Despite fears of violence, the first Friday prayers held during Ramadan in Jerusalem passed peacefully. Some 80,000 worshippers joined prayers in Jerusalem’s Old City, according to the Waqf authority. They headed to the Noble Sanctuary or al-Haram al-Sharif in Arabic, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. It contains the holy Islamic sites of the Dome of the Rock shrine and the al-Aqsa Mosque. It is the third holiest site in Islam and is also sacred to Jews because two Jewish temples used to stand there. Muslims are marking the holy month of Ramadan, and Israel has said it will allow them to pray…