Kababir
Kababir
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| Country | Israel |
| District | Haifa District |
| City | Haifa |
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]
History
Ottomon Empire
Displaced residents of Kababir are originally from the village of Ni'lin near Jerusalem. In 1934, the village became separated from Al-Tira and was represented by its own Mukhtar.[2]
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]
See also
References
- ^ "Holy Sites in Haifa". Tour-Haifa. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d Ben Ze’ev, Na’ama (2017). "The Local History of Kababir in Haifa: Constructing a Narrative of Uniqueness". Brill. doi:10.1163/15685209-12341423. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
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