Baitur Raheem Mosque
Baitur Raheem Mosque is a purpose-built mosque in the Canton area of Cardiff, Wales, located on Sanatorium Road. It is the first purpose-built Ahmadi mosque in Wales which was inaugurated on 23 November 2025. It is a two-storey complex built on a site with a capacity of 550 worshippers.
History
Plans for a dedicated Ahmadiyya mosque in Cardiff were first proposed in the early 2010s, following which a site was acquired in the Canton, Cardiff, where a prayer centre was established back in 2014 when it was bought as former warehouses at a cost of £350,000. The history of Ahmadiyya in Wales dates to the early 20th century with Welsh converts to Ahmadiyya. The construction of the mosque was planned and led by the elder association of the community, Majlis Ansarullah, the second of the kind after Nasir Mosque in Hartlepool in 2005, with the foundation stone laid on 9 September 2023.Controversies
Preliminary proposals submitted by the community to the local council for a purpose-built mosque were refused following objections by the local community, initially on the bases of "traffic concerns". In October 2016, leaflet campaigns, such as 'No mosque' leafletting were carried out against the proposal, and the council received around 60 letters and over 500 signatures objecting to the development.During the same year, a Labour councillor, Sue White, resigned over alleged bullying and racial discrimination over her support for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, two days prior to another councillor, Manzoor Ahmed, leaving the Labour Party. The following year, Labour councillor Ali Ahmed was accused of misleading the planning committee, over the extent of the community's beliefs and demographics.