JERUSALEM, April 8 (NNN-Ma’an) — Following a 40-day ban order from Israeli authorities, Waqf Council chairman, Sheikh Abd al-Athim Salhab, returned to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday.
Local sources confirmed that Salhab returned to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to perform prayers.
In early March, Salhab, along with other top Waqf officials, was banned by Israeli forces as a result of playing an important role in the reopening of the al-Rahma Gate (Mercy Gate), one of the Al-Aqsa Mosque gates, by opening the doors of the hall to allow worshipers to perform Friday prayers inside.
The al-Rahma Gate is a big building that lays to the east of the Al-Aqsa, the Israeli authorities sealed the building in 2003 as it was the headquarters of the Islamic Heritage Committee; Israel had said at the time that the building was being used for political activities.
In 2017, an Israeli court ordered that the building be closed until a further notice. — NNN-MA’AN
