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Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque( Masjid Jamal 'Abd an-Nasser) is the largest mosque
Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, ? . The word "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship, although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller, privately owned mosque and the larger, "collective" mosque ,...
 in Ramallah
Ramallah

Ramallah is a Palestinian people city in the central West Bank adjacent to al-Bireh with a population nearly 25,500. Ramallah is located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem and currently serves as the administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority....
, in the central West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
. The mosque is named after the late Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
ian president and Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 leader Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death in 1970. Along with Muhammad Naguib, he led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, which removed Farouk of Egypt and heralded a new period of industrialization in Egypt, together with a profound advancement of Arab nationalism, including a short-lived United Arab Republ...
.

On March 14, 2002, the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 (IDF) took over the mosque and used its minaret
Minaret

Minarets are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. Minarets are generally tall spires with onion dome, usually either free standing or much taller than any surrounding support structure....
 for sniping, killing four Palestinians.








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Jamal Abdel Nasser Mosque( Masjid Jamal 'Abd an-Nasser) is the largest mosque
Mosque

A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. Muslims often refer to the mosque by its Arabic name, masjid, ? . The word "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship, although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller, privately owned mosque and the larger, "collective" mosque ,...
 in Ramallah
Ramallah

Ramallah is a Palestinian people city in the central West Bank adjacent to al-Bireh with a population nearly 25,500. Ramallah is located 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem and currently serves as the administrative capital of the Palestinian National Authority....
, in the central West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
. The mosque is named after the late Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
ian president and Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 leader Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser

Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death in 1970. Along with Muhammad Naguib, he led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, which removed Farouk of Egypt and heralded a new period of industrialization in Egypt, together with a profound advancement of Arab nationalism, including a short-lived United Arab Republ...
.

On March 14, 2002, the Israel Defense Forces
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
 (IDF) took over the mosque and used its minaret
Minaret

Minarets are distinctive architectural features of Islamic mosques. Minarets are generally tall spires with onion dome, usually either free standing or much taller than any surrounding support structure....
 for sniping, killing four Palestinians.

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