Kababir
Neighbourhood of Haifa, Israel
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Kababir (Arabic: الكبابير; Hebrew: כבביר) is an Arab neighbourhood in the city of Haifa, Israel with a majority of Ahmadi Muslims, and a minority of Jews.[1] It is known as the centre of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the Middle East. Kababir lies on Mount Carmel and takes roots in Palestine when it was known as a commune which became a permanent village near the depopulated town of Al-Tira, Haifa.[2]
Kababir
الكبابير | |
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| Country | Israel |
| District | Haifa District |
| City | Haifa |
History
Demographics
The Shambor family is one of the biggest in neighborhood. The Odeh's family has a longstanding history with the neighbourhood when it was managed as a commune, in which every working male contributed a fee to a mutual account. Some of the men joined the Turkish army, while some worked in the oil refinery in the city of Haifa. Others worked building the Port of Haifa.[2]
Landmarks
Kababir is known for having the first mosque built on Mount Carmel in 1931, which was further expaned into a grand mosque in the 1980s. The mosque was built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is named after the second caliph Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad.[2]
