Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri was launched by Israeli authorities on Friday after being detained for a number of hours and ordered to be deported from the mosque.
His lawyer Khaled Zabarka instructed Anadolu that the Israeli authorities launched Sheikh Ekrima and ordered his deportation from the mosque till Aug. 8, with a chance to increase his deportation for six months.
Earlier on Friday, Sheikh Ekrima Sabri was arrested early Israeli police for mourning and eulogizing slain Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh.
Haniyeh was assassinated on Wednesday in Tehran, Iran’s capital. While Hamas and Iran blamed Israel for the killing, Tel Aviv has not confirmed or denied its duty.
One of Sabri’s family members instructed Anadolu that Israeli police stormed into his home in occupied East Jerusalem and arrested him.
Following the Friday prayer at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Sabri led a funeral prayer in absentia for Haniyeh.
“The people of Jerusalem and the environs of Jerusalem from the pulpit of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque mourn the martyr Ismail Haniyeh,” he stated whereas giving a sermon.
The 85-year-old preacher had beforehand been detained by Israeli forces and was barred from coming into the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem for months.
Sabri is a staunch critic of the decades-long Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. He had beforehand held the place of mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories from 1994 to 2006.
Source: www.anews.com.tr