Al Kifl ( ar, الكفل; also known as Kifl) is a town in southeastern

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

on the

Euphrates The Euphrates () is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia. Tigris–Euphrates river system, Together with the Tigris, it is one of the two defining rivers of Mesopotamia ( ''the land between the rivers'') ...

River, between

Najaf Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...

and

Al Hillah Hillah ( ar, ٱلْحِلَّة ''al-Ḥillah''), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, south of Baghdad. The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babylon Province an ...

. The population in and near the town is about 15,000. Kifl is the location of

Al-Nukhailah Mosque An-Nukhailah Mosque () is an historic Shi'ite Islam mosque in the town of Al Kifl, Iraq. The mosque is a complex which contains the Dhu'l Kifl Shrine ( ar, مرقد نبي الله ذي الكفل), which is believed to be the tomb of the prophet ...

, containing the tomb of Dhul-Kifl who is believed be the biblical prophet

Ezekiel Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is ac ...

. A project to renovate the tomb and develop it as a tourist attraction has proven controversial."Crossroads of Antiquity Can’t Decide on New Path"
article by Steven Lee Myers in ''

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'' October 19, 2010, October 20, 2010 The town was once a significant Jewish pilgrimage site and home to a community of

Iraqi Jews The history of the Jews in Iraq ( he, יְהוּדִים בָּבְלִים, ', ; ar, اليهود العراقيون, ) is documented from the time of the Babylonian captivity c. 586 BC. Iraqi Jews constitute one of the world's oldest and mos ...

until the late 1940s.

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Dhu'l Kifl Shrine
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Rare Pictures Of Ezekiel The Prophet By Kobi arami
Kifl Kifl {{Iraq-geo-stub

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