‘Saddest day for Muslims’: Al Aqsa, held Kashmir’s Jama Masjid stay closed over Eid

FOR the first time since 1967, Al Aqsa mosque — Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site — was closed at the end of Ramazan on Friday, with tensions rising among Palestinians as Israeli authorities keep the complex shut, forcing worshippers to hold Eid prayers as close as they could to the sealed site. Hundreds of Muslim worshippers held Eid prayers at the gates of Jerusalem’s Old City, with Israel closing access to the Al Aqsa mosque and other holy sites. “Today, Al Aqsa has been taken from us. ...

By none@none.com (Monitoring Desk | Agencies)