Jews and muslims

Tisha B'Av reminds us that Jewish prayer belongs on the Temple Mount - opinion

A Tisha B'Av pilgrimage makes the case that Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount can expand without provoking conflict.

A JEWISH man prays during a visit to the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City, earlier this month.
Ron Segev lighting a candle at the CAM-organized Hanukkah menorah-lighting ceremony in Tel Aviv

‘Stop living in fear!’ - opinion

THE BRIDGE must span Jerusalem’s most sensitive terrain – the Temple Mount, or al-Haram al-Sharif. For Jews, it is the site of the ancient Temple; for Muslims, the place of the Prophet Muhammad’s ascent to heaven, the writer states.

A Jewish-Muslim ‘Nostra Aetate’ could reshape the Middle East - opinion

 RABBI YONATAN NERIL.

Rabbi Yonatan Neril: Founder of Israel's interfaith NGO linking religion and ecology


Top Democratic Party hopeful ‘regrets’ past ties with Nation of Islam

Keith Ellison said "At the time, I did not grasp [Louis] Farrakhan’s antisemitism," also expresses regret for opposition to assistance for Israel during last Gaza war.

US Rep. Keith Ellison

New Jersey Imam with alleged Hamas ties fights extradition

Qatanani, who heads the Islamic Center of Passaic County, denies he was ever a part of the militant group, which the US and European Union classify as a terrorist organization.

A Muslim pilgrim prays atop Mount Thor in the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage

Arab-Israeli MK: 'Islamophobic' Netanyahu, Trump fueling muezzin bill

Yisrael Beytenu MK Ilatov says Tibi inciting religious conflict over law.

Minarets on the horizon.

My Word: Noise, no noise and good noise

The early calls to prayers by muezzins in not-solocal mosques are often impossible to ignore in my Jerusalem neighborhood.

A man stands near a mosque opposite to a neighborhood in east Jerusalem November 13, 2016.

Fine against muezzin kindles fresh controversy over Muslim call to prayer

"We don't want to give excuses to fundamentalist Muslims to convince young people that the others are anti-Islam."

Residents sit with cups of coffee outside their apartment building in Lod

Mountain Jews: Happy as a Jew in Azerbaijan

The Jerusalem Post

Arab League terms muezzin bill a 'very dangerous provocation'

Dozens of people including Balad party MPs Haneen Zoabi and Basel Ghattas demonstrated against the bill on Wednesday night in Jaffa.

A man stands near a mosque opposite to a neighborhood in east Jerusalem November 13, 2016.

Jewish and Muslim leaders call for end to violence and incitement

“In the name of God, we, people of the Holy Land and leaders of its religious communities are gathered to take upon ourselves to relentlessly seek peace in the Land,” declared the religious leaders.

A group of leading religious figures from the Jewish and Muslim communities in the region concluded met a summit in Spain

Jews, Muslims unite to fight impact of campaign rhetoric

“What’s happened as a result of the poisonous atmosphere that Trump has created is that American Muslims are desperate for allies.”

Donald Trump speaks at his election night rally in Manhattan

Israeli bill to muffle Muslim call to prayer stokes tempers on all sides

“The problem could also be resolved through dialogue and agreement, but all the right-wing wants to do is create a provocation,” Joint List MK tells Post.

A man stands near a mosque opposite to a neighborhood in east Jerusalem November 13, 2016.