Bayt al-Maqdis in Islam — a group of scholars and thinkers

A volume in the Islamic Research Academy's scholarly series at al-Azhar al-Sharif — 138 pages under the Academy secretary-general's supervision — containing three studies: "From the History of Bayt al-Maqdis" by Ishaq Musa al-Husayni, "City of Glories" by 'Abd al-Hamid Hasan, and "History Refutes the Jewish Claims" by 'Abd al-Hamid al-Sayih, with appendices publishing the Academy's statement on the 1969 al-Aqsa fire, the appeal of the 1968 Amman conference to save Jerusalem, the 1967 West Bank scholars' fatwa, and the resolutions of the Academy's fourth congress (1968). Its content is research and advocacy defending the Muslim claim to Jerusalem, presented as the book's own view.