He emphasized that the pulpit of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is not merely a platform for delivering speeches, but a pulpit for knowledge, awareness, and guidance, carrying the message of Islam based on truth, justice, and tolerance, noting that attempts to subject it to policies of restriction and silencing represent an infringement on the status and sanctity of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and an assault on the right of Muslims to practice their religious rites freely and safely.
Kanaan warned of the danger of the targeting of preachers coinciding with the restrictions on worshipers and limiting their access to the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, in contrast to the continued incursions and violations, which raises fears of enshrining unilateral measures aimed at changing the historical and legal status quo in the mosque and its surroundings.
He stressed that the Hashemite Custodianship over Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, undertaken by His Majesty King Abdullah II, represents a firm historical and religious responsibility in protecting the holy sites, preserving their Arab, Islamic, and Christian identity, and safeguarding their historical and legal status quo.
Kanaan valued the continuous efforts led by His Majesty at the political and diplomatic levels in defense of Jerusalem and its holy sites, and the constant emphasis on the necessity of stopping Israeli violations and protecting the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque from attempts to change its identity and its historical and legal reality, in addition to the role played by Jordan through the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites, and the Jerusalem Awqaf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, in caring for the mosque, managing its affairs, and maintaining its religious and historical presence.
He affirmed that protecting the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque is a responsibility that accepts no division or compromise, and that the continued targeting of clergy, preachers, Murabitin (defenders), and worshipers will not change the fact of the mosque's Islamic identity, nor the established rights of Muslims therein.
Kanaan called on the international community, international organizations, and human rights groups to assume their legal and moral responsibilities and work to stop Israeli measures against the Al-Aqsa Mosque preachers and worshipers, ensure freedom of worship, respect the existing historical and legal status quo, and not allow the continuation of violations that threaten the sanctity of the holy sites and the stability of the Holy City.
The Royal Committee for Jerusalem Affairs reiterated the firm Jordanian position, led by His Majesty the King, in defending Jerusalem and its Islamic and Christian holy sites, supporting the steadfastness of its people, and preserving its Arab identity, leading to the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state on Palestinian national soil with East Jerusalem as its capital.
