The Basharat Mosque (; ), also known as Masjid Basharat, is a mosque in Pedro Abad, Córdoba, Spain. It is the first purpose-built mosque in Spain after centuries of Christian rule.
History The foundation stone was laid on October 9, 1980 by Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the Caliphate of worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. It was inaugurated on 10 September 1982 by the fourth head of Ahmadiyya Community, Mirza Tahir Ahmad. The mosque is the centre of Ahmadiyya-Movement in Spain.Yvonne Y. Haddad, Jane I. Smith: Mission to America. Five Islamic sectarian communities in North America. University Press of Florida, Gainesville 1993, p. 49Roose, Eric R. (2015) 'Landscapes of Muslim art and architecture in the West' in Roberto Tottoli (ed.). Routledge Handbook of Islam in the West. Abingdon: Routledge. P. 301. .
Jalsa Salana Jalsa Salana, the annual gathering of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Spain, is celebrated in Pedro Abad.
Architecture The mosque was designed after reminiscences of the White Minaret and Noor Mosque in Qadian.
See also
Islam in Spain List of mosques in Spain
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