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May 5, 2024 · Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Credit Jorge Láscar / Flickr / Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel, is one of the most important spiritual sites for Christians, so it may come as some surprise that the keys to the church are actually entrusted to the care of Muslim families.
Mar 26, 2016 · The key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of Christianity’s holiest sites is held by a Muslim family, and it has been for centuries.
For over 850 years, two Palestinian Muslim families have been entrusted with the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the holiest shrine for Christianity. The keys were created on July 15, 1149. The leader Salah Al-Din (Saladin) assigned the keys to the Joudeh Al-Husseini family on February 10, 1187, as the sole legitimate ...
Nov 30, 2017 · Item 1 of 8 Adeeb Joudeh, a Muslim, displays the ancient keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, during an interview with Reuters at his home near Jerusalem's Old City November 8, 2017.
Nov 30, 2017 · Nov 30, 2017. As dark falls, Adeeb Joudeh, a Muslim, makes his way through the stone alleyways of Jerusalem's walled Old City cradling the ancient key to one of Christianity's holiest sites. Centuries ago, the imposing iron key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried, was entrusted ...
A 1,000-year-old promise of peace. ... just inside the sole public entrance to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The doorway to the sprawling church, founded in the 4th Century, is where ...
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Since the arrival of Islam in Jerusalem in the seventh century, the Sunni Muslim family has held the keys of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Christianity's holiest site, alongside the Joudeh Al Husseini family (who were added to the original arrangement in the time of Saladin, the Muslim conqueror who seized the holy city from the Crusaders ...
