Al-Aqsa Mosque

Context: Tensions have recently flared at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound leading to clashes that left few Palestinians wounded.
This site has been recognised as World Heritage site by UNESCO.
The site is holy for two of the three monotheistic world religions- Islam and Judaism.
- The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, also referred to as Temple Mount by the Jews, according to them two biblical temples were originally situated there.
- It the third holiest location in the Islam after Mecca's Masjid-al-Haram and Medina's Masjid-a-Nabawi.
- According to Muslims, Rock out of which the Prophet rose to heaven, is housed within the structure. The Dome of the Rock protects the rock.

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