Tag: Temple Mount
Applying the Abraham Accords to the Temple Mount
During a weekly lesson delivered from the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in the wake of the beheading of French school teacher Samuel Paty, Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Issam Amira stated that “it...
Sheikh banned from Temple Mount for lauding decapitation of teacher in France
Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Issam Amira was summoned for questioning by police over the weekend for a recent sermon in which he praised the terrorist who beheaded history teacher Samuel Paty in a Paris suburb on...
Hundreds protest at Temple Mount against Muhammad caricatures; three arrested
Hundreds of people demonstrated at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Friday against French President Emmanuel Macron and his pledge to protect the right to caricature the Islamic prophet Muhammad with three arrested for...
Temple Mount activist eyes Israel’s presidency
This summer, when Israeli President Reuven “Rubi” Rivlin’s term as president comes to a close, the Knesset will convene to elect his successor. It appears likely that Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog will throw...
Palestinian religious authorities forbid Muslims to visit Israel via UAE
The Palestinian Authority’s top Islamic religious officials have declared that any Muslims coming to Israel via the United Arab Emirates to visit the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem are “unwanted” and have issued religious rulings...
Jordan calls on Israel to ‘end provocations and violations’ on Temple Mount
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry called on Israel to “respect the sanctity” of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and end “all provocations and violations there.”
According to Jordan’s Petra News Agency, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Deifallah al-Fayez conveyed the...
Erdoğan: Hagia Sophia ‘resurrection’ harbinger for Al-Aqsa ‘liberation’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed on Friday that the “resurrection” of the ancient Hagia Sophia church in Istanbul as a mosque bodes well for the “liberation” of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. He...
What is Israel’s next move as Turks and Saudis duel over Jerusalem?
Tensions have run increasingly high between the Jordanians and Saudis on one side, and the Turks and Qataris on the other over control of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
“Turkey’s neo-Ottominism in its foreign policy...
Turkey opens new Islamic center near Western Wall
While Israel, the United States, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are holding talks about including Saudi representatives in the Islamic Waqf, which administers the Temple Mount compound, new details are emerging about a new Islamic...
Temple Mount reopens to worshippers for first time in two months
Jews arrived in droves to ascend to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Sunday morning, the first time that the sacred site was reopened to Jewish visitation since being closed due to COVID-19 concerns...