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 ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police closed the entrances to Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site after Palestinian suspects threw a firebomb at a police station on Tuesday. The rare move drew angry ...

The Jordanian-Palestinian brotherhood is important for confronting the Judaization of Christian and Islamic holy sites, ...

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 ...

- Attendees hail Jordan’s vital role in supporting Palestinians, stress importance of Hashemite Custodianship of Jerusalem's ...

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, ...

The Archdiocese of Detroit will welcome Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, for a pastoral visit ...

For Palestinian Muslims and Christians, the creation of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948, on the land of historic ...

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 ...

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.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Islamic officials intensified calls for Israel to abandon a controversial dig in Jerusalem on Sunday, saying they were upset they had not been told sooner about a discovery of ...