Baitur Rehman Mosque (''House of the Gracious'') is located in
Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, in practice it is an edge city, with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 censu ...
in the United States. The mosque was inaugurated by
Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Mirza Tahir Ahmad ( ur, ) (18 December 1928 – 19 April 2003) was the Ahmadiyya Caliphate, fourth caliph ( ar, خليفة المسيح الرابع, ''khalīfatul masīh al-rābi'') and the head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya, Ahmadiyya Communi ...
, the late head of the Ahmadiyya Community, on October 14, 1994. The mosque is run by the
Ahmadiyya 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 ...
. An estimated 5,000 Ahmadis and guests from across the United States attended the opening ceremony.
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See also
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Islam in Maryland
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List of mosques in the United States
This is an alphabetical listing of notable mosques in the United States (Arabic: ''Masjid'', Spanish language, Spanish: ''Mezquita''), including Islamic places of worship that do not qualify as traditional mosques.
History of mosques in the Unite ...
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Ahmadiyya
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 ...
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Ahmadiyya in the United States
Ahmadiyya is an Islamic branch in the United States. The earliest contact between the American people and the Ahmadiyya movement in Islam was during the lifetime of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. In 1911, during the era of the First Caliphate of the Communi ...
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List of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community buildings and structures
References
External links
Photo of Mosque on Panoramio
Ahmadiyya mosques in the United States
Cloverly, Maryland
Mosques in Maryland
Buildings and structures in Silver Spring, Maryland
Religious buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Maryland
Religion in Silver Spring, Maryland
Mosque buildings with domes
Indian-American culture
Community centers in Maryland
Mosques completed in 1994
1994 establishments in Maryland
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