Bait us-Salam (Sarajevo)

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The Bait us-Salam ( "House of Peace" ) is a mosque of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Sarajevo , the first of this religious community in Bosnia .

The shell of the building was bought from the Swedish government, which wanted to build a new embassy building in Sarajevo, but which decided not to complete the project after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . The building was completed as a mosque and opened in 2004.

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Coordinates: 43 ° 51 ′ 13.3 "  N , 18 ° 21 ′ 49.3"  E