Baitul Huda Mosque
mosque in Germany
Key facts
- Built
- 2004
- Capacity
- 333 people
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Overview
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Baitul Huda Mosque stands at Raiffeisenstraße 19 in Usingen, in the German state of Hesse. Its name is of Urdu origin and is rendered in German sources as "Haus der Rechtleitung", meaning roughly "House of Guidance". The mosque opened in 2004 and is currently administered by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Germany. It has two prayer halls of about 77 square metres each, and the record gives its capacity as 333 worshippers. The local community in Usingen is reported to number around 160 members.
History
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The mosque was inaugurated on 7 September 2004 by Mirza Masroor Ahmad.
About three and a half months later, on the morning of 23 December 2004, a partial fire broke out in the building. Damage was estimated at roughly 67,000 US dollars, and no one was injured. The circumstances of the fire were never officially clarified.
Many residents of Usingen donated toward the rebuilding of the mosque. After the restoration, a tree was planted at the entrance as a symbol of friendship.
From Wikipedia
The Baitul Huda (transl. House of Guidance; Urdu: بیت الہدیٰ, romanized: Baīt al-Hudā) is a mosque located in Usingen, in the state of Hesse, Germany. The mosque was inaugurated on September 7, 2004, by Mirza Masroor Ahmad and is administered by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Deutschland K.d.ö.R..
Its two prayer rooms are 77 square metres (830 sq ft) each; and the community in Usingen has 160 members.
The mosque was partially burned in the morning of December 23, 2004. Many residents in Usingen made donations for the reconstruction of the mosque; after the reconstruction, a tree in the entrance was planted as a sign of friendship. The incendiarism never was clarified.
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Sources
Wikipedia (ar): https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%89_(%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%86)
Wikipedia (de): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_ul-Huda_(Usingen)
Wikipedia (en): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baitul_Huda_Mosque,_Usingen
Wikipedia (fa): https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C