Bayt al-Maqdis (disambiguation)

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

• Mount Gerizim
• Temple Mount