Jerusalem (CNN) -- The leader of the Islamic movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, begins a five-month jail sentence Sunday after being convicted of assault for spitting on a border police guard during a protest against Israel's construction near the Al-Aqsa mosque in 2007.
Islamic movement spokesman Zahi Injidat told CNN that followers were heading to the mosque Sunday in solidarity.
"We are going to show our support with Sheikh Raed Salah that the fight is for the Aqsa mosque and make the Israelis feel that there will be thousands of Salahs, not only one. The Israeli authorities will not bring us down," he said.
Injidat also described the ruling and charges against Salah as an "an unprecedented ruling".
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