Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque

Coordinates: 31°54′14.27″N 35°12′27.08″E / 31.9039639°N 35.2075222°E / 31.9039639; 35.2075222
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Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
مسجد جمال عبد الناصر
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionSunni
Location
LocationAl-Bireh, West Bank, Palestine
Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque is located in the West Bank
Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque
Shown within the West Bank
Geographic coordinates31°54′14.27″N 35°12′27.08″E / 31.9039639°N 35.2075222°E / 31.9039639; 35.2075222
Architecture
Typemosque
Specifications
Dome(s)6
Minaret(s)2

Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque (Arabic: مسجد جمال عبد الناصر Masjid Jamal 'Abd an-Nasser) is the largest mosque in al-Bireh, West Bank, Palestine. Located in the Downtown district of the city, the mosque is named after the late Egyptian president and Arab leader Gamal Abdel Nasser.[1]

On March 14, 2002, the Israeli Army (IDF) took over the mosque and used its minaret for sniping, killing four Palestinians.[2]

On September 22, 2007, dozens of wives of Hamas-affiliated political prisoners and other female Hamas members marched from the Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque to Al-Manara Square in protest of what they saw as the politically motivated detentions of their relatives by the Palestinian Authority (PA). They were prevented from reaching the square when PA security forces used tear gas to disperse them.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque Palestine Remembered. 2007-01-17.
  2. ^ Shalakany, Amr. Diary of an Egyptian in Ramallah Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine Al-Ahram Weekly. 2002-03-14.
  3. ^ Matthews, Elizabeth G. Israel-Palestine Conflict. Taylor & Francis, 2011. p. 203. ISBN 1-136-88432-7.