Jordan Calls Emergency Arab-Islamic Meeting 'Al-Aqsa Tensions'

Jordan has convened an emergency meeting of foreign ministers from Arab and Islamic countries to address what it described as an "imminent" threat of an Israeli takeover of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, warning that any change to the site's longstanding status could ignite a broader religious conflict. 

The meeting comes amid rising tensions following a series of government-backed incursions by Jewish religious activists



into the compound, which houses the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock – Islam's third-holiest site. The area is also revered by Jews as the Temple Mount.

Jordan, the official custodian of the Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem under a long-standing arrangement, said recent actions violate the historical status quo that permits only Muslims to pray within the compound while allowing non-Muslims to visit under specific conditions.