The Bow Muslim Community Centre has been serving the Bow community in Tower Hamlets for over 15 years, providing the...
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The Cambridge Central Mosque is the first purpose-built eco-mosque in Europe, completed at a cost of £24 million in March...
The East London Mosque is London's oldest mosque and one of the largest mosques in Europe. The initial idea for...
The London Central Mosque, also known as Regent's Park Mosque, was opened on November 1977 costing £6.5 million. The Mosque...
Al Azhar Mosque is in Laygate in South Shields and is known for its cultural diversity. An interesting story surrounds...
The Aberdeen Mosque and Islamic Centre (AMIC) is the main mosque and Islamic centre in Aberdeen and the north east...
The Islamic Foundation of Ireland (IFI) was formed in 1959 by Muslim students. The society is registered as a Friendly...
Muslims have been living in Britain and Ireland since Elizabethan times. There have been Muslims in Northern Ireland for well...
Al-Medinah Mosque is a large community based Mosque in the bright and sunny seaside town of Brighton. Founded in 1991,...
Canterbury Mosque was established in 1977.The name of the religion is Islam, which comes from an Arabic root word meaning...
Hull Mosque & Islamic Centre is a branch of the UK Islamic Mission and was established in Hull in 1984. ...
Al-Emaan Centre is run by members of the local community, for the local community. Following the purchase of the century-old...
What was previously a pub since 1805 was turned into a mosque that has served Tower Hamlets growing Muslim population...
Birmingham Central Mosque, located in Highgate, is one of the UK’s most prominent Islamic institutions and a key hub for...
History of the GLMCC BuildingThe GLMCC building is a Grade II listed structure with a rich history dating back to...
The Bangladesh Islamic Centre was founded in the 1980s by the first generation of Bangladeshis to settle in Oxford. Today,...
Founded in 1968, the Bath Street mosque was the first formal site of worship for Oxford's Muslim community, and largely...
This was an Ahmadiyya Mosque established in the 1980s. It was located on Cowley Road, but the precise location is...
Central Oxford Mosque remains one of the largest places of workship for Muslims in the city. The mosque was founded...
A mosque and welfare house opened in 1984 to primarily serve the Deobandi sect of Muslims living in Oxford. The...
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Al Azhar Mosque-South Shields
Al Azhar Mosque is in Laygate in South Shields and is known for its cultural diversity.
An interesting story surrounds the early idea for building a Mosque in South Shields, which was actually initialised by an influx of Turkish Seamen who docked into Tyneside in the early 20th century. These seamen did not stay and make South Shields their home as the Yemeni seafaring community did, but one Eid, they were looking for somewhere to pray. They decided to look at some houses to see if they could find one for the Eid prayer but there was not a house that was big enough to accommodate them all.
They, therefore had to use many houses and split themselves up to perform the prayer, which motivated them to start fundraising to build one Mosque for the whole Muslim community.
Another notable event that happened at the Mosque is it is where Muhammed Ali had his first marriage blessed, a day that attracted many people to the mosque.
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