Al-Azhar: Al-Aqsa Mosque belongs solely to Muslims; the occupier’s absurd efforts to alter its identity will not change its status
Al-Azhar ash-Sharif issued a strongly worded condemnation of the continued closure of the Blessed al-Aqsa Mosque by Zionist occupation forces. In a statement published across its official social media platforms, al-Azhar declared, “The ongoing closure of al-Aqsa Mosque—the first Qibla and the third of the two Holy Mosques—throughout Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr, and up to the present day is an immoral and unacceptable assault. It constitutes a confiscation of the Palestinian people’s right to worship, a provocation to Muslim sentiments worldwide, and a flagrant violation of international law.”
Al-Azhar calls upon the international community to confront these systematic acts of aggression, through which the occupation seeks to turn the region into a perpetual arena of war and conflict. It reaffirms that the Blessed al-Aqsa Mosque is, and shall remain—Allah willing—a purely Islamic sanctuary over which the occupying power has no claim. This remains true despite futile attempts to impose temporal and spatial division, as well as ongoing plans to Judaize the landmarks of Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the State of Palestine.
