Saturday 14 November 2009

IOA closes Ibrahimi Mosque before worshipers


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[ 14/11/2009 - 09:11 AM ]

AL-KHALIL, (PIC)-- The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has closed down the Ibrahimi Mosque in central Al-Khalil city before Muslim worshipers for undeclared "security reasons".

Local sources said that the closure which started immediately after the Friday congregation would continue in effect on Saturday.

Sheikh Tayseer Al-Tamimi, the chief Islamic justice in Palestine, denounced the decision in his Friday sermon at the Ibrahimi Mosque.

He described such measures against the Ibrahimi and Aqsa mosques as an all-out war waged by the IOA against "our people and holy shrines" with the support of the American administration.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) installed a number of roadblocks within Al-Khalil city and in nearby villages and launched a storming campaign of local houses especially in Halhul and Dora.

Local sources told the PIC on Saturday that the IOF soldiers detained a Palestinian citizen from Al-Khalil at a road barrier southeast of occupied Jerusalem.

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