STORY: Outrage was sparked in the Muslim world after Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited ...

Israel's official position accepts the rules restricting non-Muslim prayer at the compound, which is Islam's third holiest ...

Far-right national security minister led hundreds of settlers in storming Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, where they loudly performed ...

Israel’s ultra-nationalist security minister has provoked outrage by praying on the Temple Mount, violating a long-standing ...

Gvir visited the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem on Sunday and said he prayed there, upsetting a delicate arrangement ...

Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshippers performed Friday prayers at Al Aqsa Mosque today, despite restrictions imposed by ...

Israel banned on Wednesday Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, from entering the Al-Aqsa ...

Israeli authorities have banned Jerusalem’s top Muslim cleric from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for six months over a ...

In the news, the al-Aqsa mosque compound is a fuse for conflict between Israel and Palestinians. But in daily life of Muslims, it's a park, holy site and, yes, a symbol of resistance.

A Palestinian man runs from tear gas during clashes with Israeli security forces in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on May 10, 2021.

Men are seen praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Laylat al-Qadr, one of the Muslim’s holiest nights, in Jerusalem, on April 28, 2022. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images ...

The Masjid al-Aqsa, or simply Al-Aqsa, means “the farthest mosque” or “the farthest sanctuary,” and refers to the lead-domed mosque within the sacred precinct of Haram al-Sharif – “the ...