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An-Nasr Mosque

An-Nasr Mosque (Arabic: مسجد النصر, romanized: Masjid an-Naṣr, lit. 'Victory Mosque'[1]) is a mosque located in Nablus, Palestine. It is situated in the central square of the Old City of Nablus and is donned as the "symbol of Nablus".[2] An-Nasr Mosque has a turquoise dome and its prayer room is located in the second floor of the building.[1][2]

An-Nasr Mosque
مسجد النصر
a mosque with green dome an 1 minaret
The mosque in 2014
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Branch/traditionSunni
Location
LocationNablus, West Bank, Palestine
An-Nasr Mosque is located in the West Bank
An-Nasr Mosque
Shown within the West Bank
Coordinates32°13′08″N 35°15′41″E / 32.2189°N 35.2614°E / 32.2189; 35.2614
Architecture
Typemosque
Completed1935
Specifications
Dome1
Minaret1

History

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Originally, an-Nasr was a Byzantine church,[3] and then the Templars constructed a small church which consisted of a circular building with a red dome during the Crusader rule of Palestine. The Crusaders lost Nablus in 1187 to the Ayyubids and by the 14th century Nablus was in Mamluk hands. The Mamluks transformed the Crusader church into the three-nave an-Nasr Mosque.[4] Medieval masonry marks are found in the building, discovered in 1896 by Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau.[5] Clermont-Ganneau also mentioned buttresses on the exterior of the building.[5]

17th century ottoman traveler Evliya Çelebi recognized the mosque as "formerly a large monastery", and noted that the garnet colored columns were uncommon.[5]

20th century

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The Ottomans built a government building adjacent to the mosque. An-Nasr was destroyed by an earthquake that struck Nablus in 1927.[3]

The Supreme Muslim Council under Amin al-Husayni constructed the an-Nasr Mosque on the site with a completely different structural design in 1935.[3] The reconstruction was supervised by Shaykh Amr Arafat, a resident of Nablus whose clan — the Fityanis — served as the mosque's waqf superintendents.[6] The imam of the mosque is traditionally of the Hanafi fiqh.[7] According to Islamic tradition, an-Nasr Mosque is built on the exact spot where Yaqub (Jacob) was brought the "bloody and tattered coat" of Yusuf (Joseph) by his sons.[8]

In February 1998, violence in Nablus between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians that resulted in several Palestinian deaths occurred after Israeli soldiers squabbled with Palestinian worshippers at an-Nasr Mosque.[9]

2025 fire

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On March 7, 2025, the Israeli forces stormed several mosques in the city of Nablus in the northern West Bank.[10][11][12] According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA and the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, they set fire to an-Nasr Mosque and prevented firefighters from extinguishing the blaze.[12][13][11] According to eyewitnesses, the fire damaged the imam's quarters, as well as parts of the mosque's walls and carpets. The Ministry of Religious Affairs and the director of the Nablus Waqf condemned the incident, calling it a serious violation of religious and international norms.[12] The Globe and Mail reported that when asked for comment, the military stated it was "not aware" of any fires set by troops on the site.[14]

A day after the fire, volunteers and charity organizations began renovating and repairing the damaged parts of the mosque. The imam's chamber portion of the mosque was damaged, and the new carpet were donated by local business men.[15][16] On the 25th of June, 2025, it was announced that the mosque has been reopened.[17]

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See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 Bennet, James. In Nablus's Casbah, Israel tightens the Noose The New York Times. 2002-04-08
  2. 1 2 Semplici, Andrea and Boccia, Mario. - Nablus, At the Foot of the Holy Mountain Archived 2017-07-08 at the Wayback Machine Med Cooperation, p.17.
  3. 1 2 3 Salameh, Khader Ibrahim. (2001). The Qurʼān Manuscripts in the Al-Haram Al-Sharif Islamic Museum, Jerusalem Garnet & Ithaca Press, p.190. ISBN 1-85964-132-6.
  4. ↑ Neapolis - (Nablus) Studium Biblicum Fransicum - Jerusalem.
  5. 1 2 3 Pringle, Denys (1993). "No. 166 Church (later Jami' an-Nasr) 1748.1806". The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus: Volume 2, L-Z (excluding Tyre). Cambridge University Press. pp. 107–110. ISBN 978-0-521-39037-8. Retrieved 25 May 2026.
  6. ↑ Doumani, Beshara. (1995). Rediscovering Palestine, Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900 University of California Press.
  7. ↑ Yazbak, Mahmoud. (1997). Nabulsi Ulama in the Late Ottoman Period, 1864-1914 Cambridge University Press.
  8. ↑ Curtis, William E. (1903).To-day in Syria and Palestine F.H. Revell Company, p.315.
  9. ↑ Clines, Francis X.New Squabbling In Israel Widens 2 Leaders' Split The New York Times. 1998-02-13.
  10. ↑ "الاحتلال يحرق مسجدا يعود تاريخه إلى عهد عمر بن الخطاب في نابلس". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  11. 1 2 "Israeli forces set fire to Nablus mosque, stop dawn prayers". Middle East Monitor. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  12. 1 2 3 "Israeli army storms mosques in Nablus, sets fire to historic Al-Nasr Mosque". Nation.com.pk. March 7, 2025. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
  13. ↑ "فلسطينيون يتهمون إسرائيل بإحراق مسجد تراثي في مدينة نابلس". Independent Arabia (in Arabic). 8 March 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Thousands of Palestinians attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem". The Globe and Mail. 7 March 2025. Archived from the original on 7 Mar 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "أحرقته إسرائيل.. أهالي نابلس يعيدون الروح لمسجد "النصر"". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). 8 Mar 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "نابلس ترمم مسجد النصر ردا على إحراق الاحتلال له". Al Jazeera (in Arabic). 9 Mar 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "نابلس: افتتاح مسجد النصر الذي أحرقه الاحتلال آذار الماضي". WAFA Agency. 26 June 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2026.

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