Worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque shout down PA Grand Mufti mid-sermon, showing support for Hamas instead“PA members out,” chants the crowd, while "demanding" that PA Mufti Hussein get down from the pulpit for not mentioning Hamas’ “victory” over Israel during the 2021 rocket barrageMay 21, 2021
“Save the Al-Aqsa Mosque before it is too late” cries PA Grand MuftiPA Grand Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Hussein accuses Israeli security measures at Temple Mount of being "racist aggression," and warns that this is “the beginning of a religious war, whose consequences will be borne by the entire world”Apr 15, 2021
Anyone who sells land to Jews is no longer a Muslim, proclaims PA Grand MuftiPA Grand Mufti Muhammad Hussein pronounces ruling that "collaborators" who sell land to Jews are to be excommunicated and "will not be buried in Muslim cemeteries, will not be prayed for, and will not be purified"Apr 8, 2021
PA Mufti calls for Ribat – religious conflict over land claimed to be Islamic – at the Temple MountIn inciting sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sheikh Hussein calls on Muslims, saying "what the mosque needs most is your Ribat, and you are its guardians and defenders in the shadow of the attacks by the Jewish extremists"Mar 20, 2021
PA Mufti of Jerusalem: The Temple Mount “belongs to the Muslims only, no one shares it with them, and it is forbidden for anyone but them to pray on it”"The Al-Aqsa Mosque will remain an exclusive site for the loyal servants of Allah who are carrying out religious conflict over land” says Mufti of JerusalemDec 5, 2020
So as not to leave any doubt…The PA extols with limitless praise that murderers of Israelis are “heroes,” “our glory, our honor,” “giants and legends”Oct 26, 2020
PA Mufti: Sharia’h obligates every Muslim to wage Jihad against what the PA calls “the thieving Jews” The PA Mufti stressed that “if an inch of the Muslims’ lands is stolen, Jihad becomes a personal religious commandment for everyone.”Oct 12, 2020
"Heroic" terrorists are "the pioneers of freedom" according to PA MuftiPA Mufti Muhammad Hussein praises Palestinian terrorist prisoners, saying they are "sons of the precious homeland, the entire people and the free world respects and admires them - they have sacrificed their youth for the sake of the homeland"Oct 9, 2020
PA Grand Mufti: All the terrorist prisoners are “heroic,” admired by the Palestinian people"Our heroic prisoners – all of them without exception – are sons of this precious homeland"Oct 7, 2020
PA Mufti: Sharia’h obligates every Muslim to wage Jihad against what the PA calls “the thieving Jews”"The texts clearly say that if an inch of the Muslims’ lands (i.e., including all of Israel) is stolen, Jihad becomes a personal religious commandment for everyone who is capable of it."Sep 18, 2020
PA’s annual libel festival: An “extremist Jew” burned Al-Aqsa in 1969, Israel “deliberately prevented” the fire from being extinguished As is the way of the PA, a grain of truth is turned into a grand libel. Once a year, the PA illustrates the anatomy of a libel in all clarity when it commemorates the arson at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969.Sep 9, 2020
PA fears UAE-Israel peace is birth of “Arab Zionists”Erekat: Arab support for Israel is “forbidden” “Zionist thinking” Sep 1, 2020
Israel is “the enemy of Prophet Muhammad” - PA seeks religious war over UAE-Israel peace agreementUAE’s making peace and “normalizing” with Israel is “treason” and “political prostitution”Aug 19, 2020
PA Mufti issues religious ruling banning those who normalize relations with Israel from praying at Al-Aqsa MosqueSheikh Muhammad Hussein issued a fatwa religious ruling determining that "praying at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the framework of the normalization agreement between Israel and the UAE is forbidden" because "cooperating" with Israel in any way is "forbidden"Aug 16, 2020
PA Grand Mufti "demands our people to increase their presence at Al-Aqsa mosque, which is the exclusive right of Muslims"PA Grand Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Hussein said that Israelis "harm the faith of the Muslims worldwide" and "called on everyone who can to come to occupied Jerusalem to take action and stand against the Israeli occupation"Jul 28, 2020
PA Mufti reiterates religious prohibitions against cooperating with Trump peace deal or selling land to Israelis, land is “Islamic waqf”"A fatwa that bans working to cooperate with the deal of the century and its disseminators who will be pursued by a curse until Judgment Day"Mar 6, 2020
PA: Rejecting Trump's plan is a religious obligation; You "betray Allah" if you cooperate with the "deal of the century"You “betray Allah” if you cooperate with the “deal of the century"Feb 14, 2020
PA Mufti in religious ruling: Anyone who cooperates with Trump peace plan is betraying Allah"Anyone who cooperates with the deal is betraying Allah, His Messenger [Muhammad], the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, and Palestine"Feb 12, 2020
PA Mufti: Calls to carry out Jewish prayer on Temple Mount are “dangerous” and may lead to religious war"The [PA] mufti: The occupation's calls to hold Talmudic ceremonies at the Al-Aqsa Mosque herald a religious war"Oct 14, 2019
Top PA religious leaders incite violence, call on Palestinians to “not stand idly by in the face of this colonialist cancer”Fatwa Council incites religious hatred claiming "danger of attacks against the religious and national symbols in occupied Jerusalem"Sep 2, 2019
Palestinian Supreme Fatwa Council warns against “attacks” against religious symbols in Jerusalem; “the Palestinian people will not stand idly by in the face of this colonialist cancer”Headline: “The [Palestinian Supreme] Fatwa Council warned of the danger of attacks against the religious and national symbols in Jerusalem” “The [Palestinian] Supreme Fatwa Council warned of the danger of attacks against the religious and national symbols in occupied Jerusalem, and held the...”Aug 30, 2019
The PA initiated clashes on the Temple MountIn an attempt to disrupt Jews' right to access the Mount on Tisha B'Av, the PA took a number of steps.Aug 13, 2019
PNC in Jordan praises actions which led to riots at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in order to prevent its “defilement”“[Palestinian] National Council members in Jordan praise the Jerusalem residents’ courage in defending the Al-Aqsa Mosque”Aug 12, 2019
PA Mufti adds impromptu prayer to prevent Jews exercising right to visit Temple Mount"The prayers are being held at a different time than usual in order to defend [it] and reinforce that this site belongs completely to the Muslims"Aug 11, 2019
PA Mufti orders closure of Jerusalem mosques"...in order to mobilize the largest possible number of people for prayer at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque plazas."Aug 9, 2019