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Unbelievable: Court FINES petitioners for demanding equal praying rights for Muslims

So much for freedom of religious practice: Israel allows Christians from Gaza to travel to their holy sites, but rejects similar requests from Muslims When demanding to maintain its control over both East and West Jerusalem—and especially, over the city’s holy sites—one of Israel’s main arguments is that it allows freedom of worship in the…

By Noam Sheizaf June 20, 2011