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Omar Bin Al -Khattab Mosque is one of the most prominent historical monuments in occupied Jerusalem, and it is located in the heart of the Old City, at the site of Yaja al -worshipers, and it is located in an area that is a symbol of religious coexistence between Muslims and Christians.
The mosque was recorded in 1981 in the World Heritage List prepared by the United Nations Educational and Culture Organization (UNESCO), and is part of the heritage and walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.
the site
The Omar Bin Al -Khattab Mosque is located in the heart of the Old City in occupied Jerusalem, specifically inside the Christian neighborhood, and overlooks the south on the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, in the midst of heritage buildings, housing and ancient markets.
The mosque was held specifically in the place where the Caliph Umar ibn al -Khattab, may God be pleased with him, prayed when he arrived in Jerusalem in the year 15 AH, after the Muslim army, led by Abu Ubaidah Amer bin Al -Jarrah, won the Romans in the Battle of Yarmouk.
At that time, the Caliph Umar ibn al -Khattab spread his cloak and prayed on it off the Church of the Holy Sepulcher so that the Muslims did not take it as a mosque after him, and the mosque was established in the same spot in which he prayed.
Naming
Historical sources say that Umar bin Al -Khattab instructed during his visit to the city of Jerusalem in 15 AH (636 AD), by building this mosque so that it is adjacent to the blessed Al -Aqsa Mosque, and therefore this name was called.
But the mosque was built on its current form during the Ayyubid period, specifically the period of Al -Best Bin Salahuddin in the year 589 AH.
Several expansions took place on the mosque, but the Islamic endowments maintained its first shape, as it is reminiscent of the Islamic conquest of the city of Jerusalem.
Architecture
The Omar Bin Al -Khattab Mosque is built from wood and takes a square shape, which is built from columns and remnants of tree trunks, and can accommodate 3 thousand worshipers.
The building of the mosque is shown in the Ayyubid architectural training, as it consists of three -wing porticoes.
Its side wings extend with 30 feet width and a height of 50 feet. It is part of a vital space that is permanently crowded with Christian and Muslim visitors.
The mosque’s minaret was built in the form of a square, and in the sky of the holy city, about 15 meters, and was built in 1465 and renewed during the period of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majeed I.
Upon entering the mosque, the visitor takes 11 thresholds to enter it into an open square and cultivated with flowers and chrome.
As for the house of prayer, it is simply overcome, and it is covered with crossed cellars based on 3 columns from the inside.
The mosque occupies a medium space compared to other mosques in the Holy City, while it is about 4 meters high.
In the middle side of the mosque, there is a mihrab topped with a stone memorial inscription, which is written on the date of the construction of the mosque in the current form, which dates back to the era of the best king, one of the sons of Salah al -Din al -Ayyubi in 589 AH.
In the seventies of the twentieth century, the walls of the mosque were tiled from the inside with a saw stone to prevent moisture from reaching its stones.
It was also added to the mosque a library containing hundreds of Islamic and historical books, and books of Arabic.
Among the mosque features are the text of the age of age, a part of men and another for women.
Violations of the occupation of the mosque
On August 21, 1969, the Omar Bin Al -Khattab Mosque caught fire, after an Australian extremist Jew called Dennis Michael Rohan burned the Al -Aqsa Mosque, and the fire extended to the Omar Mosque and came on parts of it.
