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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.
In 1887 he converted to the religion, taking the name Abdullah Quilliam [1] and founding the Liverpool Muslim Institute with Mrs. Elizabeth Cates. Within two years they had set up a small mosque within their building at 8, Brougham Terrace, on West Derby Road, Liverpool. [2] The Liverpool Mosque and Muslim Institute was officially established ...
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.
Abdullah Quilliam (born William Henry Quilliam) – British convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England's first mosque and Islamic centre.
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
It even organised guided tours to ‘Islamic Britain’ with visits to London’s Guildhall, Leighton’s Arab Hall, Burton’s Mausoleum, Shah Jehan Mosque, Abdullah Quilliam Mosque and other sites. Under Ghayasuddin Siddiqui 's guidance, the emphasis of the Institute shifted to issues of democracy, human rights, freedom of speech , pluralism ...
London's first mosque was opened by Hajie Mohamed Dollie in 1895, in Albert Street, modern Camden. Ron Geeves states this in his biography of Abdullah Quilliam. [citation needed] The mosque moved to Euston Road in 1899, where the present Wellcome Collection stands. Mohamed Dollie was of Scottish and Malay ancestry.
Masroor is a travelling imam, who leads Friday prayers at various mosques across the United Kingdom, including Palmers Green mosque, West Ealing mosque, Wightman Road mosque, [4] and Finsbury Park Mosque in London, as well as Abdullah Quilliam Mosque in Liverpool.