Recent Incident of desecration and Usurpation of the Ibrahim Mosque (The Records of the Islamic Higher Council, Jerusalem)

May 27, 1982 

Jewish settlers, putting wine on a table to prevent Muslims from praying in the Ibrahimi Mosque.

June 2, 1982

The preparations for prayer by Jewish settlers in the Ibrahimi Mosque, by the knowledge of the Israeli military Governor.

June 13, 1982

A wedding by Jewish Settler trespassers at the Mosque from 6 p.m until midnight.

July 1, 1982

Jewish settler trespassers brought iron cupboards and chairs into the Jacobite and Ibrahimi tomb rooms inside the Ibrahimi Mosque.

September 13, 1982 

Israeli soldiers prevented Muslims from holding their dawn prayers.

September 27, 1982

Jewish settlers blew on the ram’s horn to disrupt the moon, afternoon and sunset Muslim prayers.

October 24, 1982 

Jewish settlers brought Hebrew manuscripts in frames into the Ibrahimi and Jacobite tomb rooms, as part of their attempt to chance the Ibrahimi Mosque into a synagogue.

November 27, 1982 

Those responsible for the Ibrahimi Mosque were informed that Jews would place the Toran inside the mosque, as part of their attempt to change the Mosque into a synagogue.

November 29, 1982

Two hundred Jewish settlers broke into the Ibrahimi Mosque at night, bringing tables and bottles of Coke into the Jacobite and Yusifyeh tomb rooms.

December 16, 1982 

Soldiers placed a candlestick on the Salah Eddin Ayubi citadel, close to the Ibrahimi Mosque, and then brought a gas stove into the mosque.

December 18, 1982 

Israeli soldiers brought a dining table into the Ibrahimi Mosque and ate their lunch.

January 29, 1983

Jewish settlers drank wine in the Ibrahimi Mosque.

February 28, 1983

After finishing their prayers inside the Ibrahimi Mosque, Jewish settlers damaged the copper crescent on Lady Rifqa’s window.

April 16, 1983

Jewish settlers held a circumcision ceremony inside the Ibrahimi Mosque, drinking wine and partying in desecration if Islamic standards.

May 1, 1983

Jewish settlers held a circumcision ceremony inside Ibrahimi Mosque and Israeli military forces prevented Muslims from visiting the Ibrahimi tomb.

September 9, 1983

An officer broke a door leading to the Mosque’s minaret and damaged the microphone. Then he made a path for Jews to enter on Muslim carpets.

November 2, 1983

Jewish settlers put a table and chair in the pulpit, changing the area into a religious school.

November 23, 1983

Jewish settlers hung the Ten Commandments in the Ibrahimi and Jacobite tomb rooms as part of their attempt to transform the Mosque into a synagogue.

December 29, 1983

Jewish settlers prevented Muslims from entering the Mosque until late morning, as a way of asserting their claim to control the Ibrahimi mosque.

Janueary 11, 1984

The Military Governor hung three copper pieces holding the Ten Commandment on the three doors of Ibrahimi Mosque, as part of the attempt to transform the Mosque into a synagogue.

Source: Encyclopedia of Palestine Problem by Issa Nakhleh.