JERUSALEM, July 27, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces have issued an order banning the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week, with the possibility of extension, following a summons for interrogation earlier today.

Sheikh Hussein told WAFA that he was summoned by Israeli intelligence for questioning at a center in Jerusalem's Old City. The interrogation came in the wake of his Friday sermon at Al-Aqsa Mosque, in which he condemned Israel's policy of starvation against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The Grand Mufti confirmed that he was handed an official expulsion order barring him from Al-Aqsa Mosque for a renewable period of seven days. He also stated that he refused to sign the order.

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