Mahmud Mosque (Zurich)
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| Coordinates : 685 849 / 245542 | |
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Zurich Switzerland
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| Laying of the foundation stone | August 25, 1962 |
| opening | June 1963 |
| Direction / grouping | AMJ |
| imam | Sadaqat Ahmad |
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| minaret | 1 |
| Minaret height | 18 m |
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| Website: ahmadiyya.ch | |
The Mahmud Mosque ( Urdu مسجد محمود DMG Masǧid Maḥmūd , German , 'mosque of the prize-worthy' ) on Forchstrasse in Zurich is the first mosque in Switzerland and was built by the Ahmadiyya .
history
The first representative of the Ahmadiyya in Switzerland was Sheikh Nasir Ahmad from 1946 to 1962. He prepared the way for the construction of the mosque. The foundation stone for the mosque was laid on August 25, 1962 by Amatul Hafiz Begum, daughter of the founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Mirza Ghulam Ahmad . The mosque was opened in June 1963 in the presence of the President of the 17th session of the UN General Assembly, Sir Muhammad Zafrullah Khan and Zurich's Mayor Emil Landolt.
meaning
The Mahmud Mosque is the first mosque in Switzerland and is therefore of historical significance for the history of Islam and the Muslims in Switzerland. It also forms the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Switzerland and is the place of activity of the leading imam , the missionary for Switzerland.
building
The mosque covers 179 m², contains a dome and, at around 18 meters, a disproportionately high minaret . There is a crescent moon on the top of the minaret. However, the minaret is not used to proclaim the Adhān . The architects Ernst Göhner and Fritz Badertscher were responsible for the design and implementation of the building plan. The construction costs were around 350,000 SFr.
Community
The Ahmadiyya community has around 700 members in Switzerland. An imam presides over the Mahmud mosque and looks after the members of the Ahmadiyya community in Switzerland. Since its inception, eight imams called Murrabis have presided over the mosque. Today Walter Walid Tariq Tarnutzer is head of the mosque.
| Murrabi | Period | |
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| 1 | Sheikh Nasir Ahmad | 1946 to 1962 |
| 2 | Mushtaq Ahmad Bajwa | June 1962 - January 1975 |
| 3 | Me Masud Ahmad | February 1975 - June 1976 |
| 4th | Naseem Ahmad Mahdi | April 1977 - November 1983 |
| 5 | Mansur Ahmad Khan | November 1983 - November 1984 |
| 6th | Masud Ahmad Jehlmi | December 1984 - August 1990 |
| 7th | Basharat Ahmad Mahmud | August 1990 - January 1997 |
| 8th | Sadaqat Ahmad | September 2001 - January 2016 |
| 9 | Nabeel Ahmad | 2013 to? |
| 10 | Abdul Wahab Tayyab | 2015 to? |
| 11 | Abdul Basit Tariq | 2016 - February 2017 |
| 12 | Muhammad Ahmed Rashid | 2017 to? |
| 13 | Wafa Mohammad | Since 2017 |
| 14th | Rasit Ahmed Pakturk | 2019 |
Religion Week 2013
In November 2013, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the mosque, the minaret was veiled in the colors of the rainbow flag , an international symbol of peace and tolerance. With this, the Ahmadiyya Muslim community wanted to send a visible sign for peace and the beginning of the “Week of Religion” from November 2nd to 9th, 2013.
photos
Sadaqat Ahmad - Imam of the Mahmud Mosque since 2001
Prayer room of the Mahmud Mosque
See also
Web links
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat in Switzerland , Mahmud Mosque
- 40 years of the Mahmud Mosque
- Ahmadiyya Movement in Islam (Switzerland), 6/2008, Ahmadi- and Alevi-Diaspora in Switzerland Inforel.ch
- Mahmud mosque in the Dome - Temple - Minaret project of the Center for Religious Research at the University of Lucerne
- The peaceful Imam of Zurich . Blick-Online, February 3, 2006; Interview with Imam Sadaqat Ahmed
- No problems despite the minaret. The construction of the Mahmud Mosque in Zurich 43 years ago hardly triggered any criticism. Neue Zürcher Zeitung , September 23, 2006
- Minaret? "No problem!" , 20 minutes , May 6, 2007
- Minaret ban , Arena from March 6, 2009
Individual evidence
- ^ Dome - Temple - Minaret ( Memento from April 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Ahmadis in Switzerland
- ↑ Swiss discover Allah. In: SRF Doc. July 1, 2008, archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; Retrieved April 5, 2014 (video).
- ↑ Tages-Anzeiger November 1, 2013