Denis Michael Rohan
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1941 –
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Who is Denis Michael Rohan?
Denis Michael Rohan was an Australian citizen who gained worldwide infamy on 21 August 1969, when he set fire to the pulpit of the Al-Aqsa mosque, located atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Rohan was arrested for the arson attack on 23 August 1969. He was tried, found to be insane, and hospitalized in a mental institution. On 14 May 1974, he was later deported from Israel "on humanitarian grounds, for further psychiatric treatment near his family". He was subsequently transferred to the Callan Park Hospital in Australia. In 1995, he was reported to have died under psychiatric care.
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