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Jordan condemns Israeli settlers' breaking into Al-Aqsa mosque
Sunday February 19, 2012 11:07:00 PM,
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Amman: Jordan Sunday condemned breaking into Al-Aqsa
mosque by Israeli settlers, calling on Arabs and Muslims to
intervene to halt such violations, media reports said.
"Jewish settlers, a Knesset member and several radical Israelis
and police members stormed into Al-Aqsa mosque and stepped on the
carpet inside the mosque while wearing their shoes and chased
worshippers inside the mosque," Jordan's Awqaf and Islamic Affairs
Minister Abdul Salam Abbadi said Sunday, Xinhua reported, citing
the state-run Petra news agency.
"We condemn these practices that represent a stark violation,"
said the minister.
The minister warned against the consequences of allowing armed
Jewish settlers to repeatedly break into the Al-Aqsa mosque,
adding that it is considered a "declared war" against one of the
holiest places for Muslims.
The Jordanian official urged the international community to
intervene in this regard.
Several Palestinian worshippers were injured Sunday and three were
arrested during clashes that erupted between Palestinians and
Israeli police and border guards in al-Haram al-Sharif compound in
the old city of Jerusalem after Israeli settlers attempted to
storm it, the Palestinian News Agency WAFA reported.
Palestinians gathered in the compound since dawn following calls
by extremist settlers to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque and perform Jewish
rituals in it.
Several worshippers and three Israeli soldiers were reportedly
injured in scuffles; whereas three Palestinians were arrested
under the pretext of throwing stones at right wing extremist
Israelis and preventing them from entering the mosque, WAFA
reported.
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