Some snaps from a 2011 visit to the Old City.
The outer walls are remnants of medieval times
Reminders
Shopping
Sacred skin art?
Multi-faith souvenirs
Ancient streets
Where Umar (r.a.) prayed – so that future Muslims would not destory a sacred Christian site
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
For the orphans
Football knows no boundaries
A quaintly named entrance
Dome of the Rock
Ablution facilities on the plaza between the Dome and Masjid Al Qibli
After Jumuah at Masjid Al Qibli (a.k.a. Al Aqsa)
Outside Masjid Al Qibli (a.k.a. Al Aqsa)
Old skool
The Western Wall
New York-sponsored
Excavations under Al Aqsa
Conspiracy
Hajji greetings
Inside Masjid Al Qibli (a.k.a. Al Aqsa)
Downstairs, inside Masjid Al Qibli (a.k.a. Al Aqsa)
Inside Masjid Al Qibli (a.k.a. Al Aqsa). The alleged place where Maryam a.s. stayed
Downstairs, inside Masjid Al Qibli (a.k.a. Al Aqsa)
Masjid Al Qibli (a.k.a. Al Aqsa)
Dome of the Rock, as seen from Masjid Al Qibli
Masjid Al Qibli (a.k.a. Al Aqsa)
Dome of the Rock
Masjid Al Qibli
Plaza outside Dome of the Rock
Dome of the Rock
Plaza outside Dome of the Rock
Souvenirs from an attack on Masjid Al Aqsa
The authenticity of many claimed spots can be questionable…though I wouldn’t know about this one
Other places in this series:
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MashaAllah! How amazing this trip must have been! Now that I have gone to Makkah and Madinah, this is the next place I feel I need to go while on this earth. How were all the checkpoints and other modern day logistics, to put it nicely?
Predictably, we spent a good few hours in interrogation before we could enter. Others got questioned, though – not me. The facilities weren’t bad at all. The guards at the Al Aqsa compound weren’t too bad – though you had to prove you were Muslim before the group was allowed in. We didn’t get any other checkpoints, other than at Hebron. Shuhada Street there was segregated – like old Apartheid South Africa, except it’s the 21st century now.
Really an amazing place to visit – if you can put politics aside and just enjoy the serenity and beauty of lands that are sacred to so many.
مَاشَآء اللّهُ. I don’t think words are adequate. Please make dua that I visit there soon. انشاءالله آمين يا رب العالمين
On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 15:40, slip-sliding away….. wrote:
> Yacoob posted: “Some snaps from a 2011 visit to the Old City. Other places > in this series: Makkah Madinah Durban Cape Town ” >
Amazing, masha Allah. Thank you for sharing some of your photos with us to look into the Holy land. Jazak Allahu khayr
It was undeniably my best experience alhamdulilah, your pictures takes me back to the experience of it all alhamdulilah I felt I was in a movie with all my encounters it was very profound!!!
That it was. Way too short though. But I suppose that’s the nature of standard tours