al-Aqsa (disambiguation)

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Aqsa, Aksa, al-Aksa or al-Aqsa Aqsa Sukhera (Arabic: أقصى‎/الأقصى‎‎ ʾAqsah/al-ʾAqsah) may refer to:

  • 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
  • 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

People

  • Aqsa Parvez (1991–2007), was the victim of an Islamic honour killing in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Places

  • al-Aqsa Mosque, Islamic holy place in the Old City of Jerusalem
  • al-Aqsa University, Palestinian university established in 1991 in the Gaza Strip region of the Palestinian territories
  • Masjid-e-Aqsa, mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Rabwah, Pakistan
  • Al-Maghrib Al-Aqṣá (Arabic: المغرب الأقصى‎‎, "The Farthest West"), the ancient name of Morocco

See also

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