{"id":4266,"date":"2025-08-07T01:17:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/israel-bans-jerusalems-grand-mufti-from-al-aqsa-mosque-for-six-months-over-gaza-focused-sermon\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T01:17:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:17:42","slug":"israel-bans-jerusalems-grand-mufti-from-al-aqsa-mosque-for-six-months-over-gaza-focused-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/israel-bans-jerusalems-grand-mufti-from-al-aqsa-mosque-for-six-months-over-gaza-focused-sermon\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel bans Jerusalem\u2019s grand mufti from Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months over Gaza-focused sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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JERUSALEM, Aug 7 — Israeli authorities have banned Jerusalem’s top Muslim cleric from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for six months over a recent sermon, his attorney told AFP on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, will be prevented from entering the holy site in the Israeli-annexed Old City until January 2026, according to lawyer Khaldoun Najem.<\/p>\n

Najem said Israeli police “did not interrogate” or held a hearing for the mufti prior to their decision.<\/p>\n

Contacted by AFP, police did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n

Hussein’s lawyer said that the ban was due to a Friday sermon the mufti gave at Al-Aqsa – Islam’s third-holiest site and a Palestinian national symbol – in late July, “which contained nothing inappropriate”.<\/p>\n

Palestinian news agency Wafa said the sermon had focused on deteriorating conditions in Gaza and growing starvation in the territory, where Israel’s nearly two-year war against Hamas has led to a dire humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n

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Israel had already issued an eight-day ban against Hussein following that sermon, Wafa said.<\/p>\n

The Al-Aqsa compound is Judaism’s holiest site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount.<\/p>\n

Israel occupied and annexed east Jerusalem and including the Old City in 1967. Much of the international community does not recognise Israel’s annexation of the area.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir publicly conducted a Jewish prayer on the grounds of the Al-Aqsa compound – a highly contentious move that violates a long-held understanding at the site.<\/p>\n

The compound has long served as a flashpoint in tensions between Israelis and Palestinians and frequently been the spark for larger unrest. — AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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JERUSALEM, Aug 7 — Israeli authorities have banned Jerusalem’s top Muslim cleric from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for six months over a recent sermon, his attorney told AFP on Wednesday. Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the grand mufti of Jerusalem, will be prevented from entering the holy site in the Israeli-annexed Old City until January 2026,…<\/p>\n

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