Al-Azhar Al-Sharif strongly condemned the statements of an Israeli official supporting the establishment of a Jewish synagogue inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Al-Azhar stressed in a statement on Monday that these provocative statements, “Are issued only by an extremist mentality that does not respect religions, nor the sanctities of others, nor international laws and conventions, and knows only the law of the jungle, brutality and criminality.”
“Al-Azhar reminds the entire world that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque was, is, and will remain, God willing – with its courtyards, yards, and all its areas – purely Islamic, and a historical right for Muslims.”
The statement explained that, “It is Islamic in origin, and it is the first of the two Qiblahs and the third of the two Holy Sanctuaries, and it will remain so despite the criminal plans of the Zionists to Judaize the historical landmarks of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the city of Jerusalem.”
“Al-Azhar calls on the governments of the Islamic world to take serious and strict positions towards these irresponsible and repeated statements by this figure and other extremist figures, who are accustomed to storming the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and inciting violence and terrorism against innocent Palestinians, and to put an end to these criminal statements and terrorist practices by the officials of this extremist occupying entity,” the statement concluded.
