al-Aqsa (disambiguation)

Al-Aqsa mosque compound, also known as al-Masjid al-Aqṣā, 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

  • 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 Muhammad is believed to have undertaken his night journey known as Isra' and Mi'raj

Other places

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

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

See also

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