Mamilla Cemetery

Mamilla Cemetery (also called Ma'aman Allah Cemetery) is a historic Muslim cemetery located immediately west of the north‑west corner of the Old City walls of Jerusalem, adjacent to the New Gate and centered on the Mamilla Pool. Sources describe burials that date back to the Crusader period and include remains from the early Islamic period; the grounds also contain Sufi shrines and several Mamluk‑era tombs. One source notes a contested formulation that the cemetery contains "the bodies of thousands of Christians killed in the pre‑Islamic era," a claim that appears in the provided Wikipedia text and should be treated cautiously as an uncertain or contested wording. The site has contemporary cultural and political significance because of disputes over proposed development. In the late 2000s and into 2010, Palestinian families, represented by legal advocates including Michael Ratner and the Center for Constitutional Rights and with petitioners such as Rashid Khalidi, filed petitions challenging plans by the Simon Wiesenthal Center to build a "Museum of Tolerance" on or near the cemetery, arguing that construction on a burial ground would be inappropriate and offensive to generations of Palestinian Muslims. The provided sources focus on the cemetery's historical, religious, and political importance and do not record paranormal reports or named supernatural entities. Available source material in this set describes the cemetery as "historic" and, in one data entry, as "abandoned," and documents legal action as of 2010 opposing development; no definitive, up‑to‑date administrative or access status is provided in the supplied materials.