History On 21 August 1969, a fire was started in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Amin al-Husseini, the former Mufti of Jerusalem, called the arson a "Jewish crime" and called for all Muslim heads of state to convene a summit. The fire, which "destroyed part of the old wooden roof and an 800-year-old pulpit" was blamed on the mental illness of perpetrator Australian Christian fundamentalist Denis Michael Rohanby Israel, and on Zionists and Zionism by the Islamic conference.
History On 21 August 1969, a fire was started in the Al-Aqsa Mosque i,n Jerusalem. Amin al-Husseini, the former Mufti of Jerusalem, called the arson a "Jewish crime" and called for all Muslim heads of state to convene a summit. The fire which "destroyed part of the old wooden roof and an 800-year-old pulpit" was blamed on the mental .illness of perpetrator Australian Christian fundamentalist Denis Michael Rohanby Israel, and on Zionists and Zionism by the Islamic conference