Omeriye: A Mosque in Nicosia
تاريخ الاضافة
01/07/2022
نوع المحتوى
Article
Category
Magazine
الرابط للمحتوى
Subject Area
Mosques
الكاتب
Martin Strohmeier
الناشر
Journal of Muslims in Europe
Year of Publication
2015
الوصف
The article deals with the Omeriye Mosque which was erected as a church in the
14th century and transformed into a mosque by the Ottomans in the 16th century. It
was used exclusively by Turkish-Cypriot Muslims until the mid-1950s. Since the 1980s
it has become a multinational place of worship. The mosque, located in the southern
(“Greek”) part of divided Nicosia, is today a meeting place for hundreds of Muslims
mainly from Syria, Egypt, Pakistan and Bangladesh; they include migrant workers,
students, and asylum-seekers. After a short historical introduction, the article examines the spatial characteristics of the mosque, the ethnic and social composition of
the mosque-goers, particulars of worship and teachings as well as the running of the
mosque.
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