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Over 280,000 Muslims said to visit Al-Aqsa Monday for key Ramadan night
[IsraelTimes] Worshipers celebrate Laylat Al Qadr at Old City compound; event passes without police intervention, though Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, terror group flags were reportedly unfurled by some visitorsOver a quarter of a million Moslems visited the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem on Monday night to mark a key date in the Ramadan holy month, officials at the site said. After last month saw According to the Islamic Waqf, which administers the site, some 280,000 people in total entered the Temple Mount compound for prayers during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Destiny. Police said that the crowds peaked at 130,000 inside the compound at any one time. The Haaretz daily reported that some of those who arrived unfurled Paleostinian national flags and flags of the Hamas terror group and chanted nationalist slogans. Police did not intervene and prayers passed without violence or arrests. Tens of thousands of West Bank Paleostinians were granted special permits to enter Israel so that they could attend the prayers. Laylat Al Qadr is marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and is commemorated as the night the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Koran. Moslems traditionally spend the night in prayer and devotion. The large crowds topped Friday’s figures, when 250,000 were estimated to have entered the Temple Mount. Friday’s prayers also passed largely without incident, though police said they detained eight Paleostinians for chants inciting violence and waving flags belonging to terror groups. Over one million Moslems visited the Temple Mount — known to them as the Noble Sanctuary — throughout the entire holy month of Ramadan. Posted by: trailing wife 2023-04-19 |
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