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Fatima Elizabeth Cates (5 January 1865-29 October 1900) was probably the first woman to convert to Islam in Merseyside, who...
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Fatima Cates
This collection brings together some of the main places associated with the life of Fatima Elizabeth Cates (1865-1900), who played a leading role in establishing Britain's first mosque community. She was the first woman to convert to Islam in this community in 1887, and she played a leading role in bringing other women to Islam in Merseyside. In what is probably the first obituary for a Muslimah convert in Britain, the Manchester Daily Dispatch overstepped in 1900 when it described Fatima as "the first woman ever converted to Islam in England". Nonetheless, there are many genuine firsts to Fatima's name, which this collection highlights.
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This was the residence of Fatima Elizabeth Cates (1865-1900), as listed in the 1891 Census, among the first women to...
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This was the site of the first Muslim prayer hall in the UK, which was formally established as the Liverpool...
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Fatima Elizabeth Cates (1865-1900) lived at "Granada", Victoria Road, in the town of West Kirby on the western side of...
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The Magistrates Courts (formerly known as the Police Courts) where the Muslim convert and solicitor William Henry Abdullah Quilliam (1856-1932)...
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Mustapha Karsa (pictured circa 1900) was born in Damascus in around 1848 to a wealthy landowning family. In 1880-1, Karsa...