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
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionAhmadiyya
Location
LocationKababir, Haifa, Israel
Mahmood Mosque, Haifa is located in Haifa region of Israel
Mahmood Mosque, Haifa
Shown within Haifa region of Israel
Geographic coordinates32°48′18″N 34°58′12″E / 32.80500°N 34.97000°E / 32.80500; 34.97000
Architecture
Typemosque
Completed1931, 1970s
Specifications
Dome(s)1
Minaret(s)2
Minaret height34 m

Mahmood Mosque (

Arabic: جامع سيدنا محمود) is a mosque in Kababir, Haifa, Israel. It was built by the Ahmadiyya
Muslim community in the late 1970s.

History

The first

Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad
.

The mosque has two white minarets standing 35 metres tall, which 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

Gallery

  • Ahmadi Mosque
    Ahmadi Mosque
  • View of mosque from afar
    View of mosque from afar
  • View of the minarets
    View of the minarets

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