- Baitul Islam (Maple)
Infobox religious building
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building_name=Baitul Islam
location=Maple (Ontario )
CAN
geo=coord|43|51|55|N|79|32|42|W|region:CA_type:landmark
religious_affiliation=Islam
website= [http://www.ahmadiyya.ca www.ahmadiyya.ca/]
architect=
architecture_type=Mosque
architecture_style=
year_completed=1992
construction_cost=
capacity=
dome_quantity=2
minaret_quantity=1
minaret_height=The Baitul Islam ("House of Islam") is a
mosque in Vaughan north ofToronto run by theAhmadiyya Muslim Community (AMJ) inCanada .It was inaugured on October, 17th 1992 with the present of theKhalifatul Masih IV and many Members of Parliament. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/realestate/18nati.html Building an Enclave Around a Mosque in Suburban Toronto] ]Peace Village
Peace Village is a housing project of 260 homes built on a 50 acre parcel of land in the suburban community Maple at a walking distance from the Baitus Islam Mosque. All the nine streets within the neighbourhood are named after the Khalifa’s names and other prominent Ahmadi scholars. The main street is called Ahmadiyya Ave and there is also a public park named as “Ahmadiyya Park”.The construction started in April 5, 1999. [ [http://www.peacevillage.ca/_mgxroot/page_10757.html Peace Village History] ]
Jamia Ahmadiyya
The Bait-ul Hamd (Coord|43|38|41.5|N|79|38|31.2|E|type:landmark_region=CA), near by in
Mississauga (south-west of Toronto), serves as the Jamia Ahmadiyya (Missionary Training College) forNorth America . Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around the World – A Pictorial Presentation (Khilafat Centenary Edition) by the USA Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, pg. 276, ISBN 1-882494-51-2]References
External links
* [http://www.ahmadiyya.ca/ Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Canada]
* [http://www.peacevillage.ca/ Peace Village]
* [http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=7cab3e65-0301-4013-9e80-432789cefbcd Housing project planned around mosque] , Calgary Herald, October 11, 2007
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/realestate/18nati.html Building an Enclave Around a Mosque in Suburban Toronto] , New York Times, November 18, 2007
* [http://communities.canada.com/calgaryherald/blogs/hannaford/archive/2007/10/12/the-muslim-quarter.aspx The Muslim Quarter] , Calgary Herald, August 1, 2008
* [http://www.alislam.org/gallery/mosques/aad Baitul Islam] , Photo-Gallery
* panoramio.com: Jamia Ahmadiyya, Mississauga [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5429087 Photo 1] , [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/10878474 Photo 2]See also
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Islam in Canada
*Ahmadiyya
*List of mosques in America
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