Murabitat

Murabitat (Arabic: المرابطات, defenders of the faith, steadfast, or garrison soldiers) is an Islamist political movement of Muslim women, funded by the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel. The group organises classes at al-Masjid al-Aqsa on Arabic literacy and qira'at and tajweed in Qur'anic recitation. Members of the movement have also monitored Jewish visitation to the Al-Aqsa compound and attempts by activists to perform Jewish prayers, which, per the status quo, is disallowed by the Israeli and Jordanian authorities. Members have disrupted several such attempts by verbally abusing, and on occasion physically assaulting, Jewish activist groups. Israel has in turn attempted to bar access to Al-Aqsa by members of the group.