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September 24, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/israel-mourabitun-temple-mount-compound-settlers-islamists.html

Who Are the Temple Mount's Mourabitoun?

(Al-Monitor) Shlomi Eldar - As the struggle over the Temple Mount escalates, the number of Muslim male and female recruits to the Mourabitoun, responsible for inflaming and fanning violence at the site, has grown. The police and Israel Security Agency put their numbers at more than 1,000 women and hundreds of men, who are paid up to 4,000 Israeli shekels ($1,040) a month for their activism. The funding is provided by Islamic charities, mainly the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, headed by Sheikh Raid Salah. Israeli security services claim that Hamas also funnels money to the groups. When Jews arrive on the Mount, the Muslim women, dressed in black, their faces veiled, repeatedly call out in unison, "Allahu Akbar," to scare off the Jews in a type of psychological warfare.

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