| Al Sadiq Mosque | |
|---|---|
| Basic information | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Province | Illinois, United States |
| Municipality | Chicago |
| Website | www.ahmadiyya.us/ |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Mosque |
| Completed | 1922 |
| Specifications | |
The Al Sadiq Mosque (Wabash Mosque) was commissioned in 1922 in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of Chicago.[1] This mosque was funded with the money donated by African-American converts and Ahmadis in India.
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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 Moslem Sunrise”, which contained articles on Islam, contemporary issues of conscience and the names of new converts. This magazine still exists.[2] Muhammad Sadiq attracted a substantial number of converts in his short stay in America, most notably in Detroit and Chicago between 1922 and 1923.[3]
The Ahmadiyya Movement continued to grow and established more than 40 missions through America.[3] Four Ahmadi mosques can be found in the region today, with demographics that are a mixture of African-American, Indo-Pakistani, White Caucasian, and Latino. Chicago served as the movement's national headquarters until 1950.[4] When it were moved to 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.