Al-Aqsa Director: Scrambling for normalization with Israel dared to al-Aqsa to ignite a religious war

Juman Abu Arafa - Occupied Jerusalem

Al-Aqsa Mosque Director Sheikh Omar al-Kiswani warned of the Israeli attempts to tamper with the sovereignty of Islamic endowments on Al-Aqsa Mosque in order to control it, by escalating its violations against worshipers and guards, and the intensive protection of the intruders and the statements of officials that threaten to ignite a "religious war."

He stressed in his dialogue with Al Jazeera Net that the status quo is determined by the Muslims through their presence and their bond in it, and this was proved by the victory of the gift of electronic gates and the door of mercy. The custodians of it. " The following is the text of the interview:

With the repeated intrusions of settlers to Al-Aqsa, how do you see the escalation of such intrusions and the relationship between the perpetrators and the occupation police?

Al-Aqsa incursions fall within the systematic program of the occupation government, starting from the top of the pyramid (Prime Minister) Benjamin Netanyahu and the special forces, and to the extremists who advocate and incite the storming of Al-Aqsa, and implemented this storming under the auspices and protection of the police and special forces, and this support is within the will of the occupation to change the reality in Al-Aqsa and imposed the reality of daily intrusion, in order for the Palestinian people and the people of Jerusalem to accept this idea.

Therefore, they repeat this storm and this scene in which they continued to perform Talmudic prayers and stormings in the month of Ramadan and the first day of Eid al-Adha, contrary to international resolutions and the status quo since 1921.

The police cooperation with the intruders is an Israeli decision to impose their reality in Al-Aqsa.Without extremists, they cannot carry out their program, and then protect them and bring them in. They claim that it is just a visit, but we confirm that they are conducting provocative tours, and what is done by force of arms does not give any right to extremists. Nor the occupation police these repeated intrusions.

For the first time, Al-Aqsa settlers stormed the first days of Al-Adha in a clear disregard for the holy place and time, and attacked the worshipers, why could not the masses of worshipers and the Department of Endowments prevent them?

On the morning of Eid, al-Aqsa found the men of the endowments, religious authorities and the masses of worshipers until their numbers reached about 100,000 worshipers. When the occupation found itself defeated in this battle, it used excessive force, which resulted in 64 serious injuries, and the raid passed through the door of the Moroccans in haste, within a short path towards the door of the chain to show that it had won.

But we say that the occupation did not win in this battle, but it was a message to the whole world that the occupation does not respect any religious pluralism or sanctity of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and that what he did is simply a racist exercise to impose this reality on the mosque with American blessing of course. We say that the people of Jerusalem and Palestine did what they could to defend their faith and mosque, and the message that day was to the Islamic world who saw with his own eyes the aggressions of the occupation.

Does the problem lie in the lack of a clear leadership for Jerusalemites who gather their word and organize their ranks in the face of these intrusions?

The reason lies in the Arab and Islamic sagging and running behind the normalization and rushing behind American policy, this is what dared the occupation on Al-Aqsa and the masses of worshipers who tried their efforts to thwart the Israeli plan, and the evidence that they stormed at about 11 o'clock, after the end of the morning raid.

Religious leadership exists, but people need adult leadership that leads them to safety, and with Israeli threats, personal persecution and repression of everyone, be it religious authorities or national figures, the ranks are slightly broken.

Despite all the threats, the leadership was found on the day of the Eid al-Adha raid, but was deliberately suppressed until the crowds dispersed, attacking the sheikhs Muhammad Sarandah, Mohammed Hussein, Abdul Azim Salhab and Adnan Husseini.

How do you see the targeting of the chapel of Bab al-Rahma, which was stormed by the Israeli police with its shoes and tampered with its contents and stolen some of its furniture, and threats not to continue as a chapel and converted to offices for endowments?

The occupation wants to deliver a message by storming the Bab al-Rahma chapel that it is decided by the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is a struggle for sovereignty and interference in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.This is a clear message to the Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem and the Ministry of Awqaf in Amman that it decides. But this is a struggle and a bond, and we will not be tired and will not get tired of being in Al-Aqsa, and if we go, our children will come after us, and this is what we sow in them until the occupation is gone.

Are you afraid of an unknown fate of the Chapel of Mercy as if the occupation controlled it and served it on a plate of gold for the settlers?

