Previous 1 / 2 Above, Muslims at London’s Central Mosque in Regents Park during Friday’s prayers. Although there are around 1,500 mosques in Britain, fewer than 20 percent are purpose-built according […]
4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia From our London StaffTue 4 Oct 2016 05.00 […]
1935: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (far left) on a visit to London’s Fazl mosque, the first purpose-built mosque in the capital. From the Guardian archive London’s first mosque […]
Imam Adeel Shah, one of the youngest Imams in the UK, opens up about what it’s been like at the Baitul Futuh Mosque during the pandemic Imam Adeel has shared […]
Source: The Guardian By Harriet Sherwood, who writes about religion and social issues for the Guardian and the Observer. London is more religious and socially conservative than the rest of […]
Diana Darke Arabic-speaking ‘recruitment’ videos the British government made in the 1960s show a more tolerant nation than today’s hostile environment Thu 9 May 2019 A still from the […]
19th April 2019 Hazrat Chaudhry Sahibra was a companion of the Promised Messiahas, member of the Viceroy’s Executive Council, judge of the Federal Court of India, president of the International […]
January 28, 2017 By Jumu’ah Abiodun, Nigeria John McAslan + Partners is developing new designs for the huge Baitul Futuh Mosque complex in south London, which was damaged by a fire in 2015. The London studio, led by Scottish architect John McAslan, will completely overhaul the 21,000 square-metre mosque complex in Morden […]
4 October 1926: After the opening ceremony the Imam called the faithful to prayer from the minarets high over the roofs of suburbia 1935: The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (far left) on a visit to London’s Fazl mosque, the first purpose-built mosque in the capital. Photograph: Alamy/Stock From our […]
A model of the Baitul Futuh redesign, showing the colonnaded front with its porous screens. (John McAslan and Partners) August 08, 2016 In June a British architecture firm released its […]
Plans for one of London’s first mosques, drawn up by a man from Windermere, have been restored by Cumbria County Council. Watch: the Windermere architect who designed London’s first Mosque The London Mosque was the first to be built in the city, and it’s the biggest in Western Europe to […]
Plans for one of London’s first mosques, drawn up by a man from Windermere, have been restored by Cumbria County Council. Watch: the Windermere architect who designed London’s first Mosque The London Mosque was the first to be built in the city, and it’s the biggest in Western Europe to […]
Source: yourlocalguardian.co.uk The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community continued celebrations of its centenary in the UK. A day long event took place in the Wandsworth Town Hall Civic Suite, Wandsworth High Street, on […]