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Baitul Awal Mosque

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Baitul Awal Mosque
Xhamia Bejtyl Evel
File:Baitul Awwal Mosque, Tirana.jpg
The mosque, in 2009
Religion
AffiliationAhmadiyya
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusMosque
StatusActive
Location
LocationTirana, Tirana County, Central Albania
CountryAlbania
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AdministrationAhmadiyya Muslim Community
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Architecture
TypeIslamic architecture
Completed1995
Specifications
Capacity2,500 worshipers
Minaret2
Website
ahmadiyya-islam.org/al/

The Baitul Awal Mosque (Albanian: Xhamia Bejtyl-Evel), also spelled as the Bejtul-Evel Mosque, is an Ahmadiyya mosque, located in Tirana, Tirana County, in Central Albania.[1] With a capacity of 2,500 worshippers, it is one of the largest mosques in the country.[2]

Overview

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The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Albania was established in 1934.[3] The mosque was financed by the members of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and was inaugurated in 1995 by Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth head of worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The mosque was the first Ahmadiyya mosque built in Albania. The mosque has two white minarets.

Adjacent to the mosque is the ‘Darul Falah’ mission house.

See also

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References

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