Mobarak Mosque, The Hague

The Mobarak Mosque on Oostduinlaan in The Hague is a landmark in the history of Islam in the Netherlands. The Hague’s municipal heritage authority identifies the building as the oldest mosque in the country that was constructed specifically as a mosque. It was built in 1955 for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, which had formally organized in the Netherlands in 1947, and was designed by architect Frits Beck.

The original proposal was more visibly monumental, but the final design was made deliberately restrained to fit the surrounding Benoordenhout neighborhood. Its architecture uses brick, concrete roof edges and steel window frames characteristic of the post-war reconstruction period. Later changes included additional minaret-like elements, a rear expansion in the 1990s and a separate minaret completed in 2005.

In September 2026 the municipality registered the mosque as a municipal monument, recognizing both its cultural-historical importance and its architectural value as an early purpose-built Dutch mosque. The building remains a place of worship for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, with prayer and community activities.

This record does not make miracle or supernatural claims; the mosque’s sacred importance lies in ongoing Islamic worship and its nationally significant place in Dutch religious history.