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1. Mosques - Al-Aqsa Mosque Al-Qibli Mosque Al-Qibli Mosque Dome of the Rock The Ancient Aqsa Al-Musalla Al-Marwani/The Eastern Basement Al-Buraq Wall and Al-Buraq Mosque The Moroccan Mosque Dome of the Ascension Dome of the Chain Dome of the Grammarians Dome of Moses Dome of Sheikh Al-Khalili Dome of the Scale Dome of Suleiman The Minarets The Arched Gates The Open and Closed Gates Leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque Sabeel Qaytbay Platforms The Islamic Museum - Abu Bakr Mosque - Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque - The Citadel Mosque - Darghath Mosque - Ad-Dissi Mosque - The Grand Al-Umari Mosque - Al-Hariri Mosque - Al-Hayyat Mosque - Al-Khanqah As-Salahiya Mosque - Al-Mawlawiya Mosque Musaab Ibn Umayr Mosque - Al-Qaimari Mosque - Qalawun Mosque - Al-Qirami Mosque - Ar-Rasasi Mosque - The Red Minaret Mosque - Sheikh Ghabayen Mosque - Sheikh Lu’lu’ Mosque - Sheikh Makki Mosque and Shrine - Sheikh Rihan Mosque - Ash-Shorabji Mosque - Sultan Barquq Mosque - As-Suyufi Mosque and Shrine - Sweeqat Alloun Mosque - Umar Ibn Al-Khattab Mosque - Al-Umari Mosque - Uthman Ibn Affan Mosque - Wali-Allah Muhareb Mosque - Al-Yaqoubi Mosque 2. Schools - Al-Arghunia School - Al-Asaadiya School - Al-Ashrafiya School - Al-Badriya School - Al-Basitiya School - Ad-Dweidariya School - Al-Hanbaliya School - Al-Jawhariya School - Al-Jawliya School/Al-Umariya School/Rawdat Al-Maaref Al-Wataniya College - Al-Kameliya School - Al-Karimiya School - Al-Khatuniya School - Al-Lu’lu’iya School - Al-Manjakiya School - Al-Muzhiriya School - The Ottoman School - Rawdat Al-Maaref School - As-Salahiya School - As-Salamiya School/Al-Musiliya School - At-Tankaziya School - At-Tashtmiriya School 3. Sufi Lodges - Al-Afghani Lodge - Ahmad Mothabet Lodge - The Crimean Lodge - The Indian Lodge - Al-Lu’lu’iya Lodge - Al-Mihmaziya Lodge/Dweik Family House - An-Naqshabandiya Lodge/Al-Uzbakiya Lodge - As-Saadiya Lodge - Al-Wafa’iya Lodge/Al-Budairi Library - Wali-Allah Abu Madyan Lodge - Az-Zahiriya Lodge/Dar Al-Bayraq 4. Ribats - Ribat Bayram Jawish/Ar-Rasasiya School/The Islamic Orphanage School - Ribat Al-Kurd - Ribat Al-Mansouri - Ribat and Mosque of Ala Ad-Din Al-Basir - Ribat Az-Zamani 5. Water Sources and Structures - Bab An-Nazer Sabeel - Birkat As-Sultan Sabeel - Hammam Al-Ein - Hammam Ash-Shifa - Hammam As-Sultan - Lions Gate Sabeel/Bab Sitna Mariam Sabeel - Sabeel Al-Wad/Al-Qattaneen Gate Sabeel - As-Silsila Gate Sabeel 6. Khans - Khan Banu Saad - Khan Adh-Dhahir - Khan Al-Fahm, Khan Al-Masref and Khan Ash-Shaara - Khan Al-Ghadiriya - Khan Al-Qadi Fakhr Ad-Din Ibn Nusseibah - Khan Al-Qattaneen - Khan As-Sultan - Khan Tankaz - Khan Az-Zait 7. Cemeteries and Mausolea - Bab Ar-Rahma Cemetery/Al-Asbat Gate Cemetery/Al-Yousufiya Cemetery - Baraka Khan Cemetery/Al-Khalidi Library - Herod’s Gate Cemetery/Al-Mujahideen Cemetery - Al-Kilani Mausoleum - Mamilla Cemetery - As-Saadiya Mausoleum - As-Sit Tanshaq Al-Mudhaffariya Mausoleum - At-Tunbagha Mausoleum - Turkan Khatun Mausoleum B. CHRISTIAN PLACES 1. The Old City Alexander Podvorie Armenian Cathedral of Saint James Cathedral of Saint Jacob/Cathedral of Saint James Christ Church Church of Annunciation Church and Convent of the Holy Archangels Church of the Holy Sepulcher Church of Saint John the Baptist Church of Saint Mark Church of Saint Mary of the Knights/Saint Mary of the Germans Church of Saint Toros Deir As-Sultan/Ethiopian Monastery Ecce Homo Arch Ecce Homo Convent and Basilica/Convent of the Sisters of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Hezekiah’s Pool Holy Family Chapel Holy Olive Tree Jerusalem Church Jerusalem Evangelical Alliance Church Maronite Patriarchal Exarchate in Jerusalem Pools of Bethesda and Saint Anne’s Church Prison of Christ, Praetorium Queen Helen Coptic Orthodox Church Saint George Church Saint Savior Monastery and Church Via Dolorosa (The Way of the Cross) 2. Mount of Olives Basilica of the Agony/Church