I am reassured at the door of mercy as long as there is one cub in Al-Aqsa defending it, I have no fear for it but my fear for Al-Aqsa as a whole, because the door of mercy is part of Al-Aqsa, if the door went Al-Aqsa. It is important to stay in the hands of our endowments and Muslims, such as the library, museum and circumcision are facilities and chapels at the same time, even my office north of the Dome of the Rock is a chapel and part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The enduring decision of the Islamic Waqf is to keep the door of mercy as it is, without the intervention of the occupation.

Is there a back for guards and a bond to protect them?

Once the guard complains we do not stay in place, we reach him and solve the problem, but the guard does not expect us to be able to punish the armed police, often intervene to solve the problem and protect the guard and assault the occupation against us.

As an official I must be at the helm of my work, and summoned all officials in order to protect our guard and excluded, and what the guards and endowment employees are exposed to evidence that our lives are in danger. I have been subjected to many attacks that almost affected my life, and this is not hypocrisy, but (is) a belief from us that it is a protection for our peers, that we calculated in terms of material and salaries do not remain from us manager or guard, but the link that keeps us is a nodal link and not material, and this is implanted In our cadres.

The Israeli security minister announced his intention to impose a maximum spatial division, and demanded that the settlers be allowed to pray in it. Is this the beginning of tampering with the Jordanian tutelage on the mosque?

This statement is proof of what the occupation shows to Al-Aqsa, it wants to change the reality, but what happened in the gift of electronic gates and the door of mercy and the door of Moroccans on the day of Eid messages of the occupation well aware of Ardan and who is higher than him, and who wants to set off the situation in Al-Aqsa, and his statement this ignite a fuse Religious war.

The practices inside Al-Aqsa are being done by the occupation to draw attention to what it does in Al-Buraq Wall Square. Almost every day there are excavations and tunnels that change everything that is Arab-Islamic, wants to Judaize the area and surround the Al-Aqsa Mosque with Talmudic gardens, even those who come from abroad see a Jewish scene, not an Arab Muslim. He hopes that the attacks will become as palatable as the Ibrahimi Mosque, but what happened in the gift of electronic portals turned the table on anyone who wants evil to the maximum.

What is the agreement on the status quo "Al-Aqsa" and whether the manipulation of the occupation?

The static was the last era of the Ottoman Empire in order not to have a Muslim-Christian religious conflict, and UNESCO adopted its decision that the maximum right of Muslims alone, and what he wants to impose the occupation and change the status quo to suit his ambitions, he says the term "fait accompli" But the definition of the term is what was the maximum before the occupation in 1967, which is that the Muslims under the sovereignty of the Jordanian endowments, the author of the prohibition and forbidding, but the occupation and force of arms imposed control over the doors of the mosque from abroad, unfortunately not There is a deterrent.

Recently, the structure groups demanded the re-installation of electronic doors at the entrances to Al-Aqsa.

The extremists are not only demanding the installation of the gates, but also demanding the demolition of the tribal chapel and the Dome of the Rock, and the building of the temple as soon as possible, and this is a pipe dream, God willing, and for the electronic gates, the occupation tried before, and I think he does not want to try again, and if he tried to say You are back and made hell for unbelievers exclusively. "

The occupation repeated the closure of the Aqsa several times in frequent periods, do you fear that it becomes normal?

Any event around Al-Aqsa inside or outside, whether large or large, is exploited by the occupation and its police to shut down the blessed mosque by force and suppress worshipers and employees. We are a defenseless people. We cannot defend our mosque except by our presence and our bond. We cannot face fire, repression and beatings from an army that has all weapons. Our belief in God and our steadfastness, when they took us out of our mosque we were at the doors, and did not return to our homes, the occupation did not congratulate before and will not congratulate in the future by taking us out of our mosque, and it will not become normal.

How do you think that the mosque can preserve its status and stop this farce against him?

We are doing our duty here and delivering the picture to the Ministry of Awqaf in Jordan, which in turn communicates to the senior officials, whether in the Jordanian Foreign Ministry or others, which summoned the Israeli ambassador to rebuke him for what is happening in Al-Aqsa.

Al-Aqsa concluded by holding the nation responsible, saying: There must be a position from all Arab and Islamic countries, because Al-Aqsa does not belong only to Palestine and the people of Jerusalem, and Jordanians by virtue of their tutelage. The mosque has an assault on the doctrine of all of them, but unfortunately there are those who print with the occupation, although we need a unified position to stop violations against Al-Aqsa.