Dome of the Rock
Why Al-Aqsa remains a sensitive site in Palestine-Israel conflict
By Ken Chitwood — October 10, 2023
(The Conversation) — The Al-Aqsa mosque, a flashpoint in Hamas’ recent assault against Israel, hosts daily prayers and Friday gatherings. It lies adjacent to important Jewish and Christian religious locales.
Jewish prayers held discreetly at contested Jerusalem shrine
By Ilan Ben Zion — August 25, 2021
(RNS) — “What is happening is a blatant and dangerous violation of the status quo,” said Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani, a top official with the Waqf, the Jordanian-backed Islamic trust that administers the site. “The Israeli police must stop providing protection to extremists.”
A glimpse of Ramadan around the world
By Sally Morrow — June 8, 2016
(RNS) A slideshow of Ramadan observed as a time of prayer and reflection, and typically large evening meals featuring specialty foods which vary across cultures.
‘Dig’ TV series starts adding up: Watch the numbers
By Kimberly Winston — March 19, 2015
(RNS) USA Network's action-thriller series is tossing biblical numerology and a difficult biblical text into its plot. What's real and what's fiction?
Jews challenge worship rules at holiest of Jerusalem sites
By Neri Zilber — November 19, 2013
JERUSALEM (RNS) Known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Haram As-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary), the most sensitive site in this most sensitive of cities is buffeted by a growing chorus of Israelis demanding their government allow Jewish worshippers access to the site, and thereby reverse decades of political and religious precedent.
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