Bait ul-Futuh
| Baitul Futuh | |
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| Coordinates : 51 ° 23 '46 " N , 0 ° 11' 56" W | |
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London United Kingdom
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| Laying of the foundation stone | 1998 |
| opening | October 3, 2003 |
| Direction / grouping | AMJ |
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| capacity | 4,500 / 10,000 |
| Prayer room | 21,000 m² |
| Minarets | 2 |
| Minaret height | 35.0 / 23.5 m |
| building-costs | £ 15m |
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| Website: baitulfutuh.org | |
Bait ul-Futuh ( Urdu بیت الفتوح DMG Baīt al-Futūḥ , German 'House of Victories' ) in London is the second largest mosque in Western Europe after the mosque of Rome and the largest mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (AMJ) outside of Pakistan . For naming see also Futuh .
history
On October 3, 2003, the mosque was opened by Mirza Masrur Ahmad , the Khalifat ul-Massih V., with the Friday address. However, his predecessor Mirza Tahir Ahmad laid the foundation stone in 1998.
The mosque offers space for 4,500 worshipers (the building a total of approx. 10,000). The mosque was built due to a lack of space in the Fazl Mosque , which can accommodate between 100 and 150 worshipers. Since the construction of this mosque, the Friday prayers have been held under the leadership of Mirza Masroor Ahmad. If the caliph is present, the Friday address will be broadcast live worldwide on the MTA station. The total cost of building the mosque of around £ 15 million was raised by members of the AMJ.
Location and surroundings
The mosque is located in south-west London in the Morden district on London Road near Morden South train station.
Right next to the mosque there are also numerous halls that also belong to the AMJ. There are also offices of AMJ executives. The halls were completed in 1998 and are used by mosque visitors when the mosque is overcrowded. This is the case, for example, in the period before and after the Jalsa Salana .
Construction and construction
The Bait ul-Futuh has two minarets that are 35 m and 23.5 m high. The dome has a diameter of 16 meters and is about 23 meters high. The mosque has a prayer area of around 21,000 m². The mosque also has two drinking water wells of its own that are used for wudoo ' .
There are three floors within the mosque (including the ground floor). The ground floor is for women only, the top two floors for men only. The top floor is about only a quarter the size of the other two. There are two elevators and two stairwells for those who pray.
Bait ul-Futuh was also designed to be handicapped accessible. There are, among other things, disabled toilets and on the second floor there is seating for people with reduced mobility.
The prayer leader ( imam ) has his own entrance to the mosque.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Western Europe's largest mosque opens in Morden , The Guardian on October 2, 2003
- ↑ Simon Ross Valentine: Islam and the Ahmadiyya Jama'at: History, Belief, Practice , Columbia University Press 2008, 74