I was buying a few things in the Old town in Jerusalem before sunset. When I heard the call for prayer I went to do Maghrib in the Aqsa.
There’s something about Al-Aqsa - because Muslim countries citizens seldom can go to Jerusalem, and because people from the West Bank are not allowed into Jerusalem without the occasional and rare permit, people who go to the Al-Aqsa are the Jerusalemites, mainly Old City residents, giving the mosque the feel, despite its grand religious and historical significance, of your neighbourhood mosque, with its familiar faces and homey feel.
As I head into the mosque I am stopped by the Israeli soldiers who get their fun out of harassing people like myself, and I am forced to unwrap the posters I bought for their viewing pleasure. I eventually get into the Haram-al-Sharif - late - but catch the prayer.
As soon as the imam ends the prayer there’s a loud stampede, people RUNNING out of the mosque and heading to western side of the mosque...
Turns out - there’s a daily iftar taking place by the Aqsa, every day! By the time I finish there are rows of people - three, four hundred people - sitting and eating the meals donated by the mosque-goers.
I join in, get two juicy dates (the fruit, not the appointment :o). I leave, walking past the people sitting on the floor and exit the Haram compound, past the same Israeli soldiers sipping warm sahlab.
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Dear Mohamad, I posted a campaign about the Hate DVD distributed in the US (http://alidahmash.blogspot.com/2008/09/obsession-with-hate.html) appreciate if you can do the same
Nice post, write more about Jerusalem, Id love to know more
Thanks for tip.. i'll look into it and maybe draft a post too. :)
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