Israel took control of East Jerusalem (where the Al-Aqsa Mosque is) in 1967, during the Six Day War. However, the Israeli administration chose to allow the mosque to remain under the administration of the Palestinian-led Islamic Waqf or Landtrust. The Israeli government does not "occupy" the mosque in the sense that it controls the the goings-on there.
The Al Aqsa Maszid mosque is located in Jerusalem, Israel.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque is the largest mosque in Israel according to the Israeli position on Jerusalem. However, if Al-Aqsa is not considered to be within Israel (which is the International view), there are two mosques worth mentioning. Currently, next largest mosque in israel is the Jezzar Pasha Mosque in Acre. However, construction is currently underway to build the Kadyrov Mosque in Abu Ghosh, which would be larger than the Jezzar Pasha Mosque, but smaller than the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
No Al-Aqsa Mosque is Eastern Jerusalem in the Palestinian occupied territories.
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Al Aqsa and the Mosque of Omar are situated in the Old City of Jerusalem.
It is a famous mpsque called AL AQSA MOSQUE which was used by the prophet Muhammed in his visit to God
this is because inside the al-aqsa mosque there is a rock which Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) rose to the heavens.
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the Dome of the Rock
No. The Vatican is a city state inside of Italy. The Al-Aqsa Mosque is just part of the Old City of Jerusalem and has no separate government institutions.
The first Mosque on earth is the Masjid al-Haram in Makkah(Mecca)And the next oldest mosque is al-Aqsa Mosque in Palestine.
The Islamic al-Aqsa mosque was built on top of the Temple Mount - a Jewish holy place.