 During the post-coup unrest in Egypt, the took place in the mosque on August 16, 2013 which resulted in the death and injury of several protesters and subsequent shut down of the mosque.The mosque has its roots on the old mosque founded during the early Muslim conquests of Egypt.Today's Ramses Square was a village known as Um Dunin in the 7th century, in which the Islamic conquerors had established their center and the adjacent mosque as well.