issn=0164-2472 |doi=10.1215/01642472-8352247 |pages=55–82 |s2cid=234613673 |quote=The compound is an enclosed platform, with its western portion demarcated as the Jewish holy site of the Wailing Wall. Within the com- pound are two hallowed buildings: the Dome of the Rock and al-Qibli mosque.19 Muslims venerate the Dome of the Rock as the site where Muhammad ascended to heaven, and Jews honor the site where Abraham sacrificed Isaac. Al-Qibli mosque is noted by Muslims as the initial direction for prayer before Mecca. |ref=none}}
*Omran M. Hassan, A Graphical Vision of Aesthetics of Al-Quds Architecture through the Digital Technology, International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology Vol. 29, No. 7s, (2020), pp. 2819-2838: "As shown, it is a part of the building of Al-Qibli mosque which is part of Al-Aqsa Mosque and one of its monuments with a roofed building topped by a dome covered by a layer of lead, located in the south side of Al-Aqsa Mosque towards Al-Qiblah in which the name Al-Qibli came from."
*[[Mahdi Abdul Hadi]], [http://www.tika.gov.tr/upload/2016/INGILIZCE%20SITE%20ESERLER/TANITIM%20BROŞÜRLERİ/PDF/Haram-Ash-sharief-Final-En_2013.pdf Al-Aqsa Mosque] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216194529/https://www.tika.gov.tr/upload/2016/INGILIZCE%20SITE%20ESERLER/TANITIM%20BRO%c5%9e%c3%9cRLER%c4%b0/PDF/Haram-Ash-sharief-Final-En_2013.pdf |date=16 February 2020 }}, [[Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs]]: "Al-Aqsa Mosque, also referred to as Al-Haram Ash-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary), comprises the entire area within the compound walls (a total area of 144,000 m2) – including all the mosques, prayer rooms, buildings, platforms and open courtyards located above or under the grounds – and exceeds 200 historical monuments pertaining to various Islamic eras. According to Islamic creed and jurisprudence, all these buildings and courtyards enjoy the same degree of sacredness since they are built on Al-Aqsa's holy grounds. This sacredness is not exclusive to the physical structures allocated for prayer, like the Dome of the Rock or Al-Qibly Mosque (the mosque with the large silver dome) 
*{{cite book |author=Tim Marshall |title=A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ysYpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA151 |year=2017 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5011-6833-8 |pages=151 |ref=none |access-date=17 April 2018 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719062641/https://books.google.com/books?id=ysYpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA151 |url-status=live }}: "Many people believe that the mosque depicted is called the Al-Aqsa; however, a visit to one of Palestine's most eminent intellectuals, Mahdi F. Abdul Hadi, clarified the issue. Hadi is chairman of the Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, based in East Jerusalem. His offices are a treasure trove of old photographs, documents, and symbols. He was kind enough to spend several hours with me. He spread out maps of Jerusalem's Old City on a huge desk and homed in on the Al-Aqsa compound, which sits above the Western Wall. "The mosque in the Al- Aqsa [Brigades] flag is the Dome of the Rock. Everyone takes it for granted that it is the Al-Aqsa mosque, but no, the whole compound is Al-Aqsa, and on it are two mosques, the Qibla mosque and the Dome of the Rock, and on the flags of both Al-Aqsa Brigades and the Qassam Brigades, it is the Dome of the Rock shown", he said."</ref> "Qibli" is the name used in official publications by the governmental organization which administers the site, the [[Jerusalem Islamic Waqf]] (part of the Jordanian government),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20201031114752/https://haramalaqsa.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/al-aqsa-definition-AR.pdf Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, The Administration Department of Awgaf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs, Jerusalem: Al-Aqsa Mosque]: "Al-Aqsa Mosque is a second name for al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem; both expressions have the same meaning and refer to the same Holy Site and its components; it is the place, which Allah, Exalted be He, allocated to be Prophet Muhammad's home of al-Isra', the Holy Journey at Night, and al-Mi'raj, from which the Prophet ascended to Heavens… Al-Aqsa Mosque includes the Qibli Mosque (al-Jami' al-Aqsa), the Marwani Mosque, the Dome of the Rock Mosque, al-Buraq Mosque, the lower Asa, Bab al-Rahmah, all grounds, prayer halls, corridors with all the historical buildings built on them…"</ref> and the Jordanian government more widely.