Israel bans 2 prominent Palestinian preachers from Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque for 1 week

Israeli authorities on Monday banned two prominent Palestinian preachers from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem for one week, Anadolu reports. In statements, Sheikh Raed Salah and Sheikh Kamal al-Khatib said they were summoned for questioning by Israeli authorities and were handed a one-week ban order from the mosque. “We received an order preventing us from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque,” Salah told reporters. “When asked about our response, we said that Al-Aqsa is a purely Islamic right and we have the right to be there,” he said, denouncing the Israeli ban as “invalid” and “unjust.” Salah called the Israeli ban “an assault on our religion” and “religious persecution,” stressing that the Islamic Waqf in Jerusalem has the sole authority […]