Al Dissi Mosque

Al-Disi Mosque

mosque

Country	Palestine
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Jerusalem
Coordinate location	31°46′25″N 35°13′50″E
Architectural style	Islamic architecture

De Al Dissi mosque anaa de Al Disi mosque (Arabic: مسجد الديسي) be a medieval mosque wey locate within de walls of de Old City of Jerusalem, for de edge between de Armenian Quarter den de Jewish Quarter.

Insyd 2018 de King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, fund de renovation of de mosque; Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth dey state dat de local Jewish community den de Waqf "cam to an agreement" dat der no go be muezzin wey go dey call from de minaret. Sheikh Mazen Ahram, a Jerusalem Imam, say dat na Israeli authorities confiscate de mosque ein muezzin loudspeakers insyd 1993, wey subsequently prevent any announcements from de minaret. He sanso dey talk say de land in front of de mosque, owned by de Islamic Waqf, na Isreal confiscate am den convert am into a car park, secof ein location near de Jewish Quarter, na users of de mosque face racist insults den harassment.

History

Location of de mosque, between de Armenian den Jewish quarters, insyd a 1936 Survey of Palestine map

De mosque dey date back to de Ayyubid era of Al-Mu'azzam Isa, wey na dem later restore am insyd de Mamluk era. Insyd 1487 na ebe endowed by Al-Kameli ibn Abu-Sharif, wet e dey mention de mosque as "Masjid al-Omar". Na ebe subsequently named de Al Dissi Mosque after a member of de Jerusalemite Al Dissi family.

Na 1967-76 demolition works dem carry out by de “Jewish Quarter Development Company” adjacent to de site damage de structure of de mosque; na ebe subsequently renovated by de Islamic Waqf.

Description

De mosque get a minaret wey be about 15 meters high, wey e get an area of 60 square meters. De mosque prayer area dey situate along a small corridor behind de low steel gate insyd de main entrance.