Mahmood Mosque, Haifa
Mosque in Kababir, Haifa, Israel
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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 in the early 1930s and expanded by the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in the late 1970s and serves as the community's headquarters in the Middle East. It is known as the first Ahmadi mosque in the Arab world.[2]
| Mahmood Mosque | |
|---|---|
جامع سيدنا محمود | |
The mosque in 2008 | |
  Location of the mosque in North Israel | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Branch/tradition | Ahmadiyya |
| Mosque | |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Kababir, Haifa |
| Country | Israel |
| Coordinates | 32°48′18″N 34°58′12″E |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Completed |
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| Specifications | |
| Dome | One |
| Minaret | Two |
Minaret height | 34 m (112 ft) |
| Elevation | 178 m (584 ft)[1] |
History
Mahmood Mosque is known as the first mosque on Mount Carmel, which was built in 1931 by Maulana Shams. It was further expanded in the 1970s and named after the second Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad.[2]
Architecture
Gallery
Ahmadi Mosque
View of mosque from afar
View of the minarets
See also
Notes
- Also spelled as Mehmood.
