Kababir
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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 Nieleen near Jerusalem. Their co-existence is part of the religious mosaic of Haifa, with Druze, Ahmadis, Jews, Christians, Bahá'ís, Muslims and others all living side by side peacefully in the city.
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.
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