RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Jerusalem, 17 Sebtember 2021. Palestinian Muslim worshipers perform the Friday prayer at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, Islam's third holiest site.

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Palestine's Mufti Mohammad Hussein warned last week about Israeli raids at Al Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem's Old City during the Jewish holiday season. The mufti's statement came in response to calls by Jewish groups for their followers to show up in large numbers at the Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa, the third holiest site in Islam, during the holiday period.

"Such calls are a dangerous escalation intended to change the status quo of the holy place as a Muslim-only place of worship," said Mufti Mohammad. "They are made in the context of the frantic campaign by the Israeli occupation government to Judaise the holy city of Jerusalem."

The Islamic scholar pointed out that Israel is Judaising the city and wants to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque temporally and spatially. "The ultimate intention is to prevent Muslims from getting to the mosque," he explained.


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