Israeli police said they arrested Thursday a security chief of Waqf, the organization that manages the al-Aqsa mosque compound in east Jerusalem, accusing him of trying to incite violence during last Friday's prayer services.
Muslim Leaders In Minnesota Complain About St. Paul Mayor’s Israel Trip
On Monday, Muslim leaders and spokesman gathered outside St. Paul, Minnesota, Mayor Norm Coleman’s City Hall office to show their disapproval towards his four-day trip to Israel last week during this sensitive time without meeting Palestinians there.
Israel completed evacuating families of employees in the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, and reduced its embassy staff there on Thursday after the shooting of an Israeli diplomat on Tuesday.
The Muslim community of California organized an emergency fundraising dinner Saturday for the defense of a Pakistani student who has so far spent one year in prison.