November 23, 1997 The Temple Mount

November 23, 1997 The Temple Mount

Yasser Arafat’s Minister of Religious Affairs, Hassan Tahboob, said:

“The Al-Buraq wall is Muslim property and it is part of the Al Aqsa Mosque of course.”  Tahboob said that in accordance with a Muslim religious court decision in 1929, Jews “are allowed to pray towards the Wall,” but they must remain “two meters [six feet] away from the Wall” and not touch it.

Source:  Interview with the Israeli news agency IMRA, Nov. 23, 1997