<ref>[https://rcja.org.jo/وثائق/the-true-image-of-the-holy-aqsa-mosque/ Royal Committee for Jerusalem Affairs]: "Al-Musalla Al-Qibli is the large mosque building standing in the southern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, it is called so because it stands in the direction of Al-Qiblah (direction of Mecca). Its construction in its current form was commenced by the Umayyad Caliph Abd Al-Malik Ibn Marwan, the building was completed during the reign of his son, Al-Walid Ibn Abd Al-Malik. Again, this edifice is a part of the blessed Aqsa Mosque and must not be referred to as Al-Aqsa Mosque itself."</ref><ref name=JordanPal>[https://ecf.org.il/media_items/1507 Jordan-PLO Agreement on the Jerusalem Holy Sites - English (2013)]: "Recalling the unique religious importance, to all Muslims, of al-Masjid al-Aqsa with its 144 Dunums, which include the Qibli Mosque of al-Aqsa, the Mosque of the Dome of the Rock and all its mosques, buildings, walls, courtyards, attached areas over and beneath the ground and the Waqf properties tied-up to al-Masjid al-Aqsa, to its environs or to its pilgrims (hereinafter referred to as "Al-Haram Al-Sharif")"</ref> It is also the official name used by the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].<ref name=JordanPal/> It has been used by numerous international organizations such as the [[United States State Department]]<ref>[[United States State Department]], [https://www.state.gov/report/custom/40e1ae14ea/ INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORTS: Israel, West Bank and Gaza, 2018]: "The Waqf continued to restrict non-Muslims who visited the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif from entering the Dome of the Rock and other buildings dedicated for Islamic worship, including the Al-Qibli/Al-Aqsa Mosque."</ref> the [[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]] (whose role is to act as "the collective voice of the Muslim world"),<ref>[[Organisation of Islamic Cooperation]], 11 Jun 2015, [https://issuu.com/oic-journal/docs/binder1 OIC Journal - Issue 29]: "As a result of its immense religious significance, the Old City is home to a number of important religious monuments, such as the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which comprises several sacred landmarks including the Dome of the Rock, the Southern Mosque (Al-Masjid Al-Qibli) and the Buraq Wall, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher."</ref> and [[UNESCO]],<ref>{{cite web |author=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |title=39 COM 7A.27 - Decision |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |date=2022-04-04 |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/6243/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |quote=…the historic Gates and windows of the Qibli Mosque inside Al-Aqsa Mosque/ Al-Haram Al-Sharif, which is a Muslim holy site of worship and an integral part of a World Heritage Site |archive-date=30 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220530124745/https://whc.unesco.org/en/decisions/6243/ |url-status=live |ref=none}}</ref> as well as various scholars<ref name=scholars/> and media organizations.<ref>For example: [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61105497 BBC] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425094116/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61105497 |date=25 April 2022 }}, [https://english.alarabiya.net/in-translation/2021/05/26/Seizing-the-al-Aqsa-Mosque-minbar-started-the-war- Al-Arabiya], [https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/royal-directives-work-commences-renew-carpets-jerusalem-mosques the Jordan Times], [https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2016/al-aqsa-mosque-jerusalem-360-degrees-tour-4k-video/index.html Al-Jazeera], [https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/palestine-al-aqsa-islam-one-of-islam-holiest-significiance Middle East Eye], [https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170717-palestinians-wounded-in-israeli-attack-on-worshippers-near-al-aqsa/ Middle East Monitor].</ref>