Kababir

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Kababir Mosque on Mount Carmel
Kababir Mosque on Mount Carmel

Kababir is a mixed neighbourhood of Jews and Ahmadi Arabs in Haifa.

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 minaretes standing 34 metres tall, which dominate the low-rise skyline of the residential neighbourhoods on the ridges nearby.


Coordinates: 32°48′N, 34°58′E