Al-Azhar strongly condemns the excessive and provocative statements issued by an extremist Zionist official regarding his support for the establishment of a Jewish synagogue inside the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque. It stresses that these provocative statements are issued only by persons with an extremist mentality that does not respect religions, the sanctities of others, or international laws and conventions, and that knows only the law of the jungle, brutality, and criminality.
Al-Azhar reminds the whole world that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, with its courtyards, precincts, and all its areas, has been and shall always be purely Islamic and a historical right for Muslims. It is Islamic in origin, and it is the first of the two Qiblahs and the third of the two Holy Mosques. It will remain as such despite the criminal Zionist plans to Judaize the historical landmarks of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the city of Jerusalem.
Therefore, Al-Azhar calls on the governments of the Muslim world to take serious and strict positions against these irresponsible and repeated statements by this Zionist official and other extremists who have become accustomed to storming the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and inciting violence and terrorism against innocent Palestinians. Al-Azhar calls on all Muslim governments to put an end to these criminal statements and terrorist practices by the officials of this extremist occupant.