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.The Hassan Bek
Mosque was
built in 1916 by the Arab-Turkish governor, Hassan Bek of
Jaffa. This
religious mosque was built in Israel. The mosque
is a famous mosque in Jaffa. Hassan Bek Mosque was
originally built
spread non Jewish religious beliefs in the region. This is
a very beautiful mosque.
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This mosque has a beautiful design. It has an ottoman
style that uses a
white limestone instead of the average yellow-brown
colored limestone.
The walls are full of complex designs and have narrow
piers that divide
the frontage into thinner sections. The minaret, near the
square hall,
has a shadow dome that can be seen from the outside of the
mosque. The
walls are glazed, and it has a low concrete roof. Hassan
Bek Mosque was
a very precisely built mosque. People pray in
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In 1948, this
mosque was used
in the Arab-Israeli war. It served as an outpost for Arab
snipers.
These snipers shot at surrounding Jewish centers. The
Hassan Bek Mosque
was also intended to offset Jewish development in Tel Aviv,
which had begun
to grow towards the Mediterranean. The Hassan Bek mosque
has held a lot of
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Recently, an anti-
Arab protest
occurred. In this protest there where 1000 Israelis
contributing to a firebomb attack. This
happened on June 3, 2001. Another incident, which befell on
August of
2005, was when the mosque was the scene of a hate crime. A
pig’s
head was flung over the wall of the mosque, wrapped in
keffiyeh. A
keffiyeh was a square cloth that men wore around their
heads. On the
keffiyeh was written the words Muhammad, the prophet.
Suspects were
arrested for taking part in this crime. |
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Hassan Bek mosque
is a beautiful structure. This mosque has been through a lot since
it
was erected in 1916. |
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Sources |
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http://en.wiki
pedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Bek_Mosque |
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http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?
site_id=7222 |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/hassan-bek-mosque |
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