Albstadt is a small city in Baden-Wurttemberg, located on the Swabian Alb mountains near the border of Switzerland. I and the amir of our jamaat reached the city by train whereas the others travelled by road. The majority of muslims here were hanafi-Turks. There were a handful of Pakistanis but they were all non-Muslim Qadiyanis. All the Malaysian students studying in Albstadt-Sigmaringen University here were very close with the Turks community here. Many muslims lived in the vicinity of Bilal Habesyhi Masjid. The weather was too cold for early August.
After three days in Albstadt, we were taken to Zurich by a Malaysian brother who was working at Petronas-Sauber in Switzerland, straight to Madni Masjid. Upon hearing the news that a jamaat from Malaysia would be travelling to Germany the Malaysian brother had contacted brothers in Germany requesting the jamaat to be diverted to Switzerland for a few days. Madni Masjid, Weinbergstrasse 147, Zurich was established under the banner of Swiss Muslim Society in 1996 to provide religious facilities to the Muslims living in Zurich city.
The effort of dakwah and tabligh had started in Switzerland in early 1970s. The first jamaat from Pakistan came to Switzerland facing all kind of hardship. Back then, there was hardly any masjid in Switzerland and the jamaat had to sleep outside in snowing season. Alhamdulillah, through their affort and mujahadah, Almighty Allah had caused the effort of dakwah been rooted in Switzerland. Now there are about 120 masjids all over Schweiss. In Zurich city alone there were 15 masjids, 6 of which were very active in dakwah and tabligh effort, including Madni Masjid.
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