The Mosque of Abu
Haggag is a mosque located in the Egyptian city of
Luxor. Specifically, it stands atop the ruins of Luxor Temple, an ancient
Egyptian center of world ship dating back to the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep
III in the 14th century BC.
First, when the mosque was built, large parts of the temple were covered
with earth. Secondly, it is not uncommon for a religious kinship between
ancient Egyptian cult places and the local version of popular Islam to be recreated.
When the pharaonic temple was unearthed in the late 19th century, locals
fiercely resisted any attempt to tear down the mosque. For them, the
geographical position was important, and a new mosque also dedicated to Abu
Haggag has never become very popular.
At the time, there was a church in the
place of the mosque. Shaikh Abu El Haggag agreed with the princess to convert
the building to a mosque, which stands till today. In the upper ground
foundation the old part of the church, which is clear that it is not a part of
the temple, can still be seen.
Lots of people claimed that he became a
monk and was given a power to practice miracles, such as walking on water,
healing rare diseases, and even people see him in the pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia while others sees
him at the same time in Luxor. When he died he was buried in the mosque.