Al-Sadiq Mosque

The Al Sadiq Mosque (Wabash Mosque) located in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of Chicago.[1] was a two story building purchased by Mufti Muhammad Sadiq and converted into one of the earliest mosques in the United States. The original building was replaced with a purpose-built mosque in the 1990s.[2] This Masjid (place of worship) was funded with the money predominantly donated by African-American Ahmadis.

Al Sadiq Mosque (Masjid)
Religion
AffiliationAhmadi Muslim
Ecclesiastical or organizational statusnon-profit religious organization
Location
Location4448 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60653
Location in Illinois
Geographic coordinates41.8132°N 87.6249°W / 41.8132; -87.6249
Architecture
TypePlace of worship
Completed1922
Specifications
Dome(s)1
Minaret(s)4
Website
Official Website

Chicago Muslim Mission
Muhammad Sadiq – First Muslim missionary in the United States

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 Muslim Sunrise, which contained articles on Islam, contemporary issues of conscience and the names of new converts. This magazine still exists.[3] Muhammad Sadiq attracted a thousands of converts in his short stay in America, most notably in Detroit and Chicago between 1922 and 1923.[4]

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community continued to grow and established more than 40 missions through America.[4] Four Ahmadi mosques can be found in the region today, with demographics that are a mixture of African-American, Indo-Pakistani, White, and Latino. Chicago served as the movement's national headquarters until 1950,[5] 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

References
  3. “The Moslem Sunrise”
  4. Islamic Movement Came to U.S. in 1920, New York Times on May 23, 1993
  5. Encyclopedia of Chicago: Muslims

Further reading
  • 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'
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