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The Al Sadiq Mosque (or Wabash Mosque) was commissioned in 1922 in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of
Mufti Muhammad Sadiq arrived in America on February 15, 1920, and established 1921 the Headquarters of the
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. The Al-Sadiq Mosque is one of America's earliest built mosque
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s and the oldest standing mosque in the country today. This mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
was funded with the money predominantly donated by African-American
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Ahmadi Muslim converts.
Chicago Muslim Mission
Mufti Muhammad Sadiq arrived in America on February 15, 1920, and established 1921 the Headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Ahmadiyya (, ), officially the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community or the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at (AMJ, ar, الجماعة الإسلامية الأحمدية, al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyah al-Aḥmadīyah; ur, , translit=Jamā'at Aḥmadiyyah Musl ...
. Muhammad Sadiq started a monthly magazine called '' The Muslim Sunrise'', which contained articles on Islam, contemporary issues of conscience and the names of new converts. This magazine still exists. Muhammad Sadiq attracted a thousands of converts in his short stay in America, most notably in Detroit
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and Chicago
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between 1922 and 1923.Islamic Movement Came to U.S. in 1920New York Times on May 23, 1993 The
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
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continued to grow and established more than 40 missions through America. Four Ahmadi mosques can be found in the region today, with demographics that are a mixture of African-American
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, Indo-Pakistani, White
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, and Latino. Chicago
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served as the movement's national headquarters until 1950,/ref> when it were moved to the American Fazl Mosque in Washington, D.C. In 1994 the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's USA headquarters were moved to Masjid Bait ur Rahman in Silver Spring, MD.
See also
* List of mosques in the Americas * Lists of mosques *List of mosques in the United States
This is an alphabetical listing of notable mosques in the United States (Arabic: ''Masjid'', Spanish: ''Mezquita''), including Islamic places of worship that do not qualify as traditional mosques.
History of mosques in the United States
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References
Further reading
* ''Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around the World – A Pictorial Presentation'' (Khilafat Centenary Edition) by the USA Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, , pg. 291 * ''Al-Nahl Special Issue on Dr. Mufti Muhammad Sadiq'External links
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