| Al Sadiq Mosque (Masjid) | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Ahmadiya |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | non-profit religious organization |
| Location | |
| Location | 4448 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60653 |
  Location in Illinois | |
| Geographic coordinates | 41°48′48″N 87°37′30″W / 41.8132°N 87.6249°W / 41.8132; -87.6249 |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Place of worship |
| Completed | 1922 |
| Specifications | |
| Dome(s) | 1 |
| Minaret(s) | 4 |
| Website | |
| Official Website | |
The Al Sadiq Mosque (orWabash Mosque) was commissioned in 1922 in the Bronzeville neighborhood in city of Chicago.[1] The Al-Sadiq Mosque is one of America's earliest built mosques and the oldest standing mosque in the country today.[2][better source needed] This mosque was funded with the money predominantly donated by African-American Ahmadi Muslim converts.
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 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 throughout 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 was 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 RahmaninSilver Spring, MD.
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