A Palestinian man holds open a prayer rug as he begs for charity from the thousands of worshippers streaming out of the Temple Mount at the end of Moslem Friday prayers January 31 as Israeli police stand guard over the crowd (rear). Israel Radio estimated 200,000 Moslems attended prayers at al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount as Israel deployed 3,000 police in the city in expectation of the influx of worshippers.

MIDEAST PRAYERS