The recent indictment of Darren Osborne brings back the shock of the event, where he set upon his deranged mission to plough a van through a crowd of Muslim worshippers one summer’s night last Ramadan. A nation already in mourning after the London Bridge, Westminster and Manchester attacks, the Finsbury Park tragedy cemented 2017 as the year we all bore the wounds set upon us by extremists.

Those at Finsbury Park mosque know the importance of such activities all too well. Ever since the new management took over in 2005 they’ve been organising mosque open days regularly for the local community in the spirit of openness and relationship building, before joining the Visit My Mosque Day initiative organised by the Muslim Council of Britain four years ago.

This year’s Visit My Mosque Day, held this Sunday 18 February, comes at a particularly sensitive time, being the first one since the attack last year. For the mosque this is an important opportunity to build upon the spirit of local solidarity and show that Finsbury Park mosque is more than just a mosque, but, as Mr Kozbar says, a community centre open to people of all faiths and none.

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