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Temple Mount/al-Aqsa flags, Jerusalem

All of Palestine is Jerusalem
We Are Coming
We are here for you, Oh, Aqsa
Friends of Al-Aqsa
Shakra/Silsilah flag
Al-Quds is a Muslen Land flag
Defend Al Aqsa flag

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All of Palestine is Jerusalem

image located by William Garrison, 16 October 2023
Source: flag seller in Gaza

A Palestinian flag with an image of the octagon-shaped golden "Dome of the Rock" (Qubbat al-Sakhrah) with an Arabic-language slogan ("filastin kuluha hi al-quds") on the bottom green stripe that translates as "All of Palestine is Jerusalem"; c. 2015. Occasionally, Palestinians will claim that some Jewish group is planning on destroying this shrine that covers a rock, from which Muslims believe their prophet Mohammed ascended into heaven ("Jannah") and returned during his horse-flying "Night Journey" (al-’Isrā’ wal-Miʿrāj) c. 621 C.E. Some Jewish groups seek to tear down this Islamic shrine and replace it with their "Third Temple". During the 1950s Jerusalem was divided into a West Jerusalem (Israel) and an East Jerusalem (Jordan), until June 1967 when Israel captured it during the "Six Day War" and re-united the city under its control. Many Palestinians desire that E. Jerusalem be returned to them for their future national capital. This flag is paraded about to remind Palestinians that Muslim-oriented Palestine and E. Jerusalem are both politically and religiously inseparable.

William Garrison, 16 October 2023

We Are Coming

image located by William Garrison, 7 November 2023
Source: https://www.haaretz.com

A variant of the national flag of Palestine but with an image of the golden "Dome of the Rock" ("Qubbat as-Sakhra") and the Arabic slogan "nahin cadmon" which translates roughly as: "We Are Coming" (i.e.:" Palestinians will liberate the Sakhra & Jerusalem from Israeli control"); c. Oct. 2023. The article was unclear where this photo was taken; perhaps somewhere in Lebanon.
William Garrison, 7 November 2023

We are here for you, Oh, Aqsa

image located by William Garrison, 22 February 2024

A green-field Muslim/Palestinian flag that depicts the golden "Dome of the Rock" [Qubbat as-Sakhra] in the middle, with an Arabic slogan at the top that is a Muslim's "Declaration of Faith" [shahada]: "There is no deity but Allah ... Mohammad is the messenger of Allah", and at the bottom an Arabic slogan: "We are here for you, oh, Aqsa". The dome (qubbat) protects the rock (sakhra) that the Muslim prophet Mohammad placed a ladder upon to climb into Heaven, spoke with other prophets and Allah, and returned. This Muslim shrine sits upon the overall al-Aqsa esplanade atop the "Temple Mount" [Haram al-Sharif] in Jerusalem. "Al-Aqsa" means the "furthest mosque" from where Mohammad lived in Medina, Arabia, c. 630 CE. Essentially, this flag proclaims a Muslim's right to "be at" or "control" the Sakhra rock near their "furthest mosque" [al-Masjid al-Aqsa], and indirectly the Temple Mount, as well as Jerusalem; c. 5 Nov. 2015.

Source: https://english.alarabiya.net/News/
William Garrison, 22 February 2024

At https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/an-arab-israeli-girl-waves-a-flat-with-a-drawing-of-the-news-photo/1507586523?adppopup=true is an "Al-Aqsa is in danger" flag.

It is a green-field flag with a large white sketch/drawing of the "Golden Dome" or "Dome of the Rock" (Qubbat as-Sakhra), and below it is the Arabic slogan: "ala'aqsaa fi khatari" (الأقصى في خطر ) or in English: "Al-Aqsa is in Danger"; c. August 2008 as seen in "Umm al-Fahm", an Arab-Israeli town 60 kilometers north of Tel Aviv. "Al-Aqsa" is an Arabic word, a concept really, as noted in the Muslim Quran (Q17:1) "The Furthest Mosque" or "al-masjid al-aqṣā" meaning: “the farther place of worship”, being that of the Al-Aqsa mosque atop the Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif) plateau in Jerusalem. The "danger" being the Muslim perception that Israelis are going to substitute Israeli (Jewish) control by expelling the Jordanian (Muslim) waqf (trust) that regulates pedestrian traffic atop the Temple Mount (Hebrew: Har haBayit). (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images.)
William Garrison, 20 October 2024

Friends of Al-Aqsa

image located by William Garrison, 20 October 2024

While "FOA" is predominant in black, beside it to the right in smaller black print is "Friends of Al-Aqsa" and just below it in grey/gray print is "Peace in Palestine".

