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Images City Year Groups Remarks Al Mahdi Mosque: Bradford: 2008 AMJ Holds 1,000 worshippers [33] Baitul Hamd Mosque: Bradford: 1980 AMJ Bradford Grand Mosque: Bradford: 2013 Sunni Muslim: Mosque nearing completion with a capacity of 8,000 worshippers and also known as Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque Markazi Masjid: Dewsbury: 1982 TJ
Images City Year Group Remarks Dundee Central Mosque: Dundee: 2000 Also known as the Jamia Mosque: Edinburgh Central Mosque: Edinburgh: 1998 U Officially known as the King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh: Al-Furqan Mosque: Glasgow: 1992 Glasgow Central Mosque: Glasgow: 1983 B Aberdeen Mosque and Islamic Centre: AMIC Frederick Street ...
The Al Mahdi Mosque is an Ahmadi Muslim mosque in Bradford, England. The mosque was built at a cost £2.5 million entirely from voluntary donations of British Ahmadi Muslims. The mosque was opened on 7 November 2008 by Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the current and fifth caliph of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. [1]
The Bradford Grand Mosque, or Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque, is the largest mosque by capacity in the United Kingdom. [1] It is located Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. [2] [3] It was founded in 1983, [4] building began in 2002 and it opened in 2012 or 2014.
The Baitul Hamd (English: A Praiseworthy Place) is a mosque located on Leeds Road in Bradford, England. It is one of the oldest mosques of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK. [1] It was formally inaugurated on 2 October 1980 by Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the third caliph of the community and can accommodate around 200 worshippers. [2]
Islam in Scotland includes all aspects of the Islamic faith in Scotland. The first Muslim known to have been in Scotland was a medical student who studied at the University of Edinburgh from 1858 to 1859. The production of goods and Glasgow's busy port meant that many lascars were employed there. [4]
Like many major cities Bradford has been a destination for immigrants. In the 1840s Bradford's population was significantly increased by migrants from Ireland, particularly rural County Mayo [24] and County Sligo, and by 1851 about 10% of the population were born in Ireland, the largest proportion in Yorkshire. [25]
The Grand Mosque of Bradford is the largest mosque by capacity in the United Kingdom.. Islam in England is the second largest religion after Christianity. [1] Most Muslims are immigrants from South Asia (in particular Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India) or descendants of immigrants from that region.