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    The Dome of the Ascension (Arabic: قبة المعراج, romanized: Qubbat al-Miʿrāj) is an Islamic free-standing domed structure built by the Umayyads that stands...
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    The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized: Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount...
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    located on the northwest part of the elevated platform where the Dome of the Rock stands near the Dome of the Ascension. Originally, built during the Umayyad...
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    near the Dome of the Ascension. Originally, built during the Umayyad period, the dome was subsequently destroyed by the Crusaders. In 1539, the dome was...
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    Templum Domini (category Castles and fortifications of the Knights Templar)
    Although the adjacent Dome of the Ascension was constructed as a baptistry during the Crusader period, it has since remained in the hands of Islamic authorities...
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    The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin: ascensio Iesu, lit. 'ascent of Jesus') is the Christian belief, reflected in the major Christian...
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    on the night of his Ascension into heaven, the Prophet, prayed first at the Dome of the Rock, laying his hand upon the Rock. As he went out, the Rock...
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    Jerusalem Waqf (redirect from The Waqf)
    the current Islamic edifices on the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, known to Jews as the Temple Mount, which includes the Dome of...
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    The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites...
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    Its long-term aims are to build the third Jewish temple on the Temple Mount, on the site occupied by the Dome of the Rock, and to reinstate animal sacrificial...
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  • the Third Temple has been contested by Muslims due to the existence of the Dome of the Rock, which was built by the Umayyad Caliphate on the site of the...
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    with the Foundation Stone, which sits under the Dome of the Rock mosque. Other Jewish scholars argue that contemporary reports would place the Temple...
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    al-Mušarrafah, lit. 'The Noble Stone') is the rock at the center of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It is also known as the Pierced Stone, because...
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    congregational mosque on the same axis as the Dome of the Rock, a commemorative Islamic monument. After being destroyed in an earthquake in 746, the mosque was rebuilt...
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    The siege of Jerusalem of 70 CE was the decisive event of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE), in which the Roman army led by future emperor Titus besieged...
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    Dome of the Chain (Arabic: قبة السلسلة, romanized: Qubbat al-Silsilah) is an Islamic free-standing domed building located adjacently east of the Dome...
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    other small domes stand to the northwest of the Dome of the Rock. The Dome of the Ascension (Qubbat al-Miraj in Arabic) has an inscription with a date corresponding...
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    including the priesthood and the Sadducees. The Temple was on the site of what today is the Dome of the Rock. The gates led out close to Al-Aqsa Mosque (which...
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    Rock of the Ascension Close-up of the Rock of the Ascension Chapel, the dome from inside The mosque adjacent to the former Church to the Ascension is built...
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    exist) The Chapel of the Ascension, Jerusalem The Western Wall, Jerusalem Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem David's Tomb and Cenacle: not part of the Status quo...
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    would ˹be left to˺ totally disgrace you and enter the Temple ˹of Jerusalem˺ as they entered it the first time, and utterly destroy whatever would fall...
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    According to the Hebrew Bible, the tabernacle (Hebrew: מִשְׁכַּן, romanized: miškan, lit. 'residence, dwelling place'), also known as the Tent of the Congregation...
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    and ascension, and his prophecy to return.[citation needed] The Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline epistles show James the Just, the brother of Jesus...
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    the Crusaders attributed the name "Templum Domini" ("Temple of the Lord") to the Dome of the Rock. The Hebrew name given in the Hebrew Bible for the building...
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    portion of the mosaics in the Dome of Immanuel and the entirety of the Dome of the Ascension and of several vaults in the western crossarm had to be...
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    Temple Mount entry restrictions (category Politics of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict)
    At present, the Government of Israel controls access to the Temple Mount, also known as Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in East Jerusalem's Old City, which is...
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    Beautiful Gate (category Acts of the Apostles)
    According to the New Testament, the Beautiful Gate was one of the gates belonging to the Temple in Jerusalem prior to its destruction by the Romans in AD...
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    Western Wall Tunnel (category Jews and Judaism in the Roman Empire)
    near to the Holy of Holies, assuming it was located at the traditional site under the Dome of the Rock. Beyond the northern end of the Western Wall, remains...
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    Christian holy sites. Al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock were renovated four times by the Hashemite dynasty during the 20th century. In 2016, King Abdullah...
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    in 661 CE: the al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, near the center of the hill, which was completed in 692 CE, making it one of the oldest extant...
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