Antakya Habib-i Neccar Mosque destroyed in the earthquake in Hatay, Turkey by Mehmet Malkoç / SOPA Images
The historical Habib-i Najjar Mosque is located in Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey. It is named for the carpenter Habib’i Neccar or Habib al-Najjar, who lived during the time of Jesus. He was crucified in the early years of Christianity by the pagans who would not accept Christianity.
It was built in 636 A.D. and Islam started to spread in Anatolia from here. Habib-ün Naccar who believed in the apostles of the Prophet Jesus first was a Martyr praised in the Yasin Sura of the Quran. His Tomb was inside the Mosque.
A large part of it was destroyed in the earthquakes of 6 and 2023 magnitudes that occurred in Kahramanmaraş center on February 7,7, 7,6.
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