of all Nations Bethphage Chapel of Ascension Church and Monastery of Saint Mary Magdalene Church of the Virgin Mary’s Tomb Dominus Flevit Evangelical Church of the Ascension Garden of Gethsemane Grotto of Gethsemane Russian Convent of Ascension Church of Ascension Chapel of Saint John the Baptist Saint Stephen’s Church Sanctuary of the Eleona/Church of the Pater Noster Tomb of Zachariah 3. Mount Zion Cenacle Church of Saint Peter in Gallicantu Dormition Abbey and Hagia Maria Sion Abbey/Dormition Church Saint Savior Monastery 4. Old City Environs Basilica of Saint Stephen Church of the Nazarene East Jerusalem Baptist Church First Baptist Bible Church of Jerusalem Garden Tomb Pool of Siloam Saint George Cathedral Saint Thomas Syrian Catholic Church

Jerusalem is one of the oldest and most important cities in the world. It is regarded as sacred by the believers of the three monotheistic faiths (Jewish, Christian and Muslim), and can stake a claim to possessing the highest concentration of religious sites compared to any other place on earth. For Palestinians, Muslim and Christian alike, Jerusalem presents a landscape in which past, present and future are intrinsically connected; the city also symbolizes, despite the passions, wars and rivalries it has aroused at all times, the possibilities of a future of coexistence and tolerance. Palestinians recall indeed that the Arab Muslims who opened the city peacefully in 638 acknowledged others’ identities and holy places. The pact of the second Caliph of Islam, Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, with Jerusalem Christian Patriarch Sophronious, guaranteed the protection of the Christian inhabitants and their churches. This was a rare feat of religious tolerance in the history of Jerusalem, similar to that of Salah Ad-Din Al-Ayyubi who allowed the Jews to resettle there after he defeated the Crusaders in 1187. For Muslims worldwide, Jerusalem is of utmost spiritual significance as it is home to Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of the three restricted destinations for Muslims’ pilgrimage (along with Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina), and historically the first direction of prayers (qibla). According to Muslim tradition, it is also the site where Prophet Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him] ascended to heaven from the Rock of the Ascension following his Night Journey from the Noble Sanctuary in Mecca around the year 621 (Al-Isra’ wa Al-Miraj, i.e., “the Night Journey and the Ascension”). In addition, Jerusalem includes a wealth of mosques, minarets, alleys, schools, khans, Sufi lodges, and cemeteries which are precious testimony of the fourteen-century long Islamic heritage of the city and contribute greatly to its architectural splendor, without many visitors knowing. For Christians, Jerusalem is Mater Ecclesiae (“the Mother of the Church”), the capital of Christendom, the city which witnessed the Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ [Peace Be Upon Him] and where the Christian Church was founded. This primordial religious significance is embodied in the presence of many of the most important holy places of Christianity, such as the Holy Sepulcher, the Cenacle, the Tomb of the Virgin, the Sanctuary of the Ascension, the Garden of Gethsemane, and the Mount of Olives. Today, however, the sanctity of Jerusalem stands as a major issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in an ever-increasing manipulation of religion for political goals. In the face of Israel’s endless attempts to “judaize” Jerusalem since its occupation of the city in June 1967 and to remove all roots of its Arab culture, history and legacy, it is imperative to highlight and sustain the city’s Muslim-Christian identity and presence. This book is thus intended to offer an introduction to the historical origin, esthetic aspects, and contemporary use of most of the Holy City’s Christian and Muslim sites of patrimonial and religious importance.