Noor Mosque

The Noor Mosque (German: Nuur-Moschee; Urdu: مسجدِ نور) in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen is the third purpose-built mosque in Germany. The mosque in Babenhäuser Landstraße is run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (AMJ) and was inaugurated on September, 12th 1959 by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan.

Noor Mosque
Nuur-Moschee
Religion
AffiliationAhmadiyya
Location
LocationSachsenhausen, Frankfurt, Germany
Noor Mosque is located in Frankfurt am Main
Noor Mosque
Shown within Frankfurt am Main
Geographic coordinates50°05′08″N 8°41′47″E
Architecture
Typemosque
Completed1959
Specifications
Capacity125 worshippers
Minaret(s)2
Minaret height5-8 meters
Website
http://nuur-moschee.de/

Before the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in 1985 bought the „Nasir Bagh“ in Groß-Gerau, the annual gathering Jalsa Salana in Germany was celebrated in this mosque.

This mosque is well known for being the one that the heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali prayed within once.[1]

See also

References

  1. Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around the World


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