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GORAAN TENTOONSTELLING. HALTON-NOTH. Bait-un-Noor Mosque, Nunspeet, Holland. BAITON-NOER. Opening Ceremony of Bait-un-Noor Mosque in Nunspeet, Holland on September 13, 1985. Hazrat Khalifatul Masih IVaba leaving the Mubarak. Mosque in The Hague, Holland in 1987. The. The Dutch have a love for natural beauty. I am therefore confident that if the beauty of the teachings of Islam is shown to the Dutch people properly, there is no reason why they would not accept it. The Dutch, far from being hypocrites, were a people always known for saying what they mean. This is indicated by the fact that they do not even bother to hide certain parts of the interior of their houses by drawing curtains. Their reception rooms are visible from the street, beautifully and tastefully decorated. . This is a positive factor from a religious point of view. . . I have brought the message of Islam to you which is full of pure love. (An excerpt from the address by Hazrat Mirza Tahir. Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IVaba delivered at the inauguration of Baitun-Noor in Nunspeet, Holland in 1985). Mr. Abdul Hamid van der Velden, a devoted Dutch Ahmadi. Maulana Abdul Hakim Akmal (far right) conveys the message of Islam to a Dutch guest (far left) hmadiyya Muslim Association USA: 1994 Souvenir 77