updated Sat. December 30, 2023
-
Palestine Chronicle
January 19, 2018
The Israeli authorities have prevented official workers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque from undertaking any restoration work inside the mosque ... “Police have also prohibited any reconstitution work in the Al-Qibli and Marwani mosques [both of which are located in the Al-Aqsa compound],” Al-Dib added.
Daily Sabah
January 16, 2018
... al-Dib, the Israeli police also prohibited any reconstitution works in the Al-Qibli and Marwani mosques, both of which are located in the Al-Aqsa compound. "They even threatened the reconstruction director with detention if any additional work was carried out," he added. For Muslims, the Al-Aqsa MosqueÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
July 17, 2017
A number of Palestinian worshippers were wounded on Sunday when Israeli police attacked them outside the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Safa news agency has reported. The mosque was closed by the Israeli occupation authorities for three days from last Friday. According to Safa, the police attackedÃâà...
StepFeed
June 23, 2017
While Al-Aqsa is often thought of as a single building, the site actually consists of several mosques, such as the Buraq Mosque and the Marwani Mosque. ... The mosque's Dome of the Rock is said to be the first dome to ever be used in Islamic architecture, before becoming a staple of Islamic mosques.
Tablet Magazine
October 21, 2016
... or the mosques on the Mount. The only large-scale excavation in recent times was carried out by the Islamic Waqf on the site formerly known as Solomon's Stables, now the El-Marwani Mosque. The construction of the El-Marwani Mosque on the southeast corner of the Mount, directly adjacent to Al-Aqsa,Ãâà...
The Media Line
September 6, 2016
It began after the Muslim Waqf, which controls the site that is holy to both Jews and Muslims, removed 400 truckloads of soil when they expanded a mosque on the site known as the el-Marwani mosque. Israeli archaeologists were furious, afraid they had lost their chance to find many of the valuable JewishÃâà...
MuslimMatters
February 15, 2014
Yes – there are multiple mosques on the site that we know as Masjid Al Aqsa. We think of Masjid Al-Aqsa as the building at the southernmost corner of the Mosque. In actual fact, that is the Qibly mosque – so called because it is the closest to the Qibla. The whole mount is Masjid Al Aqsa and is sometimesÃâà...
Smithsonian
March 24, 2011
In 1996, the Waqf converted the area into a prayer hall, adding floor tiles and electric lighting. The Muslim authorities claimed the new site—named the El-Marwani Mosque—was needed to accommodate additional worshipers during Ramadan and on rain days that prevented the faithful from gathering in the open courtyardÃâà...
