Mahmood Mosque, Haifa
Mahmood Mosque | |
---|---|
جامع سيدنا محمود | |
![]() The mosque in 2008 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Branch/tradition | Ahmadiyya |
Ecclesiastical or organisational status | Mosque |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Mount Carmel, Kababir, Haifa |
Country | Israel |
Geographic coordinates | 32°48′18″N 34°58′12″E / 32.80500°N 34.97000°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque architecture |
Completed |
|
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | One |
Minaret(s) | Two |
Minaret height | 34 m (112 ft) |
Elevation | 178 m (584 ft)[1] |
The Mahmood[a] Mosque (Arabic: جامع سيدنا محمود; Hebrew: ג'אמע סיידנא מחמוד) is a mosque on Mount Carmel in Kababir, in the Haifa district of Israel. It was built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the late 1970s.
History
[edit]The first mosque on Mount Carmel was built in 1931. The Mahmood Mosque was built in the 1970s and was named after the second Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad.
The mosque has two white minarets that are 35 metres (115 ft) high and dominate the skyline of the residential neighbourhoods on the ridges nearby. Construction of the mosque was funded by members of the local Ahmadiyya community, which moved to Kababir from Ni'lin, a village near Jerusalem.
Kababir is a mixed neighbourhood of Muslim Arabs and Jews on Mount Carmel.[2] As of c. 2015, it was estimated that approximately 2,200 Ahmadis live in Kababir, of which 70 percent were members of the Oudeh family.[3]
Gallery
[edit]-
Ahmadi Mosque
-
View of mosque from afar
-
View of the minarets
See also
[edit]- Ahmadiyya in Israel
- List of mosques in Israel
- List of Ahmadiyya buildings and structures
- Islam in Israel
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also spelled as Mehmood.
References
[edit]- ^ Shachar, Guy (2014). "Segment 14: Kababir and Central Carmel – Multiculturalism on the Carmel". Haifa Trail. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
- ^ Hovel, Revital (August 28, 2012). "Muslim sect celebrates 25 years since Koran translated into Yiddish". Haaretz.
- ^ "Kababir". Israel and You. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
External links
[edit] Media related to Mahmood Mosque (Kababir) Mosque at Wikimedia Commons
- "Ahmadiyya Muslim Community".
- "Historic Sites: Kababir". Haifa Foundation.