The Muslim Quarter ( ar, حَـارَة الـمُـسْـلِـمِـيْـن ''Ḥāraṫ al-Muslimīn''; he, הרובע המוסלמי ''Ha-Rovah ha-Muslemi'') is one of the four sectors of the ancient, walled
Old City of Jerusalem
The Old City of Jerusalem ( he, הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה, translit=ha-ir ha-atiqah; ar, البلدة القديمة, translit=al-Balda al-Qadimah; ) is a walled area in East Jerusalem.
The Old City is traditionally divided into ...
. It covers of the northeastern sector of the Old City. The quarter is the largest and most populous of the four quarters and extends from the
Lions' Gate in the east, along the northern wall of the Temple Mount in the south, to the
Damascus Gate
The Damascus Gate is one of the main Gates of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is located in the wall on the city's northwest side and connects to a highway leading out to Nablus, which in the Hebrew Bible was called Shechem or Sichem, and from t ...
—
Western Wall
The Western Wall ( he, הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, HaKotel HaMa'aravi, the western wall, often shortened to the Kotel or Kosel), known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط ...
route in the west. The
Via Dolorosa starts in this quarter.
[Muslim Quarter of the "Old City" section of Jerusalem](_blank)
The population of the Muslim Quarter is 22,000.
History
The Muslim quarter had a mixed population of Jews, Muslims and Christians until the
1929 Palestine riots
The 1929 Palestine riots, Buraq Uprising ( ar, ثورة البراق, ) or the Events of 1929 ( he, מאורעות תרפ"ט, , ''lit.'' Events of 5689 Anno Mundi), was a series of demonstrations and riots in late August 1929 in which a longst ...
. Some 60 Jewish families now live in the Muslim Quarter.
Yeshivat Ateret Yerushalayim is the largest
yeshiva
A yeshiva (; he, ישיבה, , sitting; pl. , or ) is a traditional Jewish educational institution focused on the study of Rabbinic literature, primarily the Talmud and halacha (Jewish law), while Torah and Jewish philosophy a ...
.
In 2007, the Israeli government started funding the construction of The Flowers Gate development plan, the first Jewish settlement inside the Muslim Quarter since 1967. It would include 20 apartments and a synagogue. According to the
Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs, Israel has installed up to 500 closed-circuit cameras in the three non-Jewish quarters (Muslim, Christian and Armenian).
Landmarks
Jewish landmarks include the Kotel Katan or
Little Western Wall, and the
Western Wall Tunnels, which run below the neighborhood along the
Western Wall
The Western Wall ( he, הַכּוֹתֶל הַמַּעֲרָבִי, HaKotel HaMa'aravi, the western wall, often shortened to the Kotel or Kosel), known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط ...
. There are many Roman and Crusader remains in the quarter. The first seven
Stations of the Cross
The Stations of the Cross or the Way of the Cross, also known as the Way of Sorrows or the Via Crucis, refers to a series of images depicting Jesus Christ on the day of Crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion and accompanying prayers. The station ...
on Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross) are located there.
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See also
* Ateret Cohanim
Ateret Cohanim ( he, עמותת עטרת כהנים ''lit.'', "Crown of the Priests"), also Ateret Yerushalayim, is an Israeli Jewish organization with a yeshiva located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It supports the creatio ...
* Bab Al Huta
* Birket Israel
Birket Israel ( trans. ''Pool of Israel'') also Birket Israil or Birket Isra'in, abbreviated from Birket Beni Israìl ( trans. ''Pool of the Children of Israel'') was a public cistern located on the north-eastern corner of the Temple Mount, in Je ...
* Church of the Flagellation
The Church of the Flagellation is a Roman Catholic church and Christian pilgrimage site located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, near St. Stephen's Gate (also called Lions' Gate). It is part a Franciscan monastery which als ...
* Ohel Yitzchak Synagogue
The Ohel Yitzchak Synagogue also known as the Shomrei ha-Chomos Synagogue and the Ungarin Shul (Hungarian synagogue) is located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was built as a yeshiva in the 1870s by Kolel Shomrei HaChomos, a ...
* Jerusalem in Islam
* Pool of Bethesda
* Religious significance of the Syrian region
Syria (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔒂𔒠 ''Sura/i''; gr, Συρία) or Sham ( ar, ٱلشَّام, ash-Shām) is the name of a historical region located east of the Mediterranean Sea in Western Asia, broadly synonymous with the Levant. Other ...
* St Anne's Church
* Via Dolorosa
* Zedekiah's Cave
Zedekiah's Cave—also called Solomon's Quarries—is a underground meleke limestone quarry that runs the length of five city blocks under the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It was carved over a period of several thousand years ...
References
External links
HD Virtual Tour of the Muslim Quarter - December 2007
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Neighbourhoods of Jerusalem
Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem
Quarters (urban subdivision)