Wikipedia's first sentence called it “islamic place of worship located in the christian quarter of the old city of jerusalem”. Today it says “mosque complex”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Al-Khanqah as-Salahiyya Mosque ( Arabic : مسجد الخانقاه الصلاحية al-Khānqāh aṣ-Ṣalāḥiyya ) is an Islamic place of worship located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem , north of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre . It was named after Saladin , who endowed it. As the name indicates, the complex was originally a khanqah , a place for gatherings of Sufi Islamic adherents, including dervishes . The complex today comprises the mosque as well as a school, a public sitting room, rooms for military officers, a dining room for wayfarers, small rooms for guards, and a very small room for Saladin’s spiritual retreat.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque ( ) is located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
The al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque ( ) is located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem , north of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
The Al-Khanqah al-Salahiyya Mosque ( al-Khānqāh aṣ-Ṣalāḥiyya ) is an Islamic place of worship located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem , north of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre .It was named after Saladin , who endowed it.As the name indicates, the complex was originally a khanqah , a place for gatherings of Sufi Islamic adherents, including dervishes .The complex today comprises the mosque as well as a school, a public sitting room, rooms for military officers, a dining room for wayfarers, small rooms for guards, and a very small room for Saladin’s spiritual retreat.
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islamic place of worship located in the christian quarter of the old city of jerusalem
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mosque complex
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