[[{"content_id":406821,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"40,000 worshippers attend Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"Tens of thousands of Palestinians performed Friday prayer at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite obstacles set up by Zionist regime’s occupation forces around the Old City of occupied Al-Quds and the Mosque itself.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem reported that 40,000 worshippers participated in the Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa, as well as funeral prayers in absentia for the souls of martyrs from Gaza and the West Bank.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nOccupation forces arrested Sheikh Iyad Al-Abbasi, Al-Aqsa&rsquo;s Friday preacher and Chief Judge of Al-Quds, as he exited from Bab al-Silsila, one of the Mosque&rsquo;s gates, following his sermon which included references to Gaza. He was later released after being threatened not to speak about Gaza again.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nZionist regime&rsquo;s police persist in harassing the Aqsa preachers. Last Friday, Zionist regime&rsquo;s police forces arrested the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, after his Friday sermon. He was later released but banned from entering the Mosque for a week, subject to renewal.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn a related incident, the occupation forces expelled Al-Quds activist Nitham Abu Rummouz from the Old City and prevented him from performing Friday prayer at Bab al-Asbat (Lion&rsquo;s Gate).\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nMany young men around the Old City were detained, had their IDs checked, and others were prevented from accessing the Aqsa Mosque for prayer.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;","content_html":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">The Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem reported that 40,000 worshippers participated in the Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa, as well as funeral prayers in absentia for the souls of martyrs from Gaza and the West Bank.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Occupation forces arrested Sheikh Iyad Al-Abbasi, Al-Aqsa&rsquo;s Friday preacher and Chief Judge of Al-Quds, as he exited from Bab al-Silsila, one of the Mosque&rsquo;s gates, following his sermon which included references to Gaza. He was later released after being threatened not to speak about Gaza again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Zionist regime&rsquo;s police persist in harassing the Aqsa preachers. Last Friday, Zionist regime&rsquo;s police forces arrested the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, after his Friday sermon. He was later released but banned from entering the Mosque for a week, subject to renewal.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">In a related incident, the occupation forces expelled Al-Quds activist Nitham Abu Rummouz from the Old City and prevented him from performing Friday prayer at Bab al-Asbat (Lion&rsquo;s Gate).<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Many young men around the Old City were detained, had their IDs checked, and others were prevented from accessing the Aqsa Mosque for prayer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2025-08-01 20:18:08","content_date_event":"2025-08-01 20:18:08","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2025-08-01 20:21:48","content_date_register":"2025-08-01 20:21:48","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":0,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":43,"eid":0,"attach_title":"40,000 worshippers attend Friday prayer at the Aqsa Mosque","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202508\/556425_1258180086_150_113.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202508\/556425_1258180086_300_225.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202508\/556425_1258180086_400_300.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202508\/556425_1258180086_600_450.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202508\/556425_1258180086_680_510.jpeg","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/202508\/556425_1258180086_680_510.jpeg"},"ext":"jpeg","file_media":1,"token":1258180086,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/202508\/556425_1258180086.jpeg","width":680,"height":510,"size":0}}}]}]]