Prophet Abraham's Cave

Утренняя молитва!

По легенде говорят дух Авраама присутствует на одной из утренних молитв в этой мечети. После утреннего намаза мусульмане долго поют зикр. Завораживает.

Abraham's birthplace

Follow the crowd because they're all going there. Everyone can enter for free, men to the right and women to the left. Women must cover their heads, and scarfs are provided. It is a small space protec...

event four centuries ago and now blended with today

I went into the women's entrance dressed as they were, covered head to toe. The women were all sitting with their hands in the proper Muslim position, so I did the same. Then it hit me "this is the bi...

A site believed to be the hiding place of Abraham

Abraham is the traditional site of the birthplace of Abraham and it is here that he is said to have been hidden from the wicked King Nimrod. It is a place of worship, at the foot of the castle hill. I...

Two min visit

This is according to a legend the birthplace of prophet Abraham where his mother hid him in order not to be killed by king Nimrod (which happened anyway later - read the Balikligol review). She suppos...