Mosques and Shrines

1984

Muslim Welfare House

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A mosque and welfare house opened in 1984 to primarily serve the Deobandi sect of Muslims living in Oxford. The welfare house was used frequently by Muslim students at the University of Oxford. For example, it is mentioned in the Oxford Muslim Guide of 1989/1990, produced by the Islamic Society (then known as 'Oxford Society Islamic Union’) as a place where students were able to pray, alongside the Bath Street Mosque.

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Aleena Din - Aleena is a historian of gender, class and race in modern Britain. Her DPhil research, which was completed at Balliol College and the Faculty of History in 2022, focuses on the migration, settlement and labour experiences of working-class British-Pakistani women who settled in Middlesbrough and Oldham between 1962 and 2002. Aleena is the co-investigator of the community history project 'A Muslim History of Oxford', in collaboration with the national heritage organisation 'Everyday Muslim'. In addition, she is a postdoctoral research associate for the digital humanities project, 'Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1830 to the Present' at the University of Bristol (2025).

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