Friday, January 14, 2011

Israeli municipality enters Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem to expand Western Wall prayer site

PNN- In a move certain to provoke a strong reaction from the Muslim community, the Jerusalem Municipality has decided to open the “Little Kotel,” a small section of the Western Wall in the Muslim Quarter also known the Rabat al-Kurd alley, for public prayer.

...Rabat al-Kurd is used as a passageway for at least 17 local Muslim families, and a three-month-old advisory ruling from the Israeli Tourism Ministry recommended against “making any changes to the status quo,” according to Israeli online newspaper Ha’aretz. Read more