Religious Tensions

The Palestinian issue has been present in the past nine Interfaith Dialogue Conferences hosted annually in Qatar, but was only really highlighted in the 10th conference held from April...

On Tuesday morning Israeli settlers blazed ten Palestinian cars in Dier Jareer neighbourhood in the east of the West Bank city of Ramallah. Local sources said that Israeli settlers...

Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, has announced that he is to visit the Gaza Strip on May 8 with a delegation of...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Orthodox Christians gathered in Prophorius Church in the centre of Gaza City on Sunday to celebrate Easter. Prophorius Church is the oldest and most central for Orthodox...

More than 40 extremist Israeli settlers, including senior Likud officials, invaded Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Maghrabi Gate on Tuesday morning. They said they were commemorating the 'unification' of Jerusalem....

The Director-general of the Israeli "Religious Affairs Ministry" announced during a session in the Knesset that the ministry is seeking to review a law that will allow Jews to...

The Action Committee for Jerusalem and Palestine has called for demonstrations in all Egyptian mosques on Friday in protest at the latest Israeli aggression against the Al-Aqsa Mosque and...

Israel has denounced a paper by the Scottish Church which denies "Jews' special claim to the land of Israel." The paper entitled "The Inheritance of Abraham," which was published...

Israel apologized to the Arab Republic of Egypt on Wednesday over an incident that happened in the old town of Jerusalem last Saturday in which Israeli police attacked Egyptian...

Following the demands made by Egypt's permanent representative at the UN, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, phoned Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, asking him to halt Israeli violations against...

Jordan's Minister for Information and Communication, Mohammed al-Momani, last Thursday officially announced the departure of the Israeli ambassador to Amman, Daniel Nevo. In a press conference held on Wednesday...

There is an on-going conspiracy against the Christian presence in the Palestinian territories, said Hanna Issa Hadithah, an activist who supports the Christian presence in Palestine. "The authorities...

A Palestinian organisation located in the territories occupied in 1948 that maintains Islamic sanctities and monitors violations against them by the Zionist occupation authorities has said that, "Zionist gangs...

Member of the organisation for Palestinian Endowments and Religious Affairs in Gaza, Ismail Ridwan, revealed on Tuesday a $6m Israeli plan to judaise Jerusalem and alter its Arabic appearance....

Work started on Tuesday on the construction of a seven-storey building adjacent to the Noble Sanctuary of Al-Aqsa. The land next to the Magharbeh Gate into the sanctuary is...

PICTURES Unknown vandals have desecrated the Orthodox Christian Cemetery in the occupied city of Jaffa. Several broken tombstones and others covered in racist graffiti were discovered on Thursday morning....

Jewish settlers have damaged a number of cars in a Palestinian village to the west of Jerusalem and scrawled racist graffiti on houses. The tyres of 28 vehicles were...

Sixty Israeli soldiers have entered Al-Aqsa Mosque wearing their uniforms in what is being seen as an attempt to strengthen a Jewish presence in the sacred Islamic site. According...

The occupied West Bank has witnessed a number of demonstrations in protest at the normalisation projects promoted by the Geneva Initiative. The protesters have called on anyone pushing the...

The Israel Antiquities Authority has decided to turn a historic East Jerusalem mosque into a synagogue, Haaretz has reported. The Nabi Daud Mosque was vandalised recently by Jewish extremists...

In a clear act of aggression against Islamic sites in occupied Jerusalem, Israel's Minister for Jerusalem and Diaspora Affairs Naftali Bennett has opened a new place for male and...

Arab Secrets website has revealed that Saudi Arabia has engaged the services of the British company G4S to provide security for the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah. The Website...

Jordan's first Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Khalil Attieh demanded on Wednesday that his government expel Daniel Nevo, the Israeli ambassador to Jordan. Attieh also urged the Arab League...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have protested against ongoing incursions by Israeli settlers and police at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Many noted the irony that Palestinian Authority...

PHOTOS Clashes between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian protesters erupted in Jerusalem yesterday after the Friday prayer and continued until late evening. Tens of Palestinians were wounded and detained....

Palestine's Intifada Youth Coalition announced, on Saturday, the launch of its Jerusalem Week to support the city and the Islamic and Christian holy places against Israeli occupation. The Jerusalem-based...

The National Committee for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel has called upon Saudi Arabia to stop dealing with G4S because the security company is involved in Israel's violations...

The Jerusalem International Foundation is holding an international workshop on Wednesday in the Lebanese capital Beirut to discuss the issue of Jerusalem in light of Israel's recent escalations and...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his condolences on Monday to the family of extremist Jewish Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, founder of the rightwing Shas party. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth...

After being driven out by Muslim worshippers, Israeli settlers were physically prevented from re-entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday when Israeli occupation forces closed one of the gates on...

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon has participated in a propaganda film to promote the Jewish relationship with the city of Jerusalem. The film shows the gradual wearing away...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said that Israel's demands in East Jerusalem have turned the conflict into a "religious struggle" in a region already overburdened with such sensitivities....