Mahmood Mosque, Haifa

Mahmood Mosque (Arabic: مسجد محمود‎, Hebrew: מסגד האחמדים) is a mosque in Kababir, Haifa, Israel. It was built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the late 1970s.

Mahmood Mosque
Mahmood Mosque on Mount Carmel
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
Location Kababir, Haifa
Shown within Israel
Geographic coordinates32°48′18″N 34°58′12″E
Architecture
TypeMosque
Completed1931, 1970s
Specifications
Dome(s)1
Minaret(s)2
Minaret height34 m

History

The first mosque on Mount Carmel was built in 1931. Mahmood Mosque was built in the 1970s. It is named for the second khalifa of the Promised Messiah Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, son of the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, also known as the "Promised Reformer."

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 Ahmadi Muslim Arabs and Jews on Mount Carmel.[1] In 1928, most of the residents belonged to the Ahmadiyya community .

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

References
  1. Muslim sect celebrates 25 years since Koran translated into Yiddish
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