al-Aqsa
Aqsa, Aksa, al-Aksa or al-Aqsa (Arabic: الأقصى, romanized: al-Aqṣā) usually refer to either:
- al-Aqsa Mosque compound, also known as al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, 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. Also contains the Dome of the Rock.
- al-Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā, also known as the Qibli Mosque, a congregational mosque in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound
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)
Quran
- al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, lit. 'The Furthest Mosque', a place mentioned in the 17th chapter of the Quran (al-Isra') for which the Jerusalem site is named, and from where the prophet Muhammad is believed to have undertaken his night journey known as Isra' and Mi'raj
Businesses
- Aksa (company), Turkish company manufacturing carbon fiber, natural white and solution dyed acrylic staple fiber, tow and tops for yarn spinning and non wovens
- Aksa Power Generation, Turkish company which manufactures electric generators
People
- Aqsa Parvez (1991–2007), the victim of an honour killing in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Aqsa, American rapper and one half of iLoveFriday, best known for "Mia Khalifa"
Places
- Aqsa Mosque, Rabwah, a mosque in Rabwah, Pakistan
- Aqsa Mosque, Qadian, a mosque in Qadian, India
- Al-Maghrib Al-Aqṣá (Arabic: المغرب الأقصى, "The Farthest West"), the ancient name of Morocco
Other
- Tuvan akşa, the currency of the Tuvan People's Republic (Tannu-Tuva) between 1934 and 1944
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