Basharat_Mosque

Basharat Mosque

Basharat Mosque

Mosque in Pedro Abad, Córdoba, Spain

The Basharat Mosque (Spanish: Mezquita Basharat; the name means “good news”) or Masjid Basharat is a mosque in Pedro Abad, Córdoba, Spain. The foundation stone was laid by the then head of worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Nasir Ahmad on October 9, 1980. It is the first purpose-built mosque since the end of Muslim rule at the end of the 15th century. It was inaugurated on 10 September 1982 by the fourth head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Tahir Ahmad. The mosque is the centre of Ahmadiyya-Movement in Spain.[1][2][3]

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The annual gathering of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Spain (Jalsa Salana) is celebrated in Pedro Abad.

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References

  1. [1]
    Yvonne Y. Haddad, Jane I. Smith: Mission to America. Five Islamic sectarian communities in North America. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 1993, p. 49
  2. [2]
    Roose, Eric R. (2015) 'Landscapes of Muslim art and architecture in the West' in Roberto Tottoli (ed.). Routledge Handbook of Islam in the West. Abingdon: Routledge. P. 301. ISBN 978-0-415-69132-1.
  3. [3]
    "Who are The Ahmadi?". BBC.


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