Anwaar Mosque, Qadian

Anwaar Mosque, whose name means 'mosque of splendour', stands in the Darul Anwaar neighbourhood of Qadian, next to the Jamia Ahmadiyya Qadian. Building began in 1939, and Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, second caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, opened it on 22 March 1940 by leading prayers. Then called Masjid Darul Anwaar, a name still in use, it held 150 worshippers. After Partition it was closed for a time and fell into disrepair until its restoration in 1991.

As the neighbourhood grew the mosque became overcrowded, so between August 2007 and December 2008 it was rebuilt from scratch around the old structure and renamed Masjid Anwaar. The present building, designed by the architect Abdul Rasheed, takes about 1,700 worshippers and has one large central dome, a smaller dome and a single big minaret. A phrase etched over the entrance promises peace to whoever comes in, and the mosque has been the venue for a number of events and conferences.