The holy month of Ramadan has started in the Gulf region including United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia. The first Roza will be observed here on 18th February. The Benjamin Netanyahu government in Israel has taken a big decision regarding Ramadan. 10 thousand Palestinian Muslims have been allowed to offer Friday prayers in the Al Aqsa Mosque here. This mosque is located in East Jerusalem, which Muslims consider as their third holiest place. However, Israel has also added a condition to it.
Ramadan is starting in the Middle East from Wednesday (17 February). In such a situation, this decision taken by Israel is being considered very special. However, a condition has been imposed in the permission given by Israel for offering Namaz in Al Aqsa Mosque, in which the age of men, women and children has been fixed, who will be able to offer Namaz in the mosque. The age for male Muslims to offer namaz in the mosque has been fixed at more than 55 years, for women it is more than 50 years, while for children the age limit has been fixed at 12 years.
Daily permit will have to be made
10 thousand people will be allowed to come for Friday prayers. People participating in this will have to get a daily permit in advance. Without getting a permit, no person will be given permission to offer namaz in the mosque. This information has been given by issuing a statement from the Israeli Defense Ministry.
control of israel
Al-Aqsa Mosque located in East Jerusalem and its surrounding areas have been under Israeli control since 1967. Israel itself handles the responsibility of administrative work here. The special thing is that the management of this mosque is done by the Waqf Board of Jordan. Muslims consider it their third holiest place while Jews also claim it and call it the Temple Mount.