Jerusalem Muslims brace for Israel to shutter Al-Aqsa Mosque prayer house
Jerusalemites are preparing for another battle at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as Israel moves to close a prayer house worshippers forced open in 2019.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Jerusalemites are now watching the events unfolding around Al-Aqsa Mosque's Bab al-Rahma prayer house, which the Israeli police are seeking to close.
The Jerusalem Islamic Waqf Council received a notice on July 2 that the Israeli police had submitted an urgent request to the Jerusalem Magistrate to close the prayer house.
According to the notice, the council has until July 27 to respond. If it does not, the court will rule on the request to shut it down, Hatem Abdel Qader, a member of the Islamic Waqf Council, told Al-Monitor.
As of this writing, the prayer house is still open.
