Most of the worshippers were Palestinians,and Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal expressed solidarity with their suffering.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Israel national police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says Monday was especially sensitive as 30,000 Jewish worshippers approached the compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount at the start of the week-long Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

Iranian officials say at least 27 people were killed and some 270 wounded in twin suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in Zahedan in Sistan-Baluchistan province, where worshippers had gathered to mark the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16