Video. Israeli police closed the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem to the public on Friday, as regional tensions escalated following an Israeli strike on Iran earlier in the day.

Last year's event saw about 5,000 people attend, and organisers from Jamia Masjid Al-Aqsa, the city's central mosque, are expecting similar numbers this year.

Israeli settler incursions at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound have increased by more than 18,000 percent since 2003 when Israeli authorities began allowing settlers to bypass the Islamic Waqf management ...

Egypt has expressed its strong denunciation and condemnation of the extremist and inciting calls from Israeli settler organizations, which call for the bombing of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of ...

ALBAWABA - An Israeli incitement campaign sparked outrage on social media during the weekend after depicting the destruction of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque in an AI-generated video.

Palestinian government denounces settler threat to Al-Aqsa Mosque Foreign Ministry calls on international community to deal with ‘incitement’ to destroy the holy site seriously.

The Islamic Endowments Department in occupied Jerusalem said that some 80,000 worshippers performed the prayer in the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at Al Aqsa Mosque.

Here are the 10 oldest mosques in the world, as compiled by Muslim Memo: 1. Masjid al-Haram, Mecca (Saudi Arabia) Masjid al-Haram, also known as Masjidil Haram, is the oldest and largest mosque in the ...

This comes at a time when Israeli security agencies have advised the Israeli political leadership to impose restrictions on prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan, limiting the number of ...

In 637 or 638 CE, Patriarch Sophronius surrendered, agreeing to submit only to the Caliph. Umar cleared the ruins of the Temple Mount—then a dumping ground—and established Masjid al-Aqsa.