The blessed Aqsa Mosque has, for months, been witnessing a rapid escalation in the pace of incursions carried out by ...
Samar Hazboun / Samar Hazboun for NPR At 7 a.m. every weekday, the large green doors of the mosque at the Al-Aqsa compound, usually wide open, close with a bang as Palestinian worshippers shutter ...
At Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest site and a place at the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Muslims do so much more than pray. It is a place where they seek reprieve from the daily ...
Jewish settlers stormed the Aqsa Mosque under heavy police protection on Tuesday, performing Talmudic rituals and prayers ...
JERUSALEM – The Muslim holy month of Ramadan arrived Monday with no news of a cease-fire in Gaza, raising further concerns about tensions spreading to Jerusalem, where the Al-Aqsa mosque sits at the ...
After Hamas militants invaded southern Israel and launched a barrage of rockets at Israeli cities in a surprise attack Saturday morning, a Hamas leader named the operation “Al-Aqsa Flood,” saying the ...
Muslim access to the mosque compound has long been a point of contention as Israel has exerted tighter control. By Raja Abdulrahim Reporting from Jerusalem’s Old City As the sermon about the Muslim ...
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