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Introduction
For more than thirteen hundred
years Al - Aqsa has been venerated throughout the Muslim
world as the third holiest site of Islam. It was to this that
the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings upon him, made his
Night Journey from the Masjid al - Haram in Makkah. It was
from this site that he, peace and blessings be upon him,
ascended on the Miraj, his journey through the heavens to his
Lord.
For thirteen hundred years Al - Aqsa has dominated the
skyline and the life of the Holy City. For more than thirteen
centuries it was a centre of pilgrimmage for Muslims from all
over the world. For the past twenty years, its very
existence has been threatened. It is purpose of this
website to outline the history of events that has led to this
situation and the Muslim perspective on, and beyond,
it.
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This booklet was first published in
1990 By Mustaqim Islamic Art & Literature
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