Jerusalem Mayor: Let Jews pray on Temple Mount
Posted by Amtul Q Farhat
The Israel Today:
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last week said it was time for Israel to finally implement true religious freedom and allow Jews to pray atop the Temple Mount.
“The government is ultimately responsible for whether or not Jews can pray on the Temple Mount, not the Jerusalem municipality,” Barkat told students at a religious high school. “My opinion is that everyone should be able to pray there.”
Despite being the holiest site in the world to Jews and many Christians, none but Muslims are permitted to pray atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount.
Technically, anyone can pray there, but threats of Muslim violence have resulted in a police policy forbidding Jews and Christians from even mouthing prayers while visiting the Temple Mount.
Posted by Amtul Q Farhat
on November 4, 2012. Filed under Arab World,Asia,historical sites,Israel,Middle East,Mosque,Muslim Heritage,Palestine,Religions.
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Amtul Q Farhat
November 4, 2012 at 4:12 pm
If this move is without any future political agenda then there should be no problems for anyone to pray at the Temple Mount.
Rafiq A. Tschannen
November 5, 2012 at 2:35 am
Well, that is the problem and that is the worry of the Palestinians …