{"id":134016,"date":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/archives\/134016"},"modified":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T00:00:00","slug":"al-quds-calls-to-make-pilgrimage-to-al-aqsa-on-last-friday-of-ramadan-despite-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/archives\/134016","title":{"rendered":"Al-Quds: Calls to Make Pilgrimage to Al-Aqsa on Last Friday of Ramadan Despite Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><b><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;\ncolor:#EE0000\">Al-Quds: Calls to Make Pilgrimage to Al-Aqsa on Last Friday of<br \/>\nRamadan Despite Restrictions<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">In<br \/>\nAl-Quds, calls are growing for Palestinians to make pilgrimage to the Al-Aqsa<br \/>\nMosque on the last Friday of Ramadan, to pray as close as possible to its<br \/>\ncourtyards or at its gates, amid continued restrictions imposed by Israeli<br \/>\nauthorities on access to the holy site.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Palestinian<br \/>\norganizers in Al-Quds emphasized that the continued closure of Al-Aqsa or<br \/>\nrestrictions on entry require a broad popular presence in its vicinity. They<br \/>\nurged Palestinians to head to the Old City and maintain vigil at the mosque\u2019s<br \/>\ngates, praying in nearby squares and streets if access is denied.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">These<br \/>\ncalls come as the last ten nights of Ramadan begin, a period during which tens<br \/>\nof thousands of worshippers usually flock to Al-Aqsa to observe the holy<br \/>\nnights, perform prayers, and engage in spiritual retreat within its courtyards.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">Experts<br \/>\non Al-Quds affairs said that praying at the gates or in the surrounding areas<br \/>\nof Al-Aqsa sends a clear message of steadfastness and rejection of attempts to<br \/>\nalter the status of the holy mosque. They affirmed that the pilgrimage to<br \/>\nAl-Aqsa will continue despite closures and restrictions.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">All eyes<br \/>\nare on the last Friday of Ramadan, which is expected to see large gatherings of<br \/>\nworshippers in the Old City and around Al-Aqsa, reflecting Palestinians\u2019<br \/>\ncommitment to their right to pray at the first Qibla and the third holiest site<br \/>\nin Islam.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:115%\"><span style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">(Source:<br \/>\nArabic news agencies)<span lang=\"AR-SA\" dir=\"RTL\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:1.0pt;\nline-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640\u0640<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" dir=\"RTL\" style=\"text-align: justify; unicode-bidi: embed;\"><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:\n&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;;color:#EE0000\">* \u0644\u0644\u0627\u0637\u0644\u0627\u0639 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u062c\u0645\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u062e\u0628\u0631 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629<br \/>\n\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;\nfont-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\">\u060c \u0627\u0636\u063a\u0637 (<span style=\"color:#EE0000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/ar\/ContentDetails.aspx?ID=41195\" target=\"_blank\">\u0647\u0646\u0627<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/b><b><span dir=\"LTR\" style=\"font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Sakkal Majalla&quot;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al-Quds: Calls to Make Pilgrimage to Al-Aqsa on Last Friday of Ramadan Despite Restrictions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[414],"tags":[890],"class_list":["post-134016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-our-news-en","tag-news-of-the-islamic-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iumsonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}