There were no reports of clashes between the settlers and Muslim
worshipers at the holy compound, as is usually the case when settlers break into the site.
RIYADH: More than 3 million
worshipers witnessed the final recitation of the Holy Qur'an on the last night of Ramadan at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah.
Earlier the day, the Israeli occupation authorities banned
worshipers from the West Bank below the age of 40 from entering Jerusalem to attend overnight prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque.
The remaining places are allocated for other
worshipers, where itikaf is not allowed," a presidency official said.
The occupation police detained the ID cards of a number of
worshipers who could enter the mosque.
BAGHDAD / NINA / Speaker of the House of Representatives Saleem al-Jubouri, made on Friday intensive contacts with the security and political leaders at the highest levels to follow up the circumstances of the murder of
worshipers in Musab bin Omair mosque in Bani Wayis in Hemrin area in Diyala.
In Jouf region, Prince Fahd bin Badr bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jouf Region, performed the prayers of Eid Alfitr along
worshipers in Skaka.
Palestinian sources said that
worshipers were at the mosque for night prayer (Qiyam), but the Israeli soldiers assaulted the worshippers, arrested two of them and forced the rest out.
The Al Zahra'a Mosque, at roundabout 10, can accommodate up to 1,800
worshipers, who currently have to park their vehicles at a nearby government school car park and open area.
Over the past month, tensions have been high and the compound has been the scene of fighting after Israeli extremists tried to enter the mosque and clashed with Palestinian
worshipers.
The
worshipers will offer their Maghrib Namaz in mosques and after Isha Namaz they will enter in adjacent camps for sitting to 'Aitakaf '.
Sheikh Abdur Rahman As-Sudais, Imam of the Grand Holy Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, led more than 6,000
worshipers in Friday prayers at the city's Green Lane Mosque.
