PA minister asks Allah to “purify” Muslim holy sites “from the defilement of the criminal infidels” - on eve of Jewish New Year
Official PA TV, broadcast of Friday prayers and a sermon by PA Minister of Religious Affairs Hatem Al-Bakri at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron
PA Minister of Religious Affairs Hatem Al-Bakri: “Allah, purify the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Ibrahimi Mosquefrom the defilement of the criminal infidels, O Master of the Universe.”
[Official PA TV, Sept. 15, 2023]
The PA minister made this antisemitic statement on the eve of the Jewish New Year when large number of Jews would visit the Western Wall which the PA considers part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque.