Basharat Mosque

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building_name=Basharat Mosque
location=Pedro Abad
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religious_affiliation=Islam
website= [http://www.alislam.org/spanish/ www.alislam.org/]
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architecture_type=Mosque
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year_completed=1982
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The Basharat-Moschee (span.: "Mezquita Basharat"; the name means “good news”) was inaugurated on September 10, 1982 in Pedro Abad (province Córdoba) from Mirza Tahir Ahmad, spiritual head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The mosque is the center of Ahmadiyya-Movement in Spain.

The foundation stone was laid by the 3th Khalifat-ul Masih Mirza Nasir Ahmad in Oktober, 9th 1980. It is the first purpose-built mosque in Spain in 750 years and M. Karam Ilahi Zafar first Islam missionary.

The annual gathering, Jalsa Salana, of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Spain is celebrated in Pedro Abad.

See also

*Islam in Spain
*Ahmadiyya
*List of mosques in Europe

Reference

* [http://www.alislam.org/spanish/ahmadiat%20espana/index_ahmadiat_en_espana.html Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Spain] (spanish)
* [http://www.alislam.org/gallery/album111 Jalsa Salana in Spain] (with picture of the Mosque)
* [http://www.tahirfoundation.org/about/index.html Biography of Mirza Tahir Ahmad]
* panoramio.com: [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5456204 Basharat Mosque, Pedro Abad] , [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4260682 Mezquita Basharat]