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"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"

"Al-Habbash calls on Muslims to defend the Al-Aqsa Mosque from the occupation and its terrorist colonialists"

"Ghannam... blessed the people of Jerusalem and those carrying out Ribatat the Al-Aqsa Mosque"

Headline: "Widespread condemnations of the settlers' break-ins into the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the holiday and calls to defend our people – holding the Israeli government responsible and calls to make it [honor] international law and stop its systematic attacks against the holy sites" "The break-in of..."

"...in order to mobilize the largest possible number of people for prayer at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque plazas."

"Our mosque is our Ribat and the Al-Aqsa Mosque is our Jihad."

Headline: “The Supreme Muslim Council and the Council of Clergy and Preachers in Jerusalem: Whoever plays with fire will get burned!” “[The independent organization] the Supreme Muslim Council and the Council of Clergy and Preachers in Jerusalem published a statement yesterday [Aug. 5, 2019] in...”

"Supreme Shari'ah Judge of Palestine and [PA] President [Mahmoud Abbas'] Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash visited the International Islamic Sham Center for the war on terror and extremism… located in Damascus, the capital of Syria… During his meeting with the..."

"Colonialism is what planted the occupation in our land"

"Anyone who comes to it [Jerusalem] under the auspices of the oppressive occupier is not wanted"

"We are not fighting anyone due to religion, race, gender, or color; we are dealing in resistance in a dignified manner when the occupiers force us to fight"

"We must attack every Jew on the planet – slaughter and kill"

"Ribat is remaining… resolve, taking root – the best Jihad is that we will remain here, that we will strike roots here."

"Al-Habbash: Visiting Jerusalem is obligatory Ribat and Jihad for all Muslims in order to defend it from the occupation"

"Visiting Jerusalem and carrying out Ribat at the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque are a religious commandment and a political necessity"

"A call was also [directed] to all Muslims that can to come to Jerusalem in order to visit the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, carry out Ribat there..."

"The [PA] Presidential Office condemns the desecration of the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s sanctity by the occupation and its settlers, and the attack against the worshippers"

"Al-Habbash: Jerusalem is the embodiment of the conflict between truth and falsehood"

"The mosque functioned as mass media through which they would announce all of the intifada activities."

"The Al-Aqsa Mosque will not remain a holy site for the Muslims, but rather will gradually... become a place of worship of Jews, and will threaten to take the conflict to a religious and dangerous place."

"This is a war crime and igniting the fuse of religious war."

"According to the Israeli media, more than 700 missiles were launched from the Gaza Strip – which is patient, carrying out Ribat, and besieged – towards the oppressive occupation entity in the last two days"

Senior Hamas official: "Set out with Allah’s blessing on the path of Jihad and resistance" 

“The battle over Jerusalem that is raging today... is a battle between facts and myth... and between good and evil."

"The Jews' ambassador in Egypt said that the borders of the Jews' state will be from the Euphrates [River] to the Nile [River]"