IOA closes down Ibrahimi mosque for two days

AL-KHALIL, - The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) ordered the closure of the Ibrahimi mosque in Al-Khalil next Wednesday and Thursday to allow the Jews to celebrate Passover in it.

The IOA decision meant that the mosque would be closed before Muslim worshipers on those two days and opened in full for the Jews.

The ministry of Awqaf and religious affairs denounced the decision, saying it fell in line with the constant violations of the mosque's sanctity such banning the call for prayers and searching worshipers while on their way to pray in it.