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This is a list of worship places, hospitals, schools and other structures throughout the world that are constructed/owned by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, arranged according to their respective countries. Additional information pertaining to the countries is also included. As of 2009 [update] , the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community had built over 15,055 mosques, [1] 510 schools, and over 30 hospitals; [2] : 14, 33 and was established in 206 countries. [3]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community originated in India in 1889, with the birth of the Community taking place in Qadian. [2] : 116 As of 2008 [update] the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established in all Asian countries except for Tajikistan, Turkmenistan (established 2010), Georgia and North Korea. [2] : 167
Rabwah
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community established itself in Rabwah on September 30, 1948. [4] Rabwah was a town founded and created by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the time of its Second Caliph, Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad and was named ‘Rabwah’ by the Ahmadiyya Missionary Jalal-ud-Din Shams. [a] In Arabic, rabwah means ‘elevated/exalted place’ and thus, Jalal-ud-Din Shams coined for the town Rabwah because of the narration in the Qur’an of Jesus being exalted/elevated towards God. [2] : 46 Rabwah acted as the International Headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community after the Partition of India and before the migration of the Fourth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Tahir Ahmad to Europe in London, England, due to the government of Pakistan’s on-going Anti-Ahmadiyya laws. England is the present location of the International administrative Headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. [2] : 47
Qadian
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community established itself in Qadian in 1889. [2] : 124 Qadian was the first International Headquarters of the Community and the birthplace of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad ( 31°49′4″N75°23′31″E / 31.81778°N 75.39194°E ). [14] In 1891, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad claimed that he was the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. In the same year he decided to hold the first annual gathering – the Jalsa Salana – December 27-29 in Qadian, India. [15] The total attendance was 75. In 1907, this number increased to 2000, shortly before the passing of Ghulam Ahmad. The Jalsa steadily grew and began attracting large crowds from across the entire sub-continent. The last Jalsa before partition in Qadian in 1946 saw a crowd of nearly 40,000. The Qadian Jalsa remains central to much of the community even now but lost in status as the international Ahmadiyya Muslim Convention in the year 1947 after the Partition of India. In 1883, the foundation stone for the Mubarak Mosque, the first Ahmadiyya Mosque ever built, was laid in 1883 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. [16] It was followed by the White Minaret, whose foundation stone laid on March 13, 1903 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and now serves as the symbol of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and is on the Flag of Ahmadiyyat. [16] The White Minaret sits besides the Aqsa Mosque, which was built in 1876 by Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, the father of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. [17] The first-ever Jamia Ahmadiyya was also established in Qadian in 1906 by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, which continues to produce missionaries who serve mostly in India, and Middle East. [4] Other key landmarks include:
Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Gujarat
Haryana
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kashmir
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Orissa
Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community had been established in all African countries by the year 2000. [22] The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was introduced to Africa when several individuals living in East Africa became Ahmadis in 1900, during the life of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. [22]
Rodrigues Island
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was introduced to Europe in 1907 when, in response to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad’s messages to Europe, a German woman converted to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. [76] The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established in all European countries except for Latvia, Slovakia and Greece, though there are individual members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community within the latter which consist of mostly Arabs and a small number of indigenous Greeks. [77]
Baden-Württemberg
Bavaria
Berlin
Bremen
Hamburg
Hesse
Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia
Rhineland-Palitanate
Schleswig-Holstein
One of the Ahmadi representatives, Ayyaz Khan, visited Poland in 1937 to establish Ahmadiyya mission in the country. His work was disrupted by the outbreak of World War II in 1939. 60 years later, Stowarzyszenie Muzułmańskie Ahmadiyya (Ahmadiyya Muslim Community) was officially registered as an Islamic religious organisation with the government on December 3, 1990. It owns a freestanding house in Warsaw that acts as its mosque, educational center and missionary headquarters. [122]
London
North East
North West
South East
East Midlands
East of England
West Midlands
Yorkshire and the Humber
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was introduced to North America in 1921, with the pioneering efforts of the missionary Mufti Muhammad Sadiq. [142] The first country to receive the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was the United States where it appealed mainly to the African-American population though with some Caucasian converts. [143] Many eminent jazz musicians converted to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community like Sahib Shihab, Art Blakey (Abdullah ibn Buhaina) and Yusef Lateef. [143]
Name | Images | Province | City | Year | G | Remarks |
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Baitun Nur | ![]() | Alberta | Calgary | 2008 | AMJ | *“House of Light” Mosque, the largest mosque in Canada, opened in 2008 in Calgary. [145] [146] [147] |
Baitul Hadi Mosque | ![]() | Alberta | Edmonton | AMJ | Serves the local chapter of Ahmadiyya Muslim in Edmonton. [148] | |
Baitul Amaan Mosque | ![]() | Saskatchewan | Lloydminster | 2015 | AMJ | Serves the local chapter of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Lloydminster. |
Baitur Rehman | British Columbia | Delta, | 2013 | AMJ | The Mosque serves the Vancouver Ahmadiyya Muslim Local Chapters Masjid: Baitur Rehman. [148] | |
