Mobarak Mosque
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The Mobarak Mosque in The Hague
is the first purpose-built mosque
in the Netherlands
.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
came to the Netherlands in 1947 and Qudrat-Ullah Hafiz was the first missionary.
The mosque designed by Frits Beck was opened by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
on 9th of December 1955.
On June 3, 2006 Queen Beatrix
of the Netherlands had visited the Mobarak Mosque to commemorate the building's 50th anniversary.
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
is the first purpose-built mosque
Mosque
A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...
came to the Netherlands in 1947 and Qudrat-Ullah Hafiz was the first missionary.
The mosque designed by Frits Beck was opened by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
Muhammad Zafrulla Khan
Chaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, international jurist, and scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, known for drafting the Pakistan Resolution, for his representation of Pakistan at the United Nations, and serving as a judge at the International...
on 9th of December 1955.
On June 3, 2006 Queen Beatrix
Beatrix of the Netherlands
Beatrix is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Aruba. She is the first daughter of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. She studied law at Leiden University...
of the Netherlands had visited the Mobarak Mosque to commemorate the building's 50th anniversary.
External links
- Website (nl)
- Eric Roose: 50 years of Mosque Architecture in The Netherlands, EJOS, VIII (2005), No. 5, 1-46; ISSN 0928-6802
- Eerste moskee in Nederland 50 jaar oud, Decembre, 13th 2005
- Photo of the Mosque
- Photo of the entrance of the Mosque
- Queen Beatrix in front of the Mosque
