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Erdogan urges removal of Temple Mount metal detectors
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urges Israel to swiftly remove metal detectors that have outraged Muslim Palestinian worshipers at the Temple Mount.
“Within the framework of freedom of religion and worship there can be no impediment for Muslims” entering the holy site, the Anadolu news agency quotes Erdogan as telling President Reuven Rivlin.
“Given the importance that Haram al-Sharif carries for the whole Islamic world, the metal detectors put in place by Israel should be removed in the shortest possible time and an end put to the tension,” Erdogan adds.
The Turkish leader had earlier held telephone talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, telling him the measures imposed by Israel were “unacceptable.”
— AFP
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