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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it "historic muslim cemetery". Today it says "historic muslim cemetery in west jerusalem that dates back to the crusades". We saved the article's opening at 5 moments between 2010 and 2025, and every claim links the exact revision.

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Mamilla Cemetery, Jerusalem The Mamilla Pool and southern portion of the cemetery in the 19th century Mamilla Cemetery is an historic Muslim cemetery, located in the central Mamilla area of Jerusalem .¹ The cemetery includes several Sufi shrines and Mamluk tombs. The western side of the cemetery is bordered by Independence Park and prior to 2005 its northwestern side was paved over for use as a parking lot. The rest of the cemetery, including the Mamilla Pool that forms its center fell into disrepair after the 1948 War although it was managed by the Wakf . In 2005, the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) revealed plans to build a Center for Human Dignity , as part of its Museum of Tolerance on the northwestern portion of the cemetery, which has long been a parking lot. The Museum of Tolerance and Human Dignity is to be modeled after the SWC's museum in Los Angeles. The museum was initially due for completion in 2009 but the plan has been delayed due to accusations that the museum would be built over the historic Muslim cemetery. The SWC's plan has elicited considerable outcry from some in the Israeli archaeologist community and other prominent academics such as Yehushua Ben-Arieh as well as Muslim authorities, and has been stayed several times by the courts. In response to these critics, Rabbi Marvin Hier , founder and dean of the SWC, called the charges "slander." He further wrote, "Our opponents would have you believe our bulldozers are preparing to desecrate ancient Muslim tombstones and historic markers. Let me be clear: The Museum of Tolerance is not being built on the Mamilla Cemetery, but on an adjacent 3-acre site where, for a half-century, hundreds of people of all faiths have parked in a three-level underground structure without any protest." Following the outcry from Palestinian and Israeli advocacy groups, it was discovered in February 2007 that a November 1945 article in The Palestine Post reported Muslim plans to build a commercial center directly over the cemetery. The article stated, "An area of over 450 dunams in the heart of Jerusalem, now forming the Mamilla Cemetery, is to be converted into a business centre. The town-plan is being completed under the supervision of the Supreme Moslem Council in conjunction with the Government Town Planning Adviser." Citing supportive rulings from prominent Muslim clerics at the time, the council planned to transfer the remains buried in the cemetery to a separate "walled reserve" in favor of "the public interest." In response to this revelation, the Simon Wiesenthal Center accused opponents of its building plans of "sheer hypocrisy," stressing that the museum was “not even being built on the cemetery itself.” Rabbi Hier added that this new information "substantiates much of what Israel's Supreme Court said in its recent ruling: That the Mamilla Cemetery was regarded by many Muslim religious leaders as 'mundras,' or abandoned and without sanctity." Asem Khalidi (2009).²

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The Mamilla Pool and southern portion of the cemetery in the 19th century Mamilla Cemetery is a historic Muslim cemetery located just to the west of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem . The cemetery, at the center of which lies the Mamilla Pool , contains the remains of figures from the early Islamic period, several Sufi shrines and Mamluk -era tombs. The cemetery grounds also contain the bodies of thousands of Christians killed in the pre-Islamic era, as well as several tombs from the time of the Crusades. Its identity as an Islamic cemetery is noted by Arab and Persian writers as early as the 11th century. It was used as a burial site up until 1927 when the Supreme Muslim Council decided to preserve it as a historic site. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the cemetery and other waqf properties in West Jerusalem fell under the control of Israeli governmental bodies. A number of buildings, a road and other public facilities, such as a park, a parking lot and public lavatories have since been constructed on the cemetery grounds, destroying grave markers and tombs. A plan to build a Museum of Tolerance on part of the cemetery grounds, announced in 2004, aroused much controversy and faced several stop work orders before being given final approval in July 2011. Encyclopedia of the Palestinians (2nd, revised, illustrated ed.). The politics of Jerusalem since 1967 (Illustrated ed.).

