Location of the mosque, between the Armenian and Jewish quarters, in a 1936 Survey of Palestine map
The mosque dates from the Ayyubid era of Al-Mu'azzam Isa, and was later restored in the Mamluk era.[1] In 1487 it was endowed by Al-Kameli ibn Abu-Sharif,[2] and mention the mosque as "Masjid al-Omar".[3] It was subsequently named the Al Dissi Mosque after a member of the Jerusalemite Al Dissi family.[2]
In 2018 the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, funded the renovation of the mosque. In 2011, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the local Jewish community and the Waqf "came to an agreement" that there would be no muezzin calling from the minaret.[4] Sheikh Mazen Ahram, a Jerusalem Imam, stated that the mosque's muezzin loudspeakers were confiscated by Israeli authorities in 1993, who subsequently prevented any announcements from the minaret. He also stated that the land in front of the mosque, owned by the Islamic Waqf, was confiscated by Israel and converted into a car park, and that due to its location near the Jewish Quarter, users of the mosque have faced racist insults and harassment.[1]
Description
The mosque has a minaret that is approximately 15 metres (49ft) high, and has an area of 60 square metres (650sqft).[3] The mosque prayer area is situated along a small corridor behind the low steel gate in the main entrance.[2]
12(مساجد بيت المقدس), Al-Kafrawi, Muhammad (1983). محمد الكفراوي [Mosques of Jerusalem] (in Arabic). Jerusalem: Arab Graduates Club (نادي الخريجين العرب). p.22.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑Friedson, Yael (21 November 2011). "עוד יהיה כאן פיצוץ": בקרוב מסגד בלב הרובע היהודי[There will be another explosion here": Soon a mosque in the heart of the Jewish Quarter]. Yedioth Ahronoth (in Hebrew). לפני שנה שיפץ מלך מרוקו את מסגד דיסי (השני משני המסגדים שברובע היהודי), אך התושבים והמנהל הקהילתי הגיעו להסכמות שקטות עם נציגים מתונים בוואקף ולפיהן ייערכו תפילות במקום - ללא קריאות מואזין.
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