Al-Quds mufti, Palestinian groups call for protecting al-Aqsa mosque
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 3/27/2006

Jerusalem's Mufti Sheikh Ikrama Sabri called on the Palestinians to defend al-Aqsa mosque and pray in it. This was expressed following the announcement made by extremist Jewish groups determination to break into the mosque courtyard and to pray in it today (Monday).

Sabri held the Israeli occupation authorities responsible for any violation in al-Aqsa mosque. For his part, supreme court judge in Palestine Sheikh Teiser al-Tamimi warned against the consequences that might be inflicted.

An official source in the Islamic resistance movement Hamas said that talking about breaking in confirm the perpetuated intention to target al-Aqsa mosque and divide it and permit the Jews to pray in it.

In an official statement, he called on the Palestinians to gather today in the courtyards of the mosque in order to challenge the attempts to break into it. He also urged Arab and Islamic peoples to carry out its duty to defending it.

The statement also called on the Arab leaders who will be meeting today in Khartoum summit to shoulder responsibility towards al-Aqsa mosque and to move quickly for protecting it.

Al-Aqsa martyrs groups of the Fatah national liberation movement issued also a statement in which it holds the Israeli occupation forces full responsibility for any likely aggression against al-Aqsa mosque. It noted the "consequences of violating the mosque, and that this will be a red line, and reaction to it will be in the same magnitude as the crime."

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