al-Aqsa
Aqsa, Aksa, al-Aksa or al-Aqsa (Arabic: أقصى/الأقصى ʾAqsah/al-ʾAqsah) usually refer to either:
- Al-Aqsa Compound (the Temple Mount) or
- Al-Aqsa Mosque (the primary mosque in the compound)
Al-Aqsa may also refer to:
Organizations named for the compound or mosque
- al-Aqsa Foundation, international charity with alleged ties to the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas
- al-Aqsa Intifada, also known as the Second Intifada, a period of intensified Palestinian-Israeli violence, which began in late September 2000
- 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
- Al-Aqsa Intifada, the second Palestinian Intifada, named because of Ariel Sharon's visit to the Al Aqsa Compound (Temple Mount)
- Al Aqsa Massacre, a 1990 massacre which took place at the Al Aqsa Compound (Temple Mount)
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 Islamic honour killing in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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
See also
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