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Throughout history, and in the present day, there have been various restrictions on entering the Temple Mount (known to Muslims as Al-Aqsa), which is a holy place for Muslims, Jews, and Christians. At present, the Government of Israel controls access to the Temple Mount, which is under the management of the Jordan-based Jerusalem Islamic Waqf.
The Temple Mount (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת, romanized: Har haBayīt, lit. 'Temple Mount'), also known as the Noble Sanctuary (Arabic: الحرم الشريف, 'Haram al-Sharif'), and sometimes as Jerusalem's holy esplanade, [2] [3] is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem that has been venerated as a holy site for thousands of years, including in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
When Israel recaptured the eastern half of Jerusalem in 1967, they made an agreement to allow the Jordanian (Muslim) religious authorities, called the Waqf, to retain control of the Temple Mount. And the Waqf considers Jewish prayers (or any non-Muslim prayers) to be an affront to Islam, so they forbid anyone but Muslims to recite prayers on ...
The Temple Mount viewed from southeast Map of the Temple Mount; some gates are marked on the map. The Temple Mount, a holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem, also known as the al-Ḥaram al-Sharīf or Al-Aqsa, contains twelve gates. One of the gates, Bab as-Sarai, is currently closed to the public but was open under Ottoman rule.
Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire [2] [27] The Temple including Temple Church, London [1] Inner Temple; Middle Temple; Temple Mills, Stratford, London [27] Temple Cowton, North Yorkshire [27] Westerdale Preceptory, North Yorkshire [27] Temple Cowley, Oxfordshire [1] Templars Square, Oxfordshire; Cameley and Temple Cloud, Somerset [28] Templecombe ...
Sharif Hussein's funeral in Jerusalem on 4 June 1931 King Abdullah I welcomed by Palestinian Christians in East Jerusalem on 29 May 1948, the day after his forces took control over the city King Hussein flying over the Dome of the Rock in East Jerusalem while the West Bank was still under Jordanian control, 1964
View towards the Temple Mount and other Jerusalem landscape. Entrance to the Church. The Church of Mary Magdalene (Russian: Церковь Святой Марии Магдалины; Arabic: كنيسة القديسة مريم المجدلية; Hebrew: כנסיית מריה מגדלנה) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church located on the Mount of Olives, directly across the Kidron Valley ...
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