Wikipedia's first sentence called it “main mosque in the village of sebastiya”. Today it says “mosque containing the traditional tomb of yahya”.
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Nabi Yahya Mosque ( Arabic : جَامِع ٱلنَّبِي يَحْيَىٰ , romanized : Jāmiʿ An-Nabī Yaḥyā , lit. ' Mosque of the Prophet John ' ) is a mosque containing the traditional tomb of Yahya ( John the Baptist ) in Sebastia , Palestine . The mosque also contains the tombs of Elisha and Obadiah , prophets who were buried next to John the Baptist. This mosque was originally a church. It is the main mosque in the Palestinian village of Sebastia , near Nablus . It is located in the central square of the village. It is constructed of large buttressed walls. Within its courtyard, a stairway in the small domed building leads down into a cave.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The Nabi Yahya Mosque ( , Jama'a Nabi Yahya , meaning "mosque of the Prophet John") is the main mosque in the village of Sebastiya , near Nablus . It is located in the central square of the village. It is constructed of large buttressed walls. Within its courtyard, a stairway in the small domed building leads down into a cave. There are six burial niches here, among them are the tombs of Elisha and Obadiah .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The Nabi Yahya Mosque ( , Jama'a Nabi Yahya , meaning "mosque of the Prophet John") is the main mosque in the village of Sebastia , near Nablus . It is located in the central square of the village. It is constructed of large buttressed walls. Within its courtyard, a stairway in the small domed building leads down into a cave. There are six burial niches here, among them are the tombs of Elisha , Obadiah , and John the Baptist .
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Mosque in the West Bank The Nabi Yahya Mosque ( , Jama'a Nabi Yahya , meaning "mosque of the Prophet John") is a mosque containing the traditional Tomb of John the Baptist as well as the Tomb of Elisha and the Tomb of Obadiah . It is the main mosque in the village of Sebastia , near Nablus . It is located in the central square of the village. It is constructed of large buttressed walls. Within its courtyard, a stairway in the small domed building leads down into a cave. The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus also claims to hold John's body.
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Mosque in the West Bank The Nabi Yahya Mosque ( ), literally the Mosque of the Prophet John , is a mosque containing the traditional tomb of John the Baptist , in Sebastia , Palestine .The mosque also contains the tombs of Elisha and Obadiah , prophets who were buried next to John the Baptist.It is the main mosque in the Palestinian village of Sebastia , near Nablus . It is located in the central square of the village. It is constructed of large buttressed walls. Within its courtyard, a stairway in the small domed building leads down into a cave.
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main mosque in the village of sebastiya
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mosque containing the traditional tomb of yahya
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