Kababir
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Kababir (Arabic: كبابير) is a mixed neighbourhood of Jews and Ahmadi Muslim Arabs in Haifa.[1]
[edit] History
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was founded in the 19th century, originating in India and settled in Kababir from Ni'lin near Jerusalem. They built the neighbourhood's first mosque on Mount Carmel in 1931, and a larger grand mosque in the 1980s. The grand mosque has two white minarets standing 34 metres tall, which dominate the low-rise skyline of the residential neighbourhoods on the ridges nearby.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Holy Sites in Haifa". Tour-Haifa. http://www.tour-haifa.co.il/eng/modules/article/view.article.php/67/c12. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
Coordinates: 32°48′N 34°58′E / 32.8°N 34.967°E
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