{"id":2890,"date":"2023-11-25T20:25:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T20:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2023-11-25T20:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T20:25:42","slug":"defiance-amidst-destruction-palestinians-hold-friday-prayers-in-ruined-gaza-mosque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/11\/25\/defiance-amidst-destruction-palestinians-hold-friday-prayers-in-ruined-gaza-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Defiance Amidst Destruction: Palestinians Hold Friday Prayers in Ruined Gaza Mosque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Palestinians performed Friday prayers yesterday inside one of the mosques destroyed by the occupation in the Gaza Strip, defying the Israeli killing machine that indiscriminately targeted Islamic and Christian sanctities alike.<\/p>\n<p>A circulated video showed one of the mosques with its walls and dome destroyed, with concrete blocks dangling from the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p>Several worshippers were seen listening to the sermon delivered by the imam, who stated, &#8220;Allah wills nothing but the completion of His light&#8230; This is the light of Allah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued, &#8220;Today, we pray in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2023\/11\/20\/echoes-of-cruelty-israeli-soldiers-laughter-resounds-after-mosque-bombing-in-gaza\/\">mosque<\/a> despite the disapproval of the unbelievers, in fulfillment of His saying: &#8216;They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah refuses except to complete His light, although the disbelievers dislike it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-5\">\n<div class=\"p-4 gizmo:py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl } group\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full gap-3 gizmo:gap-0\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"67462cfb-5119-44b0-8817-033f669b7215\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<h3>The occupation deliberately targets mosques in Gaza with airstrikes<\/h3>\n<p>Images and videos of dozens of mosques destroyed in Gaza by the occupying forces have previously circulated.<\/p>\n<p>Footage published last October depicted the destruction of the &#8220;Al-Amin Muhammad Mosque&#8221; 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She studied at the Shari 'a Scientific Institute and then at the Shari' a High School in Homs. She worked as a correspondent for the Arab Equidad newspaper in the United States of America. - New Jersey, Al-Ayam Al-Arabiya, Florida, 1990-2000, Gulf, United Arab Emirates Sharjah - Al-Ittihad Abu Dhabi - Rotana Saudi Magazine - Family Days Magazine (Syrian) Most Syrian newspapers and magazines, after moving to Jordan, followed two press and radio sessions of the community media network and a session of the Doha Center for Media Freedom in Amman and completed dozens of radio reports on the country's radio and Amman Net. I have been working as a collaborator with Zaman Al Wassal on the name \"Fars Al Rufai\" since 2013. I have an interest in writing about social issues, heritage, phenomena and various artistic subjects. I have many printed books, including: (Questions - confrontations in thought, life and creativity), \"Customs and beliefs of Homs Governorate - Syrian Writers' Commission in Damascus 2011, (images from social life in Bedouin) of Al-Rahsah Printing and Publishing House in Homs 2008 and (features and flags from Homs) of Taha Printing and Publishing House 2010. - Many written books, including: (Obad and cultural creations from Syria), (Writing Time - Listening Time - Dialogues in Thought, Life and Creativity) - printed electronically on \"eBook\", (Trades and Industries of Heritage of Homs), (Exotic Hand, Face and Tongue - Photographs from Popular Heritage s in Homs) and (Famous Homs in the 12th and 13th CentCenturies).","sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100004432501735","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/kh66aw"],"url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/author\/khaled\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}