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Saudi Official Condemns Israeli Excavation Near Al-Aqsa Mosque | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT English Archive 2005 -2017
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Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat — An official source has condemned Israel’s building work near Al-Aqsa Mosque, affirming that the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is very much concerned and described these acts as a clear violation of the sacredness of the mosque and a threat to eliminate its religious and Islamic features.

In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency The source said the kingdom expresses its condemnation of these practices by the Israeli authorities on the third holiest mosque in the Islamic world. ‘the kingdom urges the international community to intervene and stop this Israeli aggression as well as to confront firmly these practices which are aimed at desecrating the Islamic and civilized identity of al-Aqsa mosque, which are considered as provocations for Muslims all around the world.”