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Al Dissi Mosque

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Old Jerusalem Habad street 92 mosque
Old Jerusalem Habad street 92 mosque

The Al Dissi mosque or the Al Disi mosque (Arabic: مسجد الديسي) is an ancient mosque located within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, on the edge between the Armenian Quarter and the Jewish Quarter.In 2018 the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, funded the renovation of the mosque; Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth states that the local Jewish community and the Waqf "came to an agreement" that there would be no muezzin calling from the minaret. Sheikh Mazen Ahram, a Jerusalem Imam, says that the mosque's muezzin loudspeakers were confiscated by Israeli authorities in 1993, who subsequently prevented any announcements from the minaret. He also says 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.

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Al Dissi Mosque
Heil HaHandasa, Jerusalem Morasha

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Heil HaHandasa
9511208 Jerusalem, Morasha
Jerusalem District, Israel
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Old Jerusalem Habad street 92 mosque
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