al aqsa

Palestinians ask UN to stop Israel aggression

Palestinians and Jordanians have urged the UN Security Council to demand that Israel immediately stop provocations and incitement against Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, warning that further escalation could lead to another crisis threatening peace in the Middle East. The warning on Wednesday followed what the Palestinians described as the[…]

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Dozens injured during Aqsa clashes

Dozens of Palestinians suffered tear-gas inhalation and several others were injured by stun grenades, shrapnel and rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound area on Wednesday, an official said. Palestinian Red Crescent official Amin Abu Ghazaleh told Ma’an that Red Crescent ambulances moved nine injured to the[…]

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Hands Off Al Aqsa, chant protesters

“Hands off Al Aqsa” – this was the loud and simple call at a protest march in Cape Town on Wednesday in response to continuous attacks on Masjidul Asqa in the occupied territories of Palestine in East Jerusalem. In support of a the Hands Off Al Aqsa campaign on social[…]

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Outrage for Al Aqsa

Pro-Palestine supporters belted out their outrage while taking to the streets of Cape Town on Wednesday against the atrocities unfolding Masjidul Asqa in Jerusalem. In a demonstration led by the Muslim Judicial Council and the Al Quds Foundation, and supported by the Jewish Voice for a Just Peace, locals vocalised[…]

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March for Al Aqsa

A few hundred people have made their way to Parliament for a protest march in defence of Masjidul Aqsa. This comes as violence continues to erupt at the mosque compound – the third most sacred in Islam. Israeli police clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside the Al Aqsa compound as right-wing Israeli[…]

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Al Aqsa and the war against Palestinians

OPINION by Ramzy Baroud Israeli decision to shut down Al-Aqsa Mosque on Oct. 30 is not just a gross violation of the religious rights of Palestinian Muslims. In fact, the rights of Palestinian Muslims and Christians have been routinely violated under the Israeli occupation for decades, especially in Jerusalem, and[…]

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March for Al Aqsa

As Muslims around the world watch the violence unfolding at Masjidul Aqsa with shock and horror, a social media campaign called #handsoffAlAqsa has gained popularity on Twitter. Locally, the Cape Town Muslim community will march through the city’s streets on Wednesday to draw attention to the ongoing clashes between Palestinians[…]

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Far-right MP visits Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa

A far-right politician who wants Jews to be allowed to pray at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound has visited the site, defying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for restraint after clashes this week between Israeli police and Palestinians. Sunday was the first day the compound was open to non-Muslims since an Israeli-American[…]

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Only men over 50 allowed at Al Aqsa

Muslim men over 50 prayed at the Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday amid intense security, a day after Israel closed all access to the sacred compound for the first time in more than a decade following violence on the streets. More than 1,000 Israeli police were deployed around[…]

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