Bab al-Rahma Cemetery

Not to be confused with Golden Gate Cemetery (San Francisco, California) or Golden Gate National Cemetery.
Bab al-Rahma Cemetery
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Jerusalem
Coordinates31°46′44″N 35°14′13″E / 31.77889°N 35.23694°E / 31.77889; 35.23694

Bab al-Rahma cemetery is located along the eastern wall of Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.[1] It extends from Bab Al-Asbat (Lions' Gate) to the end of the Al-Aqsa Mosque wall near the Umayyad palaces on the southern side.[2] It has an area of about 23 acres. The Bab al-Rahma cemetery contains many graves of the Companions, most notably Ubadah ibn al-Samit and Shadad ibn Aus, and on the graves of Mujahideen who participated in the conquest of Jerusalem during the Omari and Ayyubid conquests.[3] The road to Lions' Gate separates the cemetery in two, Bab al-Rahma Cemetery to the south and Al-Asbat Gate Cemetery to the North.[4]

Since at least 2011,[5] Palestinian sources assert that the Israeli government intends to convert part of the cemetery into a biblical garden.[6][7][8] According to Israel's courts and Nature and Parks Authority, work near the cemetery is minor and no displacement of graves is allowed.[9] Despite the restriction, burial activities continue with adding new graves on a regular basis, providing ongoing water contamination of the Gihon spring in the City of David.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Bab al-Rahmah Cemetery (Jerusalem) - Madain Project (en)". madainproject.com.
  2. ^ "Renovating the Bab ar-Rahmah Cemetery | Muslim Hands UK". muslimhands.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Bab al-Rahma Cemetery of Jerusalem lies next to Old City's Wall".
  4. ^ A Guide to Muslim & Christian Holy Places in Jerusalem. Passia.org. 1 February 2014. pp. 101–102.
  5. ^ "Israel court decides to turn Rahma graveyard into Jewish garden". The Palestinian Information Center. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011.
  6. ^ "The Bab al-Rahmah Cemetery: Israeli Encroachment Continues Unabated".
  7. ^ Jubeh, Nazmi (2018). "The Bab al-Rahmah Cemetery: Israeli Encroachment Continues Unabated". Journal of Palestine Studies. 48: 88–103. doi:10.1525/jps.2018.48.1.88. S2CID 158187284.
  8. ^ "Bab al-Rahma Cemetery". Institute for Palestine Studies.
  9. ^ "Construction on park near Arab graves sparks widespread outrage". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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