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Unique Facts You Need to Know About the Al Aqsa Mosque

Unique Facts You Need to Know About the Al Aqsa Mosque SPIRITUAL CHAT – Al Aqsa Mosque is the first Qibla for Muslims and is also the third largest holy mosque after the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Nabawi Mosque in Medina. However, for Christians, they believe that this is where Jesus was crucified and resurrected.  Meanwhile, Jews consider the Old City of Jerusalem to be the holiest place because it is where the kingdom of Israel and the Jewish temples were built.  The Al Aqsa Mosque is a complex in the Old City of Jerusalem which consists of many sites such as the gold-domed Dome of Rock (Qubbatu Shakhrakh), the Marwani Mosque, the Buraq Mosque, and the Qibly Mosque. This last mosque is usually called the al-Aqsa Mosque because it is closest to the Qibla at the Kaaba, Mecca. This complex is called the Al Aqsa Mosque or Haram al-Sharif.  Facts about the Al Aqsa Mosque summarizes that, as the holy mosque of Muslims, the Al Aqsa mosque has interesting facts that not many p