William Garrison, 20 October 2024

Another image: https://www.foa.org.uk/campaign/handsoffalaqsa

The national flag of Palestine with the slogan "FOA" on the middle white stripe. "FOA" means "Friends of Al-Aqsa", a Palestinian movement claiming that Israel intends to expel Muslims from worshiping atop the "Temple Mount" (Haram as-Sharif), which is also referred to with the shorter moniker of just "Al-Aqsa" -- in tribute to the "Al-Aqsa mosque" that is atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Since the June 1967 "Six Day War" the Israeli government has not seized outright control of the Temple Mount, but has permitted an Islamic "waqf" (religious governing agency) to administer all religious activities atop the as-Sharif/Mount esplanade. During specified times, non-Muslims may walk around the al-Aqsa perimeter, but Jews may not pray there - although some do so surreptitiously when Israeli guards become lax in enforcing the ban. Some conservative Jews campaign that Muslim buildings atop the Temple Mount must be removed immediately in order for the Jewish "Third Temple" to be built there. However, some Orthodox Jews argue that Jews should not visit the Temple Mount until it has been religiously purified. This flag was seen in a Palestinian rally in London in Sept. 2023. The FOA has a website at https://www.foa.org.uk/campaign/handsoffalaqsa

William Garrison, 22 September 2024

Shakra/Silsilah flag

image located by William Garrison, 20 October 2024
Source: https://shopee.com.my

The national flag of Palestine with the Arabic word for Palestine on the bottom green stripe, and on the middle white stripe are images of the "Golden Dome" (Qubbat as-Shakra) and to the east the nearby smaller "Dome of the Chain" (Arabic: قبة السلسلة, romanized: Qubbat al-Silsilah), all atop the "Temple Mount" ("Harma al-Sharif" or al-Aqsa esplanade) in Jerusalem.
William Garrison, 20 October 2024

Al-Quds is a Muslen Land flag

image located by William Garrison, 27 October 2024
Source: https://www.ebay.com/itm

A green-field flag with a gold-tone, detailed image of the golden "Dome of the Rock" (Arabic: Qubbat as-Sakhra/Sakra), and below it an English slogan in light-blue lettering: "Al-Quds is a Muslen Land". [Why "Muslen" is used (misspelled or mis-translated) instead of "Muslim" I do not know. I know this misspelling is used on this flag as I have one.] The Sakhra sits atop the "Temple Mount" (Haram al-Sharif) plateau in Jerusalem (al-Quds). An invading Arab-Muslim army captured the Jerusalem area in 638CE, and since then some Muslim-dominant government ruled the Levant region until the British army captured the city from the Ottoman Empire in November 1917 -- a year before World War I ended. [The European Crusaders had limited control over some portions of the Levant between 1099-1291.] Jerusalem then became the capital of the "British Mandate of Palestine", until the British withdrew in May 1948, and the newly established Israeli-Jewish army defended the western part of the city while the Jordanian-Muslim army captured the eastern quarter. During the "Six Day War" of June 1967, the Israeli army expelled the Jordanian army from both eastern Jerusalem and all of the "West Bank" (Samaria & Judea). Nonetheless, there is an Islamist concept of: "Once a Muslim land, always a Muslim land." "Quds" in Arabic means "holy", and "Al-Quds" means "the Holy", and implies "the Holy Sanctuary" of the Sakhra shrine, and nowadays is used as a demonym by Muslims for the entire city of Jerusalem as "Madīnat al-Quds" or "city of the Holy Sanctuary", or simply shortened to just: "al-Quds". So, while only the Muslim-sacred Sakhra shrine is shown on this flag, the use of the word "Al-Quds" implies that all of Jerusalem is a land belonging to eventual re-control by Muslims. [Currently, the "Palestinian Authority" has its capital six miles north of Jerusalem in Ramallah. Nonetheless, most Palestinians desire that once the creation of an independent state of Palestine is established, that Eastern Jerusalem (including the Mount/Sharif) becomes their new capital.
William Garrison, 27 October 2024

Defend Al Aqsa flag

image located by William Garrison, 27 October 2024
Source: https://www.ebay.com/itm

A green-field flag with a simple, plain, white sketch of the golden "Dome of the Rock" (Qubbat as-Sakhra/Sakra) atop the "Temple Mount" (Haram al-Sharif) in Jerusalem (al-Quds), with beneath the dome/qubbat a white slogan in English of "Defend Al Aqsa". Although this flag shows an image of the Sakhra shrine, there is an Al-Aqsa Mosque located elsewhere atop the Mount/Sharif - which is also referred to simply as the overall "Al-Aqsa" esplanade. This plateau is regulated by a Jordanian-Muslim waqf (trust); non-Muslims may walk around its perimeter, but not publicly pray there nor enter the Muslim buildings without invite. Nonetheless, as some Muslims believe that there is a plot by Jews to seek control of this plateau for the building of their "Third Temple", this flag appeals to Muslims to defend the esplanade from possible Jewish encroachment. This flag has a hidden pole-sleeve at the left (hoist) side.
William Garrison, 27 October 2024