The Noor Mosque (german: Nuur-Moschee; ) in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen is the third purpose-built

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, ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. The mosque in Babenhäuser Landstraße is run by 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 ...

(AMJ) and was inaugurated on September, 12th 1959 by Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan. Before the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in 1985 bought the „Nasir Bagh“ in

Groß-Gerau Groß-Gerau () is the district seat of the Groß-Gerau district, lying in the southern Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region in Hesse, Germany, and serving as a hub for the surrounding area. In 1994, the town hosted the 34th Hessentag state festival. Geogra ...

, the annual gathering Jalsa Salana in Germany was celebrated in this mosque. This mosque is well known for being the one that the heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali prayed within once.Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosques Around the World

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