Jordan Sunday condemned breaking into Al-Aqsa mosque by Israeli settlers, calling on Arabs and Muslims to intervene to halt such violations, media reports said.
"Jewish settlers, a Knesset member and several radical Israelis and police members stormed into Al-Aqsa mosque and stepped on the carpet inside the mosque while wearing their shoes and chased worshippers inside the mosque," Jordan's Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister Abdul Salam Abbadi said Sunday, Xinhua reported, citing the state-run Petra news agency.
"We condemn these practices that represent a stark violation," said the minister.
The minister warned against the consequences of allowing armed Jewish settlers to repeatedly break into the Al-Aqsa mosque, adding that it is considered a "declared war" against one of the holiest places for Muslims.
The Jordanian official urged the international community to intervene in this regard.
Several Palestinian worshippers were injured Sunday and three were arrested during clashes that erupted between Palestinians and Israeli police and border guards in al-Haram al-Sharif compound in the old city of Jerusalem after Israeli settlers attempted to storm it, the Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported.
Palestinians gathered in the compound since dawn following calls by extremist settlers to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque and perform Jewish rituals in it.
Several worshippers and three Israeli soldiers were reportedly injured in scuffles; whereas three Palestinians were arrested under the pretext of throwing stones at right wing extremist Israelis and preventing them from entering the mosque, WAFA reported.
--Agencies
Why don't they understand?
When JEWS were being persecuted and suffering holocaust in EUROPE it was the Muslims who gave them land and protected them. Now they do this?
Al-Aksa Mosque
I don't know how many Muslims are aware of the fact that the Al_Aqsa mosque was built on the orignal site of the Jewish temple which was destroyed by the Romans in the in 70 CE. This link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock provides some historical perspective on this subject. I can see why Jews have such strong feelings towards their holiest site, just like the Muslims have for Mecca.
The picture you put up here
The picture you put up here in the article is not Masjid Al-Aqsa....
AL AQSA
SADDENED TO HEAR ABOUT THE ILLEGAL ENTRY OF JEWISH SETTLERS AND POLICE INSIDE THE MOSQUE.THEJ YOUNGER GENERATIONS OF JEWS MUST BE TOLD OF THEJ CORRECT HISTORY OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE BOOK AND THEY MUST BE INVITED TO SEE REASON AND ONLY BY HAVING A GLOBAL
INTERFAITH DIALOUGE VIZ MUSLIMS JEWS AND CHRISTAINS CAN THE MUSLIMS WITH DEFINATE PROOFS
AND SINGS FROM THE HOLY BOOKS CAN MAKE THESE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND REALITY.
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