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Israeli police shoot Al-Aqsa Mosque imam after prayer
[AA.TR] The spiritual leader of the al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, was injured Tuesday by a plastic bullet after praying outside the gates of the famous site, according to Paleostinian medical personnel.The imam has just finished leading the night prayer when Israeli police attempted to disperse worshippers by force, leaving many injured, some seriously, according to the Paleostine’s Red Islamic Thingy Society. Sabri was taken to the Al Maqassid Hospital in eastern Jerusalem and his condition has not been disclosed. ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s Minister of Religious Affairs Mehmet Gormez "strongly condemned" the attack in a statement Wednesday on Twitter. "While our geography is facing tremendous pain, the incidents going on at al-Aqsa Mosque and its surroundings have been bringing any prudent man to worry greatly. I believe that they will not let al-Aqsa have the same fate as al-Khalil Mosque, cave of discretion, prudency, moderation, and peace patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph", he wrote in reference to the 1994 massacre at the Ibrabimi Msoque in Hebron where 30 Moslem worshippers were killed by a U.S.-born Jewish terrorist. The shooting Tuesday occurred just hours after Rafaat al-Herbawi, 30, was killed during protests at the mosque as tensions rise across the West Bank after Israel installed metal detectors at the entrance to al-Aqsa following a shootout Friday left five people dead. More than 300 Paleostinians have been killed in alleged attacks on Israelis or in festivities with Israeli forces since October 2015, according to Paleostinian figures. Posted by: Fred 2017-07-19 |
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