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Jerusalem Mufti

A Border Police officer blocks Grand Mufti Muhammad Ahmad Hussein (L) from entering the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 12, 2019, after it was closed when a firebomb was thrown at police officers. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
August 7, 2025, 1:48 am
Police bar Jerusalem’s grand mufti from Temple Mount for 6 months, his lawyer says
Attorney for capital’s top Muslim cleric says ban is over sermon about Gaza delivered at flashpoint holy site, asserts it contained ‘nothing inappropriate’; police do not comment
By AFP and ToI Staff
Ram Ben-Barak leads a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 5, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 24, 2021, 10:31 am
Knesset defense panel chief reinstates aide suspended for extremist cleric meet
Ram Ben-Barak says Linir Abu Hazaz, who took photo with former grand mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine Ekrima Sa’id Sabri, can continue to work for him in parliament
By ToI Staff
Yesh Atid MK Ram Ben Barak recounts the origin of Morocco-Israel normalization in Rabat, on August 12, 2021. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
October 14, 2021, 11:58 pm
Knesset defense panel chief suspends aide for meeting with extremist cleric
Ram Ben-Barak says he will look into controversy surrounding aide Linir Abu Hazaz, who took photos with former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine Ekrima Sa’id Sabri
By ToI Staff
Jerusalem's Flag Street originates on Maaleh Midrasha (School Ascent) in the Old City's Muslim Quarter. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 12, 2019, 8:40 am
Mamelukes, muftis and Moses: The short Old City lane with a long history
Flag Street was once home to Jerusalem’s leading Islamic cleric and the starting point for an annual pilgrimage to the Biblical prophet’s supposed resting place
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Illustrative: An areal view of a Muslim cemetery in East Jerusalem, 2015 (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
November 16, 2018, 4:31 pm
Palestinian shunned for selling land to Jews to be buried in Jewish cemetery
Mufti rules East Jerusalem resident Alah Kirsh, killed in Route 90 crash that claimed lives of 5 others last week, is ‘not a member of the Muslim nation’
By JTA
Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Hussein. (photo credit: AP/Muhammed Muheisen)
June 15, 2018, 12:54 pm
Jerusalem mufti: Trump peace plan ‘aims to liquidate the Palestinian cause’
Sermon comes ahead of US envoys Kushner and Greenblatt’s trip to region to hold talks on the proposal
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, former grand mufti of Jerusalem, who is under investigation for incitement. (AP/Joao Silva)
December 27, 2017, 7:21 pm
Former mufti of Jerusalem rails at plan for Trump train stop at Western Wall
Palestinian cleric Ikrema Sabri says adding US president’s name does not give scheme legitimacy
By AP and ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest the 100th anniversary of Balfour Declaration outside the British Consulate in East Jerusalem, on November 2, 2017. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
November 2, 2017, 10:36 pm
Palestinians decry Balfour Declaration outside British consulate in Jerusalem
On centennial of document that paved way for Jewish statehood, Jerusalem mufti says protesters seeking to ‘affirm’ their ‘rights on this land’
By Dov Lieber
Muslim worshipers shout slogans at the Lions Gate, outside the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, on July 19, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 26, 2017, 5:38 pm
The Temple Mount crisis — far from over, it’s really just beginning
Op-ed: While the removal of the metal detectors and cameras was supposed to mark the end of the trouble, Abbas and Netanyahu have each found ways to bring their peoples right back to the peak of conflict
By Avi Issacharoff
Muslim worshipers perform noon prayers by the Lions Gate, outside the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, July 20, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 21, 2017, 11:29 am
Abbas asks Jared Kushner to force Israel to remove metal detectors
PA president holds emergency meetings over rising tensions at Temple Mount; IDF arrests 10 Fatah leaders overnight in bid to stave off protests
By ToI Staff
Jerusalem's Mufti Mohammed Hussein posing in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
July 14, 2017, 8:13 pm
Israel frees Jerusalem grand mufti after brief detainment in wake of attack
Cleric questioned over call for Muslims to come to Jerusalem, following killing of two Israeli cops at Temple Mount
By ToI Staff and AFP
(FILES) This file photo taken on November 6, 2015 shows Jerusalem’s Mufti Mohammed Hussein posing in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
July 14, 2017, 4:48 pm
Israel detains grand mufti of Jerusalem in wake of Temple Mount attack
Another prominent cleric, ex-mufti Akrama Sabari, arrested after delivering Friday sermon near site calling on Muslims to ‘liberate’ city
By ToI Staff and AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony held at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, on Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 25, 2017, 8:54 pm
Historians reject Netanyahu’s claim Allies could have saved 4 million from Holocaust
‘This is utter nonsense,’ says Yehuda Bauer, comparing PM’s thesis with his earlier derided assertion that the Mufti of Jerusalem convinced Hitler to enact the Final Solution
By Raphael Ahren
A telegram from senior Nazi Heinrich Himmler to the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, probably dating to 1943, found in the archives of the National Library, March 29, 2017.
March 30, 2017, 3:53 am
In rediscovered telegram, Himmler offers Jerusalem’s mufti help against ‘Jewish intruders’
Hitler’s deputy assures pro-Nazi Haj Amin al-Husseini of Nazis‘ ‘particular sympathy‘ for struggle of ‘freedom-loving Arabs’ of Palestine and beyond
By Sue Surkes
A Palestinian man walks past the Dome of Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound before the Friday prayer in Jerusalem's Old City on January 13, 2017. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
January 13, 2017, 5:20 pm
US embassy Jerusalem move ‘assault’ on Muslims, says mufti
Abbas asks Putin to help stop Trump from making the move
By AFP
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