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Jerusalem's Temple Mount/al-Haram al-Sharif is the holiest place in the world for Jews, the third holiest place for Muslims and a constant feature in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet the gendered dimensions of inter-communal disputes over sacred space in Jerusalem, as well as in other holy places around the world, have been largely neglected, as have women's roles in these site-specific conflicts. An implicit association of women with peaceful politics and syncretic religious practices has obscured the fact that women are often key actors in inter-communal contestation of holy places. This study looks to three contemporary women's movements in and around Jerusalem's Sacred Esplanade: Women for the Temple - a Jewish Orthodox movement for access to Temple Mount; The Murabitat - Muslim women activists devoted to the protection of Al-Aqsa Mosque from Jewish claims; and Women of the Wall - a Jewish feminist mobilization against restrictive gender regulations at the Western Wall. Lihi Ben-Shitrit demonstrates how attention to gender and to women's engagement in conflict over sacred places is essential for understanding what makes contested sacred sites increasingly 'indivisible' for

Women in Judaism. --- Women in Islam. --- Western Wall (Jerusalem) --- Feminism --- Islamic feminism --- Jewish feminism --- Al-Buraq Wall (Jerusalem) --- Burāq, Ḥāʼiṭ al- (Jerusalem) --- Ḥāʼiṭ al-Burāq (Jerusalem) --- Ḥāʼiṭ al-Mabká (Jerusalem) --- Kotel ha-Maʻaravi (Jerusalem) --- Maʻaravi, Kotel ha- (Jerusalem) --- Mabká Ḥāʼiṭ al- (Jerusalem) --- Wailing Wall (Jerusalem) --- Walls --- Islam --- Judaism --- Religious aspects --- Judaism. --- Islam. --- Women of the Wall (Organization : Israel) --- Women and religion. --- Jewish women --- Muslim women --- Women, Jewish --- Women --- Religion and women --- Women in religion --- Religion --- Sexism in religion --- Social conditions. --- Jerusalem. --- Ierusalim --- Иерусалим --- Yerushalayim --- Jeruzalem --- Quds --- Ūrushalīm --- Kuds --- Kouds --- Erusaghēm --- Bayt al-Maqdis --- Jeruzsálem --- Jerusalem (Israel) --- Jerusalem (Palestine) --- ʻIriyat Yerushalayim --- Ierousalēm --- Gerusalemme --- Baladīyat al-Quds --- Baladīyat al-Quds al-ʻArabīyah --- Jerusalem Arab Municipality --- Qods (Jerusalem) --- ירושלים --- القدس --- al-Quds --- قدس --- Jerusalén