Equality on the Temple Mount

What’s in dispute now is what Jews, and only Jews, may do on the Temple Mount. Muslim worship there is unrestricted. Tourism is unrestricted. But Muslims want Jewish worship to be restricted. For decades, the Israeli police have stopped Jews from praying in quorums or donning ritual phylacteries and shawls to pray alone (praying alone without garb was usually okay, so long as the worshipper didn’t bow or sway unreasonably). Read Full Article »