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Muslims protesting near the Temple Mount on Thursday.
(Photo: Islamic Movement)
Last update - 15:30 16/04/2009
Hundreds of Muslim protesters block Jewish entry to Temple Mount
By Haaretz Service
Tags: temple mount, israel news 

Hundreds of Muslims gathered Thursday at the foot of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, to prevent Jewish worshippers from entering the Temple Mount for a planned prayer service. The Muslim protesters began arriving Wednesday evening, gathering on the slope leading to the Temple Mount area.

The rise, which overlooks the Western Wall, is considered holy to both Jews and Muslims, and houses a sacred site for both religions.

The Islamic Movement had opposed the prayer session, and police said they would allow the Jews to pray on the Mount, but not to engage in any other activities in the area.
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Army Radio on Wednesday quoted Jerusalem Police as saying that they would limit the number of Muslim worshippers entering the Temple Mount for prayers on Thursday due to fears of disturbances.

Hundreds of police and Border Police officers were to be deployed to East Jerusalem to prevent violence, and entry to the Temple Mount was to be restricted to women, and men over age 50 holding Israeli ID cards.

Police said they received intelligence warnings about thousands of Palestinians being called to protest at the site. The Islamic Movement's northern branch arranged dozens of buses to take Muslims protesters to the area
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  1.   Police 02:58  |  joan 16/04/09
  2.   Joan 10:08  |  Shuki 16/04/09
  3.   Jews should protest Muslim Worship 14:51  |  Slappy 16/04/09
  4.   Temple Mount 16:14  |  j 16/04/09
  5.   Ah, God dwells in a place man would like to fence in 16:45  |  Jew- and Bookburner 16/04/09
  6.   This Must Not Be Allowed 16:57  |  Yaakov Sullivan 16/04/09
  7.   Temple Mount 17:01  |  odf 16/04/09
  8.   J @3. Well said. But..... 17:05  |  Muslim 16/04/09
  9.   What would happen if Jews tried to prevent Muslims from praying?? 17:27  |  Yaakov Ish Tam 16/04/09
  10.   Serving Humanity would require to dump God! 17:35  |  No To Demagogues 16/04/09
  11.   It belongs to Israel 17:38  |  Nechama 16/04/09
  12.   Islam is racist and discriminatory 17:45  |  Ruth 16/04/09
  13.   Yaakov Ish Tam on Jewish Skulls 18:15  |  Yaakov Sullivan 16/04/09
  14.   Yaakov Ish Tam: no, the police would protect the Jews. 18:25  |  AT 16/04/09
  15.   To Yaakov Ish Tam 18:44  |  James 16/04/09
  16.   re:Muslim 18:46  |  UsedToPostHere 16/04/09
  17.   Jews barred from the #1 most holy sigit 18:47  |  Nechama 16/04/09
  18.   Try reading before spouting 18:53  |  Neither side 16/04/09
  19.   #6, it would trigger 19:04  |  Joey 16/04/09
  20.   restricted to women, and men over age 50 holding Israeli ID cards 19:28  |  Esther 16/04/09
  21.   As if the Jews aren`t capable of violence too... 19:51  |  Dutch 16/04/09
  22.   Temple Mount 20:28  |  j 16/04/09
  23.   Neither side.....you wrote, they banned Muslim males 21:35  |  MMM 16/04/09
  24.   That mosque should have been taken down in 48 and with the arabs 01:58  |  glenna 17/04/09
  25.   Poor Glenna 04:48  |  Wiseman 17/04/09
  26.   re: Dutch 00:19  |  UsedToPostHere 18/04/09
  27.   Temple Mount policd 16:30  |  Ray 18/04/09
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