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Arson at al-Aqsa Mosque (1969)

إحراق المسجد الأقصى (1969)

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

al-Aqsa Mosque → Jerusalem

A fire at the al-Aqsa Mosque on the morning of Thursday 21 August 1969 destroyed its library and the eastern side, which the book attributes to Israeli forces. The Academy of Islamic Research met in emergency session on 23 August 1969 and issued a statement and resolutions calling for Islamic action and for the United Nations to enforce its resolutions on Jerusalem 1.

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Levant & Iraq
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196019701980
The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era

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Jerusalem

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Overview

A fire broke out in al-Aqsa Mosque on the morning of Thursday 21 August 1969, destroying its library and eastern side — an act the book calls a crime attributed to Israel. The Islamic Research Academy held an emergency session on 23 August 1969, issuing a statement and resolutions calling for Muslim action and for the United Nations to implement its resolutions on Jerusalem 1.

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al-Aqsa Mosque· Jerusalem

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Western Wall (al-Buraq wall)· al-Aqsa Mosque· Jerusalem· Masjid Al-Aqsa· al-Haram al-Sharif (the Temple Mount esplanade)· Dome of the Rock· Mosque of Omar· The Western Wall (Buraq Wall)

Sources

  1. Bayt al-Maqdis in Islam — a group of scholars and thinkers , p. 79, 102-104
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Western Wall (al-Buraq wall)

The Western Wall of the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, called al-Buraq wall by Muslims and the Wailing Wall by Jews. The book reprints the 1930 League of Nations commission's ruling, which held the wall part of the Haram and waqf property of Muslims and left Jewish worshippers free to pray there without a property right; the book holds that this settled the dispute.