JERUSALEM — The grand mufti of Jerusalem has condemned the agreement approved by Israel’s Cabinet to establish an egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall. The area next to the Western Wall is “the ...

The former grand mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, 85, arrives for questioning by Israeli police in May over a previous sermon he gave at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque — AHMAD GHARABLI A senior ...

The grand mufti, one of Egypt’s highest religious authorities, said he had visited Jerusalem on Wednesday for the first time, angering Islamist groups opposed to any step that might be viewed as ...

The statements of Khateeb came after an Israeli members of Knesset, National Union Faction chairman, Uri Ariel, visited the Al Aqsa Mosque along with his bodyguards. Ariel said that the Mosque ...

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Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and PA officials protest outside the British Consulate-General in eastern Jerusalem on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, November 2, 2021.

Adolf Hitler and the representative of the Palestinian Arabs, the Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, December, 1941. As German historian Peter Longerich explained, when Hitler met the Grand Mufti ...

A senior Muslim cleric was detained on suspicion of inciting "terrorism" on Aug. 2 after he mourned slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque, his lawyer told AFP.