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Mahmood Mosque, Haifa

Coordinates: 32°48′18″N 34°58′12″E / 32.80500°N 34.97000°E / 32.80500; 34.97000
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Mahmood Mosque
جامع سيدنا محمود
The mosque in 2008
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionAhmadiyya
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationMount Carmel, Kababir, Haifa
CountryIsrael
Mahmood Mosque, Haifa is located in Haifa region of Israel
Mahmood Mosque, Haifa
Location of the mosque in North Israel
Geographic coordinates32°48′18″N 34°58′12″E / 32.80500°N 34.97000°E / 32.80500; 34.97000
Architecture
TypeMosque architecture
Completed
  • 1931
  • 1970s
Specifications
Dome(s)One
Minaret(s)Two
Minaret height34 m (112 ft)
Elevation178 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

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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]

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also spelled as Mehmood.

References

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  1. ^ Shachar, Guy (2014). "Segment 14: Kababir and Central Carmel – Multiculturalism on the Carmel". Haifa Trail. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
  2. ^ Hovel, Revital (August 28, 2012). "Muslim sect celebrates 25 years since Koran translated into Yiddish". Haaretz.
  3. ^ "Kababir". Israel and You. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
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