The Al Aqsa Maszid mosque is located in Jerusalem, Israel.
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No Al-Aqsa Mosque is Eastern Jerusalem in the Palestinian occupied territories.
al aqsa doors
this is because inside the al-aqsa mosque there is a rock which Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) rose to the heavens.
the Dome of the Rock
No. The Vatican is a city state inside of Italy. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is just part of the Old City of Jerusalem and has no separate government institutions.
The first Mosque on earth is the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah(Mecca)And the next oldest mosque is al-Aqsa Mosque in Palestine.
The Islamic al-Aqsa mosque was built on top of the Temple Mount - a Jewish holy place.
Sacred buildings of Islam include, but not limited to, are:Kaba in Mecca (Makkah), Kingdom Saudi ArabiaAl-Masjid Alharam (Grand Mosque) that is surrounding KabaAl-Masjid Al-Aqsa (Al-Aqsa Mosque) in Al-Qods (Jerusalem) in the occupied Palestinian lands of West bank.Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi (the prophet Mosque) in Medina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The al-Aqsa Mosque was at first a small prayer house built by the Rashidun caliph Umar. It was rebuilt and expanded by the Ummayad caliph Abd al-Malik and finished by his son al-Walid in 705 CE.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque is the largest mosque in Israel according to the Israeli position on Jerusalem. However, if Al-Aqsa is not considered to be within Israel (which is the International view), there are two mosques worth mentioning. Currently, next largest mosque in israel is the Jezzar Pasha Mosque in Acre. However, construction is currently underway to build the Kadyrov Mosque in Abu Ghosh, which would be larger than the Jezzar Pasha Mosque, but smaller than the Al-Aqsa Mosque.