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  • » Israeli Troops Crackdown on Peaceful Protest at Home of Shiekh Sabri, Arrest Two
    June 3, 2020 7:25 PM – IMEMC News
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    Israeli troops, early on Wednesday, stormed the home of Ikrima Sabri, current head of the Higher Islamic Council and former Mufti, in the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem.

    Palestinian sources in the occupied old city of Jerusalem said that the attack on Sabri’s home followed Israeli troops’ crackdown on a Palestinian solidarity protest, held by employees of the Palestinian Ministry of Waqf and Religious Affairs.

    No damage was reported inside the home of the high-ranking Palestinian scholar.

    The protest, outside of the former Mufti’s home, was in protest of Israeli troops and police harassment of Palestinian workers and guards at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound of East Jerusalem, one of the holiest Islamic shrines in the world.

    The sources added that Israeli troops abducted two protesters and took them to a nearby Israeli custody center, in the Arab-Palestinian occupied city. (...)

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    •  » Israel Bans Sheikh Sabri from Al-Aqsa for Four Months
      June 5, 2020 3:32 AM – IMEMC News
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      Israeli occupation authorities in the internationally-recognized city of occupied East Jerusalem, reportedly imposed, on Thursday, a four-month-long entry ban on Muslim scholar and Imam of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri.

      According to the Israeli order, the senior Palestinian Muslim scholar and former Mufti of Jerusalem, will be banned from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, for a period of four months, starting Thursday.

      Local Palestinian media sources reported that last Friday, Israeli occupying authorities broke into the home of Sabri in the Al-Sewana neighborhood and handed the head of the Higher Islamic Council an Israeli order barring him access to the Al-Aqsa mosque for a period of one week.

      On Wednesday, Israeli troops dispersed a peaceful protest, outside of the home of Sabri, where dozens of locals, including employees of the Al-Aqsa mosque itself, protested at Israeli authorities’ frequent attacks on the mosque, its guards and other employees.