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Kababir (Arabic:كبابير;Hebrew:כבאביר) is a mixed neighbourhood with a majority ofAhmadiMuslimArabs and a significant minority ofJews inHaifa,Israel.[1]
TheAhmadiyya Muslim Community was founded in the 19th century, originating inIndia and settled in Kababir. Most of the families who were displaced to Kababir are originally from the village ofNi'lin nearJerusalem. One of the biggest and most well known family is the Odeh's family.[citation needed] They built the neighbourhood's firstmosque onMount Carmel in 1931, and a larger grand mosque in the 1980s. Also the Shambor family is one of the biggest in neighborhood. The Mosque is named after the second Ahmadi KhalifaMirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad. The grand mosque has two whiteminarets standing 34 metres tall, which dominate the low-rise skyline of the residential neighbourhoods on the ridges nearby. In the beginning, the neighbourhood 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 theoil refinery in the city ofHaifa. Others worked building thePort of Haifa.
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