The Popular Role in Defending al-Aqsa Mosque: Ribat as a Model

Year 2021, Volume: 21 Issue: 2, 253 - 268, 15.12.2021

Sharef Abushamalla

https://doi.org/10.31456/beytulmakdis.860606

Abstract

The Ribat movement in the Al-Aqsa Mosque is one of the most popular of Palestinians’ defense of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. It has played - and still plays - in various forms, a remarkable role in obstructing Judaisation projects that aim to divide the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in time and space. The movement also maintains awareness of the issue of Bayt al-Maqdis and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Arab and Islamic agenda. This paper seeks to shed light on the Ribat experience and to document it by studying the conditions of its commencement, its course, and its role as a peaceful resistance action in defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque. It will confirm its Islamic exclusivity and the methods of the Israeli occupation in fighting it as an example of the role of popular forces in the battle to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Keywords

popular resistance, Jerusalem, Raed Salah, Murabitun, Israeli occupation, storming al-Aqsa, Al-Aqsa Partition Plan

The Popular Role in Defending al-Aqsa Mosque: Ribat as a Model

Abstract

The Ribat movement in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is one of the most popular means that the Palestinians have made in recent years to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and it has played - and still - in its various forms, a remarkable role in obstructing the Judaization projects that aim to divide the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque in time and space, as well as maintaining the issue of Baitul Maqdis and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is present on the Arab and Islamic agenda.

This paper seeks to shed light on the ribat experience and document it by studying the conditions of its launch, its course, and its role as a peaceful resistance action in defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque and confirming its Islamic exclusivity, and the methods of the Israeli occupation in fighting it as one of the expressive examples of the role of popular forces in the battle to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Keywords

Kudüs, Murabıtlar, İsrail İşgali, Baskınlar, Mescid-i Aksa, Direnç, Halk Direnişi

الدور الشعبي في الدفاع عن المسجد الأقصى: الرباط نموذجا

Abstract

تعد حركة الرباط في المسجد الأقصى المبارك من أبرز الوسائل الشعبية التي اجترحها الفلسطينيون خلال السنوات الأخيرة للدفاع عن المسجد الأقصى. وقد أدت -ولا تزال- بصورها المختلفة، دورا ملحوظا في عرقلة المشاريع التهويدية التي تهدف إلى تقسيم المسجد الأقصى المبارك زمانيا ومكانيا، فضلا عن إبقاء قضية بيت المقدس والمسجد الأقصى حاضرة على الأجندة الوطنية والعربية والإسلامية. تسعى هذه الورقة لتسليط الضوء على هذه التجربة وتوثيقها بدراسة ظروف انطلاقها، ومسيرتها ودورها كفعل مقاوم سلمي في الدفاع عن المسجد الأقصى وتثبيت إسلاميته وحصرية الحق الإسلامي فيه، وطرق الاحتلال في محاربتها كواحدة من الأمثلة المعبرة عن دور القوى الشعبية في معركة الدفاع عن المسجد الأقصى.

Keywords

المسجد الأقصى, القدس, رائد صلاح, المرابطون, الاحتلال الإسرائيلي, اقتحامات, تقسيم, المقاومة الشعبية

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