As clashes escalated in the Al Aqsa compound in East Jerusalem for its third day, the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) called an urgent press conference to express their protest against the “Zionist attack”. MJC president Maulana Igsaan Hendricks told journalists that the main concern within the ulema is that the[…]
Jordan’s king warned Israel on Monday that any further “provocation” in Jerusalem where Israeli police have clashed with Muslims at Al-Aqsa Mosque would damage ties between the two countries. “Any more provocation in Jerusalem will affect the relationship between Jordan and Israel” which have a 1994 peace accord, said King[…]
With a second day of skirmishes around Masjid Al-Aqsa in Jerusalem and as Israeli authorities effectively take full control of the compound, the Al-Quds Foundation South Africa has urged the local Muslim population to up awareness on the plight of Islam’s third holiest site. Reports state that 80 settlers stormed[…]
Israeli forces and Palestinians clashed for the second consecutive day at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday, with several journalists injured as Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters in the holy site. Ayman Abu Rumouz, a cameraman for Lebanon-based satellite channel al-Mayadeen, was assaulted inside a shop[…]
The director of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, said Sunday that Israel had effectively taken over the holy site, after a day of violent clashes between Palestinian worshipers and Israeli police took place there. Kiswani told Ma’an that having brought the compound under occupation in 1967, “today, the[…]
Palestinians clashed with Israeli police at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday just hours before the start of the Jewish New Year, police and witnesses said. The clashes came with tensions running high after Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon last week outlawed two Muslim groups that protect the mosque,[…]
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon announced Wednesday he has outlawed two Palestinian Muslim groups active at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. The Murabitat and Murabitun gather at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to demonstrate against what they see as increasing Israeli control over the holy site, above all visits[…]
Protesters marched following prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday to condemn “dangerous Israeli escalations” at the holy site, locals said. Protesters held signs reading “Al-Aqsa is a symbol of our religion,” and “We support Al-Aqsa with our souls and blood,” witnesses said. Demonstrators condemned ongoing restrictions at the holy[…]
The Masjid Al-Aqsa compound in the city of Jerusalem is one reaped in culture and history. It has down the centuries passed through the rule of empires such as the Umayyad Caliphate, the Templar Knights of the First Crusade, the Ayyubid Dynasty, The Ottoman Empire, and more recently the Palestinians.[…]
Israeli forces broke into Al-Aqsa mosque compound Sunday morning firing stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Muslim worshipers as they cleared way for right-wing Jews who were visiting the compound to mark a Jewish fast day, witnesses said. Dozens of Palestinian worshipers were reportedly hit with rubber-coated bullets and suffered[…]
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