Muslim worshipers pray outside of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 15. Maya Levin / Maya Levin for NPR "Everyone knows that Ramadan is not Ramadan without Al-Aqsa," Bisan says.

Questions remain about access to the main Islamic congregational mosque in the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City as Palestinians see the site as essential to their identity.

Israeli officials plans to limit the number of Muslim citizens allowed in Jerusalem's Al Aqsa Mosque during the upcoming Ramadan holy month to 40,000-50,000.

The Israeli police said they arrested eight people at the Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, where thousands of Muslim worshippers had come for dawn prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan amid ...

Crowds at Al Aqsa Mosque Pray in Peace Despite Hamas’s Rallying Cry. Worshipers gather under Israeli watch to mark first Friday of Ramadan. By Jared Malsin. and Fatima AbdulKarim ...

JERUSALEM — At 7 a.m. every weekday, the large green doors of the mosque at the Al-Aqsa compound, usually wide open, close with a bang as Palestinian worshippers shutter themselves inside ...