The Gate and the danger of occupation
Outside the Gate of the Moroccan occupation authorities demolished the hill of Moroccans in 2012 in preparation for the construction of a bridge of cement or iron facilitates Israeli incursions and facilitates the entry of mechanisms to implement demolition plans Mosque and building the temple place of the Aqsa Mosque, God forbid.
Location relative to Al-Aqsa
The last Gates of the mosque from the west.
Reason for the name
Called bab Almagariba attributed to Almagariba mosque of located at south of it and Almagariba neighborhood, which was leading where they were removed by the occupation forces in 1967 and converted to the arena of prayer for the Jews it was called the Wailing Square. -It is noteworthy that the Moroccan Muslims were famous for their extreme struggle with Salahaddin so he did by housing them on the western side of the mosque in order to re-Islamize the city, and then his best son Ali stopped Neighborhood of the Moroccan community and established a school known as the al Alafdalia school, but demolished with the neighborhood.
Builder
This Gate built after the establishment of the Moroccan neighborhood with the liberation of Al-Salahi, where it dispensed with Bab al-Buraq, which closed.
History
Rebuilt during the Mameluke period under the reign of Sultan al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun in 713AH-1313 AD during the renovation of the gallery from the Gate of the chain to the Gate of the Moroccans.
Shape and details
Introduced arched.