Al-Sadiq Mosque

Al Sadiq Mosque
Basic information
Geographic coordinates	41°48′47.6″N 87°37′29.3″W / 41.813222°N 87.624806°W / 41.813222; -87.624806Coordinates: 41°48′47.6″N 87°37′29.3″W / 41.813222°N 87.624806°W / 41.813222; -87.624806
Affiliation	Islam
Province	Illinois,  United States
Municipality	Chicago
Website	www.ahmadiyya.us/
Architectural description
Architectural type	Mosque
Completed	1922
Specifications

The Al Sadiq Mosque (Wabash Mosque) was commissioned in 1922 in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of Chicago.^[1] This mosque was funded with the money donated by African-American converts and Ahmadis in India.

Chicago Muslim Mission

Muhammad Sadiq - First Muslim missionary in the USA

Mufti Muhammad Sadiq arrived in America on February 15, 1920 and established 1921 the Headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Muhammad Sadiq started a monthly magazine called “The Moslem Sunrise”, which contained articles on Islam, contemporary issues of conscience and the names of new converts. This magazine still exists.^[2] Muhammad Sadiq attracted a substantial number of converts in his short stay in America, most notably in Detroit and Chicago between 1922 and 1923.^[3]

The Ahmadiyya Movement continued to grow and established more than 40 missions through America.^[3] Four Ahmadi mosques can be found in the region today, two predominantly African-American, two predominantly Indo-Pakistani. Chicago served as the movement's national headquarters until 1950.^[4] When it were moved to American Fazl Mosque in Washington, D.C..

Literature

• Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around the World – A Pictorial Presentation (Khilafat Centenary Edition) by the USA Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, ISBN 1-882494-51-2, pg. 291
• Al-Nahl Special Issue on Dr. Mufti Muhammad Sadiq'

External links

• Mosque Info

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ “The Moslem Sunrise”
3. ^ ^{a b} Islamic Movement Came to U.S. in 1920, New York Times on May 23, 1993
4. ^ Encyclopedia of Chicago: Muslims