PA Mufti praises "the glorious Al-Aqsa Mosque Intifada," threatens violence if Jews try to pray at site of "alleged Temple"
Official PA TV News interviewed the PA Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, following a news report stating that Muslims would only be allowed into the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Fridays and Saturdays. The report claimed that this decision was part of an unofficial division of prayer times for Jews and Muslims on the Temple Mount as part of a plan to divide the mosque between Jews and Muslims.
PA Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein: “I wish to remind [any] intelligent person – if there is anyone intelligent in the Israeli government – that [former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon’s entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in 2000 triggered the eruption of the glorious Al-Aqsa Mosque Intifada (i.e., PA terror campaign 2000-2005). Then, the Palestinian people did not remain silent in view of the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Palestinian people will not remain silent, under any circumstances, in view of the division of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, whether according to time or to place. This nation will not suffer for long the dreams, illusions and tales of those in whose minds the alleged Temple lurks – [the Temple which they claim stood] where the Al-Aqsa Mosque stands.”
Note: The division according to time or place refers to a proposed law (May 2013) being reviewed in Israeli Parliament that would allow for both Jews and Muslims to pray on the Temple Mount. The law seeks to implement separate prayer times for Muslims and Jews at the site.
PA Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein: “I wish to remind [any] intelligent person – if there is anyone intelligent in the Israeli government – that [former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel] Sharon’s entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque in 2000 triggered the eruption of the glorious Al-Aqsa Mosque Intifada (i.e., PA terror campaign 2000-2005). Then, the Palestinian people did not remain silent in view of the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Palestinian people will not remain silent, under any circumstances, in view of the division of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, whether according to time or to place. This nation will not suffer for long the dreams, illusions and tales of those in whose minds the alleged Temple lurks – [the Temple which they claim stood] where the Al-Aqsa Mosque stands.”
Note: The division according to time or place refers to a proposed law (May 2013) being reviewed in Israeli Parliament that would allow for both Jews and Muslims to pray on the Temple Mount. The law seeks to implement separate prayer times for Muslims and Jews at the site.