Topic: Al-Aqsa Mosque

Jerusalem orders closure of Al-Aqsa ramp

Jerusalem's city council has ordered the closure within a week of a wooden access ramp to the sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City, saying the structure is "a threat to public safety."The order was outlined in a letter ...

Israeli police enter Al-Aqsa mosque compound

Israeli police briefly entered the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound after Friday prayers and fired tear gas towards stone-throwing youths, police and mosque officials said."After prayers some of the Arab youths started throwing stones," a Jerusalem police spokeswoman said. "There were no ...

Israel restricts access to Al-Aqsa mosque

Access to Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound was restricted on Friday in a bid to prevent demonstrations in support of the Egyptian uprising after Muslim prayers, police said."This Friday, we are forbidding access to the compound to men under 50 ...
Al-Masjid El-Aqsa is an Arabic name which means the Farthest Mosque,prophet mohammad PBUH made a miraculous night journey from Al-Aqsa Mosque holds up to 400,000 worshippers at one time from Mecca to Jerusalem and to the Seven Heavens on a ...
At least seven Palestinians were wounded on Monday when Israeli troops fired on dozens of students demonstrating near a West Bank checkpoint, security officials and medics said.The security official said the demonstrators, mostly students from nearby Birzeit University, were hurling rocks ...
Israeli police battled Muslim protesters in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday after storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound -- one of Islam's holiest sites -- when protesters threw stones after the main weekly prayers, an AFP photographer witnessed.There were also sporadic clashes ...
We at  IRTOURING Offers Cultural Tours to iran , Best Iran tour, iran tours, travel to iran and more . Ummayed Mosque in Damascus, Syria The Ummayad Mosque, also known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus  transl. is one of the largest and oldest ...

Security stepped up in Jerusalem on fears of riots

Police beefed up security in Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday following reports that Jewish extremists planned to rally on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as Muslims holds prayers there.Police sealed off the only access to the compound that non-Muslims are allowed ...

Dig at Jerusalem site brings ire

Digging at Hotly Disputed Jerusalem Holy Site Angers Israeli ArchaeologistsIsraeli archaeologists on Wednesday criticized the extension of an underground cable at Jerusalem's holiest site for Muslims and Jews, saying that digging the trench defies professional standards for such a sensitive historic ...