Rows of stalls brimming with the thick fragrance of attars, the gentle gleam of tasbihs, countless varieties of prayer mats and religious caps — this is a scene common at the city's Baitul Mukarram ...

He recounted his experience to Middle East Eye, saying, “I was stopped by four soldiers for wearing a white keffiyeh around my head and a Palestinian coloured tasbih [rosary beads] around my wrist,” ...