Bait al-Maqdis, Bayt al-Maqdis, or Bayt al-Muqaddas (Arabic: بيت المقدس bayt al-maqdis, 'House of the Holy'; Hebrew: בֵּית-הַמִּקְדָּשׁ , Bēṯ haMīqdāš, transl. 'House of the Sanctum') may refer to:
Locations
- Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, a biblical Holy Temple in Jerusalem (c. 10th century BCE)
- Second Temple, later known as Herod's Temple, the reconstructed Jewish Temple in Jerusalem (c. 516 BCE)
- Al-Aqsa, an Islamic religious building (r. 685–705 CE) atop the ancient holy Temple Mount
- Bayt al-Maqdis, Arabic for the 'City of the Temple', i.e. Jerusalem
Organizations
- Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, the jihadist militant group based in Egypt.
- Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis, the Palestinian rebel group active during the Syrian Civil War.
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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