Palestinians want to pray at al-Aqsa and they want the world to know
A Twitter storm for a hashtag translating to "We want to pray at al-Aqsa" started on Thursday night, organised by the Palestinian Social Media Cafe.
After weeks of unrest inside Jerusalem, the sentimental value for al-Aqsa mosque has increased within the Palestinian community as they see themselves having to deal with the fact that at the time, the future of Islam's third holiest site was, and to an extent still is unknown.
It wasn't only Muslim Palestinians who were upset, the Palestinian Christian community stood with Muslims too. The religious unity was not something that was forgotten in the Twitter storm.
— Aroob Al_Saqqa (@AroobSaqqa) August 3, 2017" style="color:#fff;" class="twitter-post-link" target="_blank">Twitter Post
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Mesmerising photos of al-Aqsa were shared as tweeters expressed their nostalgia for the landmark that some of them have never even seen.
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Translation: Fantastic aerial image showing huge numbers of Jerusalemites in Jerusalem and al-Aqsa mosque |
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Translation: on the third week of the struggle, Palestinians flocked to pray at al-Aqsa |
— Aroob Al_Saqqa (@AroobSaqqa) August 3, 2017" style="color:#fff;" class="twitter-post-link" target="_blank">Twitter Post
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— Aroob Al_Saqqa (@AroobSaqqa) August 3, 2017" style="color:#fff;" class="twitter-post-link" target="_blank">Twitter Post
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