Khadija Mosque (Berlin)

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Khadija mosque
The Khadija Mosque in Berlin-Heinersdorf
Coordinates : 52 ° 34 ′ 21 "  N , 13 ° 25 ′ 50"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 34 ′ 21 "  N , 13 ° 25 ′ 50"  E
place Berlin-Heinersdorf
Laying of the foundation stone January 2, 2007
opening October 16, 2008
Direction / grouping AMJ
imam Said Ahmed Arif
Architectural information
architect Alireza Pakdels
draft Mubashra Ilyas
Details
Prayer room 345 m²
Property 4790 m²
dome 1
Dome diameter Ø 9 m
minaret 1
Minaret height 12.90 m
building-costs 1.7 million euros
Website: khadija-moschee.de
Khadija Mosque, Berlin

The Khadija Mosque ( Urdu مسجد خدیجہ Masjid Chadidscha ) is a mosque built by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat (AMJ) in Berlin-Heinersdorf and financed by the women's organization Lajna Imaillah . She is named after Hadīdscha bint Chuwailid , the first Muslim woman and first wife of the Prophet Mohammed .

The mosque community with around two hundred members was previously located in Berlin-Reinickendorf . The Imam was up to January 31, 2014 Abdul Basit Tariq, of the Ahmadiyya "Murrabi" (as "educators") called, having worked in Reinickendorf. Said Ahmed Arif has been the imam of the community since February 2014.

prehistory

The Ahmadiyya community had already planned its first mosque in Europe in Berlin in the 1920s. According to the wish of the second head of the community, the women of the community donated the money for the construction. The foundation stone for the mosque was laid on August 6, 1923 in the corner of Riehlstrasse and Dresselstrasse, but the building project could not be completed due to the currency crisis in Germany. “The construction costs of the mosque in Berlin were financed with donations (Chanda) from the Ahmadi women. It was for 50,000 rupees invested that have the Ahmadi women collected within three months, "said Khalifat-ul Masih II. In the khutbah Juma on 2 February 1924.

The remaining funds were invested in the construction of the Fazl Mosque in London. As part of the 100 mosque plan , the old project was revived and a mosque was planned in Berlin. The Khadija Mosque is the first mosque in east Berlin, after several mosques have already been built in west Berlin and Germany's oldest mosque is in Berlin-Wilmersdorf .

construction

The prayer room for women

The foundation stone was laid on January 2, 2007 in the presence of Caliph Mirza Masrur Ahmad . The mosque on the 4790 m² property offers space for 250 women and men on two floors. According to her own admission, the design of the mosque comes from the architect Mubashra Ilyas, the construction was carried out by the architectural office Pakdel, which has now claimed the authorship of the construction plans.

The mosque's dome is 4.5 meters high, 9 meters in diameter, and the minaret is 13 meters high. The cost of building the mosque and an outbuilding with two apartments amounted to 1.7 million euros. The mosque also has a children's playground that is open to the public .

opening

Abdullah Wagishauser with Mirza Masrur Ahmad during the opening

The mosque was opened on October 16, 2008 in the presence of high-ranking guests from politics and society. Mirza Masrur Ahmad emphasized the loyalty of his parishioners to Germany and expressed the wish to the local mosque opponents: "May they learn to accept the members of the Ahmadiyya community as real German citizens." Bundestag Vice President Wolfgang Thierse (SPD) welcomed the construction of the mosque as an expression of the Religious freedom in Germany. Berlin's governing mayor, Klaus Wowereit (SPD), certified her in a greeting message that she “stands for religious and cultural tolerance in our city”. Berlin's Senator for the Interior, Ehrhart Körting (SPD), commented on the new mosque: “I like it a lot more when you see people like you and me praying in a mosque. The motto should therefore be to abolish as many backyard mosques as possible and replace them with open new buildings. We need more mosques. "

The local citizens' initiative (IPAHB e.V.) called for a demonstration, which was followed by around 150 participants. At the rally, u. a. René Stadtkewitz , Hiltrud Schröter and initiative spokesman Joachim Swietlik. In a counter-demonstration under the motto “A bond for peace”, 50 participants came together, while the NPD canceled their announced demonstration.

