RAMALLAH, West Bank — Find it difficult to get into Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem? Try the educational game app called Haris al-Aqsa, or Protector of Al-Aqsa, by Burj Al-Luqluq Social Center Society, a West Bank-based civil society group that aims to introduce the holy site’s history and culture.

The game, available on IOS and Android devices since February, is in Arabic, although the organizers signal that English and Turkish versions are in the pipeline. The app, developed by a team of Palestinian engineers, was financed by Turkey’s Vakti Kiraat, an Istanbul-based association that focuses on Arabic culture and language.

Muntasir Idkeydik, chairman of the Burj Al-Luqluq Social Center Society and the game’s general supervisor, told Al-Monitor that the game’s main objective is to familiarize young generations with Al-Aqsa's importance in the Islamic heritage. “We are trying to instill the identity of the mosque, Jerusalem and its holy sites in the minds of young gamers through innovative and fun means, particularly at a time that Israel is trying to Judaize Jerusalem,” he said.

Al-Aqsa, whose name literally means “the furthest mosque,” is a large structure with a gold-plated dome inside a 35-acre compound located on the top of what Jews call Temple Mount and Muslims call Al-Haram al-Sharif, or the Noble Sanctuary. The third holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina, Al-Haram al-Sharif has been the most contested piece of territory since 1967, when Israel occupied East Jerusalem, along with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.