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Four Scholars of the Qur’an
Left to Right: Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936); Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872-1953); Arthur John Arberry (1905-1969); Muhammad Hamidullah (1908-2002) The archives of the East London Mosque contain correspondence with four twentieth century translators and...
Dr Jamil Sherif: A History Preserved
On the night of 8th March 1941 a bombing raid over East London damaged a row of terraced houses on Commercial Road”. These included a property that had recently been acquired by the London Mosque Fund to serve as a mosque for lascars and the local Muslim...
Biography of a Mosque: The story of London’s first Mosque, 1910-1942
On the South side of Whitechapel Road in East London between Aldgate East and Whitechapel Tube stations sits the gold dome of the East London Mosque. For some, it is one of many exotic shapes cropping up all over Britain; for local Muslims it is perhaps more...
100 Years: The East London Mosque Trust
It’s a rare occasion for any Muslim organisation to be celebrating a 50-year anniversary in Britain let alone a 100th birthday. But the East London Mosque is celebrating its centenary year right now. A century since its birth, have we really asked...