On October 17th, 2008 the caliph gave the first Friday sermon ( Chutba ) in the mosque and six weeks later the congregation invited to the first “Open Mosque Day”, which was attended by around 500 visitors. On Monday, June 29, 2009, a publicly accessible children's playground was opened on the site of the mosque.

reception

The building permit for the construction of the mosque in Berlin-Heinersdorf was preceded by considerable protests from part of the local population since March 2006, which are still ongoing. The local citizens' initiative IPAHB e. V. criticized u. a. that not a single Ahmadi member would live in the vicinity of the planned mosque site. The building permit was granted in December 2006. In spring 2007, a dump truck burned on the mosque property. In June 2007 opponents of the mosque marched through Pankow in a demonstration. In July 2008, strangers smeared the dome of the mosque with Nazi slogans.

In view of the escalation, the citizens' initiative “Heinersdorf öffne Dich” was formed in autumn 2006 with the concern: “We take the fears of imminent changes seriously. We stand for a dialogue between the different groups in order to overcome fears and contribute to a respectful coexistence ”.

Out of neighborly interest, but also to set an example against the mistrust that parts of the population show towards the Ahmadiyya community, the Evangelical Church Congregation Alt-Pankow, the Peace Circle Pankow and the Church District started an open dialogue in 2006 and are repeating the Visited Khadija Mosque. Imam Tariq, for example, invited pastor Ruth Misselwitz and parishioners to break the fast at the end of Ramadan in September 2009 .

In February 2010, the premiere of Moschee DE , a scenic reconstruction of the history of mosques in Heinersdorf by Robert Thalheim and Kolja Mensing , took place at the Schauspielhaus Hannover .

literature

Web links

Commons : Khadija Mosque  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinersdorf: An imam leaves the city . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 16, 2014.
  2. ^ Building a mosque in Berlin: At the end of the tolerance range . In: FAZ , July 25, 2007.
  3. ↑ Berliner Lokal Anzeiger , August 7, 1923
  4. ↑ The history of the Khadija mosque  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / khadija-moschee.de  
  5. ↑ Between tradition and career. ( Memento of the original from November 8, 2007 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Ilyas designed three mosques for the Muslim Ahmadiyya community while studying architecture at the TU Darmstadt (TUD): in Bremen, Offenbach and Berlin, Mainspitze on October 29, 2007; Mubashra Ilyas is a 28-year-old mosque architect , Berliner Morgenpost from January 5, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.main-spitze.de
  6. ↑ Pankow's mosque is built on a lie ( memento of October 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ), Berliner Kurier , October 21, 2008
  7. ↑ Facts & Figures The Ahmadiyya and its Berlin mosque , Der Tagesspiegel of October 14, 2008.
  8. ^ The Imam next door , Tagesspiegel on October 18, 2009.
  9. ↑ Ahmadiyya community opens first mosque in former East Germany , Euronews on October 17, 2008.
  10. ↑ Wowereit: Mosque stands for tolerance , Tagesspiegel on October 17th, 2008
  11. ↑ Interview: Interior Senator Körting wants more mosques in Berlin . Welt Online , October 15, 2008
  12. ↑ "Come on for dinner" - On Thursday the controversial Ahmadiyya community opened its mosque in Pankow. The Tagesspiegel asked the imam and the chairman of the opposing citizens' initiative to talk. There was a cautious approach - but the mosque opponents still want to protest . In: Tagesspiegel , October 13, 2008
  13. ↑ The first new mosque in East Germany is here . Welt Online , October 16, 2008
  14. ↑ NPD cancels march against mosque . In: Der Tagesspiegel , October 14, 2008.
  15. ↑ Open Mosque Day: Come to Argue , Tagesspiegel on November 30, 2008.
  16. ↑ Attempted handshake. Ahmadiyya community imagined life in their new mosque in Heinersdorf to be easier . In: Neues Deutschland , June 27, 2009
  17. ↑ Interest group Pankower and Heinersdorfer Bürger (IPAHB); Mosque construction in Pankow: Chronology of the events ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aric.de
  18. ↑ Controversial mosque opens on October 16 . "The building has unusually few defects ..." . Welt Online , October 7, 2008
  19. ↑ Website of the citizens' initiative "Heinersdorf öffne dich!"
  20. ↑ Supporters of the mosque become active . In: Berliner Zeitung , November 14, 2006
  21. ^ Berlin: Peace Circle Mediated at Mosque , Publik-Forum , July 14, 2006
  22. ↑ Stefan Otto: The great question of faith . In: taz , September 14, 2009
  23. ^ Mosque DE. A scenic reconstruction. ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 31, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schauspielhannover.de