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Al Aqsa
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Posted on
Jan 09 2007 8:09 AM
by
Xtrmius
The Al Aqsa Mosque was built between 709-715 A.D. by Caliph al-Waleed, son of Abd el-Malik, the man who constructed the Dome of the Rock. It is located on the southern part of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It is thought to have been built over the ruins of the first Temple, built by King Solomon.
Al Aqsa — also spelled El Aksa — means "distant place" in Arabic. This term relates to a vision of Mohammed's Ascension to heaven described in the Koran and is in reference to Jerusalem's geographical location from Mecca.
Muslims consider the Al Aqsa Mosque to be Islam's third holiest shrine after Mecca and Medina.
The Al Aqsa Mosque has been rebuilt on several occasions due to earthquake damage and was also the site of the assassination of King Abdullah I of Jordan on July 20, 1951.
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