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![[Jerusalem] Al-Haram Al-Sharif, Jerusalem, 5 August 2006. This is the world’s third holiest shrine to Muslims (after the Kaaba in Mecca and the Tomb of the Propher in Medina), it signifies the spot where the Prophet Muhammad is believed to have ascended](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/200610121.jpg.webp?itok=ubmzG2FS "The Haram al-Sharif, or Noble Sanctuary, known to Jews as Temple Mount, is crucially important to the two sides")
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