Al-Aqsa (disambiguation) explained
Al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known as, is a religious site in Jerusalem located on the area of land known as both the Temple Mount and Haram al-Sharif by Jews and Muslims respectively.
Aqsa, Aksa, al-Aksa or al-Aqsa may also refer to:
Organizations named for the compound
- al-Aqsa Foundation, international charity with alleged ties to the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas
- al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, coalition of Palestinian nationalist militias in the West Bank
- al-Aqsa TV, the official Hamas-run television channel
- al-Aqsa University, Palestinian university established in 1991 in the Gaza Strip region of the Palestinian territories
- Jund al-Aqsa, a Salafist jihadist organization that was active during the Syrian Civil War
Events named for the compound
- Al-Aqsa Intifada, the second Palestinian Intifada, named because of Ariel Sharon's visit to the Al Aqsa Compound (Temple Mount) in 2000
- Al Aqsa Massacre, a 1990 massacre which took place at the Al Aqsa Compound (Temple Mount)
- Operation Al-Aqsa Deluge, the name for the Gazan operation as part of the October 2023 Gaza−Israel conflict
Qur'anic reference
- , lit. 'The Furthest Mosque', a place mentioned in the 17th chapter of the Quran for which the Jerusalem site is named, and from where Muhammad is believed to have undertaken his night journey known as Isra' and Mi'raj
Other places
Other
- Aqsa Parvez (1991–2007), the victim of an honour killing in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Tuvan akşa, the currency of the Tuvan People's Republic (Tannu-Tuva) between 1934 and 1944
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