Khadija Mosque

For the mosque in Sweden, see Khadija Mosque (Malmö).

Khadija Mosque
Khadija-Moschee
The mosque in 2011
Religion
AffiliationAhmadiyya Islam
Location
LocationHeinersdorf, Berlin
CountryGermany
Khadija Mosque is located in Berlin
Khadija Mosque
Location of the mosque in Berlin
Map
Interactive map of Khadija Mosque
Coordinates52°34′22″N 13°25′51″E / 52.57278°N 13.43083°E / 52.57278; 13.43083
Architecture
ArchitectMubashra Ilyas
TypeMosque
StyleContemporary
Completed2008
Construction costc.€1.7 million
Specifications
Capacity500 wirshippers
Dome1
Dome height (outer)4.5 m (15 ft)
Dome dia. (outer)9 m (30 ft)
Minaret1
Minaret height13 m (43 ft)
Website
ahmadiyya.de/gebetsstaette/moscheen/berlin/ Edit this at Wikidata

The Khadija Mosque (German: Khadija-Moschee; Arabic: مسجد خديجة) is a mosque located in Heinersdorf, Pankow, Berlin, Germany. Opened on 16 October 2008, it was the first mosque in former East Germany.[1][2] The mosque is administered by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Deutschland K.d.ö.R. (AMJ). The mosque has a 13-metre-high (43 ft) minaret and has capacity for 500 worshippers. The mosque was financed by funds collected by Ahmadiyya women and was designed by architect Mubashra Ilyas.[3]

History

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat tried to build their first European mosque in Berlin during the 1920s.[4] According to the wish of the second Khalifa, the women of the community collected the funds for the mosque from their own resources. However, due to the financial crisis in Germany the plan was given up.[5] Instead, the funds were used for the construction of the Fazl Mosque in London. Under the German Ahmadiyya community's 100-Mosques-Plan, the project was revived and a new mosque was planned in Berlin. The Khadija Mosque is the first mosque in the eastern part of Berlin.

Construction

The foundation stone for the two storey mosque was laid on 2 January 2007 by the 5th Khalifa of the community, Mirza Masroor Ahmad. The mosque is built on a 4,790-square-metre (51,600 sq ft) site. There are two prayer rooms, for 250 women and 250 men each. The mosque was designed by Mubashra Ilyas, an architect within the Ahmadiyya community.[6][7] The construction was overseen by the architect company Pakdel.[8] The dome of the mosque is 4.5 metres (15 ft) high and has a diameter of 9 metres (30 ft). The minaret is 13 metres (43 ft) high.[9] The construction cost of the mosque and a building for housing for the Imam and a "servant of the mosque" and offices were c.€1.7 million.

See also

References

  1. ^ "First Mosque in East Berlin Opens". CBN. 20 October 2008.
  2. ^ "First mosque opens in Germany's ex-communist east". The Malaysian Insider. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Careers "made in Germany". Deutschland Online Magazine. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Bau einer Moschee in Berlin: Am Ende des Toleranzbereichs". FAZ (in German). 25 July 2007.
  5. ^ „The costs for the Mosque in Berlin will be financed with the Chanda (financial sacrifices) of the Ahmadi women. 50.000 Rupee will be used for this, which have been collected by the Ahmadi women in three months.“, Khalifat-ul Massih II. in the Khutba Juma on 2. February 1923
  6. ^ Bremen, Offenbach, ed. (29 October 2007). "Zwischen Tradition und Karriere". Drei Moscheen hat Ilyas während ihres Architektur-Studiums an der TU Darmstadt (TUD) für die muslimische Ahmadiyya-Gemeinde entworfen (in German). Berlin: Mainspitze. {{cite web}}: |archive-url= is malformed: timestamp (help)
  7. ^ "28jährige ist Moschee-Architektin Mubashra Ilyas". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). 5 January 2007.
  8. ^ "Pankows Moschee ist auf einer Lüge erbaut". Berliner Kurier (in German). 21 October 2008. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008.
  9. ^ "Zahlen & Fakten Die Ahmadiyya und ihre Berliner Moschee". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). 14 October 2008.
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