Sunday, October 28, 2012

More Jews praying on site also sacred to Muslims - latimes.com

More Jews praying on site also sacred to Muslims - latimes.com: On most days, dozens — sometimes hundreds — of Jewish worshipers ascend to the disputed 36-acre platform that Muslims venerate as Al Aqsa mosque and Jews revere as the Temple Mount with an Israeli police escort to protect them and a Muslim security guard to monitor their movements.

Then, they recite a quick prayer, sometimes quietly to themselves, other times out loud.