A controversy over a mosque in Israel was reignited. Muslims in Nazareth began building the mosque again this week, but were halted by Israel. Christians in the northern Israeli city oppose the construction because the mosque would be adjacent to the Basilica of the Annunciation, one of Christianity’s holiest sites.
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