Basharat Mosque
Mezquita Basharat · Masjid Basharat · Good News Mosque
About
The Basharat Mosque (Mezquita Basharat), also called Masjid Basharat, the 'Mosque of Glad Tidings', stands in the small Andalusian town of Pedro Abad, in the province of Córdoba, southern Spain. It is the principal place of worship of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the country and the centre of its life on the Iberian Peninsula.
The foundation stone was laid on 9 October 1980 by Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the third Khalīfat al-Masīh of the worldwide Ahmadiyya movement. The completed mosque was inaugurated nearly two years later, on 10 September 1982, by his successor as Caliph, Mirza Tahir Ahmad.
Pedro Abad now serves as the venue for Jalsa Sālāna, the yearly assembly of the Ahmadiyya community in Spain, when members travel from across the country to come together in prayer, lectures, and communal life. The mosque carries particular resonance in the wider story of Islam in Spain, recalling, many centuries after the end of al-Andalus, a renewed Muslim place of worship in the heart of historic Andalusia.
History
The foundation stone was laid on 9 October 1980 by Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the third Khalifatul Masih of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, and the completed mosque was inaugurated on 10 September 1982 by his successor, Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Khalifatul Masih. Its design recalls the White Minaret and the Noor Mosque at Qadian in Punjab, the town where the Ahmadiyya movement began, and the finished building carries a single dome and twin minarets above a long, arcaded prayer hall.
Significance
Basharat Mosque serves as the centre of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's life in Spain and hosts Jalsa Salana, the community's annual national gathering, at Pedro Abad each year. Its dedication in historic Andalusia, centuries after the end of Muslim rule in the region, carries particular resonance for the community that built it, and the mosque remains its members' principal place of Friday prayer, jumu'ah, in the country.
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Modern mosque design recalling the White Minaret and Noor Mosque of Qadian, Punjab, with a single dome, twin minarets, and a long arcaded prayer hall
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