Ahmaddiya Centre Mosque | Manitoba | Winnipeg | AMJ | The Ahmaddiya Centre-Mosque in Winnipeg serves the local Ahmadiyya Chapter of Winnipeg. [149] | ||
Ahmadiyya Muslim Center | Saskatchewan | Regina | 2011/2012 | AMJ | Located in the City Center, an official mosque is under construction in the city on a bought plot the contract for which was signed in July 2013. Estimated time of completion is mid of 2016. [148] | |
Darur Rahmat Mosque | Saskatchewan | Saskatoon, SK | AMJ | *Serves the local chapter of Saskatoon but a much larger mosque is under construction in the south eastern sub urban area on an eight-acre plot which was bought in the late 1980s. The foundation stone was laid during the time of the fourth Khalifa. [148] | ||
Baitul Hafeez Mosque | Nova Scotia | Sydney, Nova Scotia | 2004 | AMJ | *The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat of Sydney Chapter's mosque serves as the center of the Jamaat for Eastern Canada. | |
Mission House | Nova Scotia | Sydney, Nova Scotia | 2004 | AMJ | *The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat of Sydney Chapter's Mission House (2009), which is adjacent to Baitul Hafeez Mosque, is furnished and serves as a guest house for visitors from outside Nova Scotia. | |
Ahmadiyya Abode of Peace | Ontario | North York | AMJ | *A 14-story building run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and predominantly inhabited by Ahmadis making up 98 percent of the nearly 150 families living in the building. A hall on the first floor of the building serves as the gathering center for the local chapter. [150] | ||
Bait-ul Kareem Mosque | Ontario | Cambridge Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario | 2006 | AMJ | local mosque for the Ahmadi Muslim Community's local chapter; It was bought as a church and converted to a mosque. [148] | |
Baitul Mahdi | Ontario | Durham Oshawa | 2005/6 | AMJ | * A converted Mosque from a Dutch style castle was brought by a member of the Jamaat in 2005 and later donated to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community to serve as Mosque and center for the local chapters of Oshawa and Durham. The property includes an 18.5-acre plot and has also regularly used by the Jamaat for regional sports events. The opening of the Masjid Al Mahdi took place in July 2006 during the visit of Khalifatul Masih the fifth to Canada. [150] | |
Bait-ul Islam “House of Islam (Peace and Submission)” | Ontario | Maple, Toronto, | 1992 | AMJ |
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Baitul Hamd | Ontario | Mississauga Toronto, | 1999 | AMJ | * Also serves as Jamia Ahmadiyya for North America which is due to change in early 2012 as the Jamia will switch to the Headquarters in Maple Ontario. The complex has one large hall, a cafeteria, a library, several offices for local and regional chapters of the community and of Jamia Ahmadiyya North America as well. The second floors includes many class rooms as well. [152] | |
Bait-ul Hanif Mosque | ![]() | Ontario | Toronto | AMJ | * the oldest mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in its eastern GTA and serves as the local mosque for the local chapter of Toronto East. [153] | |
Bait-ul Ehsaan Mosque | Ontario | Windsor | AMJ | a primary school building which includes a Gym, several class rooms and small school field in the back lot was bought by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The Masjid serves as the local Ahmadiyya Muslim chapter. [153] | ||
Baitul Afiyat Mosque | Ontario | Scarborough Markham | 2008 | AMJ | *An old church was bought and turned to a masjid in November 2008. The property was first build in 1865 and is serving as a local mosque and gathering place for the Ahmadiyya Muslim local chapter of Scarborough and Markham. The center also serves as the regional center for the community in GTA East. | |
Bait-ul Noor Mosque | Ontario | Hamilton | AMJ | serves as the Mosque for the Local Ahmadiyya Muslim Chapters of Hamilton South and Hamilton North. | ||
Brampton Mosque | Ontario | Brampton | 2005 | AMJ | *Foundation stone laid for Brampton Mosque in 2005. When completed, it will have a larger interior than that of Bait-ul Islam Mosque in Maple. [146] | |
Hadeeqa-e-Ahmad | Ontario | Bradford, Ontario | AMJ | *Ahmadiyya Muslim Center consists of a large detached house on 250 acres of land which was bought by the community to serve as a Jalsa facility and a Moosian Graveyard. The land is used to grow corn and carrots. An orchard of 900 trees grows apples, pears and cherries. [148] | ||
Jamaat Center | Ontario | Cornwall | 2005 | AMJ | The center serves as a Prayer space and auxiliary function to the local Ahmadiyya Muslim Chapter of Cornwall. | |
Malton Prayer Centre | Ontario | Malton in Mississauga, Ontario. [148] | 2007 | AMJ | Serves as the local prayer center for over 150 families in Malton, and is widely used each week, there are two halls which can allocate a maximum of 120 people in hall one, and 80 people in hall two. | |
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque (Ahmadiyya Muslim Association) [154] | Ontario | East Ottawa | AMJ | |||
Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque Kanata (Ahmadiyya Muslim Association) [154] | Ontario | West Ottawa | AMJ | |||
St Catharines Jamaat Centre | Ontario | St Catharines | AMJ | *Located just out in the eastern suburbs of the city in the Niagara region. The mosque is a converted detached house on a 4-acre plot which also has an apple and cherry orchard. | ||
Al Nusrat Mosque | Quebec | Montreal | AMJ | *Located in the north center part of the Island of Montreal, the Masjid was a former Banquet Hall facility and consists of three halls and a large commercial kitchen. The building has several shops on rent by the Jamaat which are due to change when their contracts are finished. [146] | ||
Mission House | Quebec | Quebec City, Quebec | 2008 | AMJ | *Several Families have moved in the area since 2008; Maulana Isaac Fonsica Sahib serves as the local Imam. |
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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was introduced to the Caribbean in the 1950s, beginning with its presence in the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago in 1952.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was introduced to South America in the 1950s, beginning with its presence in Guyana in 1956. [177] It is now on established in all of South America except for Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, and Panama. [178]
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was introduced to Oceania in the 1903. Since then, it has expanded to several island nations such as Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Nauru, Micronesia, Guam, Palau, New Zealand, and Fiji. [2] : 321
In 2024 a former headspace building was bought in Thomas St Dandenong which will be upgraded and used as a place of worship.