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The opening as it stood in 2020

The Mamilla Pool and southern portion of the cemetery in the 19th century Mamilla Cemetery (or Mamillah Cemetery ) is a historic Muslim cemetery located in Israel just to the north-west of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem , near Herod's Gate . The cemetery, at the center of which lies the Mamilla Pool , contains the remains of figures from the early Islamic period, several Sufi shrines and Mamluk -era tombs. The cemetery grounds also contain the bodies of thousands of Christians killed in the pre-Islamic era, as well as several tombs from the time of the Crusades. Its identity as an Islamic cemetery is noted by Arab and Persian writers as early as the 11th century. It was used as a burial site up until 1927 when the Supreme Muslim Council decided to preserve it as a historic site. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the cemetery and other waqf properties in West Jerusalem fell under the control of Israeli governmental bodies. The Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs stated in 1948 that the cemetery is: "one of the most prominent Muslim cemeteries, where seventy thousand Muslim warriors of [Saladin’s] armies are interred along with many Muslim scholars... Israel, will always know to protect and respect this site." A number of buildings, a road and other public facilities, such as a park, a parking lot and public lavatories have since been constructed on the cemetery grounds, destroying grave markers and tombs. A plan to build a Museum of Tolerance on part of the cemetery grounds, announced in 2004, aroused much controversy and faced several stop work orders before being given final approval in July 2011. Encyclopedia of the Palestinians (2nd, revised, illustrated ed.). The politics of Jerusalem since 1967 (Illustrated ed.).

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023

Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem The Mamilla Pool and southern portion of the cemetery in the 19th century Ma'aman Allah (Mamilla) Cemetery ( ) is a historic Muslim cemetery in West Jerusalem that dates back to the Crusades , and lies just to the west of the north-west corner of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem , near the New Gate . The cemetery, at the center of which lies the Mamilla Pool , contains the remains of figures from the early Islamic period, several Sufi shrines and Mamluk -era tombs. The cemetery grounds also contain the bodies of thousands of Christians killed in the pre-Islamic era, as well as several tombs from the time of the Crusades. Its identity as an Islamic cemetery is noted by Arab and Persian writers as early as the 11th century, and it has been characterized as "the largest and most important Muslim cemetery in all of Palestine". It was used as a burial site up until 1927 when the Supreme Muslim Council decided to preserve it as a historic site. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the cemetery and other waqf properties in West Jerusalem fell under the control of Israeli governmental bodies. The Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs stated in 1948 that the cemetery is: "one of the most prominent Muslim cemeteries, where seventy thousand Muslim warriors of [Saladin’s] armies are interred along with many Muslim scholars... Israel, will always know to protect and respect this site." A number of buildings, a road and other public facilities, such as a park, a parking lot and public lavatories have since been constructed on the cemetery grounds, destroying grave markers and tombs. A plan to build a Museum of Tolerance on part of the cemetery grounds, announced in 2004, aroused much controversy and faced several stop work orders before being given final approval in July 2011. Encyclopedia of the Palestinians (2nd, revised, illustrated ed.). A history of Palestine, 634–1099 . The politics of Jerusalem since 1967 (Illustrated ed.).

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The opening as it stood in 2025

Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem The Mamilla Pool and southern portion of the cemetery in the 19th century Mamilla Cemetery , sometimes called Ma'aman Allah Cemetery ( Arabic : مقبرة مأمن الله ), is a historic Muslim cemetery in West Jerusalem that dates back to the Crusades , and lies just to the west of the north-west corner of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem , near the New Gate . The cemetery, at the center of which lies the Mamilla Pool , contains the remains of figures from the early Islamic period, several Sufi shrines and Mamluk -era tombs. The cemetery grounds also contain the bodies of thousands of Christians killed in the pre-Islamic era, as well as several tombs from the time of the Crusades. Its identity as an Islamic cemetery is noted by Arab and Persian writers as early as the 11th century, and it has been characterized as "the largest and most important Muslim cemetery in all of Palestine". It was used as a burial site up until 1927 when the Supreme Muslim Council decided to preserve it as a historic site. Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , the cemetery and other waqf properties in West Jerusalem fell under the control of Israeli governmental bodies. The Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs stated in 1948 that the cemetery is: "one of the most prominent Muslim cemeteries, where seventy thousand Muslim warriors of [Saladin’s] armies are interred along with many Muslim scholars... Israel, will always know to protect and respect this site." A number of buildings, a road and other public facilities, such as a park, a parking lot and public lavatories have since been constructed on the cemetery grounds, destroying grave markers and tombs. A plan to build a Museum of Tolerance on part of the cemetery grounds, announced in 2004, aroused much controversy and faced several stop work orders before being given final approval in July 2011. Encyclopedia of the Palestinians (2nd, revised, illustrated ed.). A history of Palestine, 634–1099 . The politics of Jerusalem since 1967 (Illustrated ed.).

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