المسجد الأقصى - Year 693

The Ancient Origins of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Al-Aqsa Mosque stands as an ancient sacred structure, hold...

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The Significance of Al-Aqsa Mosque

Al-Aqsa Mosque holds the distinction of being the Qibla (the direction where Muslims pray towards) for...

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Major Landmarks

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Key Historical Milestones

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Al-Aqsa’s Uprising

At this juncture in history, the leader of...

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Archaeological excavations

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Year 685

Completion of the construction of Al-Aqsa Mosque

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Year 691

Completion of the construction of the Dome of the Rock.

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Year 693

The Umayyad caliph initiated the construction of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and it was completed by Walid ibn Abdul Malik.

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Year 705

Completion of the construction of Al-Aqsa Mosque

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15/7/1099

The Crusaders captured Jerusalem, turning the Dome of the Rock into a church, raising their cross on it, and converting the structure of Al-Aqsa Mosque into stables for horses.

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2/10/1187

Saladin liberated Jerusalem after defeating the Crusaders, purifying the revered Dome of the Rock and the structure of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Crusaders and restoring them.

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9/2/1924

British General Edmund Allenby occupied Jerusalem, placing the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque under British control.

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16/8/1929

The Buraq Revolution began as Palestinians defended the Western Wall, resisting Jews attempting to take control.

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16/7/1948

Jews attacked the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, dropping sixty bombs on its grounds—one hitting the Dome of the Rock and another damaging the structure of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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7/6/1967

Israeli invasion forces, led by General Mordechai Gur, occupied Jerusalem, taking control of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. They raised the Zionist flag on the revered Dome on the thi...

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11/6/1967

Zionist excavations began beneath the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and in its vicinity.

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15/8/1967

Chief Rabbi of the Israeli Army Shlomo Goren and fifty of his followers held prayers in the courtyard of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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22/8/1969

Australian Jewish tourist Michael Rohan, incited by extremist Jewish factions in the government and terrorist organisations, set fire to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. The flames consumed the pulpit o...

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14/8/1979

Gush Emunim extremists attempted to storm the mosque, but citizens resisted and thwarted the attempt. Extremist Mayer Kahane and his group tried again with support from a large police force, but ov...

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11/11/1979

Israeli police fired a heavy barrage of bullets at Muslim worshippers, resulting in dozens of injuries.

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31/8/1981

Excavations beneath Al-Aqsa Mosque continued, causing a dangerous crack in the Islamic buildings adjacent to the western wall.

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13/1/1981

Members of the Temple Mount Faithful movement, accompanied by Rabbi Moshe Levinger and some leaders of the Hatikvah movement, forcibly entered the sacred precincts of Jerusalem. They intended to pr...

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11/4/1982

A sinful attack on the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli soldier Harry Goldstein. The soldier entered the mosque, randomly firing shots, resulting in the martyrdom of two citizens and the injury of...

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Year 1986

A Jewish pilot in the air force attempted to destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque, taking off in his plane with missiles, targeting the mosque. However, his attempt failed.

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10/8/1990

Israeli forces committed a massacre inside the mosque, resulting in the martyrdom of 22 worshippers and injuring over 200.

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19/9/1990

A group of Jewish extremists toured the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque on the occasion of the Hebrew New Year, and a Jew blew a horn he had near the Gate of Mercy.

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2/4/1992

About fifty individuals gathered at the entrance of Al-Aqsa Mosque, raising slogans calling for the reconstruction of the Temple in place of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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28/1/1997

Israeli excavations continued southwest of Al-Aqsa Mosque, extending westward with a height between 6 and 9 meters.

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1/4/1997

Israel seized the opportunity of sewage excavations to conduct new excavations near the Western Wall.

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17/1/1999

Former judge Menachem Elon called for the division of the holy compound in Jerusalem, considering Al-Aqsa Mosque as the alleged Temple.

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24/1/1999

The use of the Dome of the Rock in a promotional campaign for tourism in Israel in an announcement by the Ministry of Tourism of the Israeli occupation state.

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27/1/1999

Damian Vakopich, an Israeli right-wing activist, revealed plans, according to his confessions, to carry out a large-scale bombing operation to destroy the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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21/7/1999

The Israeli Supreme Court issued a decision allowing the so-called Temple Mount custodians to enter the sacred precincts of Jerusalem.

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10/8/1999

Israeli authorities closed a window in the old wall of Al-Aqsa, opened until identification and moisture treatment.

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31/8/1999