al-Aqsa

Aqsa, Aksa, al-Aksa or al-Aqsa (Arabic: أقصى‎/الأقصى ʾAqṣā/al-ʾAqṣā) 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 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) in 2000
• 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 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

See also[]

• Axa (disambiguation)

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