The lecture will refer to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque pulpit, the most famous Islamic pulpit in design, industry and art, which was ordered by the just Emir Nur al-Din Mahmoud bin Zangi in the year 563 AH (1167 CE) to be deposited there after the liberation of Jerusalem. It was made with great care with inlaid wood and carved ivory, crafted with ornamentation and inscription by the most skilled artisans. Nur al-Din Zangi died before his wish to liberate Jerusalem was fulfilled, which took place later in the year 583 AH (1187 CE) at the hands of Saladin, at which time he ordered the transfer of this pulpit to Jerusalem, to take its proper place in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Great efforts were made across the Arab world at the highest levels to rebuild a new pulpit as similar as possible to the one that was destroyed.  But they failed due to multiple considerations, the most important of which is the formation of the complex pulpit and the method of its construction based on interlocking sections. Drawings and engineering drawings for all parts of the minbar were devised, and materials were gathered to rebuild it until it was completed in a way that matched the original in form, art and materials.