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Nuur-Moschee Nuur-Moschee
Basic information Location Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt
GermanyGeographic coordinates 50°05′08″N 8°41′47″E / 50.08556°N 8.69639°ECoordinates: 50°05′08″N 8°41′47″E / 50.08556°N 8.69639°E Affiliation Islam Website http://nuur-moschee.de/ Architectural description Architectural type Mosque Completed 1959 Specifications Capacity 125 Minaret(s) 2 Minaret height around 5-8m The Noor Mosque (Noor = Light) 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.
Before the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in 1985 bought the „Nasir Bagh“ in Groß-Gerau, the annual gathering Jalsa Salana in Germay 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
- ^ Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around the World
Al-Quds Mosque Hamburg • Baitus Sami • Baitul Huda (Usingen) • Baitul-Jame Mosque Offenbach • Berlin Mosque • Fazle Omar Mosque • Islamic Centre Hamburg • Khadija Mosque • Mosque in Sendling • Noor Mosque • Noor ud Din Mosque • Yavuz Sultan Selim MosqueCategory – Islam in Germany – Mosques by country Categories:- Mosques in Germany
- Ahmadiyya Muslim Community mosques
- Mosques in Frankfurt
- Religious buildings completed in 1959
- 20th-century mosques
- Mosque stubs
- Ahmadiyya stubs
- Hesse building and structure stubs
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