Showing posts with label Temple Mount. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Temple Mount. Show all posts

Friday, March 2, 2012

Christians stone on Temple Mount

In Jerusalem this past Sunday morning, a group of Christian pilgrims were stoned atop the Temple Mount by a group of 50 Palestinian Muslims:
A mob of some 50 Palestinian Muslims stoned a group of Christian tourists atop Jerusalem's Temple Mount on Sunday morning. Three of the Israeli police officers who acted to protect the Christian group were wounded by the stone-throwers. 
Police arrested 11 Palestinians, several of them minors, for their role in the attack.
The attack is believed to have been instigated by the former Muslim mufti of Jerusalem, Ekrama Sabri [more].