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Israel Detains Jerusalem Grand Mufti, Bars Him From Al-Aqsa Mosque for One Week
Authorities released Sheikh Muhammad Hussein after a Friday sermon detention and imposed a one-week ban from the Al-Aqsa compound.
- On Friday, Israeli authorities banned Sheikh Muhammad Hussein from Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week after detaining him following his Friday sermon at the compound.
- Raids at the site have surged under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, violating the decades-old status quo where the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf administers the compound while Jewish worship occurs at the Western Wall.
- Itamar Ben-Gvir has led the push for Jewish prayer inside the compound, while Netanyahu backed moves in January to loosen Jewish access restrictions, insisting these do not violate existing arrangements.
- These incursions coincide with record settlement expansion in the West Bank and rising settler violence; rights groups claim more than 1,100 Palestinians have been killed since October 2023 under what they say is ethnic cleansing policy.
- This incident continues a series of measures targeting Muslim and Christian holy sites, with authorities having detained Sheikh Muhammad Hussein on multiple occasions since 2022 as Jewish extremist prayers have become routine.
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Israeli police arrest Jerusalem's top Muslim cleric, ban him from al-Aqsa
Israeli police detained the grand mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, after he finished delivering a sermon and leading Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque; he was released shortly after and banned for a week
·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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Total News Sources14
Leaning Left4Leaning Right2Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution57% Left
Bias Distribution
- 57% of the sources lean Left
57% Left
L 57%
14%
R 29%
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