Al-Jazzar Mosque - Akko, Israel - Mosques on Waymarking.com

The Al-Jazzar Mosque, also known as the White Mosque, is located on el-Jazzar Street inside the walls of the old city of Akko, overlooking the eastern Mediterranean Sea.It is named after the Ottoman Bosnian governor Ahmad Pasha el-Jazzar ("the Butcher").

Jazzar Pasha and his successor, Sulayman Pasha al-Adil, are both buried in a small graveyard adjacent to the mosque. In a shrine on the second level of the mosque, a single hair from Muhammad's beard is kept and shown on special ceremonial occasions.

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Posting a photo of your visit is strongly encouraged but not required. There is NO requirement that you enter inside the mosque as some mosques may not allow this. Please refrain from taking pictures inside the mosque if it is not permitted by the management and generally have respect for the reliqious nature of the site.

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