Bait ul-Momin
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| Coordinates : 51 ° 53 '37 .6 " N , 7 ° 37' 49" E | |
| place | Munster-Hiltrup |
| Laying of the foundation stone | 2001 |
| opening | April 2003 |
| Direction / grouping | AMJ |
| imam | Mustansar Ahmad |
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| architect | Willigerd Hunz |
| Details | |
| capacity | 213 |
| Prayer room | 73 and 54 m² |
| Property | 1015 m² |
| Minarets | 2 |
| Minaret height | 10 m |
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| Website: baitul-momin.de | |
The Bait ul-Mo'min ( Urdu بیت المؤمن DMG Bait al-Mu'min , German for 'House of the Guarantor of Security' ) is a mosque that was opened in 2003 by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Münster-Hiltrup . It is therefore the first mosque to be built in Münster and part of the 100 mosques plan .
building
Property
The property was acquired for 127,000 DM and is located in the Hiltrups industrial area on a branch of Hansestrasse. It is enclosed on three sides by other built-up properties, so that the mosque is only visible from Hansestrasse. The rectangular property is 1015 m² and lay fallow before construction began. The built-up part covers 202 m².
Mosque construction
The head of the community at the time, Mirza Tahir Ahmad , began construction of the mosque in 2001 with the laying of the foundation stone . It is the first mosque in a community in Germany whose foundation stone was laid by a head of the community.
The blueprint for the mosque was developed by the 100 mosque department at headquarters in collaboration with the architect Willigerd Hunz from Überlingen. Martin Vosseler from Tuningen was responsible for the statics.
The mosque includes a prayer room for men (73.12 m²), a prayer room for women (54.63 m²), a small room for the library, a common room, three offices, two kitchens and a three-room apartment (94 m² ). The two prayer rooms together offer space for 213 prayers. A cellar was dispensed with because of the high costs. The Mo'min Mosque has a dome and two 10 meter high minarets , but they are not used for calling to prayer ( Adhan ). There are 17 parking spaces available on the property.
If there are two separate rooms for men and women next to each other in a mosque, then according to Islamic jurisprudence the women's room should be to the left of the men's room. The architect made a mistake when building Bait ul-Mo'min, so the women's room is on the right.
financing
The mosque is completely financed by AMJ Deutschland e. V. financed. By the time the building application was submitted, the local community in Münster had already collected DM 100,000 in donations, after which the construction project was pre-financed by the community headquarters in Frankfurt. In order to save costs, the construction work was carried out to a large extent by the members of the community.
See also: 100 Mosques Plan
opening
The mosque was officially opened in April 2003 by the chairman of AMJ Deutschland e. V., Abdullah Wagishauser , together with the representative of the Lord Mayor, Günter Schulze-Blasum (CDU). Representatives of other political parties and many citizens attended the opening. As the first mosque to be built in Münster, the event found widespread media coverage. Pastor Krause-Isermann brought greetings from the evangelical community in Hiltrup.
Church life
The mosque community has almost 100 members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Münster and a catchment area that extends over Münster, Nottuln , Senden , Greven and Warendorf . The administration of the mosque is regulated by a three-year board of the local community.
Murrabis
There is no priesthood in Islam. However, the AMJ has special staff who devote their lives to the community and receive special training in the teachings of Islam and the community. These are "Murrabi" d. H. Called "educator". So far, three Murrabis have served in the mosque community.
| Murrabi | Period | |
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| 1 | Mohammad Ilyas Munir | June 2003 - June 2006 |
| 2 | Mohammad Jalal Shams | June 2006 - July 2007 |
| 3 | Sajid Ahmad Naseem | February 2008 - July 2013 |
| 4th | Maqsood Ahmad Alvi | January 2014 - January 2015 |
| 5 | Mustansar Ahmad | January 2015 - September 2019 |
| 6th | Kamran Ahmad | Since September 2019 |
Events
In addition to the annual day of the open mosque events, the mosque serves to meet people from the surrounding area. Among the prominent visitors to the mosque from Münster are the members of the Bundestag Ruprecht Polenz (CDU), Christoph Strässer (SPD) and Winfried Nachtwei (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen).
On September 16, 2010, the Lord Mayor of Münster, Markus Lewe , visited the Bait ul-Momin Mosque.
100th caliphate anniversary
For the 100th anniversary of the Caliphate on May 27, 2008, the congregation invited all members from the Münsterland. On this occasion, the address given by the chief Mirza Masrur Ahmad from London was broadcast live. An official anniversary celebration took place in April 2008, in which Hans Varnhagen (FDP) took part as representative of the Lord Mayor and representatives of the political parties and the city council.
reception
When the plans for the mosque became known, residents who feared noise pollution collected signatures against the construction. After the construction, the work of the community is recognized by the city. The mosque was suggested as a distribution site for the work of the Münster board , even if the mosque was ultimately not used. In addition, the city administration supports the clean-up activities after New Year's Eve. The mosque is often visited by school classes from Münster. Members of political parties (for example the JuLis, women's group of the SPD) and church associations were also received (KSHG).
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Martin Vosseler, engineering office for structural engineering
- ^ Greetings from the evangelical community in Hiltrup at the opening of the mosque (PDF) Community letter No. 229 from June 2003, page 25
- ^ Report on the Open Mosque Day 2008. ( Memento from October 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Münsterische Zeitung, October 4, 2008
- ^ Report on the Open Mosque Day 2008. ( Memento from October 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Münsterische Zeitung, October 6, 2008
- ↑ Diary Nov-Dec 2004 , read on December 6, 2004
- ↑ German has priority. In: wn.de. Accessed in 2010 .
- ↑ Ibbenbürener Volkszeitung: Münster Tafel Tuens wants to convey. Archived from the original on February 27, 2011 ; Retrieved August 27, 2008 .
- ↑ Food from the mosque? Westfälische Nachrichten, August 28, 2008
- ↑ The board is back in Hiltrup , Münstersche Zeitung of October 6, 2008
- ↑ It is cleaned and cleaned. In: Westfälische Nachrichten. Retrieved March 28, 2008 .