3 Nisan 2012 Salı

1940–1974: The original East London Mosque

From 1910 to 1940, various rooms were hired for Jumu'ah prayers on Fridays. Finally, in 1940, three houses were purchased at 446–448 Commercial Road in the east end of London as a permanent place of prayer. On 2 August 1941, the combined houses were inaugurated as the 'East London Mosque and Islamic Culture Centre' at a ceremony attended by the Egyptian Ambassador, Colonel Sir Gordon Neal (representing the Secretary of State for India). The first prayer was led by the Ambassador for Saudi Arabia, Shaikh Hafiz Wahba.
From the late 1950s, the local Muslim population began to increase due to immigration from the Indian subcontinent, particularly from Sylhet in East Pakistan (which became Bangladesh in 1971). During the 1970s, this immigration increased significantly.


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