Baitus Sami Mosque is located in the German city of Hannover, Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

. The Baitus Sami is the first and currently (2010) the "only mosque in Hanover with a dome and minaret." The mosque area comprises approximately 2,800 sqm and is located on a street in an industrial area, outside the residential area. The mosque in run by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...

. It was inaugurated in August 2008 by the Caliph of the community, Mirza Masroor Ahmad

Mirza Masroor Ahmad

His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad is Khalifatul Masih V, the spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was elected as the fifth successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on April 22, 2003, a few days after the death of his predecessor Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Caliph for the Ahmadiiya...

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