JERUSALEM (CNN)  -- Jerusalem authorities said Friday they hoped a court ruling would end three nights of protests by Israel's ultra-Orthodox community. Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest an arrest and the opening of a parking lot on the Sabbath in Jerusalem on Thursday. The decision by Jerusalem's Magistrate's Court will allow an ultra-Orthodox woman suspected of starving her 3-year-old son to be released from police custody and serve a temporary house arrest instead. The woman, whom police have not named, is from a radical sect of ultra-Orthodox Judaism known as Toldot Aharon, whose members believe that the modern state of Israel and its laws are a man-made creation beneath the religious teachings of the Talmud, the authoritative body of Jewish religious traditions.
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Jerusalem Magistrate's Court to allow woman suspected of child abuse to go home
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Police had arrested ultra-Orthodox woman, accused her of starving 3-year-old son
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Arrest sparked protests, rioting in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods
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City plan to open parking garage on Sabbath has also led to protests
The case and the riots highlight the existence in Israel of extreme @placeholder religious groups that are awaiting the return of a messiah and that reject modern secular culture.