Israel Shuts Down Al-Rasasi Mosque In Jerusalem

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published November 21, 2019 | 11:00 AM

JERUSALEM, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Nov, 2019 ) :Israeli authorities on Wednesday shut down Al-Rasasi Mosque in Jerusalem.

The Muslim house of worship located near Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in islam was shut for six months on the grounds that parts of it were being used as an office by Jerusalem's Jordan-run Religious Endowments Authority.

The offices of Palestinian state television and the Palestinian National education Directorate in East Jerusalem were also shut for six months following a raid by Israeli police earlier in the day.

Israel occupied East Jerusalem, in which Al-Aqsa is located, during the 1967 middle East War. It formally annexed the entire city in 1980, claiming it as its capital a move never recognized by the international community.