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Israel’s mosque work sparks Muslim backlash

February 7, 2007 |

The Arab world has reacted with fury after Israeli archaeologists began exploratory work near one of the most important shrines in Islam, the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

Israel ordered the digging to improve access to the Mughrabi Gate, which leads to the al-Aqsa compound.

While the mosque compound is regarded as the third most important site in Islam, for Jews it is the most important shrine. This has made it a friction point between the two faiths for decades. Tunnelling near the mosque compound in 1996 started riots that left 80 people dead.


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