The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1503 page)

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Masjid
(Muslim place of assembly):
see
MOSQUE
.
Masjid al-Aqsa, al-
(‘the furthest mosque’)
.
The Muslim
mosque
built in the 7th cent. CE, on the Temple Mount in
Jerusalem
(al-Quds). It is the mosque associated with the Night Journey (
isr

) and the Ascent (
mi‘r
j
) of
Mu
ammad
, based on Qur’
n 17. 1. It is a building distinct from the
Dome of the Rock
.
Masjid al-
ar
m, al-
.
The
mosque
at
Mecca
, closely associated with the
Ka‘ba
and
Zamzam
.

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