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Al-Aqsa Mosque (lit: "the Farthest Mosque") (Arabic: المسجد الاقصى, [IPA /æl'mæsdʒɪd æl'ɑqsˁɑ/, ), also known as al-Aqsa, is an Islamic holy place in Jerusalem. The mosque itself forms part of the al-Haram ash-Sharif or "Sacred Noble Sanctuary", a site also known as the Temple Mount and considered the holiest site in Judaism, since it is believed to be where the Temple in Jerusalem once stood. Widely considered, mainly by Sunni Islam, as the third holiest site in Islam, Muslims believe that...
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