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Al-Aqsa Mosque fire

1969 arson attack in Jerusalem
Event arson Q12406927

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
arson, attack on mosque, arson attack, conflagration[4][5][6]
Country
Palestine[3]
Location
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Masjid Al-Aqsa, Old City of Jerusalem[7][8][9]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 31.776°, 35.236°
Duration
+7[18]
Destroyed
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Minbar of Saladin[19][20]
End time
August 21, 1969[12]
Has cause
arson, destruction[14][15]
Has effect
pollution, lockdown[16][17]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Jerusalem[2]
Perpetrator
Denis Michael Rohan[21]
Point in time
August 21, 1969[13]
Start time
August 21, 1969[11]
Target
Al-Aqsa Mosque[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Al-Aqsa mosque fire en Al-Aqsa Mosque fire ar حريق المسجد الأقصى he הצתת מסגד אל-אקצא he הצתת מסגד אל אקצה id Pembakaran Masjid Al-Aqsa tr 1969 Mescid-i Aksa'nın Yakılması
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Dan Hadani collection (990044400880205171).jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
29505298n
Dailymotion video ID
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EU Knowledge Graph item ID
Rickia
Google Knowledge Graph ID
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YouTube video ID
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Location 3
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Old City of Jerusalem, Masjid Al-Aqsa
Destroyed 2
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Minbar of Saladin
Has cause 2
arson, destruction
Has effect 2
pollution, lockdown
Instance of 2
arson, occurrence
← Significant event 2
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Denis Michael Rohan
Country 1
Palestine
EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
Rickia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Jerusalem
Perpetrator 1
Denis Michael Rohan
Target 1
Al-Aqsa Mosque
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Summary

Al-Aqsa Mosque fire is an arson[1].

Related Entities

Jerusalem Palestine

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → arson, destruction
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q25235', 'amount': '+7'}
    Location → Al-Aqsa Mosque, Masjid Al-Aqsa, Old City of Jerusalem
    Instance of → arson, attack on mosque, arson attack +1
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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