In 1990 , the '' waqf '' began construction of a series of outdoor '' minbar '' ( pulpits ) to create open-air prayer areas for use on popular holy days . A monument to the victims of the Sabra and Shatila massacre was also erected . In 1996 , the Waqf began underground construction of the new el-Marwani Mosque in the southeastern corner of the Temple Mount . The area was claimed by the '' wakf '' as a space that served in earlier Islamic periods as a place of prayer , but some saw the move as a part of a " political agenda " and a " pretext " for the Islamization of the underground space , and believed it had been instigated to prevent the site being used a synagogue for Jewish prayers
Sabra and Shatila massacre
Sabra and Shatila massacre
Islamization of the Temple Mount