Nebi Akasha Mosque
Nebi Akasha Mosque, also Okasha mosque or Ukasha mosque, is a historic mosque located in Jerusalem, Israel.
History
The mosque was built in the 19th century beside the 12th-century tomb of Nebi Akasha Bin Mohsin, one of the disciples of the Prophet Muhammad.[1] According to Islamic tradition, Saladin's soldiers were buried at the site. Additions were made to the tomb by the Mamluks in the 13th-century.[2] There is also a tradition that Moses, Jesus and Muhammad were buried here, leading the British High Commissioner John Chancellor to name the nearby street Street of the Prophets.[1]
On August 26, 1929, during the 1929 Palestine riots, the mosque was attacked by a group of Jews in response to Arab massacres.[1] The mosque was badly damaged and the tombs were desecrated.[3] As a result of the Palestinian Arab exodus from western Jerusalem during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the mosque was abandoned. Today it is located in the middle of a park in a Haredi Jewish neighborhood.[2] It is situated near the junction of Straus Street and the Street of the Prophets.[1]
In December 2011 the mosque was defaced with graffiti by right-wing extremists who tried to set fire to it in a price tag attack.[4] The mosque is inactive and the Jerusalem Municipality uses it as a warehouse.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gilad, Moshe (29 August 2012). "Peeking Through the Highrises: Famed Jerusalem street's old architectural glories". Haaretz. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rosenberg, Oz (14 December 2011). "Jerusalem mosque set alight in suspected 'price tag' attack". Haaretz.
- ↑ Shaw report, p. 65.
- ↑ "Vandals attack disused Jerusalem mosque". BBC News. 14 December 2011.
External links
- "Jerusalem, Nabi 'Akasha Preliminary Report" Israel Antiquities Authority, 2009
Coordinates: 31°47′07.50″N 35°13′05.40″E / 31.7854167°N 35.2181667°E
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