{{Short description|Ottoman-era mosque in Israel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use Oxford spelling|date=April 2022}} {{for|the mosque of the same name in Ramla, Israel|White Mosque, Ramla}} {{for|other similarly named mosques|White Mosque (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox religious building | name = White Mosque | native_name = {{lang|ar|المسجد الأبيض}}<br/>{{lang|he|המסגד הלבן}} | image = White Mosque, Nazareth 2009.jpg | image_upright = 1 | caption = The mosque entrance in 2009 | map_type = Israel north haifa | map_size = 250 | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location of the mosque in northern [[Israel]] | mapframe = yes | coordinates = {{coord|32|42|12|N|35|17|54|E|type:landmark_region:IL|display=title,inline}} | religious_affiliation = [[Islam]] | location = [[Nazareth]], [[Northern District (Israel)|Northern District]] | tradition = [[Sunni]] | country = [[Israel]] | organisational_status = [[Mosque]] | functional_status = Active | architecture_type = {{nowrap|[[Islamic architecture]]}} | architecture_style = [[Ottoman architecture|Ottoman]] | founded_by = [[Sulayman Pasha al-Adil]] | year_completed = 1808 [[Common Era|CE]] | minaret_quantity = One }} The '''White Mosque''' ({{langx|ar|المسجد الأبيض|al-Masjid al-Abyad}}; {{langx|he|המסגד הלבן|HaMisgad HaLavan}}), is a [[mosque]], located in [[Nazareth]], in the northern district of [[Israel]].<ref name=Emmett>{{cite book |title=Beyond the Basilica: Christians and Muslims in Nazareth |url=https://archive.org/details/beyondbasilicach0000emme |url-access=registration |author=Emmett, Chad F. |publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]] |date=1995 |isbn=0-226-20711-0 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/beyondbasilicach0000emme/page/136 136–138] }}</ref> The mosque is situated in Harat Alghama, or the Mosque Quarter, in the centre of Nazareth's Old Market area.<ref name=Nazareth>{{cite web |title=Nazareth: The Mosque Quarter |work=Discover Israel |date= |access-date=2007-12-01 |url=http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/nazareth.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213617/http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/nazareth.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> The mosque's pencil-shaped [[minaret]],<ref name=Nazareth/> cream-coloured walls, and green-coloured trim and dome are an example of the [[Ottoman architecture]] that is commonly found throughout the city.
== History and ownership == The construction of the [[mosque]] was funded by the Egyptian Ottoman ruler [[Sulayman Pasha al-Adil]] in the latter half of the eighteenth century and overseen by the high commissioner of Nazareth, Sheikh Abdullah al-Fahoum.<ref name=Emmett/> It was constructed between 1804 and 1808. Sheikh Abdullah was granted its trusteeship in the form of a [[waqf]]; he administered the mosque until his death in 1815.<ref name=Emmett/> His tomb is located in the mosque's courtyard.<ref name=Nazareth/>
After Sheikh Abdullah's death, the managing of the mosque's affairs were transferred to Sheikh Amin al-Fahoum.<ref name=Nazareth/> The mosque continues to form part of the al-Fahoum family [[waqf]], which also includes the [[Caravanserai|khan]] of the [[pasha]] on Casa Nova Street.<ref name=Emmett/> It is administered by one of Sheikh Abdullah's descendants, ʾAtif al-Fahoum.<ref name=Emmett/>
The White Mosque of Nazareth was erected by Sheikh Abdullah to mark the end of the reign of the former [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] governor, [[Jazzar Pasha]], the predecessor to Suleiman Pasha. Sheikh Abdullah chose "white" to symbolize a new era of purity, light, and peace to be enjoyed between [[Abrahamic religions|the faiths]] in Nazareth.<ref name=Nazareth/>
== Community use == On a regular day, between 100 and 200 people attend [[Salah|noon and afternoon prayer services]], while the [[Friday prayer|Friday sermon]] is attended by 2,000 to 3,000 people.<ref name=Emmett/>
The mosque serves the [[Muslims|Muslim]] community of Nazareth by offering [[Madrasa|religious classes]] for young men and sponsoring the Muslim "scout troop", in which 400 boys and girls aged nine and older participate.<ref name=Emmett/> It also houses a museum with exhibits that document Nazareth's recent history.<ref name=Galilee>{{cite web |title=Galilee:Nazareth |work=ThinkIsrael.com |accessdate=2007-12-01 |url=http://www.goisrael.com/NR/exeres/39B6F59F-DDA1-4568-8669-F2944873B785.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071125203400/http://www.goisrael.com/NR/exeres/39B6F59F-DDA1-4568-8669-F2944873B785.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=2007-11-25}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> White Mosque of Nazareth - interior 01.jpg|Interior of the mosque White Mosque of Nazareth.jpg|Sign in front of the mosque Aan de deur van een moskee in in Nazareth een mededeling die dit bedehuis als h…, Bestanddeelnr 255-1092.jpg|The minaret, in 1948 David Roberts - Convent of the Terra-Santa, Nazareth - 1927.94 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif|The mosque in 1840 </gallery>
== See also == {{stack|{{portal|Islam|Israel}}}} * [[Islam in Israel]] * [[List of mosques in Israel]]
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category-inline}} {{Mosques in Israel}}
[[Category:19th-century mosques in Israel]] [[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in Israel]] [[Category:Mosques completed in the 1800s]] [[Category:Mosques in Nazareth]] [[Category:Ottoman mosques in Israel]] [[Category:Religious buildings and structures completed in 1808]]