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Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Ikrima Sabri said that the Israeli police issued a decision today, Thursday, to ban him from the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque for six months on the pretext of his support for terrorism, explaining that he rejects the accusation completely.
The Sheikh added Akram Speaking to Al Jazeera Net, he said: “Today, the occupation police issued a decision to deport me from… Al-Aqsa Mosque Mubarak was detained for six months on the pretext that I support terrorism. This is a false accusation that I refuted during the investigation.”
Last Friday, Sheikh Akram was interrogated for about five and a half hours at an occupation police station in Jerusalem After mourning the martyr Ismail Hina On the pulpit of Al-Aqsa Mosque, he performed the funeral prayer in absentia for his soul and the souls of the martyrs.
Sheikh Sabry described the deportation decisions as “null and void, and not based on any evidence or conviction.”
According to the Wadi Hilweh Human Rights Information Center, 9 decisions were issued this week to ban Jerusalemites from Al-Aqsa Mosque for periods ranging between one week and six months.
The preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque added that the deportations are “customary administrative decisions aimed at Al-Aqsa Mosque,” explaining, “We are being persecuted because we are defending the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is part of our faith.”
However, he stressed the steadfastness of his position and his refusal to back down from it, emphasizing that these decisions do not diminish the value of Al-Aqsa or weaken his relationship with it, and he will remain a defender of it.
Sabry considered that the decisions to ban people from Al-Aqsa Mosque “contradict the freedom of worship and the democracy claimed by the occupation authorities,” adding that “these decisions are originally illegal.”
He stated that it is noticeable that deportation decisions are increasing day after day, “and the target is Al-Aqsa,” explaining that there is no room to object to these decisions legally, “because the occupation police do not respond to any objection at all.”
The preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque said that expulsion from places of worship is “a strange phenomenon that does not exist in any country in the world, and there is no country that expels people and worshippers from their places of worship, except the occupation authority.”
Sheikh Akram warned against violating the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque during the upcoming Jewish holidays and occasions, especially the so-called Day of… Temple Destruction He added, “They have many occasions and they exploit them to attack Al-Aqsa Mosque, and these attacks are completely unacceptable.”
Next Tuesday marks the so-called “Destruction of the Temple” anniversary, amid calls by settler groups to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque.
