JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police on Sunday arrested and later released a senior Muslim cleric who helps administrate a sacred compound in the Old City, two days after he re-opened a mosque sealed ...

Eight Muslim worshippers were arrested in Jerusalem on Friday after morning prayers at the Noble Sanctuary, also known as the Temple Mount, Israeli police said. The Israeli citizens are suspected of ...

His Majesty King Abdullah’s meeting on Wednesday with Muslim and Christian religious leaders from Jerusalem and Jordan reaffirmed Jordan’s historic and enduring role in protecting Jerusalem’s Islamic ...

People walk ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan Muslim worshippers hold the "Taraweeh" evening prayer of Ramadan in the Al-Aqsa compound JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will permit some Muslims ...

Pope Francis received assurances from Jordan's King Abdullah II that Christian and Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem will be protected amid the Israel-Hamas war. The pope met with the king of Jordan — ...

May 11 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict arrived on Monday in Jerusalem, a city revered by all three great monotheistic religions, Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Here are some facts about religion and the ...

- Attendees hail Jordan’s vital role in supporting Palestinians, stress importance of Hashemite Custodianship of Jerusalem's Muslim, Christian holy sites- Jerusalem Waqf, Al Aqsa Mosque Affairs ...

Ayman Oghanna for NPR Jewish revelers in a Purim parade pass protesters holding placards marking the days since hostages from Israel have been held by Hamas. Outside the church of Gethsemane, ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia -- Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat. The ritual marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic ...

Late on Tuesday night, a group of Israeli settlers attempted to burn down the now disused mosque of Akasha Bin Mohsin. They were unable to obtain entry, and so proceeded to torch the exterior, and ...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday issued a surprise presidential decree relieving the Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, of his duties, saying that he had reached the pension age.