Any Action Against Al-Aqsa Will Ignite Regional War: Senior Scholar
AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – Head of the Islamic Awqaf (Endowment) Council in occupied al-Quds, has strongly denounced Zionist settler groups’ request to build the alleged temple mount in place of the Dome of the Rock prayer building at Al-Aqsa Mosque, describing it as a reflection of "very dangerous intents against the Islamic holy site.”
In a press release, Sheikh Abdul-Adheem Salhab described such intents as "part of repeated Israeli attempts to violate the Islamic sanctity of al-Aqsa Mosque and provoke the Muslim nation’s feelings.”
He warned that any action against Al-Aqsa Mosque and its structures would ignite an all-out religious war in the region.
The Awqaf official also underlined that "Al-Aqsa Mosque, with its buildings, courtyards, walls and its 144-dunum land is a purely Islamic holy site and a red line that can never be divided or shared.”
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound sits just above the Western Wall plaza and houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Palestinians have long been wary of attempts by the Zionist regime to change the status of Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is Islam’s third holiest site and where only Muslim prayers are allowed under the status quo reaffirmed in 1967 by the Zionist regime and Jordan.
The holy compound is administered by the Islamic Waqf Council on behalf of Jordan and Palestine. Non-Muslims can visit the site, but cannot pray there.
However, Zionist settlers, escorted by the regime’s military, frequently desecrate the site by forcefully entering and praying there.
In a press release, Sheikh Abdul-Adheem Salhab described such intents as "part of repeated Israeli attempts to violate the Islamic sanctity of al-Aqsa Mosque and provoke the Muslim nation’s feelings.”
He warned that any action against Al-Aqsa Mosque and its structures would ignite an all-out religious war in the region.
The Awqaf official also underlined that "Al-Aqsa Mosque, with its buildings, courtyards, walls and its 144-dunum land is a purely Islamic holy site and a red line that can never be divided or shared.”
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound sits just above the Western Wall plaza and houses both the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Palestinians have long been wary of attempts by the Zionist regime to change the status of Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is Islam’s third holiest site and where only Muslim prayers are allowed under the status quo reaffirmed in 1967 by the Zionist regime and Jordan.
The holy compound is administered by the Islamic Waqf Council on behalf of Jordan and Palestine. Non-Muslims can visit the site, but cannot pray there.
However, Zionist settlers, escorted by the regime’s military, frequently desecrate the site by forcefully entering and praying there.