Al-Aqsa: The moment of peril is here. Will the Muslim world act?

An exclusive investigation by Middle East Eye last week revealed that both US and Israel were coordinating to remove Jordan’s custodianship over Islam’s third holiest site. This is not a diplomatic manoeuvre. It is the culmination of a systematic campaign to erase the Islamic presence in Occupied Jerusalem and a direct call upon Muslims worldwide to awaken from a dangerous and complicit slumber. When the announcement arrives, it will wear the language of pluralism as a mask. It will invoke “multi-faith coexistence”, “equal access”, and “shared heritage”. Yet, beneath this veneer lies the reality; it is the final act of Israeli colonisation. Jerusalem’s Islamic identity will be effaced, its name and meaning repurposed to serve the Israeli colonial order. Middle […]