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William Henry Quilliam (10 April 1856 [1] [2] [3] – 23 April 1932), who changed his name to Abdullah Quilliam and later Henri Marcel Leon or Haroun Mustapha Leon, was a 19th-century British convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England's first mosque and Islamic centre, and Britain's oldest Muslim organization, the Association of British Muslims.
Brougham Terrace in 2007. William Henry Quilliam was born in Liverpool in 1856. He developed an interest in Islam when travelling in Morocco. In 1887 he converted to the religion, taking the name Abdullah Quilliam [1] and founding the Liverpool Muslim Institute with Mrs. Elizabeth Cates.
The Association of British Muslims began in Liverpool, England as the English Islamic Association, founded in 1889 by Abdullah Quilliam, [1] a 19th-century convert to Islam who opened one of England's first mosques, the Liverpool Muslim Institute, during the same year, [2] at about the same time that the Shah Jahan Mosque was built.
The Abdullah Quilliam Society have digital archives online for the years 1893-1908 The Crescent newspaper is archived on microfilm at the British Library and is complete except for 1894 The Catalogue reference is given as: Title: The Crescent - A weekly record of Islam in England Publication Details: Liverpool
According to the Pew Research Center, Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion, with its population expected to increase by 70% between 2015 and 2060, compared to the global population growth of 32%. [1] = *According to The Jerusalem Post, in the United Kingdom and France, up to 100,000 people converted in the last decade in each country. [2]
Abdullah Quilliam. Quilliam was established in 2007 by Ed Husain, Maajid Nawaz and Rashad Zaman Ali, three former members of the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir. [1] Husain left in 2011 to join the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. [2]
Abdullah el-Faisal – Muslim cleric who preached in the United Kingdom until he was convicted of stirring up racial hatred and urging his followers to murder Jews, Hindus, Christians, and Americans [35] [36] Wadih el-Hage – former Al-Qaeda member who was convicted for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings [37]
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