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Hundreds of Muslims protest Trump's embassy move in front of White House

9 December 2017 00:42 GMT

Hundreds of Muslims attended Friday prayers in front of the White House to protest President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Responding to the call of American Muslim organizations, worshippers laid out their prayer mats at a park in front of the president's residence.

Wearing traditional Palestinian keffiyeh scarves or the colors of the Palestinian flag, protesters also held placards denouncing Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Muslim worshippers protest in front of the White Housefollowing President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital (AFP)

"Trump does not own a piece of soil of Jerusalem and Palestine. He owns the Trump Tower. He can give it away to the Israelis," Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), told AFP. 

The president is "empowering Christian religious extremism in the US," he added.

Source: AFP