Al-Rahma Mosque, Liverpool

Al-Rahma Mosque

Al-Rahma Mosque, Liverpool
Basic information
Location Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Geographic coordinates Coordinates: 53°23′39.4″N 2°57′38.3″W / 53.394278°N 2.960639°W / 53.394278; -2.960639
Affiliation Sunni Islam
Administration Liverpool Muslim Society
Website www.liverpoolmuslimsociety.org.uk
Completed July 1974
Capacity Accommodates between 2,000 and 2,500 people.
Dome(s) 1
Minaret(s) 2

The Al-Rahma Mosque (Arabic: مسجد الرحمة‎) is a mosque located on Hatherley Street in Toxteth, Liverpool, England, which can accommodate between 2,000 and 2,500 people[1] and serves as the main place of worship and focus point for Liverpool's Muslim population, estimated at 25,000 people.[2]

Architecture and History

The first ever mosque in England was built in Liverpool; it was opened at 8 Brougham Terrace by a solicitor and Muslim convert William Abdullah Quilliam on 25 December 1889 and the mosque he constructed was maintained until 1908.[3] That mosque was refurbished by the local community beginning in 2010[3][4] and is now occupied by the Liverpool Muslim Society.

Today

Plaque installed on the 110th anniversary of the mosque.

The current building is used primarily by the city's Arab and Somali populations whom constitute the vast majority of Liverpool's Muslim population. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Liverpool Muslim Society - Mosque History
  2. ↑ http://www.islamicfinder.org/getitWorld.php?id=20451
  3. 1 2 Bartlett, David (15 January 2010). "Liverpool City Council's plans to restore Britain’s first mosque". Liverpool Daily Post. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Green light for mosque project". Liverpool Echo. 22 July 2008.
  5. ↑ http://mosques.muslimsinbritain.org/show-mosque.php?id=1029

External links

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